Passion capital is an angel investment firm led by stefan glaenzer, former chairman of online radio pioneer and a founder of auction site, and mr. Glaenzer, who pleaded guilty to sexual assault on the london subway in 2012, stepped down as a partner at passion capital, bloomberg reported. Nov 30, 2012 multimillionaire stefan glaenzer, the former chairman of music streaming site and cofounder of the highly active passion capital vc fund and the tech cluster of white bear yard in. Books by zweig, stefan sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Eileen burbidge passion capital, hrh prince andrew duke of york, stefan glaenzer passion capital, robert dighero passion capital, alistair hill ondevice research, jason trost smarkets, victor henning mendeley, alexandra chong. May 06, 2011 the white bear yard founder and investor backs micropayment service flattr and academicsoftware platform mendeley. The end of my vc career stefan glaenzer quits passion capital. By bringing all the ads together in one place and organizing them with innovative, engaging features.
While we occasionally hold open office hours at our office, announced via twitter and our email addresses are pretty easy to guess or find online, the best way to reach us is through a mutual contact. He loves to write and besides working at estonian world and doing some occasional blogging, he writes books and contributes to other outlets in estonia, israel and elsewhere. Most active funds investing in european fintech viainvest blog. From octopus ventures to balderton capital, find the most reliable pair of hands in which to put your money. Eileen burbidge passion capital, hrh prince andrew duke of york, stefan glaenzer passion capital, robert dighero passion capital, alistair hill ondevice research, jason trost smarkets, victor henning mendeley, alexandra chong luluvise, tim morgan picklive, james gill gosquared.
Founded in 2011 by three of the biggest names in european tech eileen burbidge, stefan glaenzer and robert dighero. He was recently named the best angel investor in europe by readers and editors of. Lift99, an estonian inviteonly entrepreneurs community, has raised usd2. Led by three big players in the startup tech scene. Stefan glanzer, founding partner of passion capital, will speak at our eustartups summit on may 23. In an interview with techcrunch, the vc said his continued presence at passion had made him a headline risk in the eyes of lps during recent attempts to fundraise. Jun, 2014 eileen burbidge is a partner at prominent seedstage venture fund passion capital, which she established alongside stefan glaenzer and robert dighero. The white bear yard founder and investor backs micropayment service flattr and academicsoftware platform mendeley. Will britain keep investing in a sex offenders venture fund. Based in their white bear yard coworking space in clerkenwell, where they have surrounded themselves with many of the teams they invest in, the threeperson operation has pumped seed or firstround money into 20 businesses over the course of 12 months. Sten hankewitz is a lifelong journalist and deputy editor at estonian world.
Oct 17, 2011 wahanda, an online health and beauty marketplace, has secured a. Project gutenberg offers 61,616 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. Eyeem high quality mobile photography community and. Sep 20, 2012 tech companies could get help with london stock market flotations. Glaenzer was convicted in 2012 after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a woman on the london underground.
Passion capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators applying their experiences to helping founders and earlystage teams build great digital mediatechnology companies. Tech companies could get help with london stock market flotations. Balderton capital claim the title of the largest series a focused vc firm in europe. Stefan glaenzer, 51, travelled back and forth on trains looking at womens bodies. Balderton is a big fish with a small fish mentality that is, they have the financial clout of a giant vc, but the humility, diligence, and long term thinking of a minnow. They are stefan glaenzer, eileen burbidge and robert dighero. Introductions help to give context and you the attention which may otherwise go missing if you cold call.
New uk bitcoin exchange to bar us clients financial times. Of the 21 firms passion funded in the first year since it was founded in may 2011, two have already been bought and only two have since been wound down, stefan glaenzer of passion capital points out. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover stephens connections and jobs at similar companies. Digital gift card innovator reward cloud secures passion. Books by zweig, stefan sorted by popularity project gutenberg books by zweig, stefan sorted by popularity. Straight talk for startups by randy komisar and jantoon. Stefan glaenzer and robert dighero, passion capital have been. Today we held our second ever vator splash london event, which featured keynote fireside chats from techstars founder and ceo david cohen, as well as julia and kevin hartz, the founders of eventbrite but we didnt forget what splash is still all about. The british business bank invests in passion capitals. As angel he is invested in 40 startups, amongst them flattr, mendeley and tradeshift. Will britain keep investing in a sex offenders venture. Episode 1s competitors, revenue, number of employees.
Passion capital, an early stage london venture capital firm, with stefan glaenzer in 2008. Attendee noah conference berlin, zurich and london. This 96page collection is stefan marxs largest book to date, following on the heels of im starting to feel okay. Aug 21, 2015 eventually, she ended up at passion with her two partners, stefan glaenzer, who founded the german auction site which was sold to rival, and robert dighero, qxls former. The company intends to use the funds will be used to reinforce the development of content, build the team and its ai capabilities. View stephen farleys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Jul 10, 2014 passion capital is an angel investment firm led by stefan glaenzer, former chairman of online radio pioneer and a founder of auction site, and mr hinrikus was an early employee. In 2010, stefan has cofounded and serves as exec chair at rebate networks berlin. Oct 11, 2011 prince andrew with passion capitals stefan glaenzer and robert dighero there is something jarring about the juxtaposition of a member of the british royal family being among start ups. After years of interviews and research, ive collected stories and interviews with 28 of these entrepreneurs, from all across europe, in a book.
