Best European Angel Investors Podcasts (2024)

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The Power of Community with Jared Robin 44:48

28d 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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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

2M 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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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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20Europe: France: Roxanne Varza (Station F), Jonathan Userovici (Headline) & Reza Malekzadeh (Partech) on the French AI Revolution, Why French Founders Win on Product and Suck at Sales, The Fight for Top ... 36:20

3M ago36:20

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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 2, we profile France. I was join…

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From Music to Mission: Annu Nieminen on reimagining impact measurement 39:43

4M ago39:43

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[2:15] From Classical Music to Tech Startup Annu discusses her transition from a classical musician to founding a technology company, highlighting the unexpected path from arts to entrepreneurship. [12:25] Understanding the Upright Project's Impact Model A deeper dive into how the Upright Project measures the net impact of companies, using tangible…

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20Europe: Germany: Filip Dames, Co-Founder of Cherry Ventures & Dom Wilhelm, Partner at Headline on why Germany is the top tech ecosystem in Europe, why multi-stage funds are dangerous for seed companies ... 37:37

4M ago37:37

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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 more generally on the tech and venture landscape. For Episode 1, we profile …

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From Operator to VC Scout; Biggest Mistakes Founders Make in Marketing with Maya Moufarek. 49:06

6M ago49:06

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2:16 - Path from operator to angel investor to Atomico scout 19:09 - Advice on early stage marketing Marketing focus by stage of growth How do you balance performance marketing and brand/organic marketing? How do you balance the marketing for end-users vs decision makers? Common mistakes 80% of founders make - working as siloed teams Resource for a…

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How One Startup Built a Multi-million Euro Business with No Code Solutions - Guerson Meyer, co-founder of Sophiq Properties 48:03

7M ago48:03

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Guerson Meyer, Co-Founder & Technology Officer of Sophiq Properties, a PropTech company talks about how he uses no-code solutions at Sophiq Properties to locate, evaluate and validate properties in real-time, adapting to the needs of each investment. In 2023 alone, they will complete 16 operations totalling 30 million euros. Hear in detail what no-…

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20Angel: Joakim Achren: Co-Founder of Next Games (Acq. Netflix) on How To Build an Angel Syndicate, What Data to Study When Investing in Gaming & The Stress & Loneliness When Building a Startup 32:57

7M ago32:57

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 16 features Joakim Achren, angel investor & co-founder of Next Games, acquired by Netflix in 2022. Joakim also built Elite Game Developers, an online resource that helps entrepreneurs in starting their first games company. The newsletter and podcast have a com…

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20Angel: Paul Forster: Co-Founder of Indeed.com on Building a $7bn Revenue Business, Why Founders Are The Best Angels, Why he Said no to a Deal Led by Sequoia & Why he Passed on a $2.5bn Company at Seed ... 25:28

8M ago25:28

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 15 features Paul Forster, angel investor & co-founder and former CEO of Indeed, the #1 job search and recruitment service worldwide, now with 12k employees and $7bn in revenue. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and Master’s degrees from Cambridge & Oxford Universiti…

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On Usage-based Pricing and How to Run a Successful Design Partner Program with Griffin Parry, co-founder m3ter 43:31

9M ago43:31

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Why all SaaS companies should implement usage-based pricing and How to run a successful design partner program with your customers to build your early MVPBy Anita Moorthy

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20Angel: Finn Murphy: Announcing Europe's Latest Solo GP, Why Backing Google Is The Only Thing That Matters, Why European Companies Need To Raise In The US & How The Deal Process Is Like Texas Hold'em 33:08

9M ago33:08

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 14 features Finn Murphy, angel investor & previously a Partner at Frontline Ventures, where he made 24 fund investments and 8 angel investments in his 4 and half year tenure. In that time, he has seen 3 companies through to exit with Workvivo selling to Zoom, …

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20Angel: Marc McCabe: Ex Airbnb Exec & Angel Investor on Why Operator Experience is Essential For an Angel, Passing on Coinbase at Seed, Punchy Y Combinator Valuations, & The Best Way to DD Investments ... 32:47

