@SebJohnsonUK Avatar @SebJohnsonUK Seb Johnson

Seb Johnson posts on X about ai, in the, company, money the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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Social category influence finance 43.93% technology brands 14.02% vc firms #41 stocks 8.41% travel destinations 8.41% countries 4.67% social networks 2.8% cryptocurrencies 1.87% celebrities 1.87% automotive brands 1.87%

Social topic influence ai 17.76%, in the 14.02%, company #999, money 7.48%, london #2317, $4bn 5.61%, $11bn 5.61%, investment 5.61%, the world 4.67%, $googl 4.67%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @elevenlabsio @revolut @kirbyman01 @lovable @antonosika @synthesiaio @harrystebbings @mattevantic @a16z @sequoia @wearelegora @matiii @andreasklinger @vriparbelli @indexventures @meetcleo @evanticcapital @dadajudith @joinef @tarakeeney

Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Atlassian Corporation PLC (TEAM)

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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Without a doubt @Revolut is Europe's best shot at a $1tn dollar company. In [--] years it's achieved: $75bn valuation $1bn profit 65m users It's backed by @balderton @IndexVentures @lakestarvc and many other great European firms. I made this video to celebrate the success the company has seen and its MONUMENTAL level of ambition. It's the first video I've made like this. Let me know what you think"
X Link 2025-11-13T14:51Z [----] followers, 323.5K engagements

"Barney Hussey-Yeo on why he decided to bring @meetcleo back to the UK: "The reason I was really drawn to come back is because I think it's really important that companies that found here and are built here are able to scale and list in the UK" "It's critical to GDP growth. that companies are able to list here so it's an endeavour to try and make that happen" LETS GO. @Barney_H_Y is relentless in his attempt to reform the UK's approach to tech and entrepreneurship - we're lucky to have him. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023307359360090183 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023307359360090183"
X Link 2026-02-16T08:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Can Europe actually build a rival to SpaceX Three European firms have merged their Space divisions to try and take on Starlink. Europe is miles off competing on rockets but maybe there's a chance we can build a suitable sovereign low orbit satellite network. Time will tell but GOD DAMN it's good to Europe waking up and taking a swing"
X Link 2025-10-24T08:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Lovable is now being valued at $5bn in screenshots shared by early Lovable investor @AlexBerriche Firms are trying to buy secondary shares from early investors. At a $5bn valuation this would result in a 100x return in less than [--] years. Alex isn't selling though - he's got conviction that the company will get much bigger. LETS GO"
X Link 2025-11-03T09:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Index Ventures a EUROPEAN firm is on track to overtake @sequoia as the greatest VC of all time. This year alone the firm has seen [--] insane exits: Figma IPO: Current market cap of $20bn and share price of $40 Index bought in at $0.09/share. 400x return and led by @dannyrimer Revolut secondaries: Co-led their Series A at $0.48 a share most recent share price of $1200 which included secondaries (although TBC whether Index participated). 2400x return led by @martinmignot Scale AI acquisition: Invested at Series B $0.16 a share. Meta bought in at $30 a share. 180x led by @mavolpi Wiz acquisition:"
X Link 2025-12-11T15:13Z [----] followers, 53.6K engagements

"Hummingbird is one of the greatest and most underrated VC firms in the world: 10x DPI [----] TVPI 46% IRR These are all stats from its second fund. It's headed up by @ileri and @akshay__mehra who have built a portfolio including: Lovable Kraken BillionToOne Aspora Deliveroo The partners look for founders that have undergone incredibly challenging experiences and as a result have built up a highly unusual level of resilience. This echoes something that @HarryStebbings has said - that great founders often have a broken relationship with one of their parents. The firm manages over $1 billion is"
X Link 2025-12-12T15:53Z [----] followers, 12.3K engagements

"Sequoia Capital is no longer the world's greatest VC firm. [----] will go down in history as the year that @IndexVentures took the crown. The firm netted [--] BILLION DOLLARS from its exits in 2025: Wiz acquisition to Google: $4.1 billion netted Dream Games buy out from CVC: $560 million Scale AI semi-acquisition by Meta: $1.8 billion Figma IPO: $2.1bn Another portfolio company Revolut hit a valuation of $75bn which could end up returning even more than Wiz. It is surely the greatest firm in the world right now. @mhbergen has written an amazing piece in @business about the firm's performance as"
X Link 2026-01-08T12:00Z [----] followers, 81.4K engagements

