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entures, old friends of lames' from their days as lawyers at Skadden Arps. We immediately felt that Jason Guss, the CEO, is a special entrepreneur. Andrew affectionately refers to him as a "Terminator Robot sent from SkyNet." He is one of the most detail obsessed and knowledgeable entrepreneurs we have
led their Series A round in January. They launched to the public in June and the initial response is promising. Valar Fund 3 has invested $8.4M in Qonto, which is now valued at I0.6M Recent Insurance Investments "Formula for startup success: Find large highly fragmented industry with low NPS; verti
small amount of secondary shares we purchased from an early investor at a minor discount). One of Fund 3's first investments was a seed check into Qonto, an SME focused neobank based in Paris. The company was founded by Alexander Prot (whose father was formerly the Chairman of BNP Paribas) and Steve
VALAR EFTA00810257 We operate like a highly-focused "Special Ops" team, purpose-built to outflank other VCs Our team is deliberately small: Andrew and James are the Investment Committee and meet the companies together. There are no "Monday morning meetings" or partner politics. We can make d
8.0M Current Company Valuation: $83.1M Other Key Investors: IA Ventures, Contour Ventures, Third Prime Capital VALAR I EFTA00810273 x qonto Qonto is a next generation bank for entrepreneurs, SMEs and startups, providing an online service that allows businesses to create an account in less t
in 2013 and is now backed by a broad range of endowments, foundations, institutional wealth managers, family offices and high net worth individuals. Andrew and James are the sole members of the firm's Investment Committee and are responsible for all of the firm's day-to-day operations. The Firm current
Valar believes these companies tend to be high-margin businesses focused on massive markets, such as currency transfer (Transferwise), banking (N26, Qonto), commercial real estate (Breather), insurance (Jetty, Coya), investing/retirement savings (Stash), accounting software (Xero), and human resources
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