STATION F, Newsletter - Entrepreneur founders, startups, programms

 

Here's your monthly update from STATION F ft. an interview with the world's most active angel investor, startup fundraising news, a cool innovation with  skin, and more!   Are you a Founder or Future Founder? Come build your company at STATION F! We currently have open applications for the following programs: ‍ HEC Program is recruiting for early-stage startups that are founded by entrepreneurs that have a link to the school. Deadline to apply is Nov 22 to join in Jan 2021. Apply now. 🤝 Entrepreneur First is backing talented individuals pre-team and pre-idea to build the next generation of globally ambitious technology startups from scratch. Deadline to apply is Dec 6 to join in Apr 2021. Apply now.   Discover more programs at STATION F 🤩 Startup Good News! Koyeb raises €1.4 million to build the next generation multi-cloud provider Koyeb (Founders Program) simplifies serverless application deployment and data-processing with a unified experience for containers, functions, and ready-to-use integrations. > Learn more Sekoia raises €10 million to expand its solution for cyber threat anticipation Cybersecurity startup Sekoia (Thales Program) responds to a need that is still little covered by European cybersecurity companies: threat intelligence. > Learn more Ictyos is transforming fish skin into leather Ictyos (LVMH Program) recycles  skin and transforms would-be waste into luxurious marine leather. > Learn more Who are the entrepreneurs in STATION F's Fighters Program? Applications for Batch 4 of the Fighters Program are currently in review. While waiting for the results to be announced in January, discover a few of the startups in the program: Le Falaf, Chez Vos Producteurs, and Fibrany.  High-level insights from our Community 🤯 How to raise funds with a super angel? An interview with Fabrice Grinda, the world's most active angel investor. With 600 investments (and counting!), serial entrepreneur-turned-BA Fabrice Grinda is one of the most active angel investors in the world. Whether you're an investor or an early-stage startup looking for funding, don't miss out on his latest interview filled with plenty of actionable insights > Read now  Angel Investing, VC, and Scout Programs: How do you teach investing? With the development of investment vehicles and financial instruments like syndicates and rolling funds, investing has become more accessible in recent years to a wider non-VC and non-finance audience, especially in early-stage. This leads us to two questions. First, is investment something that can be taught? Second, how is it actually taught? > Learn more with Included VC, Chapter One VC, and Angel Investing School. 🏻‍♀️What makes a good founder? How do you build strong co-founding teams? We speak to Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck of Entrepreneur First, who have been backing talented individuals pre-team and pre-idea, to find out. > Learn more  Why should some startups not be raising funds with VCs? How much money did you raise? What’s your valuation? How long until you’ll become a unicorn? Who did you raise from? More than ever, our ecosystem glorifies fundraising but is it for everyone?  > Find out in an interview with Grégoire Gambetto of Germinal   Discover more insights in our Newsroom Copyright © 2020 STATION F, All rights reserved.