Institutional Investor team VC Resource Library

For everyone around the world right now, the end of this quarter has brought unprecedented  challenges that will affect every type of business. However, it has been encouraging to witness how quickly the early-stage business community has rallied together to support the ecosystem. From investors jumping to the aid of portfolio businesses, to healthtech startups supporting the NHS in diagnosing the virus and producing the right equipment; this is a time of collaboration and compassion for our fellow investors and entrepreneurs.

To centralise some of the insightful information being shared, the Seedrs Institutional Investor team has compiled a list below of the top resources published by VCs detailing the best advice for how startups can cope during these trying times. We will update the list on a regular basis, but please feel free to share with portfolio businesses, friends and family running their own startups, and anyone else in need of some guidance right now.  

VC Resource Library:

Source	Collateral / Link
ACT Venture Partners	VC Industry: Searching for a new purpose
Aster Capital	Fundraising in Crisis time
BtoV	How startups can help in times of social distancing
Chausson Finance	COVID-19 VC Barometer: Is this a good time to raise money?
Cipio Partners	Why COVID-19 will not wreck but strengthen the European tech investment scene
Connect Ventures	Remote pitching guide
Cowboy VC	Extending runway in uncertain times
Creandum	Can I fundraise in COVID times? – The “New” Fundraising Matrix
Fuel Ventures	Investing in startups during COVID-19
Hoxton Ventures	Europe’s VC Industry Faces a COVID Cash Crunch In 2020
Hyde Park Venture Partners	Where did all the VCs go?
Hyde Park Venture Partners	What new normal?
Index Ventures	The New Fundraising Landscape
January Ventures	Pre-Seed and Seed trends 3 months post-lockdown
January Ventures	How to cold pitch a VC in the time of COVID-19
January Ventures	Top tips for pitching virtually
Jane Ventures / Unshackled Ventures	Navigating a Pre-Seed through difficult terrain
Lightspeed Ventures	Are VCs really open for business?
LionBird	VC in the time of Corona
LocalGlobe	Saul Klein: “There will be a lot of investment activity in the coming months”
LocalGlobe & Latitude	An aggregation of all the best remote working practices
Northzone, Hoxton Ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures	Startup funding right now: what’s really going on?
Omers Ventures	We asked over 150 VCs if they are doing remote deals. Here’s what they said.
Outward VC	How to be agile in this time
Pillar VC	How to approach strategy planning when the sky is falling
Playfair Capital	Information around its mandatory remote working policy
Plexo Capital	What GP’s need to know about the economic impact of Covid-19
Pretiosum	The most important metric for early-stage startups during a recession
Rooks Nest Ventures	VC Funding after Lockdown
Sapphire VC	An LP’s perspective
Seedcamp	How we invested in three new pre-seed companies we only ever met remotely
Seedcamp	The Do’s & Don’ts of Marketing in a Global Crisis
Semantic VC	Covid-19 Euro Investors Pulse Survey
Sequoia Capital	Advice around business continuity planning
Sequoia Capital	Covid-19 Runway Matrix
Soma Capital	Product, Team Building, and Fundraising Playbook for the Post COVID World
SuperSeed	Advice to founders currently raising funds
Stride VC	VC terms – Return of the Barbarians
Stride VC	A view of the pandemic from a fund standpoint
Target Global	Back to Basics: Why VC needs to change
ZV Ventures	Guide to onboarding new hires in this period

Additionally, a group of very helpful founders has compiled THIS list to get a better sense of the market and update the status of various European Investors. Please do add your fund and details if appropriate, and of course share with your own networks.  Please note that Seedrs does not provide investment, financial, or tax advice, and nothing in this blog post or in the linked resources should be construed as such.

As the COVID-19 situation continues to unfold, Seedrs is operating business as usual. Our staff are working from home, and we are fortunate that, as an online business, we are able to do so with very minimal disruption to our operations. In order to support both our own portfolio businesses, as well as the wider startup community, Seedrs has implemented a number of initiatives to support companies with their fundraising needs through this time, including but not limited to:

• Fast-tracked fundraising campaigns
• Convertible equity campaigns (ASAs)
• Assistance with government support programmes

If you would like to hear more about these initiatives or refer one of your own portfolio businesses for one of these, or if you are an institutional investor that would like us to include any of your own resources, do let us know by dropping us a line on: [email protected]. 

In the meantime we wish you the very best for health and wellbeing during this challenging period.