RUNWAY SERIES by Olive Capital - web3, Venture Capital, Startup, Crypto 24. Stephanie Opdam, VC @Notion VC - Building a technical edge in B2B Saas at Series A & beyond.
24th Runway Series Originals. How can you make your way in Venture Capital when there is such a heightened competition despite the increasing number of first time funds / teams or funds II / III being raised? You have to be creative, have a specific edge in your skillset but most importantly know in-depth the funds you're considering joining.
For this episode 24 of Runway Series, the podcast by UPCOMINGVC®, we were thrilled to welcome Stephanie Opdam, VC at Notion, a London-based European B2b SaaS VC established in 2009, investing primarily at Series A with the funds necessary to support companies down to Series D (60+ investments since 2009 and US$ 500M+ assets under management), with portfolio companies like Gocardless, Tradeshift, Currencycloud or Workable.
In this episode, Stephanie covers:
- - her academic background and specific interest for figure-driven analysis
- - how her first job helped her understand the financial side of a investment opportunity
- - why she decided to become a VC and how she got prepared for the interview process
- - Stephanie's initial steps as a VC when meeting founders pitching Notion
- - her first investment and her vision about being a board member/observer
- - the trends she follows...
... and a few other topics! Enjoy the episode!
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Les podcasts Runway Series, AMA VC & Venture Talks sont produits par UPCOMINGVC®, imaginés et animés par Raphael Grieco (www.upcoming.vc)