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When is the best time to start a startup? "Today. Yesterday. When you don’t feel ready." That's what Partners at Antler will tell you. Our job at Antler is to make this easier for founders. Antler’s residency programs in 27 cities go beyond traditional investing. We have helped create and invest in more than 1,000 startups across a wide range of industries and technologies, with the goal of backing more than 6,000 by 2030. Bede Moore Dr. Jonathan Doerr Jeff Becker Rajiv Srivatsa Christoph Klink Magnus Grimeland Tyler Norwood Alan Poensgen Fridtjof Berge Kaye Xinqi Siheng Han #entrepreneurship #founders #startups

Uniting founding teams and building vibrant startup networks are central to our global residencies. Spring 2024 marked the launch of a range of residency programs across the world, featuring both talented serial entrepreneurs and first-time founders. Antler Partner Christoph Klink recently wrote about his experiences of bringing together a group of over 40 Antler founders from some of the newest residencies in Europe. Gathering these extraordinary groups of founders is what makes our Antler residencies unique. See Christoph’s post on this meetup linked in the comments below for insights on the Antler founder journey and what it means to take part in our residencies. #Antler #founders #residency #techtalent

We are thrilled to kick off our largest Nordic Autumn Residency to date, bringing together a unique group of founders with over 50 nationalities in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland: 📍More than two-thirds have prior experience founding a company, with a considerable share having successfully exited startups or participated in raising a VC round. 📍A balanced mix of expertise across business, domain, and tech, creating the perfect foundation for well-rounded, high-impact teams. By joining our residency, our founders unlocked access to this group of exceptional individuals and will, in the coming weeks, focus on building their teams, validating their ideas, and scaling their ventures. In fewer than 60 days, these founders will pitch their venture to our investment committee. Michael J. Wiatr Aja Guldhammer Henderson Anna Munthe-Kaas Antti Tormanen Jussi Kallasvuo Kristian Jul Røsjø Livia Moore Tobias Bengtsdahl Alia Yasser Andrea Piedrahita Annie Hult Caroline Wassén Dominika Wilinska Ege Akinci Emma Widstrand Joel Martinsson Jonas Westerlund Jose Luis Almanza Leo Philippsthal Markus Lukk Nils Lange 🦾 Nina Zeh Olivia C. Oona Suominen Patrick Stettner Sebastian Juuri Sophie Urban Tage Ringstad #NordicStartups #Entrepreneurship #FounderCommunity #TechInnovation

This Week at Antler: Antler CEO and Co-Founder Magnus Grimeland appeared on Bloomberg Radio to discuss the startup landscape and explain how strong founders can thrive in challenging funding environments: https://lnkd.in/eSTnubjZ Antler Partner Rajiv Srivatsa was interviewed by Business Insider about the Indian startup ecosystem, sharing the top five traits he seeks in startup founders, including the ability to execute and strategize: https://lnkd.in/eH_e7bWM Antler Co-Founder and Managing Partner Jussi Salovaara spoke to Tech in Asia about the alternative financing options available to founders: https://lnkd.in/egv4mkQ3 Antler Australia continued its Investor Memo Series. Partner Mike Abbott discussed Shopfront, a one-click solution for multi-marketplace re-selling in the APAC region: https://lnkd.in/eaTQpbX7 Keep an eye on our page for more updates across our global team in the coming months. #AntlerGlobal #StartupFounders #Funding #Innovation

“We want people who are terrible at some things but exceptional at others.” Antler Partner Rajiv Srivatsa shared five key traits he looks for in startup founders during a recent interview with Business Insider Drawing from his experiences as a founder in the 2010s, Rajiv also explains why the Indian startup ecosystem is thriving, highlighting the growing appetite for startup work and the frugal, mature mindset of today’s entrepreneurs. Read the article below 👇 #AntlerIndia #Startups #Founders #Entrepreneurship

“Great founders build great companies at any point in time.” [2:14 - 3:16] Yesterday morning, Antler founder and CEO Magnus Grimeland discussed the current and future funding landscape on Bloomberg Radio with Stephen Carroll and Francine Lacqua. With Carta reporting a 60% surge in US startup failures last year, Magnus explained why resilient founders continue to thrive and what investors are closely monitoring. #AntlerGlobal #Founders #FounderResilience #Funding #VC

We're thrilled to share the news of a strategic collaboration between Airalo and Boxo , enabling any mobile app to become an independent eSIM reseller. Airalo, the world’s first and largest eSIM marketplace and Boxo, a super-App-enabler, are two Antler portfolio companies formed in the Singapore residency. Antler became their initial investor in 2019. #superapp #Boxo #Airalo #eSIM #miniapp

Antler portfolio company Frich Money was featured in Forbes as a standout fintech app created by women for women 🎉 Katrin Kaurov and Aleksandra Medina founded Frich in 2021 to empower Gen Z women to make informed financial decisions. Frich—short for "Effing Rich"—provides financial transparency and community learning for Gen Z women by letting users see how others earn, spend, save, and invest. Follow the link in the comments for more on Frich. #AntlerGlobal #Fintech #FemaleFounders #Startups #Entrepreneur #GenZFinance

Excited to announce that Antler in Southeast Asia has closed its second fund, raising $72 million to support early-stage tech startups in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Co-founder and Managing Partner Jussi Salovaara spoke to TechCrunch’s Kate Park about how this latest close follows the success of our first Southeast Asia fund established in 2018, underscoring our commitment to the region. Southeast Asia is a thriving hub of innovation, with diverse markets, a rapidly growing digital economy, and bold entrepreneurs tackling global challenges. Investors for the fund include a sovereign wealth fund, a pension fund, and a university endowment. Winnie Khoo , Markus Bruderer, Erik Jonsson, Agung Bezharie Hadinegoro, Frank Kang, Rufus Sorsa, Ryan Thoo #VentureCapital #TechStartups #Entrepreneurship #SEAstartups #AntlerSEA #FutureFounders

India is a fertile ground for space tech startups at present. Recently speaking to Entrepreneur India, Partner at Antler in India Nitin Sharma shared the unique opportunities within India’s space industry he gleaned from working with our portfolio company InspeCity - space logistics, developments in capturing earth imaging data and applications of earth observation data, and more. InspeCity provides solutions for “in-space logistics”, improving the maintenance of satellites, an increasingly lucrative economic venture with more than 10,000 active satellites orbiting the Earth as of June 2024. #SpaceTechStartups #SpaceInnovation #AntlerGlobal #AntlerIndia