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Today we're excited to share that we have led the €15m Series A investment into LegalFly. The legal industry is on the brink of a major transformation driven by generative AI, with experts comparing its impact to the adoption of email. LegalFly, founded by former Tinder executives, is at the forefront of this revolution, offering a secure, end-to-end automation platform for legal work. The stage is set for significant value creation in LegalTech over the next decade and we’re proud to be a small part of LegalFly’s story by leading their Series A. Notion's Jos White and Maximilian Eichler share more below about why they chose to invest 👇 We're super excited to be on this journey with LegalFly and look forward to working with the Founders and the entire team Ruben Miessen, Kasper Verbeeck De Wael, Dennis M., Gregory Vekemans. https://lnkd.in/esX4YPgS

Your startup has found Product-Market Fit...what next? "By now the phrase “Product-Market Fit” (PMF) is firmly lodged in founders’ brains as a key milestone to achieve. Massive focus on PMF, don’t scale until you have PMF, our investors and board love hearing that we’ve achieved PMF. So, once you have that, does that mean go all guns blazing and start scaling?" Our latest resource from Jennifer Bers, GTM Expert at Notion gives you a comprehensive breakdown of everything you need to know about scaling your business effectively through Go-To-Market Fit! Explore Jen's step by step guide here: https://lnkd.in/evzbwtuZ #BusinessGrowth #GoToMarketFit #CustomerSuccess #NotionCapital

BREAKING NEWS! 📣 LegalFly secures €15 Million to Set Security Standard in AI Legal Services We’re pumped to announce that LegalFly has raised €15 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Jos White from Notion Capital, with participation from redalpine and Fortino Capital. Founded just one year ago, LegalFly is disrupting the legal tech landscape with its GenAI-native solutions. Our Legal AI workspace automates legal tasks, significantly boosting efficiency and privacy for law firms and in-house teams. This investment will fuel our ambitious growth, including the exponential growth of our team and the expansion of our partnerships across Europe. Join us as we continue to shape the future of legal services globally! 🌎 Ruben Miessen Kasper Verbeeck De Wael Dennis Montegnies Gregory Vekemans Gianmarco Hodel Jos White Maximilian Eichler Filip Van Innis Sebastian Becker Niels Van Driessche Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/e9NQrtjp Check some of the roles we have opened in Belgium and the UK 🇬🇧🇧🇪 https://lnkd.in/ekRMewtC

🔔 YOUR TIME TO BREAK INTO VENTURE CAPITAL IS NOW  🔔 Included VC's Global Fellowship applications for Class ‘24 are officially open! Know someone who should see this? Tag your friends, colleagues, cousins, even your latest match! We want everyone* to have a shot at this life-changing opportunity. ✅ TL;DR // Virtual Fellowship // Part-time commitment of 15+ hours per week // Fully funded by our Venture Partners // You're passionate about breaking into VC // Join the #IncludedVCMafia - the most connected, diverse VC network globally, representing over 40 countries and nationalities. 💜 Key Highlights Included VC is all about kindness, lifting each other up, resilience, and paying it forward. Our Fellows embody these values deeply, we hope you do too. Thanks to BITKRAFT Ventures, Creandum, daphni, European Investment Fund (EIF), HSBC, HV Capital, Mangrove Capital Partners, Mouro Capital, Notion Capital, Seedcamp & Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati the global Fellowship remains fully funded. Their mentorship and support are priceless. Fun fact: Our success rate is as a % is higher than global renowned business schools! Over 80% of Included VC Fellows who actively apply to VC roles land roles at funds like: Pale blue dot, XAnge, Launch Africa Ventures, Trifecta Capital, Sequoia Capital, Balderton Capital, Atomico, Founders Factory Africa, Enza Capital, Kalaari Capital and many, many more. Remember, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Even if you’re unsure if you qualify, apply anyway – you never know what could happen. Think you can shake up the status quo in VentureCapital? Apply now! Go. Go. Go! #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship #Tech

I'm a bit competitive... We have a sales energy competition in the office today and I need to show the team that I can still hustle deals 🚀💪 If you book a meeting with us to talk through your company health insurance or other benefits then you get to spin the wheel 😁 Prizes are; - Forest: 10 trees planted in your honour - Ocean: clean 1kg of plastic out the Ocean - Desert: Donate 5 weeks of clean water to a child in need - Mountain: 10 meals to a family in crisis - YU: £50 donation to a charity of your choice Book here (https://lnkd.in/d_M4YiUT) or comment below 👇 👇

Congratulations to Samuel Huber and the whole team at Landvault on the acquisition! We're super excited for you all and delighted to have been a small part of the journey 🚀 Chris Tottman

Black founders in Europe and Africa face a $14.21 billion investment opportunity gap. How can the tech ecosystem build on the successes from the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund to drive change? New research conducted in partnership with Notion Capital takes a deeper look at disparities in capital access and ways to bridge the gap:

