20Angel

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 12 features Steve O'Hear, CEO and Founder of strategic communications agency, O'Hear & Co, and an executive at Zapp. Previously, Steve spent over 15 years as a technology and business journalist, including more than 10 years reporting for TechCrunch, covering European startups and venture capital. He was also a startup founder himself, as CEO of social question & answer platform Beepl, before it exited in 2012. He is now an Atomico Angel, with checks into companies including Papaya, Medishout, Genie, Juno 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".

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 11 features Mark Cummins, a 2x exited founder and long-time angel investor. He was the CEO and Co-Founder of computer vision company Plink, which became Google's first ever UK acquisition back in 2010. He then went on to co-found Pointy, a retail search company, which was also recently acquired by Google. Mark has also been angel investing for over a decade, with investments in 35 companies to date, including Workstream, Stability AI and Canva. He's also an LP in a number of funds. 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".

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 10 features Jens Lapinski, one Europe's most active angel investors. He is the Founding Partner of Angel Invest, an angel fund which has invested in 100+ companies. Formally, he was an MD at Techstars, Partner at Forward Labs (now Forward Partners) and co-founded aiHit, which was acquired in 2015. Some of his angel portfolio includes Lemon Markets, Everphone, Impala, Ivy & Index Health. 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".

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 9 features Roxanne Varza, Director of Station F, the world's largest startup campus, located in Paris. She is also an angel investor, Sequoia Scout and previously had roles at Techcrunch and Microsoft. Some of her angel investments include Figures, Claap, Folk 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".

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 8 features Johan Brand, Co-Founder of Kahoot!, a Norwegian online game-based learning platform that has raised over $500m, and as of July '23, is valued over $1.3bn. Johan is also the Co-Founder of We Are Human, which builds and invests in technology enabled companies creating a better world. He is also an angel investor with a portfolio including Playpulse, Nomono, Perlegom Shifter, Skyfri 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".

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 7 features Sarah Drinkwater, angel investor and Founder of Common Magic, an early stage fund backing products built with community at their core. Previously, she spent 15 years as an operator and angel investor in the European ecosystem with a focus on community building, including leading Google's physical space for startups in London. Her angel investments include Briefly Bio, NearSt, Otterspace, Progression, ThisOne 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".

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 6 features Andy Ayim MBE, angel investor and co-founder of The Angel Investing School, which has a vision to empower a new generation of angel investors. He has personally invested in over 12 startups such as Farmlend, Ava Estell and Whering. He is also an Atomico Angel. 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".

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 5 features Matt Robinson, Co-Founder of Fintech Unicorn, GoCardless, and Co-Founder of Nested. He is also one of Europe's most prolific angel investors with over 200 investments. Some of the companies he’s backed include Permutive, Cleo, Codat, Hopin, Incident.io, Lokalise, Pento, SoRare, Yapily, 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".

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 4 features Joe Cross, Angel Investor and ex Head of Marketing & Comms at Wise (Transferwise). Joe is also part of the Atomico Angel Programme and his angel portfolio includes Bonnet, Lightyear, Gaia, Alloy, Julienne Bruno 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 also 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".

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 3 features Carmen Alfonso Rico, Angel Investor and Co-Founder of Cocoa Ventures, a European micro VC that invests $250k-$500k checks at pre-Seed & Seed. Cocoa positions itself as an entrepreneur’s in house VC, helping their founders hack the system from the inside, with independent & unfiltered investor insights. Their portfolio includes Hopin, Tesseract, Speckle, Atlar, Sidequest and 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 also 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".