Snap up tickets for the 2024 Marketplace Conference in Berlin this September!

Hot off the press, this is the 76th edition of The Marketplace Snippet curated by the Speedinvest Marketplaces & Consumer team 🔥

In this edition:

• The 2024 Marketplace Conference: snapshot of speaker lineup!
• Read Clay Christensen’s take on fundamental product innovation 
• Explore the mid-year Coefficient Capital consumer report 

If you’ve missed past newsletters or simply can’t get enough, catch up on the recent editions here.

The Marketplace Conference: Tuesday Sept’ 24 2024

We are thrilled to announce that our tickets continue to sell apace at our Tuesday September 24th, 2024 annual Marketplace Conference. Hosted annually in the heart of Berlin, The Marketplace Conference has grown to become the premier European and US marketplace event, attracting over 500 participants. The conference focuses on delivering carefully curated content and addressing the most relevant topics that have emerged over the previous twelve months. 

Each edition offers attendees valuable insights, fostering a strong sense of community among entrepreneurs, operators, and investors in the marketplace ecosystem.

The 2024 Marketplace Conference speaker line-up…

We are thrilled to announce that we already have aligned a set of excellent speakers, spanning from European founders to US investors, committed on stage! 

This September, we are so excited to welcome several speakers including Fran Spooner, Lily Shaw, Kirsty MacDonald, Robin Voogd, Theresa Horne, Susan Lin, Aparna Aiyar, Tonia Samsonova among others!

Additionally, as we continue to research the state of fundraising for our annual report, we share some mixed fundraising H1 news. As Pitchbook notes, the run rate of deal value in venture capital across Europe in H1 implies 2024 will end 6% lower than last year. With valuations recovering, and indeed thriving particularly in AI, we expect further improvement throughout the year with declining interest rates. We will explore these market venture trends further at The Marketplace Conference!

To purchase your ticket, please go here! 

Any questions, please reach out to Nora Herzog. 

Notes & News From Marketplace & Consumer Companies & Operators

• Europe’s only unicorn femtech marketplace raises a successful Series C!
  • Read more about Flo Health, a women’s wellness tracker, that secured a $200m investment from GA to revolutionize women’s health: real evidence that D2C femtech is monetisable.
• Understand why 95% of new products miss the mark in a detailed MIT-published report. 
  • Dig into this great read by Clayton Christensen, an HBS Professor, on how 95% of new products fail each year. Worse still, misfires from companies like Google and Coca-Cola show that no company is immune from this! 
• Explore the Temu tumult, from a deep dive in the FT.
  • Get the inside scoop on the Chinese behemuth Temu in this riveting deep dive by The FT! Temu has caused a storm across ecommerce since its launch in 2022, all despite the fact that its supplier base pushes back on the platform’s tactics.
• Read more about the recent raise of Hohm Energy, a marketplace that taps into the $51bn rooftop solar market value chain!
  • One of the most innovative marketplaces, Hohm Energy, just announced its $8m seed round: check out how its clean tech streamlines design, scheduling and procurement for installers. 

Notes & News From Marketplace & Consumer Venture firms & Investors

• Listen to a recap on entering uncharted AI territory 
  • Listen to Patrick O’Shaghnessy’s Invest Like The Best podcast, in which a16Z Partner Martin Casado walks through his interest in AI; his belief in its creativity and the challenges it presents in policy-making. 
• Dive into Coefficient Capital’s annual consumer report
  • Read more on Coefficient Capital and The New Consumer’s mid-year core consumer trends report. 
• Read Pete Flint’s take on finding a giant TAM 
  • NFX General Partner, Pete Flint, explores the reality of large markets and how to find killer ways to capture as many customers as possible. 

News From Our Portfolio

• Listen to one of our partners, Daniel Keiper-Knorr, on startups and state of fundraising across Europe 
  • Tune in for some of Daniel’s insights including on finding the X factor in fundraising across Europe! 

New Investments in Marketplaces Around the Globe

Explore the ever-changing marketplace landscape with our latest roundup of marketplace financing rounds in our dedicated deal overview, offering a snapshot of current trends.

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