Company
Date Published
Author
Siya Raj Purohit, Manuel Meyer
Word count
865
Language
English
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None

Summary

Antler, a global early-stage venture capital firm, has partnered with MongoDB for Startups to support the growth of its portfolio companies. Antler enables exceptional people to build impactful technology startups by building complementary teams, supporting business model validation, and providing a global platform to scale their startups. The firm's founder, Björn Lindfors, shares his insights on entrepreneurship, building and managing new companies, and partnering with MongoDB. He emphasizes the importance of understanding that product isn't everything, focusing on engineering organization management, hiring, and team happiness. Björn has personally used MongoDB in his past companies and recommends it as a convenient and flexible database solution for startups. The partnership aims to deepen Antler's resources and mentorship for its founders, who are driven, curious, and passionate about changing the world. As the investment landscape evolves, Antler plans to innovate on its services to provide strategic value to its portfolio companies.