Best The European Vc Podcasts (2024)

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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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Xavier Lazarus, Partner at Elaia Partners on the rise of AI in venture capital and future trends | E321 1:03:02

1h ago1:03:02

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Celebrating a new finalist in the Firm of The Year category at this year’s European VC Awards, this episode dives deep with Xavier Lazarus, Partner at Elaia Partners. We’re very excited to have this conversation with Xavier because, as you already know, Elaia has achieved many things in +20 years of activity. Elaia is a French venture capital firm …

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Max Bautin, co-founder & Managing Partner of IQ Capital on why DeepTech is on the rise and how to manage the full life cycle of funds | E320 1:22:36

5h ago1:22:36

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Celebrating a new finalist in the Firm of The Year category at this year’s European VC Awards, this episode dives deep with Max Bautin, co-founder & Managing Partner of IQ Capital. IQ Capital is investing out of a 185 m€ Fund 4 and also has a 150 m€ Growth Opportunities fund and has an established portfolio of over 60 companies and notable investme…

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“This is the first of many of minority funds,” says Europe’s first black solo GP 24:22

2h ago24:22

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Interview with Maria Rotilu, founder and general partner, Openseed, a fund which is raising $10m to invest in startups at the earliest stages in Europe and Africa. Rotilu discusses-The the birth of Openseed, The benefits of being a solo general partner, What type of investments Openseed is interested in, Why startups should partner up with Openseed…

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Steve O'Hear: From Tech Journalism to CEO | Episode 32 51:54

1h ago51:54

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On this episode of Nothing Ventured, Arish Shah discusses the misunderstood quick commerce space with Steve O'Hear, founder of O'Hear & Co. They delve into attracting paying customers for convenience, the role of journalists in the hype cycle, signals for early-stage investors, and the impact of excessive press coverage on a company's image. Tune i…

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The Power of Community with Jared Robin 44:48

2d ago44:48

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[00:01:00] Jared's Journey from sales to building a thriving community of 45,000 revenue professionals and how community saved his life. [00:10:00] What makes for a successful B2B community and when companies should think of creating one [00:14:00] The Collab: Jared’s New Initiative - a newsletter and community for collaborative growth. How Collab …

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Marta Krupinska on carbon removal markets; B2B AI translation is hot 44:42

14h ago44:42

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In today’s episode, Ioanna and Andrii talk about AI translation news, the early demise of Spotify's Car Thing, Chinese LLMs, and much more. The guest of the show is Marta Krupinska, CEO and co-founder of CUR8, a market-maker platform for carbon removals. Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode: AI translation unicorn DeepL reaches …

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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

1:17:31

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

2h ago1:14:29

1:14:29

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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Henry Goodwin & Shwetank Verma: Cross-Continental Ventures | Episode 31 36:36

8d ago36:36

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In this episode of "Nothing Ventured," Aarish Shah discusses how Singapore has been stimulating the early stage tech ecosystem with guests Henry Goodwin and Shwetank Verma from Leo Capital. They delve into topics like the India Advantage, the global talent pool from India, startups listing on the Indian Stock Exchange, entering the Nordics market, …

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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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Cybersecurity in AI with Peter Garraghan; chatbot wars in Europe 1:01:18

5h ago1:01:18

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In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about multilingual LLMs, Raspberry Pi, OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson, AI-written essays, and more. The guest of the show is Peter Garraghan, CEO and co-founder at Mindgard. We discuss the questions of security of generative AI, potential attacks on it, and what businesses can do today to be at least reason…

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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

13d 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

14d 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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Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer: The Future of European Venture Capital | Episode 30 44:51

6h ago44:51

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In this episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah interviews Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer, general partners at Superseed. They discuss the growing interest in AI and its impact on business. They also delve into the evolution of European venture capital, highlighting the increase in funding over the years. The conversation touches on the need for a Eur…

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Janis Putrams on robotic wind turbine care; a massive raise for self-driving AI tech, and more supercomputers 37:33

4h ago37:33

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In today’s episode, Linnea and Siôn talk about a massive investor vote of confidence for self-driving AI tech, the UK joining the EU-led supercomputer project, the first ever CGI in cinema, and the sun's cycles, prompted by the incredible display or aurora the past week. The guest of the show is Jānis Pūtrams, CTO and co-founder at Aerones, a robot…

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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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Peter Sarlin on AI in Europe; let's talk about carbon capture 56:30

2h ago56:30

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Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about protein powder and carbon capture, Europe’s potential answer to Starlink, Disney’s R&…

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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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Ash Arora: The Journey from Crypto Trader to VC Partner | Episode 29 51:01

22d ago51:01

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Today on Nothing Ventured, Ash Arora, the youngest partner at LocalGlobe, shares her journey into venture capital, her deep dive into Bitcoin for Citibank, and her insights into the early days of the crypto community. She discusses her extensive interview process with LocalGlobe and explains the challenges in blockchain technology, highlighting the…

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

1d ago1:23:40

1:23:40

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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20Angel: Philipp Moehring: Co-Founder of Tiny VC on Giving Founders Permission to be Extreme, Becoming Europe's Most Active Investor & How Large Pre-Seed Rounds Can Lead to Disaster 38:12

