German VC ecosystem and preparation for a Series A round

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MEETUP – In CEE with the heavily funded local VC funds, you can easily get seed investments with even less impressive results and “safe” ambitions. Raising a next round (esp. with an international investor) may be hard after such way of funding. How to prepare for a REAL Series A round, what steps to be taken to close a successful deal with international investors? Why is it more likely to get funding from local / CEE VCs than e.g. German ones? How they see the CEE startup ecosystem, how to build on our strengths and “reposition” ourselves?

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How to get funding from US VCs like Sequoia?

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First-hand experience from Roman Scharf, general partner of 3VC (Capital300), partnering / co-investing with the leading US VCs, co-founder of the VoIP startup Jajah, the very 1st European investment of the Silicon Valley powerhouse Sequoia Capital.

Few months later Jajah was founded, they got 3 million USD investment and Roman packed up and moved to Silicon Valley for 10 years to turn the business into an incredible success. Why Jajah was so interesting for the investor? What did they learn and how did they cooperate on their journey, how did the investor opened incredible doors for them? How did they manage the exit? A plenty of takeaways for CEE scaleups in Roman Scharf’s and Lenard Horgos’s