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It’s Time for the Marketplace Conference

It’s Time for the Marketplace Conference

Hot off the presses, this is the 46th edition of The Marketplace Snippet curated by Irene, Mathias and Jeroen on behalf of the Speedinvest Marketplaces & Consumer team 🔥

In this edition:

  • Our final countdown to the Marketplace Conference
  • A masterclass on brand building
  • Assigning KPI ownership
  • The Gen Z consumer wave

More on these topics and additional thought-provoking discussions below.

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

It’s Marketplace Conference Month! 🚀

Finally, it’s time: the Marketplace Conference returns to Berlin for its 2023 edition under the theme of Shifting Gears: Navigating Change in the Marketplace Landscape!

Hosted by Speedinvest, the annual Marketplace Conference will take place in Berlin on September 21st, 2023 and will bring together 500+ attendees and 30+ of the world's leading marketplace entrepreneurs and investors as speakers for the ultimate marketplace networking experience. For the first time ever, we are also hosting a range of great thematic side events on September 22nd, so that conference attendees get more chances to network and strengthen their network, or deep dive into a specific topic with one of our experts!

This is your chance to tell us what topic interests you the most: the amazing Jack Greco, currently Managing Partner at Far Out VC, but also co-founder of ACV Auctions is giving you the unique chance to contribute to his keynote by telling us what you want to hear about! Vote for a topic here.

Conference speakers include Daniel Krauss (Flix), Janette Wiget (Merantix), Thomas Jarzombek (CDU), Katharine Wilhelm (Index Ventures), Tara Reeves (Eurazeo), and Courtney Chow (Battery Ventures). Click here for the full list and more info.

We know you don’t want to miss it and tickets are selling fast! Make sure to secure your ticket and save your spot for the leading event for marketplace founders, funders, and aficionados.

Don’t forget to use our exclusive 15% discount for snippet subscribers by adding SNIPPETREADERS_at_MPC_23 at checkout! 🔥

We look forward to seeing you at the Marketplace event of the year!!

Insights From Marketplace Operators

On branding and building in provocative industries

Rich Barton, CEO of Zillow, gives a masterclass on how to build a top-tier brand, his time at Microsoft, and his impression of the evolving tech landscape. To hear his thoughts and more, jump into the latest episode of This Week in Startups.

Startup idea validation: the ultimate cheat sheet

Lenny Rachitsky, author and former Product Lead at Airbnb, shares his favorite stories and insights on how several founders have validated (or not) their startup ideas and which takeaways to remember in the future.

The rise of the full-stack marketplace

Our own Maximilian Wilhelm, investor at Speedinvest, sums up the learnings and operators’ insights from our Marketplace Meetup event in Paris last May and deep dives into increased marketplace complexity with full-stack layering.

Vacations still on the horizon? Bring a book!

Anna Heim, author and serial entrepreneur, shares nine authors’ book recommendations for an insightful reading list for your vacation (or your flight back).

Insights From Marketplace Investors

Who owns which KPIs?

Kyle Poyar, Operating Partner at OpenView, sheds some light on how to address KPI ownership within your organization, based on survey data collected from 1,000+ <$50M+ ARR companies.

The Gen Z consumer tech wave and what comes with it

Courtney Chow of Battery Ventures, who will also join at the MPC in Berlin, released Battery’s latest report on Gen Z Consumer Trends, deep diving on the next generation’s trends and needs, how to understand them and the industries that they believe will be the most relevant (and the most impacted).

How are VCs evaluating generative AI?

Adam Struck, founding partner of Struck Capital, decouples the principles through which he evaluates generative AI investments and the strategy he developed throughout the last seven months of the AI investment frenzy.

WeWork: a timeline of the rise and fall

Visual Capitalist recomposes a timeline of the growth and decline of the WeWork phenomenon and reconstructs what happened to the company, focusing on recent events that brought the topic up in the news again.

New Additions to the Speedinvest Family

Ellipsus is rewriting the future of storytelling

We are proud to be backing John, Rex and the Ellipsus team towards their mission to empower better collaborative writing and bring great alike minds together through their storytelling writing platform. If you like writing and can’t wait to try it out, sign up for their beta here 📖

News From Our Portfolio

Uprounds in our portfolio:

We are very proud to see a few successful up-rounds across our Marketplace & Consumer portfolio in the past month, our big shout outs go to:

  • GoStudent, adding another $95M to go after VR- and AI-enhanced tutoring
  • Schüttflix, raising $45M to further revolutionize construction with its digital marketplace
  • Mercanis, raising $10M to further develop its AI-powered procurement platform

Enhanced outreach through the latest Stotles AI

We are excited to see Stotles launching their Stotles AI functionality, enabling pre-engagement with public sector players and a better outreach time for businesses. Does it sound interesting to you? Give it a try here.

Join Us!

We are always on the lookout for top-tier talent! Have a look at our open positions at Speedinvest and across our portfolio.

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