10M ago32:47

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 13 features Marc McCabe, angel investor & solo GP of Nomad Capital, a seed stage fund focused on B2B software and marketplaces. Prior to starting Nomad, Marc worked at Google, SV Angel and was an early employee at Airbnb where he led numerous projects includin…

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Zero to $11m Series A with Digitail.io - Practical Advice on ICP, PMF, Fundraising and Building Culture. 47:30

10M ago47:30

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[1:49] - Why not having domain expertise can sometimes help entrepreneurs [5:45] - Defining your ICP [8:31] - Determining your MVP [13:06] - Funding your seed and lessons learnt from raising too early. [22:48] - GTM [30:11] - Building a team and culture; it starts first with language. [40:20] - Culture first hiring tips Links Company: Digitail.io G…

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20Angel: Steve O'Hear: Ex TechCrunch Editor on The Unspoken Misalignment Between Investors & Founders, Turning Story-Flow Into Deal-Flow, & The Best Portfolio Construction Advice From Tom Blomfield, Founder ... 31:54

11M ago31:54

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 12 features Steve O'Hear, CEO and Founder of strategic communications agency, O'Hear & Co, and an executive at Zapp. Previously, Steve spent over 15 years as a technology and business journalist, including more than 10 years reporting for TechCrunch, covering …

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20Angel: Mark Cummins: Why AI is as Important as The Wheel, How He Helped Canva Before They Raised a Round, Selling Two Companies to Google, And Experiences With Bad Angel Investors 30:36

11M ago30:36

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 11 features Mark Cummins, a 2x exited founder and long-time angel investor. He was the CEO and Co-Founder of computer vision company Plink, which became Google's first ever UK acquisition back in 2010. He then went on to co-found Pointy, a retail search compan…

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20Angel: Jens Lapinski: Co-Founder of Angel Invest, 100+ Portfolio Companies 34:39

11M ago34:39

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 10 features Jens Lapinski, one Europe's most active angel investors. He is the Founding Partner of Angel Invest, an angel fund which has invested in 100+ companies. Formally, he was an MD at Techstars, Partner at Forward Labs (now Forward Partners) and co-foun…

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20Angel: Roxanne Varza: Director of Station F, Sequoia Scout 32:43

12M ago32:43

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 9 features Roxanne Varza, Director of Station F, the world's largest startup campus, located in Paris. She is also an angel investor, Sequoia Scout and previously had roles at Techcrunch and Microsoft. Some of her angel investments include Figures, Claap, Folk…

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20Angel: Johan Brand: Co-Founder of Norwegian Unicorn, Kahoot! and Co-Founder of We Are Human 27:56

12M ago27:56

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 8 features Johan Brand, Co-Founder of Kahoot!, a Norwegian online game-based learning platform that has raised over $500m, and as of July '23, is valued over $1.3bn. Johan is also the Co-Founder of We Are Human, which builds and invests in technology enabled c…

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20Angel: Sarah Drinkwater 32:02

12M ago32:02

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 7 features Sarah Drinkwater, angel investor and Founder of Common Magic, an early stage fund backing products built with community at their core. Previously, she spent 15 years as an operator and angel investor in the European ecosystem with a focus on communi…

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From Serial Entrepreneur to Angel Investor to CIO of Estonia: Taavi Kotka Shares his Entrepreneurial Insights 41:32

1y ago41:32

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[2:16] - 20 years and starting a company in Estonia [5:08] - Angel investing and what to look for? [10:01] - First CIO of Estonia [16:59] - Koos - what is it and why is it important [29:04] - Advice for other entrepreneurs [31:35] - ChatGPT and the future [33:09] - HK Unicorn squad and Links Koos Sponsors: Chargebee E-residency…

