It is associated with one of the companies that participated in the latest round of Farfetch investment – one that assessed in billions of dollars – and told the Observer that e.ventures is “ actively looking” companies Portuguese to invest . Jonathan Becker has no doubts: the Portuguese entrepreneurial ecosystem “has evolved much in the last four years.” . And Europe is aware
Vice President of e.ventures team in Hamburg, Germany, Jonathan Becker was in Portugal with regard to the Lisbon Investment Summit, entrepreneurship event sponsored by Beta-i – Association for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in partnership with the IE Business School and the society of capital risk of CGD, Caixa Capital.
At the Observer, says he started “ repair they were leaving more and more companies from Portugal “and that e.ventures has visited the country regularly looking for investments. However, it added, there is still a way to go with regard to training and ambitions of entrepreneurs.
“As I talked to local investors, not enough people to form themselves in technology. There is not enough talent. And I also realized that there are very focused companies in the local market and are not thinking outside the box, in the overall success. Because, after all, that’s what matters, “he told The Observer.
With a background in Computer Science and Economics, Jonathan Becker had already been part of the team in e.ventures San Francisco, United States of America, before joining the German. Tells the observer that the technology companies successfully in Europe “are still a little behind” the American , but it is possible to find global success stories that lead the industry, such as Farfetch or Spotify.
The e.ventures invests in the company led by José Neves since 2012, when he participated in the second investment round startup (18 million dollars). A year later, he participated in the third round, worth $ 20 million, and two years later on Wednesday, with a total of 66 million dollars. In March 2015, along with Jose Marin, Fabrice Grinda, DST Global, Vitruvian Partners, Condé Nast, Felix Capital, it was one of the investors who invested 86 million dollars in Farfetch, valuing the company at one billion dollars.
“It’s a fascinating company. What is unique in Farfetch is that they can have an inventory of items that nobody else has, “says Jonathan Becker.
When asked if he thinks it possible that the company led by José Neves exceed Net-a-Porter rival and become the market leader, the investor said that “there is room for many players in the market” and that both e-commerce sites are on the path to success.
About the fear that Europe could be living a technological bubble – similar to that struck the US in the 2000s – the investor states that the environment that exists in the market is “fundamentally” different. “We have many technology companies have been admitted to successfully purse. And that’s why we’re getting into a lot of money in the technology sector and is also because of this that the ratings go up “he said.
However, despite being the watch a change in European mentality, Jonathan Becker warns that there are still “ many people with risk aversion in Europe, not run after big goals “. And advances it takes that governments should try to encourage people to make technology programs. “That’s what we are trying to encourage governments to do: to bring people to the technology,” says
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