EUVC

Today we are happy to welcome Alan Poensgen, Partner at Antler, a global early-stage VC active in the major startup ecosystems across six continents. Alan has an extensive experience in building and scaling technology businesses. He was previously MD and Co-Founder at Westwing, a home & living e-commerce company, and one of Europe’s few e-commerce IPOs of the past years. Before Westwing, he built the software development hub at Rocket Internet, and was CEO of a SEA e-commerce company, along with working for a VC and starting his own company in Spain.What you will learn in this episode: - The story behind Antler Berlin & how they institutionalize the friends and family round- How Alan found his way into venture and how he thinks about building founding teams- Why Antler isn't a hypothesis-driven investor and what this mean for their strategy & operations- How Alan navigates the thin line between helping and meddling- A deep dive on the multiplier effect and flywheel of serial entrepreneurs

Today we are happy welcome Charlie Graham-Brown, CIO & Co-Founder of Seedstars, a platform that educates thousands of tech founders each year and facilitates the scale-up of high growth companies. Charlie is an investment professional and entrepreneur focused on emerging and developing markets, responsible for global seed stage VC investments.In this episode you’ll learn:- Exactly what Seedstars is and how it’s grown to become one of the dominant global players in creating and funding entrepreneurs in emerging markets- How Charlie has put together an investment strategy to double down on the emerging markets and how that differs from developed marked investing- How Charlie thinks about geo-political and currency risks as a VC- How Charlie has thought about putting together his LP base to serve his goals

Today we are happy to welcome a real legend to the show; Reshma Sohoni, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Seedcamp. With Seedcamp, Reshma has not only pioneered seed stage investing in Europe, but also built what’s become one of Europe’s consistently highest performing funds. Consequently, we thought we had no choice but to dive deep with Reshma on firm building to tease out some learnings from one of the greats. In this episode you’ll learn:- Origin story, where the name SeedCamp came from- The importance of staying true to your north star and building an ever stronger flywheel around your firm- How to think about brand building, recruiting & onboarding new talent and keeping the brand lived by all team members- How Reshma thinks about their LP base, why they’ve doubled down on small ticket LPs and requiring value-add and not just money- How Reshma thinks about follow-on investments and raising opportunity funds vs single-opportunity vehiclesWith a special guest on the Quick Fire Round: Jeroen van Doornik from Pacenotes

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