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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 like: Bolt (previously Taxify, first investor &...

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 the fund and tap the brains that incept and run it...

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 possible, boundaries are imaginary, and amazing thin...

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 Partner at  Seedcamp , arguably, Europe's leading...

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 Daniel, one of the founding partners, to fundraisin...

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, Nomad by Marc McCabe. Go to eu.vc for our core...

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 the most respected investors in our ecosystem: Danie...

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 startup from Berlin. Now, Eva is leading Climatos...

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 one. Our guests discuss the 'UiPath effect', highlig...

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 win globally. Davor runs the Europe and Israel fra...

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, public, and exited companies)³. This includes compa...

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 specialist fund. They are the first-check VC fo...

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. Listen to it here or watch it on eu.vc for a discuss...

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 Transformation of European Venture Capital 00:08...

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 notable investments, including Personio , Klarna...

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 entrepreneurial expertise to guide them and their teams...

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 investments across almost all asset classes. Jan is also...

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 established portfolio of over 200 companies with notabl...

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 established portfolio of 15 companies and notable investment...

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 evidence that the best founders choose to work wi...

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 companies in their journeys to grow and scale. Sus...

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 joining the company, he was a senior associate in th...

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 stage venture fund in Prague (and a bit elsewhe...

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 Patient Capital, a UK government-backed institution v...

965 joined us for yesterday's roundtable on acing LP relationships - in case you missed it, listen here or rewatch on eu.vc 👀 Whether you're navigating the complexities of LP expectations, leveraging digital tools for onboarding, or aiming to strengthen trust and transparency, this roundtable covers it all. Watch it here or add it to your episodes on Apple or Spotify .Our esteemed speakers: Alexa...