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20Angel: Andy Ayim 30:04

1y ago30:04

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 6 features Andy Ayim MBE, angel investor and co-founder of The Angel Investing School, which has a vision to empower a new generation of angel investors. He has personally invested in over 12 startups such as Farmlend, Ava Estell and Whering. He is also an Ato…

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20Angel: Matt Robinson 31:45

1y ago31:45

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 5 features Matt Robinson, Co-Founder of Fintech Unicorn, GoCardless, and Co-Founder of Nested. He is also one of Europe's most prolific angel investors with over 200 investments. Some of the companies he’s backed include Permutive, Cleo, Codat, Hopin, Incident…

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20Angel: Joe Cross 31:08

1y ago31:08

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 4 features Joe Cross, Angel Investor and ex Head of Marketing & Comms at Wise (Transferwise). Joe is also part of the Atomico Angel Programme and his angel portfolio includes Bonnet, Lightyear, Gaia, Alloy, Julienne Bruno and many more. The format for 20Angel …

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20Angel: Carmen Alfonso Rico 29:06

1y ago29:06

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 3 features Carmen Alfonso Rico, Angel Investor and Co-Founder of Cocoa Ventures, a European micro VC that invests $250k-$500k checks at pre-Seed & Seed. Cocoa positions itself as an entrepreneur’s in house VC, helping their founders hack the system from the in…

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20Angel: Andreas Klinger 29:30

1y ago29:30

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 2 features Andreas Klinger, Founder of Remote Capital, a small fund by remote founders, operators and early investors, investing in the next generation of global work opportunities. Investments include Mainstreet, Remote.com, Hopin, Microacquire and many more.…

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20Angel: Henry de Zoete 29:36

1y ago29:36

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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 1 features Henry de Zoete, Founder of YC backed Look After My Bills, which became the largest auto-switching service in the UK, saving families money on their gas and electricity. It was acquired by GoCo Group PLC (owners of GoCompare) in July 2019. Look After…

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Building a Unicorn in Bulgaria with Hristo Borisov, Cofounder of Payhawk 41:23

1+ y ago41:23

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[2:00] - How the SVB crisis unfolded at Payhawk [6:23] - The 3 most important ingredients for building a successful unicorn [16:19] - Validating your company idea [18:19] - 60 rejections. How Payhawk overcame the biggest objection from VCs [28:35] - Leading through crisis [31:54] - Competition - Use data not marketing to assess competition [36:18] …

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Why Investing in Emerging Markets Makes Sense Now - Alisee de Tonnac, co-founder of Seedstars 32:15

1+ y ago32:15

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[2:24] - Journey to starting Seedstars [5:31] - Investing and not being local [10:27] - Seedstars programs [13:28] - Investor returns from emerging markets [19:06] - Challenges [25:12] - Advice for entrepreneurs [27:16] - Advice for investors Links Seedstars Book: Where the crawdads singBy Anita Moorthy

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It's a wrap - 1 year of podcasting with Darya Kamkalova 33:35

1+ y ago33:35

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Dear podcast listeners! It's a wrap! As originally planned the year of podcasting is over! Our podcast community will live on this Telegram group, feel free to join and contribute. We would love to have you there <3 If you are an aspiring angel, check out: https://www.auxxo.de/evangelistas https://encourage-ventures.com/ https://www.alma-angels.com…

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When Not To Go for VC Funding with Alex Axentiev, Co-Founder of HedgeFlows 24:53

1+ y ago24:53

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[3:16] - Hedgeflows: Managing risk and automating payment runs for SMEs [9:51] - Advice for finding early product market fit [16:39] - How to attract talent in early stages without brand or VC backing [19:07] - Knowing your investor’s incentives Links: HedgeFlows Books: Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 steps to successful startup by Bill Aulet…

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Is It Finally Solar’s Time? Svea Solar’s Hyper Growth Story Proves It Is 43:45

1+ y ago43:45

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[2:08] - The economics of solar [7:39] - Challenges and barriers to solar adoption [11:11] - Where are the different countries when it comes to adopting solar [14:50] - Erik’s Journey to starting Svea Solar [19:06] - advice on doing layoffs [23:13] - Challenges of scaling - its all about recruiting, developing and retaining talent [29:48] - Continu…

