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The Family Raises €15M Led by LGT Capital Partners

European Straits #86

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Nicolas Colin
Sep 12, 2018
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Dear all,

Today is a big day for my firm The Family! We’re thrilled to announce the fundraising of €15M with a group of investors led by LGT Capital Partners.

1/ This is great news, first of all, because it will let us accelerate the strategy we devised two years ago:

  • The Family is a pan-European investment firm. Our headquarters are in London, the large part of our team is in Paris and we also have an office in Berlin. From these three major cities, which also happen to be the most dynamic startup hubs on the continent, our goal is to operate the indispensable infrastructure that no ambitious Entrepreneur in Europe can afford to miss at the earliest stage. Obviously it takes a lot of capital to build such an asset, and the money we raised will be invested accordingly.

  • The Family is building various service providers that we own but which are operated at arm’s length. As I explained , it’s all about shaping the market for business services. Today, this market is broken and that hurts Euro…

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