Feb 22, 2022

This Week in London Startups - Issue #35 - When is the right time to launch?

By London Startup Club • Issue #35 • View online

When is the right time to launch?

This week, as you’ll see below, we’re highlighting a number of early stage companies that are launching in various different stages of their startup journey. It’s always so exciting to see these early stage companies, only 6-12 months old, making significant strides 🚀

It got me thinking around launching and when is a good time to press the big red button? 🔴 And I thought this post by Valerie Krämer was a really great summary of the many launches (not just one) that a founder needs to go through before they truly “launch”.

Founder Spotlight - Launching Beta

This weeks Founder Spotlight is Rory Sadler, Co-Founder of trumpet

Here is a note from Rory about trumpet, plans for launching beta and how you can get involved:

Hey London Startup Club Members, it’s great to be here!

At trumpet, we are doing away with some of the oldest but most commonly used tools in sales - the PDF and Powerpoint.

Our mission is to transform the entire B2B sales cycle, from pitch to onboarding. We want to help salespeople save hours creating and personalising sales decks whilst also delivering an awesome experience for their buyers.

It’s time to stand our from the crowd. With trumpet they can design personalised, trackable and collaborative sales pods in just a few clicks: Think microsites for salespeople.

We’ve been building the platform for the last 6 months and will be releasing the beta towards the end of March. To get early access, people can sign up to our waitlist and refer their friends and colleagues to skip the queue.

If you have any questions or would like to jump on a call, please reach out either via email (rory@sendtrumpet.com) or via LinkedIn.

Thanks for checking us out!

Rory

If you are a founder and are currently raising, hiring or launching and would like us to shine a spotlight on you then get in touch with the team at londonstartupclub@gmail.com or drop us a DM on LinkedIn - we’ll be in touch to get the spotlight on you 🔎

Top News

Atom Bank raises £75m as it targets ‘likely’ IPO in 2023

Atom Bank has raised £75m at a £435m valuation as it gears up for an initial public offering (IPO) that’s “likely” to take place next year.

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Europe’s Revent hits $68M hard cap on its climate, health & impact-focused fund

Last year I covered the launch of Berlin-HQ’d Revent — a new European early-stage with an “impact” focus — it was aimed to launch a €50 million ($60 million) fund to focus on climate tech, health, and well-being, and economic empowerment, backing startups with both “purpose and profit”.

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Breakcold launches on Product Hunt

Cold email outreach software with personalized icebreakers powered by AI Avoid back-and-forth between softwares. Breakcold is a cold email software first, powered by AI first lines that boost dramatically both open rate and reply rate.

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UK Funding Rounds

PerchPeek raises £8m to capitalise on the 'great relocation'

Employee relocation platform PerchPeek has secured £8m in a Series A funding round co-led by AlbionVC and Boston’s Stage 2 Capital.

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Octopus Ventures backs London-based startup with $50 million to boost automation in life sciences

London-based automation startup that is helping life sciences rapidly innovate, diagnose and discover at scale, Automata is aiming to change this and has now raised $50 million in Series B funding

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Genesis raises $200M in Tiger-led round to grow its finance-focused low-code application platform

Genesis, which has built a low-code/no-code application platform specifically for the financial markets, announced today it has landed a $200 million investment led by Tiger Global Management.

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Seed investment for due diligence platform Umazi - BusinessCloud

Heavy hitters ComplyAdvantage and Artesian:DueDil partner with startup backed by Innovate UK and angels

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SoftBank leads $190m investment in fintech PrimaryBid

PrimaryBid has secured $190m in a Series C funding round led by SoftBank, the world’s largest technology investor.

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International Highlights

Jambo raises $7.5M from Coinbase, Alameda Research to build “web3 super app” of Africa

Jambo, a Congo-based startup building Africa’s web3 user acquisition portal through “learn, play, earn” and democratizing access to crypto-based income-generation opportunities, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding.

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Looking to reinvent the e-commerce experience, Amano junks the email, raises €1.5 million

Having already sold one of their ventures to Wolt, Małgorzata Sitkowska and Nicolas Jedraszak are now going for the hattrick. This time in the world of e-commerce, and have raised €1.5 million to reinvent the post-purchase experience

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Norway’s marketplace for residential and commercial solar installations, Otovo raises €30 million, plans uplisting to Oslo Stock Exchange

With the cost of traditional energy delivery rising steeply, solar panel and battery installations marketplace Otovo seizes the moment, raises €30 million to add six additional geographies to the lineup.

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Sydney-based startup Upflowy raises $4M to optimize web experiences with its no-code solution

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected consumers’ behaviors and purchasing patterns; data-driven decision-making is even more crucial to ensure that companies’ products or services genuinely benefit users in times of uncertainty.

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Sweden's Mindler taps into Finnish app to advance digital mental health treatment

Swedish online mental health treatment platform Mindler has acquired Finnish startup Medified Solutions Oy to bring in better mental health for people

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Aussie e-bike startup vrooms into Europe for expansion with $20 million

Aussie electric last-mile delivery vehicle company Zoomo, which operates in Australia, the U.S., the U.K. and Europe, has raised $20 million

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Editors Choice

For startups, the message is clear: Grow fast or die

For startups, the lesson here is that no matter how well you did in 2021, investor sentiment appears more tied to what you are projecting for this year than anything.

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Events

The underdog survival guide: How to compete with industry giants - Sifted - 23rd Feb

Competing against corporates with deep pockets, millions of customers and an established reputation is daunting. So how can startups leverage their size and agility to level the playing field with industry giants?

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Could the metaverse perfect our imperfect world? - The Garden - 23rd Feb

When people talk about the metaverse, they mean a future where there’s a seamless connection between physical reality and the virtual world.

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Personal Brand vs. Company Brand – what should you build? - The Purposeful Project - 23 Feb

Eventbrite - The Purposeful Project presents Personal Brand vs. Company Brand – what should you build? - Wednesday, 23 February 2022 - Find event and ticket information.

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