Our guest today is Eric Lagier - founding Partner at byFounders.

byFounders is an early-stage venture fund backed by a collective of some of the most accomplished founders from the Nordics.

After eight years in Silicon Valley, where he built an extensive network of investors and founders, Eric returned to Copenhagen to found byFounders and support the next generation of globally ambitious founders building a better tomorrow.

‍Eric has more than 20 years of operational experience in Silicon Valley and in Europe, was part of the early team at Skype and Tradeshift and he founded Memolane, which was acquired by HP.

During this episode we discuss the journey to Silicon Valley with his startup Memolane, The importance of showing the ugly slide in a pitch deck and we talk about his tattoo, Muditā, meaning the pleasure that comes when seeing other people succeed.

Please enjoy this wonderful conversation with Eric Lagier - founding Partner of ByFounders.

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