Panel: Fundraising Forecast / Beyond Silicon Valley

Reshma Sohoni (Seedcamp), Luciana Lixandru (Accel Partners) & Carolina Brochado (Atomico) in conversation with Ton van 't Noordende (Keadyn) Unicorns used to come from the Valley. These days they come from Europe as well. There are clear signs that the tech & VC space in Europe is reaching maturity stage. What is the secret behind creating a billion dollar company? Join Ton van 't Noordende as he talks to 4 prominent international investors about how to find and attract the right talent, advisors & investors. How do you find and approach the right investor and what are the unwritten rules? Ton van 't Noordende PARTNER KEADYN (MODERATOR) Ton is partner at Keadyn VC - a seed stage VC from the Netherlands. Next to that, he's also the Investor in Residence at StartupDelta, working closely together with HRH Prince Constantijn, on a mission to break open the European investment scene. His personal goal is to empower one million entrepreneurs by 2020. He's currently on a tour, travelling to 30 cities in 6 months time, meeting with key influencers in the tech scene and trying to discover 'the secret sauce' & the 'origin stories' of those respective cities. Connecting founders, toptier VCs, superangels & community leaders. Reshma Sohoni FOUNDING PARTNER SEEDCAMP Reshma is Founding Partner at Seedcamp, Europe’s first seed fund, investing early in the most ambitious founders and proven in supporting startups scale valuable, global businesses through its lifelong platform of learning, network and capital. Reshma has previously worked in M&A and venture capital across B2B Software and Internet services businesses in the US and India. She had a small helping hand in building MakeMyTrip (NASDAQ) in its formative days. Following on from this, Reshma went to INSEAD and earned her MBA, fell in love with Europe and stayed on to work in Commercial and Marketing Strategy at Vodafone. Luciana Lixandru PARTNER ACCEL Luciana Lixandru joined Accel in 2012 and focuses on consumer internet, software and marketplace businesses. She helped lead Accel’s investments and ongoing work in Avito, Catawiki, Fever, Wallapop, Deliveroo and Algolia. Carolina Brochado PARTNER ATOMICO Carolina is a Partner at Atomico based in London. She works on sourcing, evaluation and due diligence of global investments. Carolina focuses on fintech, consumer / retail, and marketplaces. She works with several of Atomico portfolio companies including Lendinvest, Farmdrop and Uniplaces, and sits on the boards of Gympass, Chemist Direct and Bebestore.