EUVC

Today we are happy to welcome Romain Diaz, Founder and CEO of Satgana, a Climate Tech Venture Capital firm, investing in early-stage pre-seed with follow-on reserves for the seed round up to €500k. Romain is a passionate entrepreneur, a pragmatic idealist, and genuinely a nice guy! In this episode you’ll learn:- How Romain’s journey into VC took him from Rocket Internet in Germany, to a venture studio in South Africa and finally now to finally land in Lisbon- How Romain thinks about the venture studio model for an emerging VC and how his own path has made him smarter- How Romain thinks about their value add to founders and ability to pick and win the best in a time with increasing competition in Climate Tech- How Romain has thought about building Satgana from scratch to now announcing it to the world

Today we are happy to welcome Frederik Groenewegen, Co-Founder and General Partner of 415 CAPITAL. He has been an investor in more than a dozen of innovative medical technology companies and currently serves as a Board Director at Cardiac Success and R3 Vascular.In this episode you’ll learn:- How Frederik and his family’s experience and position in MedTech led them to building 415 Capital- How 415 Capital is leveraging a proprietary commercialization and distribution platform to win the best deals- What Frederik has learnt from Fund I and how the team is adapting for Fund II- How Frederik thinks about COVID as well as the current market’s impact on the MedTech space

Today we are happy to welcome Bogdan Iordache, General Partner at Underline VC. Bogdan is also the founder of HowToWeb, the go-to conference for startups and investors in CEE. This year’s event in Bucharest Romania was amazing, we were able to do a shit load of live interviews and host some of the craziest EUVC dinners. Will we be seeing you in the next ones?In this episode you’ll learn:– How sticking to the vision of a fund for 5 years can lead you to become one of the best emerging funds in Europe– How asking friends “Who would invest in my fund?” can pop the “well I would!” answer if your timing is right– How fundraising is an exercise of building trust and identifying & expanding circles – How Bogdan’s fund is tailored specifically to access the best deals in Underline’s target geo and verticals– Why the most important element of selection is the team and what that means in reality

Today we are happy to welcome Julia Padberg and René Savelsberg, partner and managing partner at SET Ventures. Julia's mission is to reduce the climate impact of the energy sector through digital innovation, together with industry-leading entrepreneurs. René co-founded SET Ventures in 2007. He has 25+ years of experience in technology investing in both deeptech and in energy transition with a background in corporate venturing and venture capital.In this episode you’ll learn:– The origin story of SET Ventures, where they got their name from – How the climate VC landscape has evolved over time and where we are headed– What allowed SET to survive - even thrive - through the big CleanTech wipeout in the early days– Culture & firm building and its importance to building and retaining talent

Welcome to a very special episode where we've brought the founders of Vauban, Rémy and Ulric on for a deep dive on the story behind the acquisition of Vauban by Carta. You'll hear all about the founding story of Vauban, how they continue hustling to create the infrastructure for European venture and what's to come.In this episode you’ll learn:- The love story of Rémy and Ulric and what the future has in store for them as founders, investors and people- The big reveal of the story behind the sale to Carta - and where Vauban will go to next- How Ulric and Rémy see the future of private markets in Europe and beyond

Today's episode is a special one, as we are happy to welcome John Dutton, Head of UpLink at the World Economic Forum, as our co-host. John will tell you all about the Innovative Funds for our Future. And as our guest, we welcome Sandra Osborne Kartt, Managing Director of Investments at ImpactAssets.– A rare peak into how the WEF’s Uplink supports the VC ecosystem – How Sandra as an important LP in multiple climate funds thinks about their investments– How the funds were selected for the Innovative Funds Program and what's to come– An opinionated but loving run-through of the selected funds by Andreas, John and Sandra

Today's episode is a special one, as we share with our audience the amazing content from Nada, from the Braving Innovation Podcast. Nada hosts conversations with global leaders in the field of Innovation, Technology and Leadership. She dives into transformational stories from startup founders and thought leaders in Innovation and Venture Capital. And this time, the tables were flipped, as David and Andreas acted as her guests.In this episode you’ll learn:– Why David and Andreas found their way into venture and hooked up to build EUVC– Why we need to preach VC to the wider ecosystem more and how it might be done– How syndicated LP investments can help build your career in venture and get you ready for greatness at any stage of your journey– Why and how skill, network and diversification are the key factors that the EUVC LP syndicates focus on building

This is a special EUVC episode straight from the Engaged Investments conference in Prague, hosted by our friends from Depo Ventures. Shout out to Petr who was kind enough to invite us. This is the recording of the panel “Perspective of LPs and VCs on the current market situation” which had the participation of our hosts Andreas and David; Ondřej, general partner at Credo Ventures; Vuk, venture capitalist at RSJ Investments; Michal, managing partner at DEPO Ventures; and Michal, principal at VentureFriends.In this episode you’ll learn:– How have the panelists have adapted their thinking and actions to fit the current market situation – Why Ondrej & Credo chose to bring their fund size down from 100M€ to 75M€ for fund IV & How Vuk as their LP thought about that– The contrarian theses that the panel holds on how to win big in the current market– What the panel thinks investors should be most wary of when it comes to investing into VC funds and startups these days

Today, we are happy to welcome Tim Draper, founder of the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. He funded Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, and numerous other well-known unicorns at the seed stage. He is a supporter and global thought leader for entrepreneurs everywhere, and a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies.In this episode you’ll learn:– The origin story of the Draper empire and why Tim built and scaled via a completely different model - including a TV show that now has 11 million viewers! – How Tim thinks about succession and partnership structures as well as putting his name behind the business – How Tim thinks about Europe and what our biggest opportunity and challenge is– Why Tim thinks the EUVC LP Syndicate model is “very interesting”!

Today we are happy to welcome Bo Ilsoe, managing partner of NGP Capital. From his current base in Geneva, Switzerland he has developed NGP Capital from initial commitments of $25M to more than $1.6B investing in the US, Europe, and China. Bo has through his portfolio exits created more than $3.0B in shareholder value during his time as an investor. A technologist at heart, he believes in the positive transformative effects technology has on society.In this episode you'll learn: - The origin & development story of NGP, the highly successful global VC, backed by Nokia- Why NGP has focused on the Series A and onwards stage - How Bo thinks about innovation horizons and how it affects the investment thesis of NGP- How Bo thinks about firm building, decision making and winning as a global team of 25 of which 15 are investors and 5 partners- Why Bo believes VCs owe founders to push them and be wary of becoming too founder friendly