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Oct 17, 2024 • 47min

20Angel: Anthony Danon: Announcing Europe's Latest Solo GP Fund, Rerail, Why Fintech is Misunderstood & The Art of Winning The Deal

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 19 features Anthony Danon, Founder of Rerail, the latest Solo GP Fund to enter the European ecosytem. Anthony has spent 10 years in fintech as an operator, VC and angel, having done 35+ investments, with a portfolio including, Primer, TrueLayer, Wayflyer and many more. And on Monday 14th October, he announced Rerail I, an angel fund backed and supported by founders and operators. He invests $200k-$500k checks at pre-seed/seed into founders looking to utilize fintech as a strategic advantage, with a skew to Europe, but globally. The format for 20Angel is consistent across show, with questions including: What are some of the non-obvious things they look for when investing in a company? How they work with their Founders? What they think makes a great angel investor? Show links: https://www.rerail.vc/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-danon-3409099b/
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Oct 9, 2024 • 42min

20Angel: Reece Chowdhry: Founder, Concept Ventures on why the Best Investments are the Weirdest, Using Body Language Experts for DD and why Most VC's Can't Handle Pre-Seed

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 18 features Reece Chowdhry, Founder of Concept Ventures, now the UK’s largest dedicated pre-seed fund. Together, Reece and Concept Ventures have invested in over 100 startups, including some of the UK’s fastest-growing companies, such as unicorn Elevenlabs, Treefera, and VSim.  The format for 20Angel is consistent across show, with questions including: What are some of the non-obvious things they look for when investing in a company? How they work with their Founders? How Founders should approach them? What they think makes a great angel investor? Show links: https://www.conceptventures.vc/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/reecec/
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May 2, 2024 • 38min

20Angel: Philipp Moehring: Co-Founder of Tiny VC on Giving Founders Permission to be Extreme, Becoming Europe's Most Active Investor & How Large Pre-Seed Rounds Can Lead to Disaster

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 17 features Philipp Moehring, Co-Founder of Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company (Tiny), One of Europe's most active pre-Seed investor with 350+ investments. His portfolio includes companies such as Sorare, Synthesia, 11x.ai, Amie, Wayve and many more . Previous to starting Tiny in 2017, Philipp was an investor at Seedcamp and AngelList. The format for 20Angel is consistent across show, with questions including: What are some of the non-obvious things they look for when investing in a company? How they work with their Founders? How Founders should approach them? What they think makes a great angel investor? Show links: https://tiny.vc/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/moehring/  
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Apr 17, 2024 • 39min

20Europe: UK: Julien Bek (Sequoia Capital), Georgia Stevenson (Index Ventures) & Finn Murphy (Nebular VC) on the UK Punching Above its Weight, Why a $100bn Business Can't be Built in Europe, and Lighting Money on Fire in SF

20Europe is a new series profiling European ecosystems. Each episode is a roundtable format featuring investors based in countries including Germany, France, UK, Sweden and more. Half of the show will focus on how these local ecosystems operate, with the other half focused the tech and venture landscape. For Episode 3, we profile the UK. I was joined by Julien Bek, Partner @ Sequoia Capital, Georgia Stevenson, Partner @ Index Ventures & Finn Murphy, GP @ Nebular.
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Mar 15, 2024 • 36min

20Europe: France: Roxanne Varza (Station F), Jonathan Userovici (Headline) & Reza Malekzadeh (Partech) on the French AI Revolution, Why French Founders Win on Product and Suck at Sales, The Fight for Top Talent and Where Did All The Unicorns Go?

20Europe is a new series profiling European ecosystems. Each episode is a roundtable format featuring investors based in countries including Germany, France, UK, Sweden and more. Half of the show will focus on how these local ecosystems operate, with the other half focused the tech and venture landscape. For Episode 2, we profile France. I was joined by Roxanne Varza, Director of Station F, Jonathan Userovici, Partner at Headline & Reza Malekzadeh, Partner at Partech.
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Feb 20, 2024 • 38min

20Europe: Germany: Filip Dames, Co-Founder of Cherry Ventures & Dom Wilhelm, Partner at Headline on why Germany is the top tech ecosystem in Europe, why multi-stage funds are dangerous for seed companies and the unicorns to look out for in 2024

