Transatlantic entrepreneur turned investor living in and loving Europe. 
20+ years as an entrepreneur and VC. 
Passionate about innovation, technology, and startups.
Specialties: VC, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Deeptech.

Michael Jackson

The EU will issue a nice letter about how it is ‘monitoring the situation’…but not until Monday because heaven forbid eurocrats work on a weekend. 🤣🤣🤣

Funny definition she has of something being “of the utmost importance”. 🤦🏻‍♂️

To all my Persian friends, stay safe and I hope the terrible regime that has reigned in your wonderful homeland for 47 years ends soon. ✊🏻

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Michael Jackson 🦡

“Had Germany not decommissioned nuclear power after the Fukushima accident, it would have needed 50% less electricity generation from fossil fuels, 84% less generation from imported natural gas, 27% less fossil fuel capacity and 42% less natural gas capacity.“

Merz was right in saying that Germany shutting down its nuclear plants was a “serious strategic mistake”. As individuals Germans can be the most rational people you’ll ever meet. As a collective though they can be the most irrational on the planet. Their energy strategy has been driven by decades of useful idiots idioting (though somehow even less so than the Brits, who’ve just seemed to have gone off the rails on many, many things). 

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Europe, you need to act with a LOT more urgency. Vibe shifts are needed. Culture has to change. Regulations need to be streamlined or scrapped. The private sector must be prioritized. Entrepreneurs and builders should be celebrated and championed. 

Peter is making the right move. Europe is sadly not doing enough yet to merit the very talented and ambitious staying. Hopefully it adapts fast. 

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"The future will belong to people with a very specific combination of personality traits and psychosexual neuroses. An AI might be able to code faster than you, but there is one advantage that humans still have. It’s called agency, or being highly agentic. The highly agentic are people who just do things. They don’t timidly wait for permission or consensus; they drive like bulldozers through whatever’s in their way."

Pour yourself a cup of your libation of choice and spend some of this fine Sunday reading this. 

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“As soon as they have their first contract with the defence department, even if just €10M, with [that] €10M they can go to the market and get €100M. That is the signal they need”. 

Again, European governments need to prioritize being customers of first resort for European tech, and they need to stop LARPing as VCs of last resort. The focus has to shift to government being sources of revenue for tech companies, and away from being a slow drip of subsidies. There's more than enough handouts in European tech. Local customers are needed.

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Andreessen Horowitz, be the VC the Chinese apparently think you are. Wild slide from a Chinese AI conference. A LOT going on. 

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"Venture capital in European biotech accounts for just 7% of global funding, while 66 of the 67 EU biotech companies that went public over the past six years chose to list outside Europe." 😬 

Ugly, ugly stats for Europe in one of the present and future's most important tech categories...but there will be Europeans arguing that this is actually a good thing because economic growth, financial prosperity, tech sovereignty, and so on are bad for society. It's luxury beliefs and delusions all the way down as they refuse to accept the reality that change is desperately needed.

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"To date, Wilbe has trained more than 1,400 scientists, backed 22 companies, and helped create over $1.3 billion in value worldwide."

Europe, if you really want to see the science and research that gets created on your shores get commercialized; if you really - and I mean REALLY - want to see your scientists become world-class entrepreneurs, stop the innovation theatre and give the money you're wasting on performative government programs to Wilbe instead. They will do far better things that you can ever possibly hope to. 

Wilbe is one of the best things to happen to European scientists and spinouts. For anyone who cares about that sort of thing, show your support. Put your money where your mouth is. Give it to Wilbe. Hooray for science! 👩‍🔬 

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Ugh, the FT ranking startup hubs is just as cringe as their business school rankings. It's just a matter of time before Madrid starts fudging their numbers as is tradition (Hi IE Business School! 👋). 😉 

I've invested in companies in a whole bunch of European countries, sit on boards of companies and funds in at least half a dozen European countries, speak at events and network all across Europe...and I haven't heard of the vast majority of these programs or whatever they mean by "hubs". It's a weird list let alone ranking.

"Its consistent track record in connecting early-stage founders with financing opportunities across Bavaria". Isn't that what every ambitious, globally thinking entrepreneur wants? Bavarian financing opportunities! 🤦‍♂️ How about focusing on things that matter like outcomes, and not access to local government subsidies. Crazy, I know.