The european startup revolution a book of interviews. The decision to resign, which the firms staff and limited partners were informed of last thursday, is linked to glaenzers. Stefan glaenzer is founding partner at passion capital an early stage vc fund who have invested in the likes of duedil, gocardless and carthrottle. Tube pervert radio millionaire stefan glaenzer lusted after female passengers. Martin godet transforming customers access to convenient storage with a nationwide platform and b2b partnerships. Stefan glanzer is founding partner at passion capital in london. Backers included alex chesterman, founder of zoopla, simon franks, cofounder of lovefilm and stefan glaenzer, founding partner of passion capital. Alibaba is in the early stages of making an investment in grab, two sources with knowledge of discussions told techcrunch.
Top five venture capitalist firms investing in technology. Eileen burbidge founded investment fund passion capital in 2011 with stefan glaenzer and. He is also cofounder of white bear yard, a coworking space in. High profile uk vc stefan glaenzer faces jail after sexual. Stefan glaenzer, the prominent european vc and former chairman of and founder of, has quit his role as partner at passion. That means the money on the table is rarely small the vc tends to put. Read a 15 min summary of straight talk for startups. Prince andrew with passion capitals stefan glaenzer and robert dighero there is something jarring about the juxtaposition of a member of the british royal family being among start ups.
Passion capital is made up of partners, stefan glaenzer, eileen burbidge and robert dighero with a total of 86 million pounds in investments. Tube pervert radio millionaire stefan glaenzer lusted. They have been personally involved in the largest european technology exits of the past. Stefan glanzer, founding partner of passion capital, will speak at. They have a host of big names on their books such as facebook, spotify. Passion capital is a london based partnership of entrepreneurs and. The decision to resign, which the firms staff and limited partners were informed of last thursday, is linked to glaenzer s. He was recently named the best angel investor in europe by readers and editors of techcrunch europe, and was the first. The european startup revolution a book of interviews with. Mar 08, 2012 investors include index ventures and a number of highprofile angel investors including alex zubillaga and passion capital s stefan glaenzer. May 03, 2012 tweet share post since closing its first investment fund of. May 28, 2018 sten hankewitz is a lifelong journalist and deputy editor at estonian world. Based in their white bear yard coworking space in clerkenwell, where they have surrounded themselves with many of the teams they invest in, the threeperson operation has pumped seed or firstround money into 20 businesses over the course of 12. Tube pervert radio millionaire stefan glaenzer lusted after female.
Stefan glaenzer has quit as partner of passion capital, the earlystage investor he cofounded in 2012. Capital from past successes is being recycled too, through investors such as stefan glaenzer of passion capital in london, christophe maire, a berlinbased entrepreneur, and kaifu lee, a former. The british business bank today announces that it has invested. I wait here for you forever as long as it takes marx, stefan on. Oct 29, 20 new uk bitcoin exchange to bar us clients. Investors include index ventures and a number of highprofile angel investors including alex zubillaga and passion capitals stefan glaenzer. Seed stage investing with stefan glaenzer of passion capital. Passion capitals cofounder explains her maverick approach, declaring she. For venture capital companies, an easier route for companies in which they have invested to float on the stock market, and. Transaction marks the british business banks 18th enterprise capital fund investment. The end of my vc career stefan glaenzer quits passion.
Eventually, she ended up at passion with her two partners, stefan glaenzer, who founded the german auction site which was sold to rival, and robert dighero, qxls former. He was hailed as of europes top investors by techcrunch in 2010, and also works for venture capital firm passion capital. He cofounded the londonbased earlystage firm seven years ago with partners eileen burbidge and robert dighero. Eileen burbidge mbe born 1971 is an american venture capitalist resident in london and a founding partner of passion capital, an earlystage venture capital firm.
Better, but not good enough venture capital in europe. Multimillionaire stefan glaenzer, the former chairman of music streaming site and cofounder of the highly active passion capital vc fund and the tech cluster of white bear yard in. Stephen farley edinburgh, united kingdom professional. Stefan glanzer founding partner passion capital linkedin. Sep 18, 2017 will britain keep investing in a sex offenders venture fund. Stefan glaenzer, the prominent european vc and former chairman of and founder of, has quit his role as partner at passion capital. Alibaba is preparing to invest in grab geekfence tech.
Songkick will use the cash from sequoia and the other investors in the round existing vcs index ventures and y combinator, and angels alex zubillaga and passion capitals stefan glaenzer, are upping their stakes to grow the firms west coast base. Tech companies could get help with london stock market. And her second book was named one of the highestselling books of. Eileen burbidge, stefan glaenzer and robert dighero, passion capital have been personally involved in the largest european technology exits of the past decade. Stefan glanzer founding partner at passion capital. London venture capitalist stefan glaenzer was convicted of sexual assault, but won british taxpayer funds for his firm anyway. The top 10 competitors in episode 1s competitive set are profounders capital, founders factory, orange growth capital, beacon capital, ariadne, passion capital, kindred capital, notion, kima ventures and fuel ventures. The partners of this investment fund are stefan glaenzer, eileen. Having lived in estonia, spain, the uk and all around the us, he now resides in chicago, il. Nov 30, 2012 multimillionaire internet tycoon rubbed his groin against female tube passenger and gazed at womens bottoms. May 28, 2015 transaction marks the british business banks 18th enterprise capital fund investment. Tube pervert radio millionaire stefan glaenzer lusted after. Passion capital specialises in seed and earlystage funding.
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