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Antler

🌎 antler.co

Antler is the world's day zero investor, dedicated to enabling exceptional founders to build startups from the very beginning. With a presence in 30 cities across six continents, Antler partners with driven individuals to launch and scale high-potential startups, providing support through co-founder matching, business model validation, initial capital, and follow-on funding. The company aims to back over 6,000 startups by 2030, having already invested in more than 1,100 startups across various industries.

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Updates as of Sep 20, 2024

• Steffen Schebesta has started a new advisory position at Antler Canada to mentor and support the September start-up cohort.
• Spotlite, created by Benjamin Hori and Hannah Choi in Antler Korea's second cohort, has launched a platform that digitizes the commercial talent booking process, enabling direct and transparent collaboration between brands and talents without intermediary fees.
• Nina Teng has joined Antler as a Visiting Partner in the United Kingdom, previously holding a position at another company.
• Elena Shabusova has left Antler as an Entrepreneur in Residence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to become the Founder & CEO at Ownie.
• Antler is currently seeking a CTO / Engineering Lead & Startup Founder in Kazakhstan.

• Antler is currently seeking a CEO & COO | Startup Founder in Malaysia, focusing on Strategy, Partnerships and Commercial.
• Antler is currently seeking a Chief AI Officer / Chief Data Scientist & Startup Founder in Saudi Arabia.
• Antler participated in Vucar's recent funding round announced on September 19.
• Laurie Felker Jones joined Antler as a visiting partner.
• Hanyu Qin has joined Antler as a Founder in Singapore, previously holding a similar position at another company.
• Matthew Frenchman has joined Antler as a Visiting Partner in the United Kingdom.
• Hugo Marshall has joined Antler as a Visiting Partner in the United Kingdom.
• Federico Blundo has joined Antler as Co-Founder in the United Kingdom, previously serving as Senior Product Manager at Fresha.
• Maiken Paaske has left Antler as an Associate Partner in Denmark to become the Founder of Paaske & Co.
• Antler's Ibex and EMURGO have partnered to promote Web3 innovation and fintech growth in Africa.
• Antler has agreed to sell the Erongo Central Gold Project in Namibia to Fortress Asset Management for $5.5 million, with an additional $6 million committed for exploration expenditures.
• Nitin Sharma from Antler announced they are expanding their global Web3 investing effort.
• Antler announced a new strategic partnership with EMURGO.
• Antler invested in LogX Trade's $4M strategic funding round.
• Antler announced £840k investment in companies from the latest London residency and held Portfolio Day at Google Berlin.
• Antler is partnering with QMill to unlock quantum advantage using advanced quantum algorithms.
• Antler is partnering with BraivCo, a video hosting platform with multi-language support, which is only 8 months old.
• HSBC collaborates with early-stage investor Antler to provide funding, a global network, and specialized support for tech startups.
• Antler, a Singapore-based VC, led a €4 million seed funding round for Finnish quantum-computing company QMill.
• Antler continues to support Wingbits' $3.5 million seed round to revolutionize aviation tracking with blockchain-based solutions.
• Antler's UK team announced a £840K investment in seven new tech startups from their spring 2024 residency and UK Fund II.
• Antler is hosting a founders vs investors laser tag tournament on September 29 in Munich as a side event to Bits & Pretzels.
• Antler will host an investor office hour at Slush in October.
• Erwin Setiawan has joined Antler as an Entrepreneur in Residence in Indonesia, previously serving as Head of Engineering at Tokopedia.
• Robin Gupta has joined Antler as Entrepreneur in Residence at Antler India, previously serving as Vice President of Product and Technology at Provar.
• Antler is hiring a Head of Operations & Startup Founder for their Brussels Metropolitan Area cohort starting September 2024.
• Antler is hosting a Pre-Seed and Seed Investors Mixer in NYC to connect investors with founders and provide insights from their Investment Team.
• Antler is hiring startup founders in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and inviting aspiring entrepreneurs to join their next cohort in Toronto starting on September 30th, 2024.
• Magnus Grimeland, Founder and CEO of Antler, will speak at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Bangkok.

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