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Faye Maidment - investing in virtual beings and extended realities 32:19

1+ y ago32:19

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Faye has been a long-time metaverse (m)user; building products and communities across extended realities (XR) and studying the intersection between culture and new technologies. Most recently, she led investments in areas such as virtual world platforms, digital fashion, web3 and virtual beings, at a top-tier gaming fund (Seed/Series A) and co-writ…

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Sarah Turner - introducing more women to angel investing since 2014 35:45

1+ y ago35:45

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Sarah is an entrepreneur and angel investor. In 2014 she co-founded the fast-growing and award-winning angel network, Angel Academe. They help female founders and co-founders access a unique pool of engaged, mainly female investors. Angel Academe investors have backed 45+ startups through 70+ funding rounds, helping them raise over £100m from angel…

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Kerstin Bock - backing diverse founders with long-term horizons and focus on impact 44:30

1+ y ago44:30

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Kerstin is the CEO and co-founder at Openers, a boutique communications agency in Berlin that partners with tech companies including Sorare, Pipedrive, Spotify, and Pleo as well as several other unicorns. She is an active mentor and advisor to several start-up initiatives including the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund — Europe's largest Deep …

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How to Fundraise the Creandum Way with Peter Specht 38:49

1+ y ago38:49

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[2:07] - Advice on navigating current economic conditions [6:00] - FTX bankruptcy [8:48] - Early-stage due diligence [10:59] - Identifying outliers to find the next Uber or Airbnb [14:13] - Decision-making at Creandum [16:20] - Funding process Links Creandum The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoBy Anita Moorthy

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Nicole Büttner - on the privilege of where you were born and inequalities we still need to fix 35:40

1+ y ago35:40

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Nicole Büttner is a tech optimist at heart and is active as an entrepreneur, investor and board member. Her passion is to create real impact with new technologies useful to companies and people. Nicole is co-founder and CEO of MerantixMomentum, a leading AI solutions firm and member of the management board of Merantix, an AI venture studio based in…

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Bootstrapped to $14M Seed Round with Nurasyl Serik, Co-founder of Remofirst 31:15

1+ y ago31:15

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[1:44] - About Remofirst and Nurasyl’s journey to starting Remofirst. [6:49] - The three ingredients for not failing at a startup [9:04] - Finding your ideal customer profile [12:00] - Trends in remote hiring [14:09] - Funding journey and tips [21:50] - Making remote working work Links Remofirst Delivering Happiness - Tony Hsieh, founder of Zappos…

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Florence Richardson angel investing since 15 years - live from WVCE 37:21

1+ y ago37:21

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This episode was recorded live on stage at Women in VC Europe Summit 2022 at Station F in Paris. Florence Richardson graduated with a Masters in Engineering completed by a further Business Masters degree. She began her career with Crédit Lyonnais (LCL) in 1988 and spent 14 years in various roles within the corporate division finishing her time ther…

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How to be a VC at 29 years and Advice for pre-Series B Companies - Annalise Dragic, Sapphire Ventures 38:25

1+ y ago38:25

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[1:53] - Journey to becoming a venture partner at 29 years [7:40] - Increasing the number of women in VC [10:53] - Ideal startups for Sapphire and how they source deals [21:29] - Common challenges, mistakes and advice for Series B companies [30:14] - Series B valuation and trends in valuation [33:51] - Work life balance as a VC Links: Sapphire Vent…

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What I Learnt from 4 failed Startups and 8 Rounds of Fundraising 40:31

1+ y ago40:31

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[2:15] - Online dating market - is there space for one more? [4:47] - Lessons learned from previous startups - retention, defensibility, product complexity, and proving pmf outside of your home market. [16:39] - Never giving up [20:52] - With 8 rounds of fundraising under his belt, David shares his secret for fundraising. [29:00] - Seed stage valua…

