The Asia Tech Podcast welcomed Florian Reichert, a Partner at Picus Capital. Picus invests in early-stage technology ventures and follows a very long-term investment approach investing significant amounts throughout the lifecycle of a company.
Some of the topics that were covered included:
- Florian has been brainstorming FinTech ideas for as long as he can remember
- Picus is the perfect combination of investing and entrepreneurship
- Why Picus focuses on early-stage investing
- Leveraging the network and having a great sparring partner
- Viewing sustainability as having a positive impact on society
- A growing focus on India and Southeast Asia
- How Asia is not one monolithic market
- Government support is good but ecosystems can evolve without it
- Already making some investments in Africa