Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital

60 Episodes

1. Bjarne Kveim Lie - The status at growth stage, Eur 5B committed, 140 investments, Growth > FCF, Dr Alban and the asymmetric risk-reward ratio

   Published: 2/15/2024
2. James Currier - Built and sold $10B worth of companies between NfX founders, Being a 5x Founder and 2 key elements for success, Designing for the white-hot center, Choosing a life partner

   Published: 1/18/2024
3. Zeynep Yavuz - From ideation to IPO, Thematic Investor, Assessing first time entrepreneurs, Fintech and Crypto

   Published: 1/11/2024
4. Chris Smith - The state of Pre-seed investing, Fundraising process, Intuition VS Investment Memo, The importance of hard work

   Published: 12/14/2023
5. Rex Woodbury - Consumer behaviour and techtonic shifts, Social Media 3.0, Pre-seed investing and being true to yourself

   Published: 12/5/2023
6. Kirsty Grant - £2.6B through Crowdfunding, The new equity market, End-to-end infrastructure to fundraise for investors and founders across stages

   Published: 11/14/2023
7. Mark Kugel - Winning contracts with NASA, Creating biotech assets in space, The CDTM effect, Germany's PR problem

   Published: 10/24/2023
8. Francesco Sciortino - Making fusion a reality, The promise of the Stellarator, The competitive advantage of Europe

   Published: 10/17/2023
9. Mikkel Skarnager - ~50m Eur exit to Trulioo, Building the next company, Advice for first time entrepreneurs, Normalizing the ups and downs

   Published: 10/11/2023
10. Fredrik Cassel - Creandum's culture, Investing in several iconic companies, The new mega trends, Finding user love

    Published: 10/3/2023
11. Jevan Nagarajah - Precision fermentation, Dealing with co-founder break-up, Raising > 20m Eur for deep tech startup, Learning to take risks

    Published: 9/26/2023
12. Mars Geuze - From building racing cars to winning SpaceX Hyperloop contest, The challenges in building infrastructure, The importance of enjoying the journey

    Published: 9/10/2023
13. Antoine Moyroud - Commitment to Europe, The Eur 105M seed investment in Mistral AI, From failing Class Preparatoire to becoming a partner at Lightspeed

    Published: 8/29/2023
14. Andre Retterath - Data-driven VC, Tracking 10M talents, From analyst to partner, Eagle-eye platform, Building sustainable defensibility

    Published: 8/15/2023
15. Michel Elings - Selling the company to Apple, Moving to Cupertino, Building products used by millions, Cultural differences, Surround yourself with people that believe in you

    Published: 7/25/2023
16. Jakob Sons - Cannabis startup in the highly regulated German market, Raising $15m round from Snoopp Dogg's Casa Verde Capital, Reaching 20m Euro run rate and Building a European category leader

    Published: 7/18/2023
17. Andreas Helbig - Extreme product market fit, Investment criteria at Atomico, The journey from junior analyst to partner, The importance of culture and a healthy hustle

    Published: 6/23/2023
18. Kajetan von Armansperg - Founding story of Leapsome, Tackling culture, Bootstrapping to 10M ARR then raising 60M Series A, Opening an office in the U.S., Money as a taboo topic

    Published: 6/9/2023
19. Nathan Benaich - The State of AI, Transformer models across data sets, What does an AI startup look like, Obama's cloned voice, AI as the magic editing wand, The AI brain drain

    Published: 5/23/2023
20. Alex MacCaw - From 50M ARR B2B SaaS to 20k MRR B2C, Hacking the first sales, The beauty of mom-and-pop tech shops, Stepping down as a CEO, Relationship with money

    Published: 5/11/2023