Moving From Series A to Series B: A Guide for Early-Stage Founders

Join our top VC, XAnge, and Paris-based startup Greenly, as they take you through everything European Founders need to know to prepare for a Series B fundraising round.

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About the Session

Back in 2023 XAnge launched their Series B Blueprint: A Guide for Early-Stage Founders.

After the report's bountiful success, HubSpot is excited to invite them to a session where they will discuss the key steps on how to successfully go from Series A to Series B.

What's more, startup Greenly will also take the stage to share how they successfully raised a Series B round, and have gone on to record over $10 million in ARR last year.

What will the session cover?

The basics - what is a Series A or B Company?
Typical achievements of Series A & B stages
Which KPIs will investors be looking closely at?
Building out a roadmap to get you to the next round
The challenges faced during the raise, and how to overcome them
Greenly will share how they planned and successfully raised their Series B, as well as the challenges they faced during this time.

🎁 Special Offers:

Simply sign up to the HubSpot for Startups program here (no purchase required), and you will get access to our Investor Connect pilot, where you can connect with our global investors who are ready to hear your pitch.

📚 In addition to the fundraising tool, you will also get access to Series B Blueprint: A Guide for Early-Stage Founders from XAnge.

🌿 About Greenly:

Founded in 2019 by Alexis, Matthieu and Arnaud, Greenly’s mission is to allow everyone to easily track their carbon footprint, so they can take part in the fight against climate change. Greenly combines tech and carbon accounting, making carbon calculations automatic for SMEs and individuals by syncing their financial data. This lets them focus on what really matters: reducing their GHG emissions with better insights and lower costs; adopting more sustainable spending patterns, and engaging their ecosystem to navigate the energy transition.

Fintech of the year 2020, French Tech Green20 & French Tech 2030, 2022 LinkedIn Top Startups, Hottest start-up in Paris by WIRED, Greenly is now the leading carbon tracking technology. Since its creation, more than 10 million people and +1600 companies have trusted Greenly with their carbon footprint report.

💰 About XAnge:

XAnge is a leading European venture capital firm, Bcorp certified, based in Paris, Berlin, and Munich. With €600M Assets under Management, the company invests in European early-stage innovative technology companies operating in the fields of Digital consumer, Enterprise & Data, Fintech, and Deeptech. Since its creation in 2003, XAnge has backed more than 200 fast-growing companies in their entrepreneurial journeys. The team works alongside visionary founders with strong values and international ambitions such as Ledger, Odoo, Lydia, or Believe Digital.

Meet the Speakers

David Erhun - Startup Success Manager @ XAnge VC

David Erhun is a Startup Success specialist at the VC fund XAnge where he supports a portfolio of 100 ambitious founders across Europe with their growth challenges. David formally led international relations for thecamp, one of France’s most exciting innovation hubs, and headed the U.S. expansion of the Paris based hardware startup, Invoxia. His position has helped him build unique and lasting relationships with founders across Europe and has enabled XAnge to accelerate the growth of their portfolio companies.

Laetitia Carle - COO @ Greenly

Previously, Laetitia worked at Morgan Stanley, first in London and then in Paris. At the prestigious American investment bank, she supported private and publicly traded companies in around fifteen fundraising, IPO, and M&A operations, totaling $25 billion. Specializing in the technology sector, her clients included European unicorns such as ManoMano, Trustpilot, Delivery Hero, Adyen, and Avast.

François Plattard - Head of HubSpot for Startups, France

François Platard is the Head of HubSpot for Startups France. He supports startups and scaleups to grow faster and better.

François works with VC funds, incubators and accelerators on sales, marketing, development and growth.

Before HubSpot, François worked for several SaaS startups in San Francisco and Paris.