Best The Seedcamp Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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Jerry Colonna on What Makes the Best CEOs and How to Foster More Empathetic & Effective Leadership 1:05:15

1h ago1:05:15

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The latest episode of This Much I Know is an in-depth exploration of leadership, personal growth, and the transformative power of understanding one's own history and motivations. Carlos's guest, Jerry Colonna, Co-founder and CEO of Reboot, shares his journey from being a venture capitalist to becoming an executive coach, emphasizing the importance …

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Marc-Olivier Luecke, General Partner at Atlantic Labs, and Christian Siewek, co-founder and MD at Vimcar on Vimcar exit | E319 1:17:31

1h ago1:17:31

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Welcome back to a new episode of the European VC Podcast!Today, we are celebrating one of the finalists in the Exit of The Year category at this year’s European VC Awards, this episode dives deep with Marc-Olivier Luecke, General Partner at Atlantic Labs, and Christian Siewek, co-founder and MD at Vimcar. Atlantic Labs is a 110M EUR fund with 300M …

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Sumer Juneja, Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisors on fundraising dynamics in venture between Europe and India | E318 1:19:28

2h ago1:19:28

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Welcome back to a new episode of the European VC Podcast! Today, we are very excited to introduce you to Sumer Juneja, the Managing Partner of SoftBank Investment Advisors in Europe. For those of you who don’t know, SoftBank is the GP of the Vision Fund that we all know about.SoftBank has an AUM of $147B across all funds, has made around 60 investm…

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Sophie Winwood, co-founder & CEO of WVC:E on diversity in European VC and the underlying causes | E317 1:43:07

2d ago1:43:07

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Celebrating one of the finalists in the Achievement of the Year category at at this year’s European VC Awards, this episode dives deep with Sophie Winwood, co-founder & CEO of WVC:E and Operating Partner at Foxe Capital. Foxe Capital is a pre-seed and seed VC fund investing in the next generation of FinTech founders across the UK, Europe, and the U…

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Natasha Lytton, Vincent Touati-Tomas and Jeroen van Dornik on marketing in venture capital | E316 1:14:29

2h ago1:14:29

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC podcast. Today, we are discussing all things marketing in venture capital, such as: narrative development thesis development measuring marketing activities content creation for a VC firm positioning and its role in fund strategy AI impact on marketing & future trends in 2024 Our guests for this talk are N…

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Rodrigo Ferreira, Investment Director at Vinthera on co-investing & building strong LP relationships | E315 26:15

3d ago26:15

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Today, we welcome Rodrigo Ferreira, Investment Director at Vinthera, for a new episode of the EUVC podcast. As a VC investor at Vinthera, a hybrid venture capital fund, Rodrigo is backing top-performing VCs as an LP and their breakout companies across the US, Europe, and Israel. Prior to joining Vinthera, Rodrigo gained 5 years of experience backin…

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David Dana, Head of VC Investments at EIF on how emerging managers can show performance | E314 36:02

5d ago36:02

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Today, we are joined by David Dana. David is the Head of VC Investments at the European Investment Fund, leading the Disruptive Tech & Innovation VC Team with 10 investment professionals. He contributed to developing the new #InvestEU financing program of the EU, aiming at ensuring the technological sovereignty of Europe. Previously, he has been in…

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Angel investing insights with Leng Lee, co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Oui Therapeutics | E313 38:15

3h ago38:15

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Join us as Tom Wilson from Seedcamp and Anthony Danon from Cocoa talk to Leng Lee, angel investor, co-founder & Chief Product Officer at Oui Therapeutics. Leng was previously the first employee at Codecademy where he was the Head of Product, before joining MongoDB as the Director of Product (Cloud). He later spent a year as a Research Fellow at the…

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Natasha Lytton, Director at Seedcamp on building a strong marketing team for Europe's leading seed fund | E312 1:00:54

14h ago1:00:54

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Today, we have Natasha Lytton with us.Natasha is the Director of Brand at Seedcamp, where she runs all things brand, network strategy, and post-investment activities. She creates the infrastructure and runs the team to support the portfolio of the fund that stands for over +460 companies. She loves discovering and helping to build startups that hav…