20Europe is a new series profiling European ecosystems. Each episode is a roundtable format featuring investors based in countries including Germany, France, UK, Sweden and more. Half of the show will focus on how these local ecosystems operate, with the other half focused more generally on the tech and venture landscape. For Episode 1, we profile Germany. I was joined by Filip Dames, Co-Founder of Cherry Ventures and Dom Wilhelm, Headline Ventures most recently announced Partner.  The format for 20Europe is consistent across show, with questions including: What makes your local ecosystem tick? What are the key founder traits that are unique to your ecosystem? Do VCs collaborate in your ecosystem? Should Seed companies raise money from multi-stage funds? What's the difference between a good company and a good deal? What the f*** is value add?    
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Nov 23, 2023 • 33min

20Angel: Joakim Achren: Co-Founder of Next Games (Acq. Netflix) on How To Build an Angel Syndicate, What Data to Study When Investing in Gaming & The Stress & Loneliness When Building a Startup

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 16 features Joakim Achren, angel investor & co-founder of Next Games, acquired by Netflix in 2022. Joakim also built Elite Game Developers, an online resource that helps entrepreneurs in starting their first games company. The newsletter and podcast have a combined number of over 10,000 subscribers. He is also an angel investor with a portfolio including Audiomob, Funcraft, Resolution Games, Lightheart Entertainment, Savage Game Studios, and over thirty other games companies. More recently, Joakim launched F4 Fund with David Kaye, an $10m early-stage venture fund investing across different verticals through the gaming lens. The format for 20Angel is consistent across show, with questions including: What are some of the non-obvious things they look for when investing in a company? How they work with their Founders? How Founders should approach them? What they think makes a great angel investor? Show links: https://www.elitegamedevelopers.com/ https://f4.fund/  
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Oct 27, 2023 • 25min

20Angel: Paul Forster: Co-Founder of Indeed.com on Building a $7bn Revenue Business, Why Founders Are The Best Angels, Why he Said no to a Deal Led by Sequoia & Why he Passed on a $2.5bn Company at Seed

Paul Forster, co-founder of Indeed.com, shares insights on portfolio construction and the mindset needed for successful angel investing. They discuss his first angel check in Chemical Cytora, the importance of timing and check sizes, and reflect on past investment decisions. They explore misalignment between VCs and angel investors in deal structuring and discuss sectors of interest for future investing.
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Sep 20, 2023 • 33min

20Angel: Finn Murphy: Announcing Europe's Latest Solo GP, Why Backing Google Is The Only Thing That Matters, Why European Companies Need To Raise In The US & How The Deal Process Is Like Texas Hold'em

Finn Murphy, angel investor and previously a Partner at Frontline Ventures, discusses the importance of focus and specialization in angel investing, the trade-offs of being a solo GP in venture capital, qualities Nebula looks for in startups, playing Texas Hold'em in the investment world, and approaching Finn and Nebula for deals.
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Aug 30, 2023 • 33min

20Angel: Marc McCabe: Ex Airbnb Exec & Angel Investor on Why Operator Experience is Essential For an Angel, Passing on Coinbase at Seed, Punchy Y Combinator Valuations, & The Best Way to DD Investments

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 13 features Marc McCabe, angel investor & solo GP of Nomad Capital, a seed stage fund focused on B2B software and marketplaces. Prior to starting Nomad, Marc worked at Google, SV Angel and was an early employee at Airbnb where he led numerous projects including Airbnb for Business and Samara. Marc has also been an active angel as a Sequoia scout and micro-fund manager, investing in the seed rounds of Intercom, Linear, Deel, OpenSea, Cutr and many more.  The format for 20Angel is consistent across show, with questions including: What are some of the non-obvious things they look for when investing in a company? How they work with their Founders? How Founders should approach them? What they think makes a great angel investor? Learnings from their Anti-Portfolio? The show is sponsored by Edda.co, a design-led software that allows you to see, in real time, the true dimension of your investments, and the value and impact they create. Edda Dealflow and Edda Portfolio streamlines the operations of funds, from managing due diligence and deal flow through to supporting portfolio companies. It brings the entire investment process together in one place, supercharging communications with portfolio companies, making investments much easier. To find out more, visit edda.co and request a demo using "Edda20VC".

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