27d ago38:12

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 17 features Philipp Moehring, Co-Founder of Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company (Tiny), One of Europe's most active pre-Seed investor with 350+ investments. His portfolio includes companies such as Sorare, Synthesia, 11x.ai, Amie, Wayve and many more . Previ…

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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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Christian Tooley: From Corporate to Queer Capital | Episode 28 42:45

16d ago42:45

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On this episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah interviews Christian Tooley, founder of iCubed Investing, discussing the transition from consulting to venture capital. They explore iCubed's focus on investing in post-product pre-revenue companies in the UK, their efforts to unlock queer capital, and their partnership with Crunchbase to highlight d…

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Alexandra Balkova on the state of VC; AI compute for everyone; no more “empowering” 39:33

5d ago39:33

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In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about the availability of AI compute, Getir’s imminent departure from Europe, quite some cash for German game developers, and a few things in between. The guest of the show is Alexandra Balkova, general partner and head of portfolio at Startup Wise Guys. In the interview recorded at TechChill in Riga, Alex…

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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

1M ago1:00:03

1:00:03

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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George Askew & Sam Ettelaie: Breaking Down Barriers for Aspiring VCs | Episode 27 39:34

11d ago39:34

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On this episode of Nothing Ventured, host Aarish Shah sits down with George Askew and Sam Ettelaie, co-founders of Thema, a platform supporting emerging managers in launching venture capital strategies. They discuss fund structuring, regulation, and the impact of patient capital on the ecosystem. With Thema already attracting over 450 funds within …

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Sebastian Aristotelis on thriving in space; the future of ASML and Stability AI 41:05

1M ago41:05

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In today’s episode, Ioanna and Andrii talk about the potentially good news about ASML’s future in the Netherlands, the latest developments at Stability AI, carbon capture solutions, and much more. The guest of the show is Sebastian Aristotelis, whose title is co-founder and Lead Architect at SAGA Space Architects, a Danish company that is building …

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

1M 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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Sean Williams: Lessons in Linguistic Engineering | Episode 26 45:49

18d ago45:49

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In this episode of Nothing Ventured, host Aarish Shah interviews Sean Williams, the founder and CEO of Autogen AI. Sean shares insights on learning from failures, the role of managers in delivering results, staying focused amidst distractions, and the significance of linguistic engineering in business. He also discusses his journey with investors a…

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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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Caroline Viarouge on EIT Manufacturing and EU-UK collaboration; is AGI even possible? 43:05

2M ago43:05

43:05

In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about artificial general intelligence, repairable airbuds, some Wolverine nerdery, drone delivery adoption, and much more. The guest of the show is Caroline Viarouge, CEO at EIT Manufacturing. A big part of the conversation focused on the cooperation between the UK and the EU when it comes to research and …

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20Europe: UK: Julien Bek (Sequoia Capital), Georgia Stevenson (Index Ventures) & Finn Murphy (Nebular VC) on the UK Punching Above its Weight, Why a $100bn Business Can't be Built in Europe, and Lighting ... 38:53

2M ago38:53

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20Europe is a new series profiling European ecosystems. Each episode is a roundtable format featuring investors based in countries including Germany, France, UK, Sweden and more. Half of the show will focus on how these local ecosystems operate, with the other half focused the tech and venture landscape. For Episode 3, we profile the UK. I was join…

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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

1:17:08

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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Enis Hulli: From Air Conditioning to Venture Capital | Episode 25 34:07

25d ago34:07

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In this episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah sits down with Enis Hulli, a general partner at 500 Emerging Europe. They discuss Enis' journey from listening to VC podcasts to launching a fund, his shift from being risk-averse to investing, and the importance of boots on the ground for pre-seed and seed investments. They also delve into how 500 E…

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Jean-David Malo on EU money for startups; quantum without noise 41:00

2M ago41:00

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In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about a promising quantum breakthrough, a public funding disaster in Poland, the first Macintosh in Europe, and much more. The guest of the show is Jean-David Malo, Director of the Executive Agency for EIC and SMEs (EISMEA). It’s a long title — but you’ll understand every bit of it if you listen to the con…

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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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An interview with Manuel Lemos from Enline 13:46

2M ago13:46

13:46

Enline is the winner of the EIT Venture Award for their vegetation and landslide predictive forecast programme. The company develops tech such as dynamic line rating and digital twins to help utilities get more out of their existing infrastructure.By Tech.eu

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An interview with Christer Bergquist from Altris AB 8:59

28d ago8:59

8:59

Altris AB is the winner of the EIT Innovation Team Award for their sodium-ion batteries. The batteries enable high performance batteries to accelerate the energy transition, without increasing the cost to the environment or to customers. https://www.altris.se/By Tech.eu

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An interview with the founders of HiQ-CARB and Woamy, winners of the recent EIT 2024 awards 14:15

28d ago14:15

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We talked with Mohamed Elamir and Dr. Andreas Bittner. Mohammad is the winner of the EIT Changemaker Award and co-founder of Woamy, which develops biodegradable plastic-free biofoam for protective packaging to replace harmful plastic foams. https://www.woamy.com/ Dr. Andreas Bittner is the winner of the Public Award winner from HiQ-CARB, a team tha…

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Flying cars and invisibility shields; Svilen Rangelov on drones and Dronamics 47:21

2M ago47:21

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Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about flying cars, unexpected effects of climate change, espresso origins, and real-life in…

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