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Yacine Ghalim

Soulful Aggregators

Soulful Aggregators are trusted marketplaces/retailers that build and engage communities around an area of passion

Jun 14, 2019

Soulful Aggregators

Jun 14, 2019

Yacine Ghalim

Why we’d like to back more companies aimed at the “bottom 90%” of consumers

I’m incredibly excited by companies democratizing access to a category of goods of services, either by offering a much cheaper…

Feb 6, 2019

Why we’d like to back more companies aimed at the “bottom 90%” of consumers

Feb 6, 2019

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Welcome to The Family

Hungry, Hungry Investors: Food Startups Wanted

The food industry is changing, with a lot of room for ambitious founders and hard-driving startups.

Nov 21, 2018

Hungry, Hungry Investors: Food Startups Wanted

Nov 21, 2018

Yacine Ghalim

Our framework to assess consumer-facing products and services

Over the past 12 years our focus as a firm gradually gravitated towards Consumers. Most of our recent investments have been in what we…

Nov 9, 2018

Our framework to assess consumer-facing products and services

Nov 9, 2018

Yacine Ghalim

What we currently find interesting in consumer Food

Two months ago we announced that we had led Taster’s series A, our first investment in Food. I explained why we believe that Taster has a…

Sep 17, 2018

What we currently find interesting in consumer Food

Sep 17, 2018

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Stories from Sunstone

Why we invested in Taster, the company radically redefining the concept of a restaurant

Yesterday Taster announced their $4m series A. We led their funding round, with participation of existing investors LocalGlobe and Marc…

Jun 28, 2018

Why we invested in Taster, the company radically redefining the concept of a restaurant

Jun 28, 2018

Yacine Ghalim

A look back at my first Vipassana retreat

In April 2017, I completed my first Vipassana retreat. I spent 10 days in a meditation center in Tuscany, cut-off from the outside world…

Jan 10, 2018

A look back at my first Vipassana retreat

Jan 10, 2018

Yacine Ghalim

Why we invested in Inboard Technology, the company reinventing short-range urban mobility

Today Inboard Technology announced that they raised an $8m series A led by Upfront Ventures and with participation of Sunstone. The company…

Nov 16, 2017

Why we invested in Inboard Technology, the company reinventing short-range urban mobility

Nov 16, 2017

Yacine Ghalim

A primer on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning + Sunstone’s investment thesis

Over the past couple of years, we found ourselves investing in 7 AI and ML enabled companies, in areas as diverse as marketing, credit…

Mar 31, 2017

Mar 31, 2017

Yacine Ghalim

Why we invested in Mojiworks, the first company building games only for messaging platforms

Five years after selling Wonderland (the company behind GodFinger) to Zynga, Matthew Wiggins and Al Harding announced the launch of their…

Dec 21, 2016

Why we invested in Mojiworks, the first company building games only for messaging platforms

Dec 21, 2016

Yacine Ghalim

Yacine Ghalim

Partner at Heartcore Capital. Europe’s consumer-only VC firm. Hero founders + large existing markets + obsessive consumer centricity. Into food and mobility.

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