"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-08/index-ventures-looks-to-next-generation-after-bumper-vc-year https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-08/index-ventures-looks-to-next-generation-after-bumper-vc-year"
X Link 2026-01-08T12:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"European Tech is off to a FLYING start and has already minted a WHOPPING four unicorns in [----] The four are: @AikidoSecurity founded by Willem Delbare Roeland Delrue and Felix Garriau raised $60m in a Series B led by DST Global at a $1bn valuation. @osapiens_ founded by Stefan Wawrzinek Alberto Zamora Matthias Jungblut and Jrg Bernauer raised a $100m Series C from Decarbonization Partners at a $1.1bn valuation. Harmattan AI founded by Mouad M. and Jean-Christophe Charlaix raised a $200m Series B led by Dassault Aviation at a $1.4bn valuation. @faculty_ai from Marc Warner got acquired by"
X Link 2026-01-15T12:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Index Ventures netted [--] BILLION DOLLARS from its exits in [----]. The VC liquidity window is well and truly open What's interesting about this cycle is how little liquidity (proportionately) is being provided by IPOs. For @IndexVentures liquidity came from: Wiz acquisition to Google: $4.1 billion netted Dream Games buy out from CVC: $560 million Scale AI semi-acquisition by Meta: $1.8 billion Figma IPO: $2.1bn Another portfolio company @Revolut sold $2bn of secondaries at a $75bn valuation. We're seeing buyouts semi-acquisitions full acquisitions and secondaries and relatively few IPOs. Will"
X Link 2026-01-17T15:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"BLIMEY - there's been lots of rumours but now confirmed. @elonmusk is lining up the biggest IPO of all time. Likely to raise tens of billions. @SpaceX is currently conducting a sale of existing shares at a valuation of $800bn. Will the IPO surpass $1tn We will see. Who is buying shares Great stuff from @IvanLevingston and the @FT (link below) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014381404386124147 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014381404386124147"
X Link 2026-01-22T16:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is how Mark Cuban turned $1m into $1bn. [--] years ago @mcuban invested $1m into @synthesiaIO at a $5m valuation. Today the company is worth $4bn. That $1m cheque is now worth close to $1bn today. And it's still very early on in its journey. The company is aiming for a $100bn outcome at which point Mark's cheque could be worth upwards of $5bn. He invested after a cold email when no one else would. In Venture you have to go early and you have to be willing to back the companies that no one else will. That's where the mammoth returns are. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015789069007995185"
X Link 2026-01-26T14:09Z [----] followers, 12.9K engagements

"2026 is the year @Revolut will surpass a $100bn valuation. The demand for their shares is still crazy high and the growth is not slowing down at all. The company is aiming for $9bn of revenue and $3.5bn of profit in [----] and is on track to hit 100m users in early [----]. It's on track to be the greatest tech company Europe has produced and one of the few european companies to surpass $100bn in valuation or market cap. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016103902530134373 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016103902530134373"
X Link 2026-01-27T11:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Marc Andreessen watching one portfolio company (@Revolut) pour money into another portfolio company (@elevenlabsio) Its a good time to be @pmarca ElevenLabs + Revolut. We're deploying ElevenLabs Agents across Revolut's customer support - a company that's reimagined what financial services can be and scaled to 70M+ customers globally with relentless focus on product and execution. Both our companies obsess over metrics - https://t.co/RgFKKvA8rK ElevenLabs + Revolut. We're deploying ElevenLabs Agents across Revolut's customer support - a company that's reimagined what financial services can be"
X Link 2026-01-29T20:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"An early DeepMind researcher has just left Google to solve AI Superintelligence here in London. The UK and Europe have long been criticised for not having a leading LLM or frontier lab. Now one of Google DeepMind's earliest and most impressive researchers has left the company to build his own AI startup that is aiming to go way beyond what LLMs have achieved. David Silver was one of the earliest researchers at DeepMind and was responsible for "Reinforcement" - a way of training AI models from experience rather than historical data (i.e. they learn by trial and error as opposed to learning"
X Link 2026-01-30T15:32Z [----] followers, 229.4K engagements

"Why are tech companies sponsoring so many sports teams all of a sudden @Revolut and @elevenlabsio are sponsoring the Audi F1 Team @AnthropicAI just announced a deal with Atlassian Williams as their "official thinking partner" @WeAreLegora is sponsoring a PGA golfer. Meta AI is sponsoring the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula [--] Team. I'm sure this wasn't widely done a few years ago and I'm sure I'm missing some. What's the rationale / value here Is this one of those things we will look back on in a few years and see as a sign of bubble behaviour https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018781082192322622"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Europe has officially entered the AI race. In the past month the momentum and focus within European AI has shifted. Our builders are now building the next generation of AI models and tools: David Silver an early DeepMind researcher has just left Google to solve AI Superintelligence here in London. Ferenc Huszr (@fhuszar) the world leading AI expert just left his role at Cambridge University to start Reasonable Technology Limited - a post-LLM AI company. And of course Peter Steinberger (@steipete) the Austrian mastermind behind @openclaw which has taken the tech world by storm. Europe has"
X Link 2026-02-04T09:28Z [----] followers, 27.6K engagements

"ElevenLabs has raised a $500m Series D at an $11B valuation after hitting $330m ARR It's become Europe's lastest decacorn and its first of [----]. @a16z are re-investing AGAIN as is @ICONIQCapital. @MattEvantic's @EvanticCapital is joining as a new investor as are @lightspeedvp and BOND. The company has been CRUSHING it recently: Recently surpassed $330m ARR Recorded over $100m of profit in the last [--] months Just signed $14m of ARR in a single day Andrew Reed (@andrew__reed) from @sequoia will be joining the board. Congrats @dabkowski_piotr and @matiii 👏"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The @a16z team are insanely high-conviction investors. They've just QUADRUPLED-down into @elevenlabsio after backing them initially in their Series A. The company has 1200x'ed its valuation in [--] years and @a16z has invested more and more each round. The upside for them right now must be HUGE. Respect to the early investors who have consistently backed them again and again: @kirbyman01 @JenniferHli @venturetwins We need more investors in Europe like this who get in early and double down https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019060117639983233 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019060117639983233"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Who are the big winners from @elevenlabsio's $11bn valuation From a $9m valuation to $11bn in three years here are the big winners: [----] $2m preseed was led by @CredoVentures and @ConceptVC_ at a $9m valuation. 1200x increase excl. dilution. @Carles_Reina and @alexfmac are two of the angels who also came in. [----] $19m Series A Round Led by @natfriedman @danielgross and @a16z (@kirbyman01 @JenniferHli @venturetwins). Roughly 120x excl dilution. [----] $80m Series B co-led by @a16z @natfriedman @danielgross and joined by @sequoia (@gradypb). 30x excl. dilution. [----] $180m Series C at a $3.3bn"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:54Z [----] followers, 27.3K engagements

"Strike prices at early stage startups are absolutely criminal. And it only seems to be bad in Europe. I know so many amazing operators who worked at early stage companies in their 20s for years only to then not be able to afford to exercise their options. They joined early but were still expected to pay 20/30% of the share price. Friends in America literally had to pay pennies for their shares. @PeterJ_Walker have you got any data on this Whats normal for early stage"
X Link 2026-02-06T09:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"If you are interested in Tech you need to be reading these three newsletters: Dadalogue from @DadaJudith of Visionaries Club. Judith is bringing back long form content. Her articles are some of the most thoughtful and well-written commentaries on tech out there. Starting up from Scratch from @Alicebentinck Bentinck - CEO of @join_ef. It's fairly new. I came across it yesterday and read the backlog. Very helpful for European founders looking to break into SF. Look Who I Found from @tarakeeney. Well known for her walking interviews Tara has recently started a newsletter breaking down her top"
X Link 2026-02-06T10:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"In [----] Hopin raised a 250k pre-seed at a $2.5m valuation. Two years later it was valued at $8bn. That's over 3000x in two years. It was Carmen's (@calfonsorico) first EVER angel investment BUT she never sold any shares. However without that learning she says: "I don't know whether @cocoadotvc would exist. I don't know if I would have the same hustle and hunger" The best VCs/founders/operators I know get better and better each time they have a setback or get knocked down. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019731043671232527 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019731043671232527"
X Link 2026-02-06T11:13Z [----] followers, 19.7K engagements

"It took @elevenlabsio [--] months to get to $100m. It then took it [--] months to go from $200m to $330m. It took @Lovable [--] months to get to $100m. It took it [--] months to go from $200m - $300m. It took @meetcleo [--] months to get to $100m. It's on track to go from $300m - $400m in [--] months. Looking at these figures I don't see how anyone can be pessimistic/bearish about European Tech. Revenue growth across all three is rapidly increasing and ElevenLabs and Cleo are also profitable. @matiii @antonosika and @Barney_H_Y are three of Europe's top founders."
X Link 2026-02-06T11:45Z [----] followers, 10.4K engagements

"A new 1bn fund has just launched in Europe to invest in Growth stage Deep Tech For too long European Deep Tech has been underfunded and sold off to foreign companies. Kembara is looking to change this and it's just raised 750m in its first close to do so. It will be deploying 40m cheques into [--] European Deep Tech companies at Series B and C. The founding team are CRACKED and have been building operating and investing in Deep Tech for over [---] years between them: Javier Santiso: Founder/CEO of Mundi Ventures Yann de Vries: Former Partner at Atomico and VP at Lilium Robert Trezona: Founder of"
X Link 2026-02-06T11:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"What in the name of over-regulation-nonsense is this I need to verify my age on @Substack to read messages on there Is there some OnlyFans part of Substack that I'm not aware of"
X Link 2026-02-06T12:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"European founders and investors while US tech tears itself apart arguing over who the bigger pedo is This is how I knew so long ago that Reid Hoffman went to Epsteins island. Epstein used Reid being there to try to get me to go not realizing that it would have the opposite effect 😂 https://t.co/zrOIq4gWaR This is how I knew so long ago that Reid Hoffman went to Epsteins island. Epstein used Reid being there to try to get me to go not realizing that it would have the opposite effect 😂 https://t.co/zrOIq4gWaR"
X Link 2026-02-06T12:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Europe has exceptional talent equally as good as the US" But "The US is a much better place to build a business and that compounds every day" Every day the US is a better place to build the gap between our ecosystems will grow. We need to fix this ASAP"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Sounds like @HummingbirdVC invested but they are the only one of at least twelve"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Being a repeat founder is the craziest hack for founders fundraising. Model ML raised a $75m Series A six months after its seed. The CEO (@chaz_eng) said that it helped that he had already founded and sold two businesses: Fat Llama to Hygglo for over $40m Fancy to Gopuff Now the team is building Model ML - the fast-growing AI firm helping financial giants like UBS HSBC and more automate their manual work. It raised a $12m Seed led by Y Combinator and LocalGlobe (Ziv Reichert) before raising a $75m Series led by Financial Technology Partners / FT Partners."
X Link 2026-02-09T17:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"https://www.ft.com/content/523ee7a9-489a-4f68-8aae-3f98c336b479 https://www.ft.com/content/523ee7a9-489a-4f68-8aae-3f98c336b479"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Another cool robotics company has raised a big round in Europe. This time it's the largest pre-seed every in Hungary. The company is re-designing robotic manufacturing. It's created a fully automated manufacturing system that weaves robotic bodies in one continuous process - a process it calls '3D Tissue Braiding'. The company has just announced a $7.3m pre-seed round was led by @VisionariesClub (@martonsn) with participation from Day One Capital @prototype_cap (@andreasklinger) SDAC Ventures and Tiny VC. The company is seeing STRONG interest from the humanoid robotics sector and large Big"
X Link 2026-02-10T11:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Read more here from @tim here https://www.ft.com/content/cba54e86-2b2a-422c-861b-dc9280d6aa65 https://www.ft.com/content/cba54e86-2b2a-422c-861b-dc9280d6aa65"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Yesterday I sat down with @MattEvantic for his FIRST interview since leaving Sequoia Capital and starting Evantic Capital. Episode is dropping tomorrow just in time for The Legends Gala - Matt's new flagship event where he's bringing the best of the best together for one night in London. Today I'm interviewing @nzennstrom @matiii @lukeharries and (hopefully) @kirbyman01. Stay tuned - Scaling Europe is SCALING. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021613195799232948 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021613195799232948"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Carmen (@calfonsorico) had the chance to invest in ElevenLabs at pre-seed. She said no. Since then the company has gone from $9m to $11bn in valuation. This is what she learnt: "We investors get into this mindset of looking for reasons not to invest rather than reasons to invest" "That's a very dangerous game as you can afford to back the wrong company but you cannot afford to miss one" https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021852019485532544 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021852019485532544"
X Link 2026-02-12T07:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"AI is giving insurtech a well-needed resurgence. The industry struggled in the post-ZIRP world as it typically had lower GMs which made it far less attractive when investors started looking for profitability. Today a great swedish entrepreneur (@HBO_Sweden_) has a raised a huge round for her Insurtech - Lassie. The company has been betting big on AI and its platform now processes 60% of claims in Germany end-to-end in around six minutes. It has just surpassed $100m ARR and hit $1m ARR per FTE last year. Today it raised $75m from @balderton @FelixCapital @passioncapital and others. It's cool"
X Link 2026-02-12T09:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@MollySOShea @tarakeeney @MattEvantic @EvanticCapital @Lovable @antonosika @20vcFund @HarryStebbings @HelloFresh @airwallex @awxjack @HelloHamish @deel @Bouazizalex @Alicebentinck @join_ef @brenthoberman @kirbyman01 @Founders_Forum @carolyndawson_ welcome"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@gatelevelanon @kirbyman01 @elevenlabsio the founder ended up raising money before this investor got back to them"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Bending Spoons has launched its own version of the Thiel Fellowship. It's awarding up to 150k for "Europe's most outstanding computer science students" and been "designed to accelerate the technical development and career growth of exceptional talent". Recipients will receive: 50k a year for up to three years The option to take part in a paid internship One to one mentorship The programme is open to any Computer Science student in Europe and there is no obligation for Fellows to give anything in return. I LOVE programmes like this. The Thiel Fellowship is one of the most successful in history"
X Link 2026-02-16T07:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Are VCs subsidising the cost of AI tools and will a market correction enable them to put up prices "Back in the day Uber was obviously using VC cash to subsidise the grotesquely cheap rides we were all taking" "I think it's a fair question to ask. Should VCs be subsidising marketing and branding and customer GTM and is it going to be as profitable as it was in the last innovation cycle" Uber had huge network effects so investing in acquiring customers made a lot of sense. For AI tools people are very quick to switch. @DadaJudith dropping truths on the @ScalingEurope show"
X Link 2026-02-16T16:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The founder of @Revolut has moved his residence from the UAE back to the UK. For the UK treasury this could result in billions of additional tax revenue. More importantly however it goes against the prevailing narrative that the ultra rich are fleeing the UK and that it is no longer a serious country. Now we just need to make sure the company gets the UK banking license. Great stuff from @LarsMucklejohn and @Justin_Cash_1 check out the article below https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017173999411716212 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017173999411716212"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:52Z [----] followers, 525.6K engagements

"Swedish Legora is in talks to raise at a $4bn valuation just months after raising at a $1.8bn valuation. Harvey is raising at an $11bn valuation. Its still ahead in terms of revenue and valuation but @WeAreLegora is accelerating fast: Raised an $80m Series B at a $675m valuation in May last year Became a unicorn in October at a $1.8bn valuation Is the fastest YC company ever to become a unicorn It is now in talks to raise at a $4bn valuation just [--] months after its Series C. Legora is pushing into the US while Harvey is expanding into Europe. Who is going to win After listing to"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Matt Miller left @sequoia last year to start his own fund. Since then he's raised $400m and invested in some of the most exciting companies in the world including @synthesiaIO @elevenlabsio @Lovable @n8n_io @harvey and many more. He's built an entirely new model around his group of "Legends" - [---] of the top founders operators and investors from around the world. In Europe @matiii @vriparbelli and @LauraModiano are all members. I sat down with him at the @EvanticCapital offices for his FIRST INTERVIEW since leaving @sequoia where we discussed: (00:00) - Introduction (01:02) - The Evantic"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:32Z [----] followers, 25.4K engagements

"AI Minister Kanishka Narayan on what UK needs to do more of: "We need to dream an order of magnitude or two higher. We shouldn't be happy saying we're the third best behind the US and China. I want to be shooting for the top" LETS GO - it's great to see the UK government being as bullish and optimistic as the rest of us on Tech. Great to chat @KanishkaNarayan"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"For FOUR YEARS @matthewclifford and @Alicebentinck built EF without knowing if they were wasting their time: "We had left McKinsey and all our friends were going on to do these really cool things and we were running this random not-for-profit" "We didn't have a business model. We didn't know if it was ever going to make money" Yesterday one of their founders (@jamesdacombe) announced that his latest venture had become a unicorn. Matt and Alice spent years building something that they never knew was going to work. The European ecosystem is going to see the benefits of that work for years to"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Europe has just minted ANOTHER unicorn - this time German Drone maker STARK The company is set to sign a contract with the German army in the coming weeks worth a WHOPPING 2.4bn. It was founded in [----] by@FlorianSeibelQS (also co-founder of Quantum Systems) but is now headed up by Uwe Horstmann. It has JUST been reported that the companysecured undisclosed funding that valued the company at $1.2bn. The shift to Deep Tech has been amazing for the German ecosystem. Amazing stuff 👏"
X Link 2026-02-13T11:30Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements

"Revolut has been announced as official back of shirt partner for Manchester City Football Club. This follows a long list of tech companies backing sports companies: @Revolut and @elevenlabsio are sponsoring the Audi F1 Team @deel is sponsoring Arsenal Football Club @airwallex is sponsoring the McLaren F1 team @ClearScore sponsor the FA cup @WeAreLegora is sponsoring a PGA golfer. Meta AI is sponsoring the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula [--] Team. @AnthropicAI announced a deal with Atlassian Williams as their "official thinking partner" It is very much the HOT thing to do right now. Revolut wants"
X Link 2026-02-13T12:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"What is the deal that @DadaJudith is most proud of throughout her career It's not the biggest winners or typical career-defining wins but it was where she did the best thing by one of the founders: "There was a situation where things were not quite working out the way they had intended. I was the one person speaking truth to power and said maybe you should assess your options" "The founder ended up selling the company successfully and a year later called me and thanked me for the role I played" Judith is one of the best there is in Europe and we need MORE like her"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Me trying to recruit @stormzy for @ScalingEurope"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"My first time altering the timeline Be a UK Founder: Reach out to a VC in June Hear back [--] months later in November VC is keen for a call - great Next available meeting is [--] months later in Jan Most startups would have died by then. When @kirbyman01 invested in the @elevenlabsio Series A he finished https://t.co/gPZcyUkinj Be a UK Founder: Reach out to a VC in June Hear back [--] months later in November VC is keen for a call - great Next available meeting is [--] months later in Jan Most startups would have died by then. When @kirbyman01 invested in the @elevenlabsio Series A he finished"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@kirbyman01 @elevenlabsio The real irony is that like ElevenLabs the company ended u raising money from @a16z via @speedrun. Check the company out here: https://taxnova.ai/ https://taxnova.ai/"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@kirbyman01 @elevenlabsio check out the founder here: @GeorgeNichkov"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Carmen Alfonso Rico solo GP at @cocoadotvc on how to break into VC: "Identify your superpower and build around it. build your own personal monopoly." "Identify what it is and just go hard on it" For her it was accepting that her superpower in VC was her EQ. Lots of people have IQ but EQ is rare. @calfonsorico is one of the GOATS https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022600451422572759 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022600451422572759"
X Link 2026-02-14T09:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Carmen Alfonso Rico on how to source founders who are "pre-everything": "Venture is network muscle and hustle and the hustle powers the network and the muscle is just learning and this is starts to compound" "Cocoa Two has [--] investments [--] came from my Cocoa's network. This wasn't the case from Cocoa One" Great stuff from @calfonsorico of @cocoadotvc https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023702082151178574 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023702082151178574"
X Link 2026-02-17T10:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@MHGA_sol @andreasklinger Name checks out"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Legora doesn't have a single European VC on its cap table. That's CRAZY. It's the fastest ever YC company to become a unicorn and it's built by Europeans in Europe and yet largely owned by American investors. I was at a talk where @HarryStebbings said "European VCs are asleep at the wheel" This is asleep at the wheel. Benchmark YC Redpoint ICONIQ GC Bessemer etc. are on the cap table. I can't find a single mention of a European VC anywhere. @joelhellermark is literally the only European investor I can find in relation to the company. It's not enough for Europe to build great companies. To"
X Link 2026-02-09T13:59Z [----] followers, 24K engagements

"A [--] year-old Thiel fellow from the UK has raised $220m to build AI chips that are faster and cheaper than NVIDIAs. This means Europe's newest unicorn is a CHIP COMPANY. @jamesdacombe is the founder of @CoMind_ and OLIX the chip company that has become Europe's latest unicorn after raising $220m from Hummingbird Ventures. It's taking a different approach to NVIDIA by designing a new class of accelerator designed for high performance that is free from the architectural and supply chain constraints. Other backers include Plural Vertex Ventures @localglobevc and @join_ef. It's absolutely AMAZING"
X Link 2026-02-11T08:47Z [----] followers, 43.7K engagements

"Be a UK Founder: Reach out to a VC in June Hear back [--] months later in November VC is keen for a call - great Next available meeting is [--] months later in Jan Most startups would have died by then. When @kirbyman01 invested in the @elevenlabsio Series A he finished speaking to @matiii on the phone and jumped on a flight to London within an hour. They went for lunch and agreed the terms then and there. Europe needs to PICK UP THE SPEED"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:39Z [----] followers, 43.5K engagements

"Legora is the fastest YC company of all time to become a unicorn. It's about to break the record for fastest to $5bn as well. It finished @ycombinator less than two years ago and is now raising at a $6bn valuation. Incredible stuff. AND it's being built in Europe by Europeans"
X Link 2026-02-14T20:52Z [----] followers, 26.7K engagements

"Brewdog being sold for parts is a terrible outcome for the crowdfunding industry. It sold 75m worth of shares to over 200k customers and in doing so practically wrote the book for how to turn customers into shareholders. A lack of liquidity (especially when the founders cashed out) left many of the investors VERY pissed. Now those shareholders may be about to get done over again. Apparently James Watt is interested in buying the company back again. Whatever happens I hope the crowdfunders get a decent deal out of it https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023141926359154915"
X Link 2026-02-15T21:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Europeans are cooked" Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people. We expect this will quickly become core to our Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people. We expect this will quickly become core to our"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Fremond_ Just sounds like free money tbh"
X Link 2026-02-16T08:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Two weeks ago I tweeted about @GEVS94s investment in Dentio and how crazy it was that @a16z has the access and ability to invest in tiny startups across Europe. As a direct result of my tweet @TechCrunch have written an article about the deal titled Have money will travel: a16zs hunt for the next European unicorn The advent of new media formats and especially X has meant that anyone can find and write great stories. And you never know a journalist might just pick up on it @TechCrunch feel free to shout me out next time 😉 From San Francisco to So Paulo to London and from Stockholm to Tel Aviv"
X Link 2026-02-16T20:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Wonderful AI is on one of the most INSANE trajectories of any AI company outside the US: Founded Jan 5th [----] Product ready for market in Feb Signed first client in April Raised $34m seed from @IndexVentures in May Raised $100m Series A from @IndexVentures in August Expanded to [--] markets by EOY The team are now expanding to a dozen other markets in H1 [----]. @wonderful_ai is one to watch for SURE https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014672713139286180 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014672713139286180"
X Link 2026-01-23T12:13Z [----] followers, 48.1K engagements

"BREAKING: @synthesiaIO raises $200m at a $4bn valuation just months after rejecting a $3bn acquisition offer. The company also enabled a LARGE employee secondary sale. I sat down with Co-founder and CEO @vriparbelli to hear all about it. Here's what we discussed: (01:30) - what gave @vidushanmug and @GVteam the conviction to double down. (03:55) - What value ex-@sequoia partner @MattEvantic is bringing to the table as one of the only new investors (06:12) - The secondary sale how much why and whether there were any cash millionaires as a result (08:57) - Profitability vs Growth. Being an AI"
X Link 2026-01-26T09:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Gone are the days of the UK-US "Special Relationship". All we have to remind us of those special times is a picture of V1 of google maps. When it was launched the UK was the only other country on it out in the Atlantic all by ourselves. Find yourself an ally that literally puts you on the map https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015720927221158163 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015720927221158163"
X Link 2026-01-26T09:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Victor Riperbelli (@vriparbelli) on why @synthesiaIO conducted a huge secondary as part of their $4bn round: "In Europe no one knows anybody who made money from startups. In the US everyone knows someone who made $1m dollars by being early. We need more of those stories" He confirmed that as part of this sale some employees had become CASH millionaires due to the secondary sale. We love to see it https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015734236041363927 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015734236041363927"
X Link 2026-01-26T10:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"You know a startup is worth paying attention to when @HarryStebbings @antonosika and @MarioGoetze all invest. The round closed in under [--] weeks. Today @brickanta announced an $8m seed led by @northzoneVC. The company is building the "AI-native operating system for construction" and went through Y Combinator at the end of last year. It's yet ANOTHER great company coming out Sweden which is absolutely crushing it"
X Link 2026-01-27T08:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"How does @a16z have the geographical reach that it does Gabriel Vasquez (@GEVS94) a partner at @a16z has just invested in a $2m pre-seed in Stockholm (Dentio). It's founded by high school friends building AI in dentistry. The same fund that just raised $15bn is investing $2m into a tiny startup in Stockholm. The closest @a16z office to Stockholm is literally [----] miles away. They invested alongside local @OliverMolander and his @inceptionfundvc. But there are literally HUNDREDS of other closer VCs with stronger ties to the region. Would love to know the origination story behind this"
X Link 2026-01-27T22:12Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements

"Is there a Forbes [--] under [--] category My daughter is two and is already showing promising signs: Enjoys building things (lego/duplo) Readily exaggerates / fabricates details for a great story e.g. "that's the biggest rock in the whole world". Would be great at fundraising. Very happy to steal from her sisters to get ahead. Terrible with numbers "two plus two is hundreds and hundreds" Would be a great candidate for sure https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016470307968516226 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016470307968516226"
X Link 2026-01-28T11:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Andreas Klinger: "Most investors follow the market more than their own conviction" No one invests earlier in frontier companies than @andreasklinger. He invests with conviction as early as possible. As a result all his funds are in the top [--]. If you're an investor chasing consensus you're ngmi. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016503790409499035 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016503790409499035"
X Link 2026-01-28T13:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Last year @Revolut employees sold $300m worth of shares @elevenlabsio enabled employees to cash out at a $6.6bn valuation @synthesiaIO just ran an employee secondary at a $4bn valuation @monzo ran an employee secondary at a $5.9bn valuation These companies are enabling their employees to take life-changing sums of money out of the business. The impact on the European ecosystem is going to be huge. Thousands of operators with money to either give them the security to start their own company or invest it as angels. It also highlights how lucrative working in tech can be hopefully attracting"
X Link 2026-01-29T09:26Z [----] followers, 34K engagements

"If @vriparbelli could invest 10m in to any public or private tech company it would be @fuseenergy: "Fuse is going to be a monster company. Alan is an amazing founder" @alanchanguk has built one of the fastest growing companies in Europe and is just getting started. It's going to be a big [----] for them. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016822126314185208 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016822126314185208"
X Link 2026-01-29T10:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Europe is actually incredibly well positioned to be the biggest winner from AI. Why It has the highest rate of AI adoption of any region in the world. So much of the hype driving the crazy valuations in AI right now is predicated on the impact that this technology will have on every day productivity. The only way to realise these productivity gains is through widespread adoption. And here Europe is leading. The only countries with higher rates of adoption are Singapore and the UAE and on a regional view Europe is miles ahead. China the US Russia Brazil India and other non-european major"
X Link 2026-01-29T12:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Wonderful AI has raised nearly $150m expanded into [--] countries and the US is NOT ONE OF THEM Going to the US can mean access to bigger clients and bigger deals. Bar Winkler made a different choice: "If I go to the US I might lose the opportunity to best in class in [--] other markets and combined those markets are probably going to be bigger than whatever portion I manage to grab in the US" Expanding across [--] markets rather than the US is the harder thing to do but it also presents a moat and an opportunity. @wonderful_ai is an amazing company."
X Link 2026-01-29T13:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"7 months ago I quit my full time job at Deel to build a media company. Yesterday I got to sit down with the UK Minister for AI Kanishka Narayan. @KanishkaNarayan has done an amazing job getting UK tech rallied behind him. Yesterday the Government announced a new plan to upskill 10m workers in AI so I swung by his offices to hear all about as well as Kanishka's own views on AI how the UK can win and his favourite AI tools. It is AMAZING to have a Minister in Tech who really knows and cares about the subject. Here's what we discussed: (00:00) - Why now is the right time to upskill 10m workers"
X Link 2026-01-29T15:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is huge. For months Nik moving to the UAE has been used as a stick to beat the UK with. Turns out it wasn't true - his residence is still in the UK. Did Revolut founder and CEO Nik Storonsky switch his tax residency back to the UK from the UAE A filing from the Storonsky family office published earlier this month indicates that his residence is back in the UK. UK filings for several Revolut entities continued to list https://t.co/aYYzfe1HDl Did Revolut founder and CEO Nik Storonsky switch his tax residency back to the UK from the UAE A filing from the Storonsky family office published"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:24Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements

"The amount of wealth that has been created by @Revolut and is now in the hands of early employees and investors wild: [----] Crowdcube investors are sitting on over 645x returns after their 2k investment turned in 1.3m Over [---] employees own shares worth over $1m [--] employees own shares worth over $10m [--] employees own shares worth $80m The company will pay $500m in corporation tax for [----] And last year over $300m worth of shares were sold by employees These are like changing sums of money in the hands of retails investors and operators. Money that then gets re-invested into the economy. This"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:18Z [----] followers, 14.9K engagements

"Three years ago this week @elevenlabsio raised a $2m pre-seed. Now it's in talks to raise at an $11bn valuation. Assuming it raised at a $10-12m valuation that's like 1000x in [--] years. Dilution is not likely to be huge given it's raised less than $300m but even assuming its only 500x thats in just THREE YEARS. A life-changing investment from the teams at @CredoVentures and @ConnectVentures. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017197096923750496 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017197096923750496"
X Link 2026-01-30T11:24Z [----] followers, 11.3K engagements

"@Revolut Here is the listing from Companies House. You can see Nik's name at the top and the bottom where he's changed residence to the UK"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:55Z [----] followers, 32.8K engagements

"@chalaska @Revolut it doesn't change the narrative but it challenges it"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:56Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements

"@EggySoldier @Revolut where did I say that it establishes a trend😂 I just said it goes against the current narrative"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"https://fortune.com/2026/01/30/google-deepmind-ai-researcher-david-silver-leaves-to-found-ai-startup-ineffable-intelligence/ https://fortune.com/2026/01/30/google-deepmind-ai-researcher-david-silver-leaves-to-found-ai-startup-ineffable-intelligence/"
X Link 2026-01-30T15:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@GoldenGatsby Of course but it hasnt been a UK company for a Long time"
X Link 2026-01-30T16:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"It's official - @Lovable has surpassed $300m ARR just two months after surpassing $200m ARR. Great to see @antonosika chat about it in person with @johncoogan and @jordihays on @tbpn. He also gave some amazing examples of people building real businesses and generating millions of revenue all using Lovable. Great segment - WELL worth a watch. Anton is one of Europe's finest"
X Link 2026-01-30T20:51Z [----] followers, 12.9K engagements

"According to linkedin I've: - Gained 79k followers in the last [--] months 2k more than I have in total now - Only grown by 1200% in the last year @LinkedIn what on earth is this nonsense"
X Link 2026-01-30T22:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Two years ago TODAY @MollySOShea uploaded her first ever podcast episode to youtube. That video has [----] views. Before that she was writing a newsletter for [--] years. Now she's interviewing the biggest founders in the world and racking up hundreds of thousands of watches. Content compounds. Just start today and never stop and you literally cannot lose"
X Link 2026-02-01T14:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Why is @vriparbelli building @synthesiaIO in Europe "Because it's the BEST place for us to" The european ecosystem is coming together in a way that has never happened before. People are looking beyond national borders and are support European tech at a continent level. Individuals like @MattEvantic have a played a huge role in the last few months in building a real community of Europe's top tech people. Talent is better from a cost and quality perspective than anywhere else in the world. The only way is up for Europe"
X Link 2026-02-02T13:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Cleo is one of the UK's most exciting AI companies. It's been around since long before ChatGPT and is now doing $330m ARR and an INSANE $776k ARR per FTE. ARR per FTE has become a really important important metric in the age of AI and Cleo have tripled theirs in the last three years (from $250k to $750k). Barney (@Barney_H_Y) also shared the journey to $330m ARR: $0 $100M ARR: [--] months $100M $200M ARR: [--] months $200M $300M ARR: [--] months $300M $400M ARR: [--] months (coming soon) @meetcleo is one of the coolest UK startups and it continues to go from strength to strength."
X Link 2026-02-02T16:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"OpenAI's first employee in London has just come out stealth. Douglas Li (@dougli_) was a researcher and engineering manager before leaving to build his own startup in stealth. He's now brought @lightfern_ai out of stealth It's an email autocomplete extension which gives users an entire phrase / sentence and is fully contextual based on previous emails and writing. I'd seen @Carles_Reina post about it so wanted to try it myself. I started using it yesterday evening and although I've only used it for a few emails it seems strong. I'll report back after a week or so. It sounds like the plan is"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:00Z [----] followers, 23.5K engagements

