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Join us as Tom Wilson from Seedcamp and Anthony Danon from Cocoa talk to Sarah Harvey , Advisor at Tunic Pay . In this episode of the Super Angel podcast, Sarah Harvey discusses her career transition from strategy roles in both corporate and non-profit sectors to operating roles in startups, eventually starting her journey into angel investing. Sarah shares insights from her experiences with diffe...

n this episode of the EUVC podcast, Andreas discusses with Carlos Eduardo Espinal , Managing Partner at Seedcamp . Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a Managing Partner at Seedcamp, arguably, Europe's leading seed fund, first launched in 2007 to support European entrepreneurs truly compete on a global scale. With investments in over 460 companies including publicly listed Romanian-founded, UiPath ,  Wise  ...

In this episode of the EUVC podcast, Andreas discusses with  Sion Evans , Senior Investment Manager at  VenCap , currently investing out of a $340M fund with $2.0bn in total AUM. VenCap was founded in 1987 and is one of the longest-established FoFs around. They are headquartered in the UK and are backing the leading Tier 1 firms from globally — with just 12 core relationships! They count 47 underl...

In this episode, we welcome Giulia Van Waeyenberge to the pod. Giulia is an experienced investor and judge in the European VC Awards and a Managing Director at Sofina Group , an investment holding company with more than 9 billion in AUM. Sofina Group is a global investor investing mainly in the Venture and Growth stages. Its sectors include digital, healthcare and life sciences, consumer, educatio...

In today’s episode, Andreas discusses the importance of ESG in the venture capital industry with our four guests: Henry Philipson , Director of Marketing and Communications at Beringea Ashley Brown , Sustainability Manager at Atomico Antonia Whitecourt , Director at Seedcamp Grace Savage , ESG Lead at Molten Ventures We are talking about ESG in VC because ESG_VC recently published an analysis of E...

Join us as Tom Wilson from Seedcamp and Anthony Danon from Cocoa talk to Cyril Chemla , co-founder at ProcessOut (acquired by checkout.com ) In this episode of the Super Angel podcast, Cyril shares his inspiring journey from a school project in computer science to building a successful payment business that was acquired by Checkout.com. Cyril discusses the importance of resilience, the dynamics of...

In this episode we’re joined by one of the most honest and dynamic LPs we’ve yet met: Evan Finkel , Head of Venture Capital Investments at Integra Global Advisors . Evan’s based in the US with an Early-stage investment focus - first check to Series A in the US, Europe, Israel, and LatAm. This is a long one and covers a lot of ground from an LP’s perspective, so strap in. Big shoutout to Ophelia Ca...

In this episode of the EUVC podcast, Andreas discusses, with Richard Muirhead , Managing Partner at Fabric Ventures , the transformative potential of Web3 and AI. Richard shares insights into how these technologies will reshape the internet, the power dynamics between big tech and decentralized communities, and Fabric Ventures' role in this evolving landscape. They also discuss ethical considerati...

In this conversation, we explore the distinction between construction tech and prop tech, with a focus on the former. Construction tech is a project-based business that optimizes supply chains, while prop-tech is an operations-based business that focuses on real estate transactions and utilization. The conversation delves into: The different segments within construction tech, including architectur...

Celebrating one of the finalists in the Newcomer of the Year category at this year’s European VC Awards , this episode dives deep with Sarah Drinkwater , solo GP at Common Magic . Common Magic is a pre-seed/seed solo GP fund investing in and supporting founders building products with community at their core across Europe and the US. As a small fund, they act like an angel: fast decisions operation...

Celebrating a new finalist in the Firm of The Year category at this year’s European VC Awards , this episode dives deep with Beata Klein , Principal at CREANDUM . Creandum is a leading European early-stage venture capital firm backing some of Europe’s most successful tech companies, including Spotify , Pleo , Kahoot , Depop , Trade Republic , Neo4j , and Factorial . Creandum has hubs in Stockholm,...

Join us as Tom Wilson from Seedcamp and Anthony Danon from Cocoa talk to Szymon Sypniewicz , co-founder & CEO of Ramp Network. Prior to Ramp, he was an advisor for a peer-to-peer bitcoin lending platform. He has a background in law and has worked for several legal firms, including Norton Rose Fulbright. Szymon has also worked as the Director of Research at the Adrianople Group, where he conduc...

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 focused on European digital and deep tech start...

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 investments, including Thought Machine , Paragraf,...

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 under management, based in Berlin, Germany....

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 investments in Europe so far, and has allocated $13B in...

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 US. Some of the companies they invested...

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 Natasha Lytton , Director at Seedcamp, Vincent...

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 backing VC fund managers across the globe as Principal...

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 charge of EIF investments in VC funds in Fr...

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 Columbia University Centre for Anxiety and R...

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 have the potential to radically change the future...

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 and London, and based in Luxembourg, the fund inve...

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 focus on technology and life science companies, an...

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 conversation revolves around: The importance of access...