International Women’s Day is a great opportunity to remind the ecosystem of the crucial, much-needed female movement within the Venture Capital industry, which has notoriously been non-diverse. This movement has a massive impact on gender balance across the entire tech industry, including improving the likelihood that female entrepreneurs receive investment…

For years Creandum has been a champion of pushing better gender diversity in tech. We have made it a key priority at the firm as we believe this will give us and our portfolio companies a competitive edge in the long run. As part of that, one initiative we have…

Venture firms look for startups everywhere and anywhere. Oftentimes our trusted network serves as a strong qualifier, and hence warm introductions are most efficient. But many times it can be very random how we find startups we get excited about. This time, Creandum investment manager Lauri, who’s a developer at…

Project Eaden’s technology makes saving the world an indulgence As human beings, we neither want to compromise on our current life nor give up on our pleasures. This is why climate change is such a challenging fight. No one wants to give up on the quality of life. Instead, we are looking for alternative ways to keep enjoying life…

VC = smart money. VC = value add. VC = helpful. This is how the VC industry markets itself to founders. But do founders really agree? A few years ago, Henri Deshays (at Newfund), Owen Reynolds (then at University of Chicago, now Expon Capital) and I embarked on a project…

One of the privileges of working at Creandum is that we get to join founders for their journey, and get to know and collaborate with them through the twists and turns. The impact of this is that, when they are ready to start something new, we know they mean business…

When you keep saying the same thing, there’s a risk it loses impact. So let’s really take a moment to hit this one home: Diverse businesses perform better. But it takes more than rhetoric to bring this change into the world. Just as our language must be explicit, we must…

We have said it before but it bears repeating: diverse teams drive better decision-making and build better companies, and the data shows it’s true. Diversity is good business, and is why it’s a priority for us every day. That’s why we’re increasing the diversity of our team. It’s why we…

More or less every company Creandum speaks to claims culture is important for them. Company culture is an entrepreneurial meme that everyone subscribes to but very few actually master. But when your company is named ‘the best startup to work for in London in 2021’ you must be doing something…