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Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals

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But it’s not your average French VC fund as it’s going to be an evergreen fund focused on building a better world. If you’re not familiar with Marie Ekeland, she used to be an investor at French VC firm Elaia. More recently, she co-founded Daphni , her own VC firm. Let’s start with the investment thesis.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

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Philipp Stauffer, partner, FYRFLY Venture Partners. Lucian Wagner, partner, Privilège Ventures. Maximilian Spelmeyer , partner, SIX Fintech Ventures. Olaf Hannemann, partner, CV VC AG. Jasmin Heimann, partner, Ringier Digital Ventures. Also sustainability will hopefully be put back on the agenda.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

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The simple fact of the matter is that most startups seeking angel or vc capital just don’t receive it—and that’s just anywhere. It’s often some combination of the idea not being big enough to sustain a venture exit or the company just not being appropriate for venture financing. I was there, too.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

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Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies.