Our General Partner, George Henry, joined James Pringle and Hector Mason for a wide reaching discussion on the Riding Unicorns Podcast 🎙️🦄 In this episode, George shares valuable insights into LocalGlobe’s approach to: ➡️ Founder evaluation: What key qualities do we look for in entrepreneurs? ➡️ Investment themes: The 4 exciting areas we’re currently focusing on ➡️ The future of VC: Our predictions for the next decade ... and much more! At LocalGlobe, we're passionate about seeding impactful founders and supporting them on their journey to success. Tune in to hear George's perspective on venture capital and what it takes to build a thriving startup. Give it a listen! 🎧 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eJq3EauH Apple: https://lnkd.in/ePEU9K_9 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ey9aEfsS
About us
We've seeded impactful founders since 1999 at places like Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Wise and Zoopla. London's just getting started.
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http://www.localglobe.vc
External link for LocalGlobe
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 11-50 employees
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- London, London
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- Partnership
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1 Brill Place
London, London NW1 1EL, GB
Employees at LocalGlobe
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Saul Klein
Husband. Dad. Co-Founder @localglobevc @latitudevc @phxcrt @weareplatoon @zincvc @teamkano @seedcamp @lovefilm
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Andrew Bloom
Well-rounded President, General Manager and Chief Commercial Officer with global experience in private equity backed, public and start-up companies…
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Will Neale
Founder | Investor
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John Veichmanis
Chief Executive Officer at carwow, Non Exec Director and Investor.
Updates
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Thanks Yvonne Bajela - grabbing 🎧 now!
I recently launched The Startup Leap podcast with Maria Rotilu. Each episode is packed with valuable insights and real-life stories from entrepreneurs who’ve boldly taken the leap with their own startups. We cover everything from building a team to fundraising and navigating the various nuances of startup life. In our latest episode, we feature the incredible Richard Robinson, who shares his journey in founding Robin AI RobinAI has raised over $30 million, boasts 95 customers (including 7 from the Fortune 500), and employs over 100+ people across London and New York. Every episode will showcase an incredible founder, alongside Maria’s expertise as a partner at Openseed VC and my insights from LocalGlobe 🎧 Tune in—link in the comments below
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LocalGlobe reposted this
George Henry: Science and Innovation 👀 This week's guest is LocalGlobe General Partner, George Henry 💼 LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments. They have seeded impactful founders since 1999 at places like Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Wise, and Zoopla. They invest in startups selling to consumers, small businesses, and enterprises. They are lean, data-driven, and move fast in decision-making. They offer highly structured, collaborative support to their investee companies, and have an excellent track record in getting their startups to a Series A raising (almost 90% vs less than 40% EU average). ✅ George joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss founder evaluation, the 4 investment themes they’re excited about, what the next 10 years potentially hold for VC, & so much more. Listen from 7am Wed, 28th August 🎙🦄 #founder #ceo #businesstips #podcast #venturecapital #impactinvesting #technology
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Excited to back Gradient Labs, leveraging AI to shape the future of customer support 🚀 Led by Dimitri Masin, Neal Lathia and Danai A., this ex-Monzo team is building autonomous agents that truly 'act like humans' 🤝 They tackle complex tasks for companies in higher-risk environments with guaranteed quality of outcomes for customers 🤖 cc Mish Mashkautsan
🎉 While we've been trying to fly under the radar, Sifted spotted us 😊 We are excited to announce that Gradient Labs has secured £2.8m seed funding from LocalGlobe as the lead investor and a series of amazing angels and micro funds including Puzzle Ventures (Gloria Baeuerlein), Tom Blomfield, Jonas Templestein, Gideon Valkin, Mike Hudack, Akhil Paul, Declan Kelly, Thilo Konzok, Tristan Thomas and many more. This is a significant milestone for us and we are super excited about the journey ahead. A big thank you to all investors, design partners and early employees who have put their trust in us and have joined us on our mission to redefine customer support for the years to come. Let’s do it! 🚀 We’re just getting started though. If you are passionate about AI and its potential to fundamentally change what’s possible in businesses, please reach out. We are always on the lookout for top AI engineering and applied science talent 😊
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Congratulations to Guidewheel on your milestone Series B raise from leading investors BlackRock and Temasek. We can't wait to see what happens next as you bring sustainable performance through AI to the world's leading manufacturers.
We’re thrilled to announce an exciting milestone for Guidewheel: $31M Series B funding! The round was led by BlackRock and Temasek's Decarbonization Partners fund, with Ecolab, Rethink Impact, LP, and GSBackers participating alongside existing investors Greycroft, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and others. This significant investment will allow Guidewheel to take our AI-powered software platform to the next level and takes us one step closer to achieving our mission to help all of the world’s factories reach sustainable peak performance. Thank you to the incredible investors, customers, and team on this journey with us. We look forward to this next stage of growth and innovation together! #FactoryOps #ManufacturingExcellence #ContinuousInnovation https://lnkd.in/gp3u2t3A
Announcing our $31M Series B, led by BlackRock and Temasek’s Decarbonization Partners fund — Guidewheel: AI-Powered FactoryOps
guidewheel.com
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LocalGlobe reposted this
🌟 We are excited to welcome Antoinette Ale to the Phoenix Court team as our new Program Lead/Head of Community for Blackout Tuesday🌟 Antoinette joins us with a strong commitment to advancing diversity in the venture capital space, and we are thrilled to have her lead on Blackout Tuesday programming and initiatives aimed at: 1. Increasing Black representation in VCs 2. Increasing the number of Black founders who receive venture funding 3. Increasing the weight of Black employees in venture-backed companies 4. Supporting Black GPs 5. Increasing the representation of Black or Black-aligned LPs Her leadership will be crucial as we continue to push for greater representation in our industry and take Blackout Tuesday VC to the next level. Antoinette shared her thoughts on joining the team: “Joining Blackout Tuesday VC is both a privilege and a personal mission for me. As a Black founder myself, I understand the challenges and barriers that exist in the venture capital space, especially for underrepresented communities. I am committed to advancing diversity in VC because I believe true innovation comes from inclusive representation. My journey here has been fueled by a passion to see more Black founders, professionals and investors thrive, ensuring that our industry reflects the rich diversity of talent and ideas. Working together with partners, my ambition is that Blackout Tuesday VC will set a new standard for inclusion and equity in venture capital.” We’re also gearing up for our next Blackout Tuesday VC event (#18) on Tuesday, 24 September, from 3pm - 7pm, focused on “Increasing Venture-backed Black Founders: Journey from Seed to Series A and Beyond.” Register below & stay tuned for more details later this week! Please join us in welcoming Antoinette to Phoenix Court. We look forward to the positive impact she will have on our community and beyond. Please register here: https://lnkd.in/ezH7KgAU #diversityinvc #Blackfounders #venturecapital
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We are excited to be backing Userled and founders Yann Sarfati and Tristan Saunders which is using Generative AI to make personalised marketing easy, accessible and efficient for B2B companies 🚀 Thanks to Jess Jones at City AM for covering the news of Userled's £4m pre-seed funding 🙏 Read the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/eVVVdkSC cc Mish Mashkautsan
UK-based AI startup raises £4m to automate marketing campaigns
https://www.cityam.com
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Fantastic introduction to and insights from our Ash Arora on her career to date.
Founder & CEO of JBM - Startup & Scaleup Executive Search 🚀 Host of 40 Minute Mentor Podcast 🎧 LinkedIn Top Voice for Careers 👨🏽💻
Want mentorship from the youngest Partner at the #1 early stage VC fund in EMEA…?! Today is your lucky day! We’re kicking off our brand-new #40MinuteMentor VC feature series the brilliant Ash Arora from LocalGlobe 🙌🏽 Ash has had a rapid rise in her career to date including: 🚀 Working as Investment Lead for Crypto Unicorn Polygon Labs’s venture arm 🏆 Being named a Forbes 30 Under 30 🚀 Moving to Localglobe to invest in Blockchain & Web3 So grab your headphones and tune into today’s episode to hear Ash share: 💙 Why she joined Localglobe & what makes it so special 💡 How she supports her portfolio 🦄 What makes Founders truly stand out & what to avoid... 💪🏽 How to embrace failures Plus lots more! I loved recording this episode with Ash and can’t wait for you to hear what you think too 😊 Link in the comments below 👇🏽 #VC #Fundraising #Startup ----------------------------------------------------- 💡 Follow me, James Mitra for more stories on careers, mentorship & building JBM. ♻️ Repost this if you think it can help someone in your network and let me know your thoughts in the comments!
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Outcome-based pricing is the future of AI agent software 🤖 Instead of paying for potential, paying for results can democratise access to AI agents, but we need to get this right. Great insights from our Suzanne Ashman Blair who reflects on her own experience of outcome-based pricing in the social justice sector 💡
AI agents are forcing us to rethink not just what software can do, but how we should pay for it. Just as the shift from per seat to usage-based pricing has created a wave of companies in the horizontal tooling space, companies will need to be built to enable outcome based pricing for agents. And this tooling needs to be built now because in a nascent field, outcome-based pricing shifts some risk from the customer to the provider – a crucial factor for agent adoption. #AI #agents
AI Agents: From paying for potential to paying for results
Suzanne Ashman Blair on LinkedIn
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Huge congratulations to Cuvva who have hit a major milestone by posting a profit 🚀 Cuvva’s unwavering commitment to customer-centricity and technological innovation has truly paid off, transforming the way over 1.5 million people access temporary car insurance. We’re so proud to have been a part of their journey since we first invested in 2017 📈 Read more via The Times below: https://lnkd.in/eUMPngxE cc Freddy Macnamara, Remus Brett
Cuvva spreads its wings to fly into profitability
thetimes.com