The Super Angel Podcast

Today, we're happy to welcome Joe Cross, early stage angel investor, with a portfolio of around 25 companies so far, and LP in Cocoa. He focusses on companies with the potential to make a positive impact at scale, and helps founders on growth & marketing challenges across a whole mix of sectors. Previously, he was employee #12 at (Transfer)Wise, where he wore various marketing & growth leadership hats from 2012-2020.In this episode you’ll learn:- How Joe thinks about applying his ex-operator skill set to add value to founders & why it’s often operations and tactics over strategy!- Why Joe’s investment thesis is centered around Good, Big & Fast and how he thinks about impact investing.- Why Joe is changing strategy from having done 25 investments in just 2 years to doing fewer more concentrated bets in the time to come- How Joe thinks about building valuable networks to access and win the best dealsThis episode is sponsored by Vauban. Vauban makes it easy to launch your angel syndicate or VC Fund, check them out at www.vauban.io/euvc

Today we are happy to welcome Keith Grose, Head of International for Plaid, an open finance platform and data network that powers over 3,000 digital financial apps and more than 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Keith leads the strategy and operations for Plaid’s international products.In this episode you’ll learn:- How Keith thinks about solo founders and why he believes having angels & VCs around you is even more important for these- Why Keith thinks grit is the number one thing to look for and how he tests for it- Why establishing trust and psychological safety is so important to angel investing- Why Keith prefers Whatsapp and email to regular reporting and how that can save communications from going badThis episode is sponsored by Vauban. Vauban makes it easy to launch your angel syndicate or VC Fund, check them out at www.vauban.io/euvc

Today, we're happy to welcome you to Roxanne, Director of Station F in Paris, an one of Europe’s absolute leading startup havens. Roxanne is broadly recognized as one of the most influential figures in the French if not the European startup ecosystem. French media have called her the "young empress of startups", the "queen of tech", and "the new pope of high-tech and startups in France." Roxanne is an Iranian-American who grew up in Silicon Valley, was formerly a journalist and startup ambassador before being headhunted to spearhead the development of Station F.In this episode you'll learn:- All about Roxanne's angel journey- What's been Roxanne's most memorable moments investing- What angel investing has given Roxanne professionally and personally- How Roxanne thinks about investing cross borders and being a "baby LP" in VC fundsThis episode is sponsored by Vauban. Vauban makes it easy to launch your angel syndicate or VC Fund, check them out at www.vauban.io/euvc

Welcome to the Super Angel Podcast - a podcast dedicated to angels backing the next generation of European unicorn founders. Whoever they are and wherever they may be. If you’re an angel wanting to take your investing to the next level and get connected with the best in Europe, I hope this pod will become part of your weekly routine. We wanna share the stories and thinking of the super angels of Europe and make it actionable and relatable so that you get under the skin of the best. What got them into investing? What core learnings have they made?What moments turned out to be absolutely pivotal and how did they incorporate that into their thinking as investors?With our podcast you'll hear from founders, operators, and executives who have been part of the journey behind Europe’s biggest tech success stories and how they’ve leveraged that to become European Super Angels.How can you leverage your super power to deliver value that founders are desperate for? How do you even find these founders? And how do you go beyond borders to new geos and new verticals? Should you even? Ultimately we wanna see if this podcast can help us connect with more amazing people across Europe. We’re here for you, ready to connect and take it to the next level.