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Investing in (deep)tech founders @ Graduate Ventures šŸ‘©ā€šŸš€

For their KOPLOPERS newsletter, Jaap and Sophie at De Zaak van Advocaten asked for my take on some šŸ”„Ā š”šØš­ š­šØš©š¢šœš¬ šŸ”„ that could hit our startup ecosystem right in the heart, like šŸ… golden shares, šŸ“¦ box 3 tax reform, and šŸ’° foreign capital for Dutch startups Good timing, because the Fable and GPT-NL debate (amongst others) created some space to vent anyways šŸ˜… But I also shared what I genuinely believe: š­š”šž šƒš®š­šœš” šžšœšØš¬š²š¬š­šžš¦ š”ššš¬ šžšÆšžš«š²š­š”š¢š§š  š¢š­ š§šžšžšš¬ š­šØ š°š¢š§ ššš ššš¢š§ šŸ›ļø The infrastructure and institutions are there, they just need a (big?) push to thrive again šŸŽ“ The talent is exceptional and is building things that matter āš” The flywheel is turning, but needs more fuel: more daring investors and smarter policy So I made the case for why Graduate Ventures is built for exactly this: backing alumni founders from day one and building the most powerful founder-investor community in NL... šŸ”— Read the full piece via the link in comments!

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