• Dear friends, If we were to summarise 2023 briefly, it would be less VC investment activity. The fundamentals of startup risk did not change in 2023. What changed was a reversal of national banks printing money and lending it out at zero interest rates. Two factors in particular contributed to a slowdown in startup investments. High valuations…

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  • It has been a busy first half of 2023 for VarsoGroup. We have participated in several equity and debt fundraising rounds. Mostly non-disclosed insider rounds. Here’s a summary of some of our learnings: 👉 Existing investors are willing to bridge to a cash flow positive plan, ideally within six to twelve months. This means reducing…

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  • Dear Friends We are proud to have supported SaaS founders raising over €20 million from VC and debt investors in 2022. Two cases represent subsequent funding rounds, an outstanding achievement as only a fraction of startups raise follow-on rounds and become scaleups. AdScanner, an AdTech SaaS company, closed a Series A round of €5 million…

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  • We are proud to have been part of several closed VC funding rounds in the last few months. In two cases, that represent subsequent funding rounds that VarsoGroup has supported. VarsoGroup provides the founders of European SaaS start-ups with bespoke advice before, during, and after funding rounds. Our service includes preparation for an equity or debt funding round,…

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  • Dear Friends We launched VarsoGroup in the summer of 2019 to become an invaluable resource for ambitious scaleups active in the digital economy in Europe. We set out with a clear vision to support several critical company scaleup challenges around team leadership, product growth, and fundraising activities. As we enter 2022, based on our search…

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