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👀 Want to know what STYX has been up to over the last few weeks? 👉 Check out Florian's post highlighting the recent funding rounds at three of our portfolio companies: Mateo, Enzo and keyota. He also discusses the value of broadening one's toolbox when looking for liquidity.

✨ Our Venture Partner Josep had a blast in Granada while attending last week's Alhambra Venture event. 👀 You can find his thoughts and some impressions of the special atmosphere in the post below!

📢 We are delighted to announce our investment in NestEgg and look forward to support the experienced team around Edgar Kooter and Ben Myers. 💡 NestEgg helps European elderly homeowners become financially free by trading home equity for debt-free income. The FinTech platform offers a fair, efficient way for millions of European elderly to tap their built-up housing wealth, while offering investors a unique assets class of owner-occupied real estate. 🔎 What do we love about NestEgg? Find out more in the blog article where Florian Fischer explains our reasons to invest in more detail. 💯 In believing in NestEgg we are proud to join existing investors EWOR and a group of strong angels around Michael Riegel, Juan Guillen Verheijen, Roeland Bronsveld and Oliver Mickler who also gets the props for introducing us to Ben and Edgar in the first place.

❌ An old mantra becomes obsolet! 🗞 In his opinion piece for FOCUS online STYX Founder and CEO Florian Fischer admits, that the path to climate neutrality in the property market is marked by slow progress, high costs, and increasing regulatory requirements. 🔎 Private homeowners must make significant investments in the energy-efficient renovation of their buildings to reduce energy consumption and comply with legal requirements. At the same time, companies are required to implement EU efficiency standards and sustainably renovate their buildings. ➡ He concludes, that the old mantra of always prioritizing cost efficiency, has become obsolete. Only a sustainable transformation, currently associated with noticeable costs, will provide companies in the industry with lasting competitive advantages. The path is anything but easy, but with determination and innovation, it can be managed.

Big News🔥 Wir haben mit Mateo unsere 7-stellige Seed Finanzierung abgeschlossen, um den weiteren, erfolgreichen Wachstumskurs zu stärken 🎉 Für das gesamte Mateo Team, Partner und Kunden ist das eine tolle Bestätigung, dass wir mit Mateo genau auf dem richtigen Weg sind, das digitale Marketing für Marken und lokale Unternehmen zu revolutionieren. 🚀 Bereits heute vertrauen über 1000 Unternehmen auf Mateo, um die gesamte Customer Journey über Messenger wie WhatsApp zu gestalten. 💬 Nach einem erfolgreichen und profitablen ersten Quartal und bereits sehr starken zweiten Quartal werden wir uns nun verstärkt auf die Expansion im DACH-Raum konzentrieren, um die #1 Marketing Suite für unsere Zielgruppe zu werden. 💪 Ein herzliches Dankeschön gilt Brandenburg Kapital GmbH (Sebastian Bertram, Rahel Strupp), Raakwark Kaptaal (Matthias Grychta, Manfred Garz, Matthias Fricke, Christoph Birkel) und allen weiteren Business Angels Dr. Arndt Schwaiger, Gerhard Mayr, Robert Butz, Oliver Dehning, Simon Engelhorn. Auch Danke an unsere Bestandsinvestoren STYX (Florian Fischer, David Zwilling, Erik Walkling) & Thorsten Schaeff. Jetzt geht es erst richtig los! Let’s get back to work! 💪🏻 #mateo #messenger #marketing #kommunikation #whatsapp #berlin

👀 Who else is attending the South Summit in Madrid later this week? 👋 Be sure to connect with our local venture partner, Josep, who will be on site from Thursday to Friday!

Why #Copenhagen is My Urban Spirit Animal 🇩🇰 🐣 🌆 Copenhagen stands out as one of the most livable cities globally, leading the way in placemaking by prioritizing its residents. The city's approach to redevelopment is evident in projects like transforming the old meatpacking district into a vibrant leisure district and the iconic #Nordhavn redevelopment. These initiatives demonstrate acumen in fostering new ways of economic growth within a livable urban environment. It worries me that the overall mindset in German harbor cities is different. The argument is driven by insecurity about what's next and the possibility of falling behind in competitive location attractiveness. In my opinion, this mindset, which focuses on obstacles, buries opportunities for citizens and the economy. Personally, I take a lot of inspiration from Copenhagen's leap of faith in transformative projects. Cities should not prioritize containers over #citizens. In a more holistic approach to urban development, livable cities and economic growth are not contradictory. Copenhagen truly embodies my urban spirit animal. What city resonates with you in a similar way? #cities #urbandevelopment #sustainability #copenhagen #mannheim

Best part of my job? Getting hands-on with cutting-edge #proptech 🤓👨💻💡 A few months after investing in keyota, we just installed the first digital lock in our STYX office. Why invest in a digital lock? The existing providers fail to deliver a satisfying user experience! What I love about Keyota: 🔧🔐📲 Simplicity from installation to access, even for someone like me who’s all thumbs 💻🔑🚪 The access management platform is user-friendly, allowing us to manage access for our team members and external service providers, restricting entry to specific time slots. 🤳▶️✅ Last but not least - it just works! The system operates on NFC technology, eliminating connectivity issues and delays. Just click and (un-lock). Experience this next-gen lock yourself. Visit Keyota‘s online shop (link in comments) or contact Niels Gronau and Klaus Junge, the brains behind this innovation. An overdue innovation, I'm eager to see it make its mark in the market.

Today, we proudly announce the launch of STYX new venture fund in #Barcelona, targeting early-stage #PropTech ventures founded and established right here in the city. This innovative investment approach empowers the discovery and validation of groundbreaking proposals within Barcelona and in other markets where STYX operates. We are honored to support this initiative, further driven by the Barcelona City Council. Join us in welcoming a new player dedicated to enhancing the Catalan PropTech ecosystem! Benvinguts a Catalunya David Zwilling i Florian Fischer! Gràcies Josep R. Novell LL.M., Xavier Simó i Xavier Mayo #Innovation #VentureCapital #Barcelona #STYXInvestments

👐Lead by Inger Egeland-Helgøy, our STYX trailblazer across the Nordics, Florian Fischer, David Zwilling and Simon Engelhorn had an inspiring time at last week's Nordic Fund Day in Stavanger. ➡The event began with an investor reception organized by Emilie Martinsen Christensen from Nordic Edge. It was a great occasion for the team to catch up and exchange with local and international partners in the ecosystem. 🙏Thanks to Smedvig, Link Venture Capital and SpareBank 1 SR-Bank who among others co-hosted the reception.