Backing capital-efficient (mostly bootstrapped) B2B software businesses. We also host @fullyvestedpod

Joined July 2020
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23 May 2022
Excited to announce our latest investment! 💥 HMRC takes up to 90 days to reimburse tax credits. @AdsumWorks does it within 24-48 hours. Their system calculates and submits your VAT and Tax Credits, and advances them to you - all automatically. 🤖 adsum-works.com/news/adsum-r…

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6 Dec 2022
Episode #6 is live! @ImNotJK is a principal at @JoinAtomic where she heads up the studios Web3 initiatives. She’s also helped start and launch companies at Atomic across multiple spaces, and co-created Atomics future founders program: open.spotify.com/episode/1qD…
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26 Oct 2022
SHP episode #5 is live! Conor Sheahan is the founder of CKS - an advisory firm focused on fundraising and M&A. Since 2020 alone, CKS has advised on over half a billion dollars in trade sales, and helped raise over $125m for their clients. open.spotify.com/episode/1Uw…
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20 Jun 2022
We've launched a free, collaborative knowledge pool for startup founders! New content gets added every day by the D2 team and the rest of the startup community :) Check it out: lnkd.in/eu58pwM2
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16 Jun 2022
What’s the best co-founder combo?
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14 Jun 2022
Are we building companies for investors or for customers? Taken from SHP #2 w.@bryce (full episode in bio)
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8 Jun 2022
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Episode #2 is out! This time we're joined by Bryce Roberts: Bryce is a co-founder at @OATV. Their portfolio includes Bitly, Figma, and Foursquare. Bryce ALSO developed @indievc - probably the most high-profile example of a fund doing venture differently. spoti.fi/3aIAMEA
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D2 Fund retweeted
Researching your Startup idea will make the difference between success and failure. Here's some advice from @PhilipJoubert, the CEO of @OfferZen on how they did it: youtu.be/t_5kEX2nXE4
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19 May 2022
Are startups screwed in this market? (Video in comments)
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D2 Fund retweeted
Episode #1 is out! @PhilipJoubert is the the co-founder and CEO at @OfferZen. Before that, he helped build some of South Africas most successful startups, such as Snapscan, Luno, and Pondering Panda spoti.fi/3yr1YRT

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25 Apr 2022
Thank you to @Sonr_Global for the feature in their Q1 insuretech briefing! We’re excited to help founders of fintechs (and loads of other industries) take their business to the next level! sonr.global/sonws/q1-insurte…
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12 Apr 2022
We’re excited to announce our first $20m fund 🎉🎉 We’re giving founders better VC terms and more alignment. Come have a chat! Thank you to @maijapalmer, @Siftedeu , and @EU_Startups for covering the story! sifted.eu/articles/d2-vc-inv…
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5 Apr 2022
Most VC backed startups don’t become venture scale ($1B ). Most Founder equity value is destroyed by endless raises in pursuit of becoming venture scale. Most startups that could have become solid, smaller companies die along the way. Here’s how we’re trying to fix that 🧵
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5 Apr 2022
We believe the HERO gives founders greater optionality when it comes to growing their companies. It gives you access to the capital you need in order to figure out what your business is going to be vs setting you down a definitive path of growth/death.
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