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Michala Rudorfer - the maniac and the business strategist 29:09

1+ y ago29:09

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Michala has 15yrs+ experience in investing, private equity and finance and she is CEO of Rose-Sky Investments. The investment focus is on consumer, B2B tech and sustainability. Investments include among others Emma Sleep Company, Clove, Nevernot, Pulpo. Michala is a co-founder of encourageventures and Level 20 DACH. Follow Michala on LinkedIn Follo…

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Refugee Entrepreneurship with Charlie Fraser, Co-Founder of TERN 42:23

1+ y ago42:23

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1:55] - Journey to founding TERN [4:49] - Refugee problem is a global problem. By the numbers. [7:08] - Are refugees are burden to the host country? [9:85] - The Rwanda Refugee plan - will it work? [21:39] - UK’s support for refugees - asylum seekers vs resettlement [28:28] - TERN support for refugees [31:45] - Top three businesses started by refug…

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Stine Mølgaard Sørensen - taking risks and building your own business 32:17

1+ y ago32:17

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Stine has more than 10 years of experience working with new technology both in a corporate global role at H. Lundbeck and founding several tech startups whereas she led one to a successful Silicon Valley exit. Today Stine is an active angel investor and a partner and co-owner of Nordic Fintech Angels, sits on the board of REEL, CPH Village, and MAT…

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How I Built a Billion Dollar Company as an Outsider - Heini Zachariassen, Founder of Vivino 40:40

2y ago40:40

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[1:53] - Safety in upbringing and why being outside can be a boon to an entrepreneur [8:29] - “Never look at the competition, know your customer instead” [10:58] - Focus on the product and avoid distractions [14:25] - On B2C marketing [19:20] - Building the company culture at Vivino [23:34] - When should a founder step down and bring in a new CEO […

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Jenny Saft - how to diversify VC through scout programs 37:12

2y ago37:12

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Jenny is one of the co-founders of Apryl, a fertility benefits startup based in Berlin. Before starting Apryl, she worked as VP Business Development for the Dutch fintech company Adyen (IPO 2018). Jenny completed her dual studies at Deutsche Telekom and worked there as an executive assistant after graduating. She completed her MBA at the Hult Inter…

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Céline Flores Willers - taking risks and being entrepreneurial 33:45

2y ago33:45

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Céline is one of the most well-known business influencers on LinkedIn. She started to feed her personal profile with self-created content focusing on the latest innovations, startups and tech-trends. Since then, her LinkedIn experienced dramatic growth in followers and now compromises a large community of +130.000 professionals with a weekly reach …

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Veronica Diquattro - the one who can, has a responsibility to support founders! 28:36

2y ago28:36

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Veronica Diquattro is Chief Revenue Officer Europe at DAZN. Previously to that, she was Managing Director Southern and Eastern Europe at Spotify. Veronica also worked on the launch of the Android Market and Google Play in Italy for Google. She is a non-executive director and advisor in the media technology sector and a big advocate of “giving back”…

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The Irish Startup Ecosystem with Patrick Walsh, the Founder of Dogpatch Labs, Ireland 36:06

2y ago36:06

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[1:51] - Irish startup scene [7:41] - How to attract and incentivize talent at a macro level [11:13] - The best startup ecosystems in Europe [19:15] - Dogpatch [24:12] - Norther Ireland/Southern Ireland collaboration [27:21] - Funding for startups in Ireland Links Dogpatch Changing World Order by Ray Dalio Midnight’s children by Salman Rushdie…

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Female Founders special with Nicole Crentsil - live from LTST conference 31:22

2y ago31:22

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This episode was recorded live on stage at the Lead Today Shape Tomorrow Conference organised by Female Founders in June 2022 in Vienna. Nicole Crentsil is a Ghanaian-British businesswoman, change maker, angel investor and cultural curator based in London. Nicole is the founder and CEO of Black Girl Fest and the founder of BIG SIS, a new network su…

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