Enhance your companies success by embracing pre-mortems. Startups and VCs often fall victim to a necessary, but sometimes damaging, optimism bias. We have found per-mortems to be a valuable antidote to that rose tinted view of the future by imagining setbacks and future failure and putting in place strategies to mitigate those risks while driving the business forward at pace. I call this working backwards from failure. The process starts with a simple question, once we have reviewed the goals for the coming years, "OK, its now the end of 2025 and you are way off plan, running out of cash and looking disaster in the face. Why? What went wrong? What mistakes did you make? While never losing sight of our shared ambition and vision, pre-mortems allows us to foster the open and honest conversation, constructive debate, disagreement and commitment that are all critical to success in a fast growth business. VC-backed startups are typically solving a problem that has never been solved before. There is no rule book. Risks are plenty. Mistakes are many. But this process can help you avoid the most common mistakes, the ones so many make. And maybe you can make that improbable outcome, slightly more likely. You can read more here: https://lnkd.in/evHTx66X.

38 Startup Terms Every Founder Should Know 📌 1. A/B Test: Test two versions to see which performs better. 2. Angel: Early investor providing capital for startups. 3. Bandwidth: Capacity to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. 4. Boost Productivity: Improve team efficiency and output. 5. Branding: Creating a memorable identity for your company. 6. Crowdsourcing: Gathering input or resources from a large group. 7. Drill Down: Analyze data in greater detail. 8. Early Adopter: First customers to use a new product. 9. Freemium: Offer basic services for free, charge for premium features. 10. Holy Grail: Ultimate goal or achievement in startups. 11. Iteration: Process of continuous improvement and refinement. 12. Influencer: Person with ability to affect others' decisions. 13. Lean: Minimize waste and maximize efficiency. 14. Low-Hanging Fruit: Easily achievable goals or targets. 15. Market Fit: Alignment between product and market needs. 16. Mission Statement: Concise description of company's purpose. 17. Monetization: Converting product or service into revenue. 18. Onboard: Integrate new users or employees into the system. 19. Pipeline: Progression of product from idea to market. 20. Paradigm Shift: Fundamental change in approach or thinking. 21. Pivot: Significant change in business strategy. 22. Silo: Isolated department or system within an organization. 23. Social Proof: Influence derived from others' actions or approval. 24. Stealth: Operating in secrecy to avoid competitor awareness. 25. Thought Leadership: Establishing oneself as an industry expert. 26. Traction: Measurable evidence of market demand for a product. 27. User Experience: Overall experience of a person using a product. 28. Value Proposition: Unique benefit offered to customers. 29. Virality: Rapid spread of content or product adoption. 30. Wheelhouse: Area of expertise or comfort. 31. Burn Rate: Speed at which a company spends its capital. 32. Disruption: Revolutionary change in an industry or market. 33. Exit Strategy: Plan for founders to leave or sell the company. 34. Growth Hacking: Creative, low-cost strategies for rapid growth. 35. Intellectual Property: Legal rights to creations of the mind. 36. Minimum Viable Product (MVP): Basic version of a product for testing. 37. Revenue Streams: Various sources of income for a business. 38. Scalability: Ability to grow without being hampered by structure or resources. -- 📌 If you liked this (and want to support my work): 1. Like 2. Repost Thanks! hashtag #BrainDumps | BrainDump #76

 🚀 Exciting new venture 🚀 I'm honoured to take over as Chair of the BVCA Venture Capital Forum from this week. Great to have so many deal makers and thought leaders from the UK #VentureCapital community contribute to this and get aligned on the priorities for our industry. We have tremendous opportunities ahead with the pace of technological advancement in so many exciting areas such as #AI, #QuantumComputing and #EnergyTransition, along with large new potential pools of capital from #PensionFunds and others. But we also face change and geopolitical uncertainty where a united agenda and speaking with 'one voice' will be imperative. We must support the UK's #Growth agenda with appropriate incentives for #Innovation and risk-taking and ensure the UK remains a competitive destination for the very best talent, on both the investing and entrepreneurial side. My objectives as Chair: 📈 Evolving and boosting membership of the forum and ensuring real engagement. 🏛 Supporting policy makers in government and beyond in understanding our industry and the key role it plays, in order to support appropriate regulation and taxation regimes. 💼 Supporting the objectives of the Mansion House Compact in unlocking pension funds for #PrivateCapital markets. 🤝 Opening up opportunities for closer collaboration between VC firms active in the UK to the benefit of the whole ecosystem. My thanks to the fantastic team at the BVCA for all the hard work that goes on this and to Andrew Williamson as outgoing Chair for his leadership. I'm looking forward to getting stuck in! Notion Capital, British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA), Michael Moore, Chris Elphick, Amelia Armour, Bali Muralidhar, Benjamin Wilkinson, David Mott, Duncan Gray, Jon Coker, Karen McCormick, Kerry Baldwin, Laurence Barker, Nicholas Stocks, Sarah Guemouri, Stephen Lowery, Stephen Nundy, Will Fraser-Allen, Yaron Valler https://lnkd.in/ePTsh9-S