The European Startup Show

[01:53] What convinced you to begin yet another online fraud prevention company?[4:52] How did you structure your product, your team, and other aspects of your company to get quick time-to-value, your core promise to customers?[11:59] Could you tell us more about your hybrid model of sales? [15:15] How easy is it to start a tech company in Hungary? And what are the biggest challenges of setting up a company and running it from Hungary?[17:26] Beyond product and unit economics, what else do you think a startup needs to do for a successful fundraise? [19:52] Could you share your insights on some of the latest fraud trends?[24:34] Rapid round: Favourite book, productivity tool, city and quoteLinksCompany: SeonBook: 48 laws of power

[2:10] - What was the initial concept with which you started Glovo?[7:44] - How has the tapering down of the pandemic affected your business?[10:17] - How do you deliver groceries in 10 minutes?  [17:36] - How profitable is your q-commerce business?[20:50] - How do you build loyalty in this business?[23:23] - What is justifying the huge amounts of capital being invested in this space?  What will determine who wins in this market?[25:49] - How do you as a management team and company keep your focus in this hyper-competitive market which has a lot of movement?[33:21] - What are some mistakes you made in building Glovo and what did you learn from it?LinksGlovo

Healthtech and Healx[1:53] What inspired you to start focusing on rare diseases?[3:28] Could you define what rare disease means?[3:43] Why has what you’re doing never been done before? And how is your approach to drug discovery different from others?[5:53] What are the trends you’re seeing in this space? And what do you think is accelerating this high amount of investment in health tech?Startup to Scaleup[8:16] Why did you bootstrap your company in the early stages and how did you execute with minimal resources?[10:18] Why did the inventor of Viagra - Dr. David Brown join Healx?[12:09] - What are some mistakes you made and what would you do differently now?[13:10] What should founders keep in mind while selecting investors for their startups?[14:57] Why did you raise series B so quickly after series A? Why did not just raise a larger Series A?[16:41] What adjustments did you have to make and how did you think about operating the company after going from bootstrapping to raising $ 70 million?[20:18] What has been the hardest thing about scaling?[21:46] How do you deal with making decisions in areas where you don’t have experience? And how do you manage the stress?[23:56] What are the future plans for Healx?LinksCompany: HealxBook: The subtle art of not giving a fuck

[1:42] How did you go from scuba instructor to insect farming?[4:24] I don’t see insect protein based food in the market, why so much funding in this space?[7:17] How do you actually do insect farming? What is the process of farming black soldier flies and creating proteins out of them?[10:31] With the recent Covid pandemic, do you think the perception against meat has shifted? What does this mean for the future of insect-based proteins? [13:30] What does it take to be successful in this market?[18:09] Funding journey: How does funding for deep tech ventures differ from SaaS funding?[21:24] Advice for other entrepreneursLinks:Entocycle

[2:05] From where does your fascination for business and entrepreneurship stem from?[3:21] When you met Angela (co-founder), what fascinated you about her work and what made you think that this had commercial opportunities?[7:42] How did you determine which application to develop first? [10:42] If you had to redo the phase of trying to find your first application, how would you do it differently? And how would you go about looking for a market for your product?[11:45] Once you identified the skincare industry, what did you do next to deliver what was needed for that industry?[13:29] How did you balance your personal and business life? [19:23] Could you tell us about your hiring philosophy? What are some of the things that you have done well and what are some things that you would do differently?[22:14] What did you do to find the right investors in your early stages?[26:12] What stage are you in right now and what challenges are you working through?[27:10] - Where did you determine where to build your facility?[29:54] What is next for the Swedish Algae Factory? LinksSwedish Algae Factory

[1:59] How did you come to focus on women-led businesses?[3:20] What do you think Europe has done to encourage women-led businesses and what more can be done?[5:06] What are the main barriers women face in attracting investments?[7:32] From an investor perspective, how do you balance the business objectives of revenues and scale when the founder is considering starting or expanding their family?[9:08] Do you see more women-led businesses coming out of specific parts of Europe?[12:27] What do women founders and companies looking for VC money have to do differently in the current environment? What are you looking for as an investor?[15:38] Tell me about a case where you missed investing in something - what happened and what did you learn from it?[17:07] When should women look for angel investors? [20:36] How do you find angels who know your space?[23:01] How long does the due diligence stage take? [23:50] Do you feel angel investing for small ticket amounts and really early stages has decreased?

[2:18] How did you come to joining Bramble as employee #1?[6:12] How did you organize yourselves with three founders, in terms of responsibilities, in the beginning, and how that has evolved now?[8:16] What is the right time for ideas coming out of research institutions and universities to spin out on their own?[11:01] What is the funding journey for deep tech look like? What are some lessons learned? [13:17] How did you operationalize your plans once the funding arrived?[17:50] Of all the things that you have accomplished with Bramble, what are you most proud of?[19:28] What did you do to build culture in your company that you are proud of?[20:06] On hiring[22:41] Are there things that happened as you grew Bramble that were challenging and now in hindsight you would handle them differently?[24:25] What’s next for Bramble?Bramble

[2:14] What does ESG really mean and where are we today?[10:27] What can startups do for ESG?[13:11] What triggered you to start Net Purpose?[20:11] How do you ensure businesses don’t make false claims about their environmental policies or make token gestures but have very little impact? How much can the data be trusted?[23:47] How did you figure out product-market fit?[33:39] How did you fund your initial journey?[38:06] What’s next for Net Purpose?Links:Net Purpose

[1:21] Your journey from VC to accelerator head[3:02] What stage does Malmo focus on?[3:59] What trends are you seeing in the fundraising landscape - on what’s working and what is not?[12:36] The problem of pre-seed funding in Europe and what can be done to fix it[25:58] How can people find the right angels if they don't have the network?

[2:02] What inspired you to start CLUBZERØ?[6:42] How did you determine the market opportunity and feasibility?[10:37] How has your background in architecture helped you become an entrepreneur?[15:16] How did you prioritize what to do in the early days?[24:35] In 2018 and 2019 you were raising money, but had also had a baby. How was that experience and what would you say to other women entrepreneurs?[30:38] I’ve heard you say that confidence is your superpower. Where do you get your confidence from?Links:ClubzeroContact info: Hello@clubzero.coOr download the ClubZero App