Startup Daily interview: B2B investing
A recording of Tribe’s appearance on Startup Daily, talking about why we invest in b2b scaleups.
A recording of Tribe’s appearance on Startup Daily, talking about why we invest in b2b scaleups.
Our investment thesis is predicated on the data that shows Australian and New Zealand ventures achieve significantly higher growth rates and valuations when they venture beyond domestic shores.
Accountability means different things to different people. Even if we agree on the definition, HOW do we make people accountable?
Success leaves clues and Stanley Druckenmiller has been described as on of the greatest money-making machines in history. The Macro Ops summary of key Druckenmiller concepts aligns closely with the Tribe approach VC. We’ve used key parts as inspiration in describing aspects of our process that aligns with what is described about “the Druck” and his approach to investing.
What can the romantic approaches of random men to women they have never met teach us about lead gen and marketing in early-stage companies? Our co-founder Elaine has been subject to the realities of the internet that most women are subjected to – very random romantic approaches online. After she shared one such rather funny experience, the following thoughts came to mind.
Tribe co-founder Elaine was recently asked to join a panel where the question was “what would you tell your younger self?” We put down some thoughts and here were mine. It’s part personal and part related to how Tribe goes about supporting and working with founders.
They say it is only when the tide goes out can you see who’s swimming naked. The tide is well and truly going out, and we are about to see which founders and their companies are bathing in their birthday suits. In the crypto space we’ve seen blow ups like FTX that were swimming very, very naked. In the VC landscape in Australia, we’ve started to see parts of the cycle where companies that once raised a lot of money, are now not able to do so and sadly enter liquidation.
Every VC says, “we help founders”. Some do help. Some are neither helpful nor unhelpful. Some are downright unhelpful. Yet, raising capital is as much about getting the dollars in the door as it is about choosing the right partners. At Tribe, we seek to help in a number of
Some boards help. Some boards hinder. We don’t have hard stats on what percentage is helpful and what percentage hinders, but at some point, a lot of boards become dysfunctional and a self fulfilling prophecy for the business getting into trouble. Too big, too quick Every person you add to
When we tell the community our mandate is to support B2B tech companies scaling up into the UK and US, we know this is a mouthful and sounds like an oddly specific mandate. The comment we hear most from founders is, ‘we reached out to you because you help founders expand into the UK and US, and that’s the bit we need help with’. And the comment we most hear from investors is, ‘why only B2B tech?’
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