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April 25, 2007
Investor Seeks Founders
Over in Germany Jens Kunath, a former media exec turned startup adviser and investor, posted on his blog the other day that he was looking for founders to invest in. Within a day he had 41 responses. He wrote
Mein Artikel Kapital sucht Gründer hat seine Wirkung nicht verfehlt. Ich habe seit gestern bereits 41 Anfragen von Gründern erhalten. Das zeigt mir wieder einmal, dass die ganze Mühe und der Zeitaufwand des Bloggens eine gute Investition sind.
(My article entitled "Capitall Seeks Founders" was not without results. Since yesterday, I received 41 responses from founders. That shows me that the effort and time required to blog is a good investment...)
Kunath hasn't written much about his portfolio, although one he mentions is Paulsmama.de, a family oriented social networking site that based on one volley of announcements to German blogs and media reporters resulted in several queries from venture capital firms - the site hasn't even launched yet.
We've long said that blogging by VC types is a good idea -- and not just because about a year and a half ago we tried to do some consulting on the topic, thinking it might be a revenue source for the alarm:clock, a business idea the flopped, by the way -- but because it's a low-cost way to reach time-constrained founders that are looking to acquaint themselves with potential investors and partners.
Kunath's posting and what we hear from some of our blogging VC acquaintances suggests we were right. Not that being right means much - as a dear friend of ours always reminds us: It doesn't matter who's wrong or who's right but who is left.
Read Jens Kunath blog
Posted on April 25, 2007 07:16 AM | Posted to Being European | Permalink
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