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November 20th, 2009

European startups need to work as hard as Valley ones – or forget it

This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I’m allowing them to post anonymously. FYI, LondonVC is a genuine VC and TechCrunch Europe has met them face to face.

One of the biggest challenges for any investor (regardless of the stage/type of investment… → Read More

October 21st, 2009

Here's how to meet a VC (hint: not by paying to pitch)

This is our second guest post (here was the first) written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I’m allowing them to post anonymously. FYI, LondonVC is a genuine VC and TechCrunch Europe has met them face to face. There’s been a lot of tremendous discussion recently regarding… → Read More

September 29th, 2009

Guest post: The madness stops here – don’t pay a VC any fees

This is a guest post written by a London-based VC. For the purposes of them being able to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career, I’ve allowed them to post anonymously. Why are we doing this? Well, while the startup eco-system is long in the tooth and highly developed in the US, the European scene is still a spotty, shy teenager, sometimes making a few mistakes. And as… → Read More