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Hugo Amsellem is right. Visit any European university and they will proudly point to the spot where some scientific breakthrough happened, or where some technology was invented...but they usually go quite quiet when the subject of where that science or technology was commercialized, scaled, turned into a giant company, and created massive wealth. It usually didn't happen in Europe.

The best science and technology often doesn't win. It's usually who gets the money early (contracts or funding) who does. Then they can buy the best science and technology. Selling matters, whether it's with regards to talent, capital, or the public's imagination. Europeans can sell the hell out of luxury goods and lifestyles. They need to remember how to do so in the sciences too. 

Long Science btw. 

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“Adolf Hitler, Failed Artist Who Rebuilt Germany Into a European Power, Dies at 56”. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Ugh, The New York Times really is just a caricature of itself now. Khamenei killed, imprisoned, and tortured millions. He had gays executed, and female activists raped. Good riddance to this horrible man.

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"The test was always simple: does it provide as much legal certainty as the Delaware Inc? If not, founders and investors will continue to use Delaware Inc as a global investment standard. Europe needs a pan-European alternative to stay competitive in a world of giants.”

The EU watering this down was always to be expected, sadly. 27 different variations of EU–INC is less than ideal...but it's what happens when you have a collection of countries who, despite all logic to the contrary, still put national interests above the collective good of Europe. 

I hope common sense prevails at the Commission, but regardless of the outcome, the good people at EU–INC deserve thanks and appreciation from Europe's startup community. Too often apathy overcomes hearts and minds, but you lot have shown dogged persistence in trying to make Europe a little bit better of a place to start, build, and scale companies. That's more than what 99.99% of people have done. Engaging with the bureaucratic and political world is a mostly thankless endeavor, but I applaud you all. 👏 

You're an inspiration to those who want to take a swing at the bureaucratic beast. Hopefully someday the monster shall be felled and Europe will be the best place to do business. Until then, props to those who tried: Andreas Klinger, Iwona Anna Biernat, Vojtech Horna, Philipp Herkelmann, Simon Schaefer, and the rest of the team. 🫡 

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“I think we’re off by two orders of magnitude in terms of intelligence density per gigabyte. That’s just algorithmic improvement. Same computer...

...and the computers are getting better. That’s why I think it is a 10x improvement per year type thing. 1,000 percent, and that's going to happen for the foreseeable future.” - Elon Musk

A lot of people are still underestimating the compounding rates of progress in AI.

Europe needs a true Delaware equivalent system…and this ain’t it. The EU is watering it down too much. It's ultimately as fragmented as before. The EU is just putting lipstick on a pig and calling it a beauty. As is Delaware remains the better option. European founders deserve better.

Also, the illustration of the gears is cracking me up as it includes gears which are redundant and unnecessary. It would be a smoother operation without them. There's an EU analogy in there. 

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As much - and quite often more - work for far less upside is “insanely” entrepreneurial indeed. 😉 

Telling that the only European example is non European owned too.

With over 35 years in the super yacht industry, I am a passionate business development specialist and entrepreneur who helps clients achieve their goals with innovative and bespoke technology solutions. I am the managing partner at VFA Land & Sea, a company that offers consultancy and technical management for luxury motor yachts and estates in the areas of audio visual, IT, communications, security, and HVAC systems.

I started my career as an electrical and electronics engineer at Honeywell, and then became the first modern day ETO for super yachts in 1994. After working as the technology manager for a fleet of yachts that included Ecstasea, Pelorus, Luna, and Eclipse, I founded Bond Technology Management in 2006, which now has a staff of 50 and offices in six locations. In 2019, I also launched a new venture to improve the air quality and health of yacht owners and crew. I love working in this industry and having a team that makes a difference.

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I’m #hiring for an open role. Know anyone who would be a good fit?

Will Faimatea

Founder and CEO of Bond Technology Management & Consultancy. A Super Yacht Tech Entrepreneur | Legacy Projects, Industry Advancement

Our office in Port Vell, Barcelona hosted another wonderful event with crew joining us to make this a special evening. Thankyou Angela Cowcill for organising this. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Last night we hosted Sushi & Sundowners at the Bond office in Marina Port Vell, co-hosted with Crestron Electronics, welcoming Heads of Department and superyacht crew for an informal evening of networking during
#ISE week! 🍣

Thank you to everyone who joined us - this was the first event at the Bond office this year, with many more to come in 2026.

