Oct 5, 2017Featurespace: the story behind our investmentBy Laurence Garrett, co-founder & Partner of Highland Europe. The story was first posted here. I first met Martina King at a dinner in Cambridge when she had just joined Featurespace as CEO. …Venture Capital4 min readVenture Capital4 min read
Oct 5, 2017TechCity UK Q&A: How to work with investorsThis article was first posted on TechCity UK. Helena Prokhorenko is an associate here at Highland Europe. TechCity UK asked Helena how she’d advise businesses to work with investors. Here’s what she said. What do you typically look for in a potential investee company? We look for fast-growing tech companies…Venture Capital5 min readVenture Capital5 min read
Jun 20, 2017The Art of Managing Sales: what we learned from Highland Europe’s CRO roundtableHighland Europe invited CROs from some of its SaaS B2B portfolio companies along for a day of discussion and inspiration in June. The companies represented were AMCS, Brandwatch, Jampp, Condeco, eGym, ContentSquare, Adjust, Nexthink and Newforma. …Sales5 min readSales5 min read
May 9, 2017Starleaf raises $40m to continue its worldwide growthHighland Europe has just announced that it is part of a $40m round, in Starleaf, a leader in the unified cloud communications (UCC) market — voice, video and conferencing. We are thrilled to be working with the founders of Starleaf and thought it worthy of a few words. We believe…Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
Feb 1, 2017SocialPoint joins TakeTwoCongratulations to SocialPoint, the Barcelona games developer which this morning announced it has been bought by TakeTwo Interactive Inc. For Highland this is a really exciting day, not least because it’s the first exit from our first European fund. …Gaming3 min readGaming3 min read
Jun 21, 2016Welcome to the Era of Art On Demand.When the forces of disruption come to a sector that has remained little affected by technology, change has a habit of arriving slowly at first; then suddenly. In the art world, from fine art to popular wall art, I believe we are now reaching a clear tipping-point. Here’s why: 1…Art4 min readArt4 min read
Jun 13, 2016‘Choose character over skills’ and ‘Why investors are like Martinis’ — Some of the Things We Learned at Highland Europe’s Leadership Conference in Dublin.One: “When I wanted to give up, I’d picture the father I never met’: highlights from guest speaker, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the world’s greatest living explorer.Startup12 min readStartup12 min read
Jan 11, 2016Crafting the Future with LoveCraftsWe are massive believers in marketplaces and eCommerce at Highland Europe. We’re proud to have partnered with businesses driving the online shift within traditional industries (VistaPrint, MatchesFashion), as well as those pioneering new internet-enabled consumer offerings (Photobox, Outfittery). Particularly exciting for us are large markets which have remained offline, typically…Ecommerce2 min readEcommerce2 min read
Oct 30, 2015Our investment in adjustOnce considered the new frontier for engaging users and enabling commerce, mobile internet usage and native transactions are now pervasive. Over 2 billion people have smartphones and the number of mobile internet users now surpasses that of fixed line users globally. As mobile usage continues to explode, marketers are hungry…Mobile2 min readMobile2 min read
Oct 30, 2015Talentsoft — revisitedThis week Talentsoft announced a new financing by Goldman Sachs, indeed their first European SaaS investment. We are delighted as this opens a new chapter in this remarkable story. We thought it was interesting to dig up our initial thoughts on the investments from those faraway times in September 2013…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read