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Clare Murray on building Blume Equity & investing in sustainable companies | E311 58:08

1d ago58:08

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Celebrating one of the finalists in the Newcomer of the Year category at this year’s European VC Awards, this episode dives deep with Clare Murray, co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume Equity. Blume Equity is a climate-tech growth equity firm investing in companies driving sustainable outcomes for planet and people. With offices in Amsterdam an…

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David Bateman, Managing Partner at Claret Capital Partners on European venture debt in different market conditions | E310 52:58

6d ago52:58

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Today, we have with us David Bateman, Managing Partner at Claret Capital Partners a growth capital fund based in the United Kingdom. The venture capital fund has a total size of €297M with +€700M in AUM and focuses primarily on growth-stage and VC-backed deals with European companies that are typically post-Series B. As an investment thesis, they f…

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[Startups in Focus] Carlos Espinal & Johannes Keienburg, on the evolution and future of access control management | E309 26:40

3h ago26:40

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Today, we have a different episode for you, introducing you to the first episode of the newly launched Startups in Focus series by Seedcamp.This first episode features Carlos Espinal, Managing Partner of Seedcamp, in a conversation with Johannes Keienburg, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Cakewalk, on building access management processes.Their conversati…

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Michael Smith, GP of Regeneration.VC Fund II on going from DJ to VC with the backing of DiCaprio, Martin Gore & corporate luminaries | E308 1:14:42

20d ago1:14:42

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Today, we are joined by Michael Smith, the co-founder and General Partner of Regeneration.VC Fund II of $150M. Regeneration.VC is an early-stage venture fund supercharging consumer-powered climate innovation. Michael ran marketing & digital for Smith Broadcasting, a group of 20 network TV stations, before selling to Boston Ventures. Shortly thereaf…

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Stephen Chandler on Building Notion & Raising an oversubscribed Fund V | E307 1:23:40

1d ago1:23:40

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Celebrating one of the finalists in the Firm of The Year-category at this year’s European VC Awards, this episodes dives deep with Stephen Chandler, Co-founder & Managing Partner of Notion Capital. With 1.1 bn€ under management and 5 flagship funds under their belt, Notion is one of Europe’s absolute top firms and in this episode, Stephen dives int…

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Angel investing insights with Christoph Deckert, Strategy Expert at Personio | E306 34:33

25d ago34:33

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Join us as Tom Wilson from Seedcamp and Anthony Danon from Cocoa talk to Christoph Deckert, Strategy Expert at Personio. Christoph has a unique mix of operating experience with +7 years of working with Personio, the European HRTech unicorn. Personio now has +2000 employees across 7-8 different European and US offices and a portfolio of more than 12…

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Stephan Heller, Founding Partner at AQVC on AQVC's investment strategy and approach | E305 26:33

27d ago26:33

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Today, we have with us Stephan Heller, Founding Partner at AlphaQ Venture Capital. AQVC is an innovative, evergreen VC fund of funds focused on small VCs globally and democratizing diversified access to venture capital. Stephan is a seasoned tech entrepreneur and investor passionate about nurturing the next generation of innovative companies, devel…

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The Evolution and Future of Access Control Management 21:38

29d ago21:38

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In the newly launched "Startups in Focus" series, our Managing Partner Carlos Espinal chats with Johannes Keienburg, co-founder and CEO of Cakewalk.Their conversation revolves around the importance of access control, visibility, and security in organizations. Johannes shares insights on the need for access management processes from the early days o…

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Carina Namih and Sten Tamkivi from Plural on getting Europe from “Old School VC” to Next Gen VC | E304 1:02:59

6d ago1:02:59

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Today, we have Carina Namih and Sten Tamkivi with us. Carina and Sten are Partners at Plural, a 400M EUR early-stage venture fund to back ambitious European founders on massive missions with hands-on help from experienced operators. Plural launched in June 2022 with the aim to give serious founders in Europe investors with company-building experien…

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Angel investing insights with Mikko Silventola, Bolt's and Hugo's First Investor | E303 44:04

