Building better platforms
Together with 15 platform leads at some of the world’s most renowned investment firms we created a guide to inspire VC’s to build platforms that help startups thrive.
In early 2019, we organised a dinner in Berlin to bring platform leads from the city’s VC firms together for the first time. Realising the incredible value of exchanging knowledge and sharing perspectives, we extended this to regular meetups. And we began to invite platform leads from across Europe along too.
In doing so, we discovered a wealth of platform expertise within some of the world's biggest VC firms, waiting to be shared. So we asked 15 of the most experienced platform leads how they did it. How they created and executed a platform strategy that made a substantial difference to their portfolio companies – and how they continue to make an impact on overall fund performance.
First published in November 2019, the VC Platform Guide is a free-to-download guide for anyone curious about helping startups succeed, improve their deal flow and contribute to a thriving tech ecosystem.
The VC Platform Field Guide was downloaded by thousands of investors worldwide, and further amplified by the viral network effects at play when its creators and those who valued it reshared the guide within their own networks.
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