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Ben Costantini

We caught up with Toyosi Ogedengbe, early-stage VC @ Speedinvest to get the scoop on this year’s Marketplace Conference.

Did you know that your 139 millionth great grand parent was a lizard? And that you share a common ancestor with the bird flying in front of your window?

This is the closest to a short & sweet excerpt that you’ll get for this week’s list because there’s just no way to encapsulate all the awesomeness into only one short sentence!

Thinking about transatlantic expansion? We got the scoop about this year’s Transatlantic Leaders Forum from Léa Netter Borel, Retail Club Director at FrenchFounders and lead organizer of this event.

“As a father and venture capitalist, it became evident how important it is for the black community to be able to create generational wealth.” – Michael Lints, Executive Producer, Broken Chains; Partner, Golden Gate Ventures

Here’s a quick rundown of interesting articles blooming in my digital garden this week; including strategy, VC, people & community – enjoy!

Wondering what to expect at Wolves Summit 2021? We sat down with Diana Florescu, board member and director at Wolves Summit, to peek behind the curtains at what’s in store for this year’s summit!

Atomico’s State of European Tech team just announced that they’re creating 10 Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and awarding them to members of the tech community. We talked to Sarah Guemouri, co-author of the State of European Tech report, about the launch.

It’s very unlikely that online events will replace our desire to meet IRL anytime soon. At least not until the promises of the metaverse become a reality for a vast majority of Internet users. And with the recent outage of Facebook, I’m not sure we’re even ready for that.

We touched base recently with Delia Goos, Lead Events Open Innovation & Incubation at Henkel dx to get the scoop on this year’s Xathon.

Along with NFTs, we’re talking about community, machine learning, politics and music. And a good playbook to scaling your SaaS company to 100 million ARR.

We spoke with Marta del Castillo, CEO of Spain Startup – South Summit, and Antonela Bailetti, Startup Manager at South Summit to bring you everything you need to know about South Summit 2021.