23d ago44:04

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Today, we are joined by Mikko Silventola for a new episode of the SuperAngel podcast. Mikko is an angel investor, and Venture Partner at Superangel. 😉Mikko invests his own capital, but also via Magnetic Global Fund (Index Ventures Angel Fund), and he likes to provide capital for the underdogs in the ecosystem. He was the first investor in companies…

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The deep dive on Isomer's 100M€ Secondaries Fund with Joe Schorge and Omalade Adebisi | E302 1:00:03

19d ago1:00:03

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The landscape of venture capital is evolving, and Isomer Capital is at the forefront with its new fund designed to meet the dynamic needs of the European venture capital market.We sat down with Joe Schorge and Omolade Adebisi from Isomer to talk through the market, the strategy and the future. Well-worth a watch as we open up the deck that raised t…

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Rainer Märkle, General Partner at HV Capital on going from a CVC to venture capital capital | E301 58:23

11d ago58:23

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Rainer Märkle is the General Partner of HV Capital, €380m Venture and €400m Growth fund, with almost €3BN AUM. Rainer joined HV 15 years ago. In his third week at the firm, HV invested in Zalando. Accompanying the founders of Zalando from seed to IPO and beyond has been the most rewarding chapter in his VC career. It taught him that anything is pos…

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Eduardo Espinal & Bogdan Iordache on the shifting sands in venture capital | E300 53:45

27d ago53:45

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We continue our discussion on Fundraising during and after the tech reset, as part of our little hype parade ahead of the launch of the State of European VC Fundraising Report. Today, we have with us two close friends of the pod: Carlos Eduardo Espinal from Seedcamp and Bogdan Iordache from Underline Ventures. Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a Managing P…

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Daniel Keiper-Knorr, Founding Partner at Speedinvest on Raising 500M€ through the tech reset | E299 31:53

18d ago31:53

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We sat down with Daniel Keiper Knorr, founding partner of Speedinvest for a discussion on what he thinks allowed them to raise 500 million during and after the tech reset. What ensued was a conversation revealing how Speedinvest decided to diverge from traditional VC practices by dedicating substantial resources including the full time attention Da…

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Ertan Can, Founding GP of Multiple Capital on Multiple III & How emerging managers can demonstrate performance from Fund I - III| E298 1:17:08

28d ago1:17:08

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Today, we are meeting with Ertan Can, the Founding General Partner of Multiple Capital, a venture capital fund based in Luxembourg. Ertan has just closed his third fund with a target of $50M after investing already in companies like NP-Hard, Angular, Airstreet (1), Lunar, Fly, Inflection, Foreword by Declan, and Remote First Capital by Andi Klinger…

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GP/LP Roundtable on The State of European VC Fundraising | E297 1:33:07

25d ago1:33:07

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In this roundtable, we pull the curtain back on some of the core insights from our upcoming State of European VC Fundraising-report and dive deep on the impact of the tech reset for fundraising managers, discuss GP/LP dynamics and uncover how VCs best navigate the current fundraising environment. For the conversation, we brought together some of th…

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Angel investing insights with Eva Spannagl, co-founder & Managing Director of Climatos | E296 33:32

27d ago33:32

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Join us as Tom Wilson from Seedcamp and Anthony Danon from Cocoa talk to Eva Spannagl, co-founder & Managing Director of Climatos. Eva is a builder. She loves to build things and see their outcomes come to life, and she loves to work with people who are building something. Previously, she worked at McKinsey and at Moss, an early-stage FinTech start…

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Investing and scaling in Romania and beyond - CO-INVESTIN webinar | E295 1:08:09

1M ago1:08:09

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In the Investing and Scaling in Romania and Beyond webinar, we talk about the vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem of Central and Eastern Europe, with a specific focus on Romania. From celebrating the local technical skills and historical engineering heritage, countries in CEE examine the nuances of building a startup with a global mindset from day on…

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Davor Hebel, Managing Partner at Eight Roads on the European entrepreneurial renaissance | E294 45:45

