Craft seed investor.
Joined March 2018
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Stride_VC retweeted
19 Jul 2023
We've today announced an additional $42m in investment from @insightpartners to advance our data-driven communication platform and make trade go faster.
Our Founder and CEO @wfdobie said: “We are incredibly grateful for Insight's visionary contribution.”
sedna.com/post/sedna-announc…
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Stride_VC retweeted
3 Nov 2022
At @WebSummit, great insights from our panel “Scale v Profit” featuring three top #VCs:
🎤 @pjparson, Partner, @northzoneVC
🎤 @saranormous, Founder, @w_conviction
🎤 @fdestin, Founder, @stride_vc
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Stride_VC retweeted
24 May 2022
Stoked to co-lead @knowunity's Series A with @Redalpine alongside existing investors @ProjectAcom and a squad of world class (and World Cup winning) angels. tech.eu/2022/05/24/knowunity…
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Stride_VC retweeted
26 Jul 2021
After our Series A with @chalfs, @stride_vc and @SAP_iO we doubled down on building a world class team to accelerate. Their customer first approach is at our heart and we’ve built strength upon strength to solve one of the biggest problems there is today - enterprise complexity.
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26 Jul 2021
Entreprise messaging stalwart @sednanetwork is now one of our biggest positions after a $34M Series B led by @insightpartners as the company expands beyond shipping & logistics (Norden), commodities (Glencore) into new areas like banking (Starling). Watch this space.
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Stride_VC retweeted
7 Mar 2021
Super excited to see this news come out today.
@cleo_sham is a world-class operator and will be a phenomenal addition to the @stride_vc team, showing the world her investing skills.
Bravo @fdestin some very exciting times ahead and as you say...
Onwards... 😉
7 Mar 2021
1/ Breaking news. I’m absolutely thrilled to partner with @cleo_sham to build @stride_vc going forward. We’re just getting started and incredibly excited about what’s to come.
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7 Mar 2021
Pumped to build with @cleo_sham. We got lucky.
7 Mar 2021
1/ Breaking news. I’m absolutely thrilled to partner with @cleo_sham to build @stride_vc going forward. We’re just getting started and incredibly excited about what’s to come.
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Stride_VC retweeted
31 Dec 2020
Investment scorecard 2021 @stride_vc :
- c. 300 jobs created ex Cazoo 🚀
- 9 new investments
- 7 reinvestments
- 8 uprounds, no downrounds, no shutdowns
- 1.4X uplift on the fund
Not a bad second year @HarryStebbings.
Onward!
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Stride_VC retweeted
3 Dec 2020
I first met @wfdobie for a 45 minute intro meeting.
3 hours later we were jamming on product.
Bill is 1 of Europe’s great product minds and super excited to announce @stride_vc co-led @sednanetwork Series A alongside @chalfs.
Watch this space... 🚀
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Stride_VC retweeted
17 Nov 2020
.@CazooUK scorecard less than one year after launch:
- 10K cars sold
- £150M in year 1 revenues
- 800 team members
- 4.7 stars on Trustpilot
Over £85M invested by @stride_vc and our LPs since we led the Nov-18 seed round with @DMGTplc
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Stride_VC retweeted
18 Oct 2020
1/ Let me distill the Stride investment strategy in fifteen tweets. Yes, fifteen 😘.
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Stride_VC retweeted
8 Oct 2020
Best thing about starting @stride_vc has been quality of investment discussions with @HarryStebbings. We push back on each other with a smile, we go deep, we explore issues, we enhance each other. We simply come to better decisions together without drama. It feels good.
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Stride_VC retweeted
24 Jun 2020
First unicorn a little earlier than planned 🧐
Now on to Moolah in Da Coolah.
sifted.eu/articles/cazoo-uni…
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Stride_VC retweeted
21 Jun 2020
As my 23rd year comes to a close, time to reflect on the year that has been:
💵 Final close @stride_vc Fund I with best buddy @fdestin.
😇 9 angel investments.
🏦 First LP investment, now 4 made.
💼 3 board seats gained.
🎙 20VC crossed 80M downloads.
Onwards... 🚀
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4 Jun 2020
Some very exciting times ahead with @pinverrr joining Team Stride. 💥
Onwards... 🏃
4 Jun 2020
Excited to share that I’m joining @Stride_VC !
I can't wait to work with the incredible @fdestin @HarryStebbings @piadiri & to team up with exceptional London- & Paris-based founders looking to raise their very first round 👼🏽
Dissenters welcome: pietro(at)stride(dot)vc
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Stride_VC retweeted
2 Jun 2020
Apply for small group sessions.
Focused on founders from underprivileged backgrounds, underrepresented communities or who may have difficulty getting access to venture in any way. My tiny contribution to #BlackOutTuesday.
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Stride_VC retweeted
20 May 2020
Opencore met the #JamStack future of web infrastructure and they had a headless CMS baby called @strapijs 👾
Growing up -- announcing a $10M round led by @arihelgason @IndexVentures 🚀
Take that, COVID!
medium.com/@fdestin/strapi-r…
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Stride_VC retweeted
20 May 2020
1/ .@eriktorenberg invited me to the @villageglobal podcast which gave me a chance to reflect about the ideas on which we built our fund.
Stride.VC started on simple principles: small batch investing, keep the team and the fund small and act as one.
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