#BondSupportServices #Crestron #MarinaPortVell #SuperyachtNetworking Titan Marine Networks

I have had a wonderful response from close colleagues attending with their partners. 
As we enter our 20th year of Bond TM and Support Services I consider the journey I am still on as a blessing. 
I’m looking forward to the SYTS and supporting those at my round table discussion. 
See you there! It’s just two weeks to go.

Will Faimatea, Director of Bond Support Services, will attend the Superyacht Technology Show 2026 alongside a VIP delegation of owner’s representatives from Monaco.

Joining the superyacht technical community in Barcelona to explore the exhibition, conference and networking programme.

📍 10–11 March | World Trade Center, Barcelona

#BondTM #BondSupportServices #SuperyachtTechnologyShow2026 #SYTS

This will be one of the first or many more as I look to help others with the same dreams as I had many moons ago :-)

Technology onboard is evolving fast. Superyachts are becoming smarter, more connected and more complex. But with that evolution comes new pressure on crew, careers, wellbeing and security.

At SYTS 2026, we’re hosting three closed-door roundtables - designed for honest, small-group conversation.

We're pleased to introduce the 2026 round-table sessions:

▪️ From Yacht to Shore: Making the leap from ETO to shore-based business.
🗣️ Hosted by Will Faimatea, Ex-ETO, Entrepreneur, Investor & Founder of Bond Support Services
𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺.

▪️ The Human Side of High Tech. Exploring AI, connectivity and crew wellbeing.
🗣️ Hosted by Laura Beard, Welfare of Yacht Crew Project Manager, International Seafarers'​ Welfare & Assistance Network (ISWAN)
𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺.

▪️ Integrated Security at Sea: Hardware-led protection, hybrid threats and unified onboard defence.
🗣️ Hosted by Leo Walker, Founder & CEO, Who Dares Group & Alan McCormick, CEO, Halo Group Security Limited

📅 Tuesday 10 March | 12:00–13:00
📍 Sea View Hall, World Trade Center Barcelona

Each roundtable is limited to 10 participants. Register your space: https://lnkd.in/empqeHiC

#SYTS2026 #SuperyachtTechnologyShow #YachtCrew #MaritimeTech #CrewWellbeing #YachtSecurity #ISWAN

We had a wonderful time and made good business leads. 
How was your experience?

Barcelona. Two days. One industry coming together.

🎬 The Superyacht Technology Show 2026.

From packed exhibition halls and an exciting conference to roundtables, live demos and the SYTS Atlantis Party - thank you to everyone who joined us in Barcelona and made 2026 our best year yet.

We look forward to seeing you in 2027.

🎥 Video by Skyglide Productions

#SYTS2026 #SuperyachtTechnologyShow #SuperyachtTech #SuperyachtIndustry

Jack and the team have done an amazing job. It’s now bigger than we imagined for 2025.

Founder & Director @ Superyacht Technology Show | Connecting tech companies with the superyacht industry through an independent exhibition, conference & networking experience.

Just a sample of the 500+ yachts (Captains & Technical crew), yards, and Owners reps you could meet at the Superyacht Technology Show. We’ve extended the 30% discount on SYTS Experience Passes until midnight tonight. Use code SYTS30
The Superyacht Technology Show is not just an exhibition — it’s a networking event.
The real value of SYTS happens not just on the show floor but also at the conference sessions, over lunches, during the open bars, and at the parties where the conversations that shape projects actually happen.
With an SYTS Experience Pass, you gain access to:
• The full conference programme – where the industry’s most important technical discussions take place
• Networking lunches on both days with leading decision-makers
• Open bars and hosted networking events across the show
• The Atlantis Party and End of Watch drinks
• Coffee breaks and informal networking throughout the event
Most importantly, it’s where you’ll meet the people you actually came to see.
With an Experience Pass, you can network with captains and technical crew from some of the world’s largest yachts, technical managers from leading management companies, and project teams from the industry’s top shipyards.
Below is just a sample of the kind of companies and professionals attending this year.
If you’re planning to attend SYTS, the Experience Pass ensures you get access to the conversations, connections and opportunities that make the event worthwhile.
For £350, it unlocks the full experience.
Use code SYTS30 before midnight tonight to claim the 30% discount.
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I am looking forward to meeting many of the yachting community at this event. See you this week.

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