"@lightfern_ai @CatGodSandHive @dougli_ So far its great"
X Link 2026-02-03T10:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@lightfern_ai @CatGodSandHive @dougli_ My pleasure"
X Link 2026-02-03T10:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"2026 is going to be the greatest year in history for European Tech. It is already off to a phenomenal start with [--] new unicorns and $4bn invested (according to @dealroomco). Here are some of the highlights so far: ElevenLabs is rumoured to be raising at an $11bn valuation Pennylane raised 175m at a 3.6bn valuation Harmattan AI raised a $200m Series B at a $1.4bn valuation. Parloa raised a $350m Series D at a $3B valuation Synthesia raised $200m at a $4bn valuation Mews raised $300m at a $2.5bn valuation Aikido Security raised $60m in a Series B at a $1bn valuation. osapiens raised a $100m"
X Link 2026-02-03T11:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@thin_signal @dougli_ @lightfern_ai Does it"
X Link 2026-02-03T12:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Mattisani @Revolut @elevenlabsio @AnthropicAI @WeAreLegora @airwallex Yea great shout"
X Link 2026-02-03T21:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Elevenlabs raised their pre-seed [--] years ago at a $9m valuation. It's just raised $500m at a $11bn valuation. 1200x in three years for their early investors (before dilution). One of the greatest venture deals of all times. @elevenlabsio is one of europe's finest"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:19Z [----] followers, 18.3K engagements

"@awxjack love to see it. Looks like Airwallex is betting big on Europe right now"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@tbpn we are COMING for you. [--] hour livestream with @lovable and @ProjectEurope_ cc @Kitty_Mayo_ @HarryStebbings @antonosika"
X Link 2025-08-11T20:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Based on @RevolutApp's $75bn valuation crowdfund investors are now sitting on a 645x return. The average @Crowdcube investor bought 2k worth of shares in [----] when @RevolutApp did a crowdfund on @RevolutApp. That's now worth 1.4m. Those [---] investors genuinely have a better track record than the vast majority of VCs. And they were given the chance to cash out at $45bn last year. Those that held have nerves of steel. Respect"
X Link 2025-10-20T07:09Z [----] followers, 25.8K engagements

"The Stockholm tech scene is absolutely flying right now: @HenrikTaro just announced a $9m round led by @emergencecap with participation from @20vcFund and @creandum @charles_maddock raised $6m from @generalcatalyst (+@antonosika) for @strawberry Elias Malm and @moel1024 on raised $6min for Epiminds led by @lightspeedvp Grasp raised $7m for investment banking automation The city is going through a generation-defining moment. LETS GO"
X Link 2025-10-28T15:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The @localglobevc portfolio/team is absolutely crushing it right now: $2.5bn exit for @MelioPayments which was backed by LocalGlobe Latitude and Solar @TideBusiness valued at $1.5bn @meetcleo surpassed $250m ARR and officially became a unicorn @nothing valued at $1.3bn @MistralAI valued at $12bn @monzo is eyeing a $10bn IPO @figma IPO (now at $24bn market cap) And to top it all off the firm was ranked as the BEST VC firm in EMEA by @dealroomco The firm has backed an INSANE [--] Unicorns at seed level across EMEA and [--] Thoroughbreds. What @robinklein and @cape have built is absolutely"
X Link 2025-11-04T09:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I'm about to go live on the @ScalingEurope show with: @aidancramer - Cofounder of @aiapplyco @romanchernin - Cofoudner of @nebiusai Tobias Bengtsdahl partner at @AntlerGlobal @charles_maddock - Cofounder at @strawberry LETS GO"
X Link 2025-11-05T11:40Z [----] followers, 13.4K engagements

"It's official - @Lovable is well and truly DEAD. It has ONLY grown from [---] million users in July to [--] millions users today. RIP to the fastest growing company of all time and Europe's greatest chance of a trillion dollar company. @antonosika - you a had a good run but it is time to accept defeat"
X Link 2025-11-11T16:54Z [----] followers, 312.8K engagements

"I'm shocked by how many people don't realise this is sarcasm. I'm a huge fan of @Lovable and in fact here's a picture of me interviewing @antonosika at the @ProjectEurope_ hackathon. If you want to stay up to date with European Tech check out my newsletter here: https://scaling-europe.beehiiv.com/ https://scaling-europe.beehiiv.com/"
X Link 2025-11-11T20:31Z [----] followers, 37.7K engagements

"This is so dumb. Theres literally a dozen American cities where youre more than FIVE TIMES more likely to get stabbed to death than London. just landed in london and im about to go out wish me luck https://t.co/I8QhaOTpNO just landed in london and im about to go out wish me luck https://t.co/I8QhaOTpNO"
X Link 2025-11-16T12:03Z [----] followers, 27.2K engagements

"Europe's got ANOTHER uncorn. This time it's Danish fintech @flatpay which: Surpassed 100m of ARR in October Growing by almost 1m a DAY It's just raised $170m at a $1.7bn valuation and is aiming for 100m of ARR by end of [----]. AI is all the rage at the moment. It's good to see a fintech thrive as well. LETS GO"
X Link 2025-11-17T12:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Europe is COOKED and its tech companies are PATHETIC. Ok. Why is the fastest growing company of all time European (@Lovable hit $200m ARR in [--] months) Why is the fastest YC company to become a unicorn European (@WeAreLegora did it in [--] months) Why are many of the leading AI models being built here (e.g. @elevenlabsio @BlackForestLabs) There are obviously A LOT of issues in European Tech (over regulation lack of capital fragmented markets) but the fact that our companies are still going toe-to-toe with US competitors DESPITE these issues shows the potential this continent has. There's also a"
X Link 2025-12-31T11:22Z [----] followers, 65.1K engagements

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