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Today, we have Davor Hebel with us. Davor is the Managing Partner at Eight Roads, a $11bn global venture platform. The firm has over 450 portfolio companies, including 60 IPOs and many unicorns, such as Alibaba, Toast, Flywire, Chewy, Hibob, Neo4j, and Fever. Eight Roads invests in companies at scale-up stages (usually rounds A-C) and helps them wi…

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Notion VC's Chris Tottman on company building, strategic pricing, and understanding customer needs 1:08:48

1M ago1:08:48

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In a new episode of This Much I Know, Carlos's guest is Chris Tottman, General Partner at Notion VC, one of Europe's top-tier VC firms. Chris shares insights on: - his journey as an entrepreneur and Venture Capital investor - the evolution of venture capital in Europe - how founders can become successful in company building. - the role of mentorshi…

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Christine Tsai, CEO & Founding Partner of 500 Global on Building 500 Global | E293 1:20:16

1M ago1:20:16

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Today, we have Christine Tsai with us. Christine is the CEO and Founding Partner at 500 Global, a multi-stage venture firm in Silicon Valley with $2.4B in AUM, which has backed 2,900 companies operating in 80+ countries. 500 has invested in 35+ companies valued at over $1 billion and 160+ companies valued at over $100 million (including private, pu…

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NEUVC #292: Marie Brayer, Partner at Fly Ventures on technical founders and solving hard problems 52:18

1M ago52:18

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Join us for a new episode of the NEUVC series dedicated to those embarking on their journey in the VC. In this episode, Freddie Macpherson, Associate at Isomer Capital, and Linda Võeras, Investment Manager at Karma Ventures, are joined by Marie Brayer, Partner at Fly Ventures. Fly Ventures is an early-stage deep tech and tech-heavy B2B software spe…

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Roundtable: Where will Crypto go next? with Jan from very early Ventures, Felix from Greenfield and Ani from Dragonfly 48:52

2M ago48:52

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If one of your guilty pleasures is watching four wealthy, over-the-top opinionated talking heads every weekend, you may recall that Chamath Palihapitiya predicted that 2024 will be the year that bitcoin becomes a mainstream asset. We brought together three true crypto native VCs to discuss crypto’s comeback, recent trends and where we’re headed. Li…

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EUVC #290: The Evolution of European Venture with Yaron from Target Global, Kerry from IQ Capital and Chris from Isomer 58:59

2M ago58:59

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Join us as we step back and chart the evolution of European VC with a true O.G. Roundtable: Yaron Valler, Founding Partner at Target Global Chris Wade, Founding Partner at Isomer Capital Kerry Baldwin, Founding Partner at IQ Capital And moderated by Andreas Munk Holm from EUVC and Gabriel Shin, CFA from Vauban from Carta 🎙️ Chapters: 00:02:28 The T…

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EUVC #289: Vincent Touati-Tomas, Head of Marketing at Northzone on marketing for venture capital funds 1:16:02

2M ago1:16:02

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Today, we have Vincent Touati-Tomas with us. Vincent is the Head of Marketing at Northzone, a global VC firm Northzone that has raised more than ten funds to date, with its most recent fundraising in excess of €1 billion, investing in startups from Seed to Growth. Northzone is investing out of Fund X and more than 80 active portfolio companies and …

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EUVC #288 Elsa Hermal, passionate angel investor and co-founder of epicery 40:39

2M ago40:39

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Join us as our own Andreas Munk Holm and Anthony Danon from Cocoa talk to Elsa Hermal, angel investor and co-founder of Epicery, about impact investing, diverse teams, and economic resilience. An exited impact entrepreneur turned founders mentor, Elsa empowers CEOs and C-levels to navigate both strategic and human challenges, leveraging her entrepr…

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[Seedcamp Firsts] How to A/B Test Product Changes and Set up Good Data Science Practices 26:08

3M ago26:08

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In a follow-up to their Seedcamp Firsts conversation on data, our Venture Partner Devin Hunt and Candice Ren, Founder of analytics agency 173Tech and a member of the Seedcamp Expert Collective, dive deep into A/B testing and good data science practices. With new and exciting AI technology emerging around recommendation engines, how can product lead…

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EUVC #287: Jan Voss, Head of Family Office at BLN Capital on family offices as investors in VCs & startups 59:26

2M ago59:26

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Today, we have Jan Voss with us. Jan is the Head of Family Office at BLN Capital, a Berlin-based Single Family Office. BLN invests across almost all asset classes but has historically been most active in early-stage ventures in Germany as well as the VC and PE fund space. AT BLN, Jan leads a three-person investment team focused on long-term investm…

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EUVC #286 Julia Hawkins, GP at LocalGlobe & Phoenix Court on building a healthcare franchise in a generalist fund 1:04:40

2M ago1:04:40

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Today, we have Julia Hawkins with us. Julia is a General Partner at Phoenix Court, a $1.5bn AUM EMEA multi-stage tech investor, backing the most ambitious founders on their journey from seed through to public markets and beyond over the last two decades. LocalGlobe is the pre-seed and seed fund investing out of Phoenix Court’s Fund 12 with an estab…

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EUVC #285 Steffen Pauls from Moonfare & 7GC on democratizing venture and private equity 1:11:16

3M ago1:11:16

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Today, we have Steffen Pauls with us. Steffen is a Founding Partner at 7GC, a €400M Growth venture fund based in Berlin, and founded the firm in 2015 to bring growth investment opportunities to a network of key decision-makers, industrial families, and entrepreneurs in Europe. 7GC is investing out of Fund II with a total €400M AUM and an establishe…

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Announcing our investment into very early Ventures 1:01:16

3M ago1:01:16

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Cornerstoned by Isomer Capital, very early Ventures is built to capture the opportunity in three foundational Web3 pillars: Decentralized Infrastructure, Real World Impact, and Public Markets Opportunity. The very early team has already established a solid initial portfolio in lockstep with leading web3 funds like a16z, Dragonfly, and 1kx. This is …

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ACT #283 Susan Lin, Partner & Investor at Felix Capital on consumer investing 33:43

2M ago33:43

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Welcome to a new episode of our special series At The Cap Table. Today, we are joined by Sarah Finegan, an Investor at Antler, in a conversation with Susan Lin, a Partner & Investor at Felix Capital. Susan is an investor at Felix Capital. Over the past 10+ years, Susan has advised, invested, and worked in a range of consumer and technology companie…

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Di Cooke on the Societal and Security Implications of Artificial Intelligence 47:24

3M ago47:24

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In a new Seedcamp Deep Dive, Carlos's guest is Di Cook, AI Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), research affiliate at the Center of the Study for Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, and a doctoral candidate in war studies at King's College in London. Her research interests lie at the intersection of defe…

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EUVC #282: Jonathan Sibilia, Partner at Molten Ventures on exit strategies and their role in VC 1:02:18

3M ago1:02:18

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Today, we are joined by Jonathan Sibilia, Partner at Molten Ventures and one of the judges at the European VC Awards. He is an important player in our ecosystem as one of the main LPs. He has made over 80 fund investments, 2200 underlying portfolio companies with Molten Ventures, and 2B in AUM. Jonathan joined Molten Ventures in 2009. Prior to join…

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NEUVC #281: Ondrej Bartos, GP at Credo Ventures on having patience while building a career in VC 44:12

3M ago44:12

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Join us for a new episode of the NEUVC series dedicated to those embarking on their journey in the VC. In this episode, Freddie Macpherson, Associate at Isomer Capital, and Linda Võeras, Investment Manager at Karma Ventures, are joined by Ondrej Bartos, General Partner at Credo Ventures. Ondrej is the Founding GP at Credo Ventures, a 75m€ Seed stag…

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EUVC #280: Tej Panesar, Partner at Prism Ventures on LP investing in life sciences 1:16:00

3M ago1:16:00

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Today, we are joined by Tej Panesar. Tej is a Partner at Prism Ventures, the UK-based institutional investor focused on the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Prism invests in the best-of-breed funds managed in the US, UK, and Europe through fund of funds and co-investment programs. He previously worked as an Investment Director at British Patie…

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