The European VC

Today, we have Steffen Pauls with us. Central to our conversation with Steffen today is his journey building Moonfare and revolutionizing private markets . In addition to that, Steffen is also a Founding Partner of 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 en...

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. Susan j...

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 LP & active 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 i...

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: * Alexander Langholz-Baikousis , CFO at Cherry Ventures . * Simon Lohmann , Head of Platform & IR at Cavalry Ventures . * Chloe Dag...

Today, we’re not only launching an episode of the NEUVC podcast, we’re also celebrating the promotion of one of the co-hosts of the pod: Freddie Macpherson to Associate at Isomer Capital 🥳 . As you’ve likely noticed from these episodes, Freddie is a true rising star in European venture, and we treasure every interaction we have with him. Congrats Freddie! You’re a rockstar 🌟 Now on to the episod...

Today, we have Nicholas Nelson , who recently joined MD One Ventures as Partner. Nicholas is an important and active player in building Europe’s first defence and national security venture capital fund, supporting the growing portfolio of over a dozen defence and dual-use tech companies. Nicholas is an internationally recognised defence investor and thought leader, with over 17 years of experience...

When we set out to build eu.vc our mission was to connect and champion The European VC industry, so coming together with three good friends and partners to launch The European VC awards is nothing short of a dream come true 💗. We’ve so looked forward to this day when we can finally invite you all to join us in the endeavor and you can do so by nominating to the awards , joining in the conversatio...

Hemal Fraser-Rawal is the GP of White Star Capital , a global investment platform with 1.5B AUM housing venture capital, digital assets and now debt-led Hybrid growth financing for companies. White Star Capital backs exceptional entrepreneurs building ambitious, international businesses across multiple stages and operate out of London, New York, Paris, Montreal, Toronto, Guernsey, Tokyo, and Singa...

George Henry is a General Partner at Phoenix Court Group , the group of funds home to LocalGlobe in Somers Town, London, building global businesses based on innovative science and technology to have the maximum positive impact on society. LocalGlobe is investing out of their fifth institutional fund, of approx. 150M pounds, with a total AUM of over 1b pounds. Local Globe has an established portfol...

Today, we have Doreen Huber . Doreen is a Partner at EQT Ventures , a €1.1 BN early-stage venture fund with offices all over Europe and the US to back European and US startups. At EQT Ventures, Doreen focuses on Software in Europe, leading the investment into Parloa this year, the AI for Customer Care Automation. EQT Ventures is investing out of Fund III with a total of €2.3 BN AUM and an establis...

Join us for another episode of the NEUVC series, which is dedicated to those embarking on their journey in the VC. In this episode, Freddie Macpherson , Analyst at Isomer Capital , and Linda Võeras , Associate at Karma Ventures , are joined by the one and only Mr. Exits , who runs Exits Cap . Exits Cap is a Seed and Series - A fund launched in 2022 focused on investments in the SaaS, Consumer Inte...

Welcome to a new episode of our special series At The Cap Table. Today Savitri Tan from Isomer Capital is joined by Naza Metghalchi, Principal at EQT Ventures to talk a lot about her career so far, transitioning from a platform role into investment, why surrounding yourselves with the best is integral and how to build relationships of trust with founders. Naza Metghalchi was born in Iran, raised i...

Today, we have Lucile Cornet with us. Lucile is a Partner at Eight Roads , a $11BN global venture fund with offices across the globe. Eight Roads invests in companies at the Series B stage and helps them scale up internationally. They have 450 portfolio companies globally, of which 60 have IPO’d, and multiple are unicorns: Alibaba, Toast, Flywire, Chewy, Hibob, Neo4j, or Fever. Lucile is part of t...

Join us for another episode of the NEUVC series which is dedicated to those embarking on their journey in the VC. In this episode, Freddie Macpherson , analyst at Isomer Capital , and Linda Võeras , associate at Karma Ventures , are joined by Rebecka Löthman Rydå , Investment Director at Inventure . Inventure is a Nordic-Baltic a generalist venture capital fund focused on early-stage investing. Re...

Today we have Tom McGinn with us. Tom is the General Counsel of Northzone , a multi-stage venture fund with offices in London, Stockholm, NYC, Amsterdam and Berlin, that invests from seed to growth across Europe and the US. Northzone closed a EUR 1 billion fund last year and has backed over 100 companies, including Spotify, Personio & Spring Health. Tom joined Northzone in 2021 from Cooley where h...

Today we have Simon Lohmann , Head of Platform & Investor Relations at Cavalry Ventures , an early-stage generalist venture fund in Germany to back European Software companies with a huge LP network and a sizeable platform team in place. Cavalry is investing out of Fund 3 with a total of 250m AUM and an established portfolio of 50+ companies and notable investments including Usercentrics  (Consent...

Today we are welcoming Bastian Larsen , Founding Partner of BlackWood Ventures , a pan-European early-stage VC fund focused on Fintech, Web 3.0 and Cleantech. Blackwood has a value-creating approach that leverages AI to minimize biases and a proprietary pan-European network of over 1200 angels. BlackWood had a $10m first closing in early April this year, with a $50m target. As of today, BlackWood...

As we welcome 2024, let's reflect on the critical developments in scientific research and innovation shaped by geopolitical dynamics over the past year. This pod and article delve into the shifting landscape of international collaboration, emphasizing the roles of major global players and innovative breakthroughs in energy, space technologies, and generative AI. We'll explore how these advancement...

It was awesome hosting more than 600 European venture investors for our Roundtable on strategies for winning with non-dilutive funding in Europe 📺   In case you missed it, you can rewatch the session above, read the quick recap below or tune in on Spotify or Apple to get it right into your ears 🎧. You’re in for a treat with the magnificent panel consisting of: * Gilles de Malbosc , Chief Investm...

In this special feature, we're excited to share a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of venture capital and climate change as we wrapped up COP28 with some of the leading VCs attending COP this year: * Lena Tiede from Planet A * Peter Hirsch from 2150 * Sonia Weymuller from VentureSouq * Areije Al Shakar from Al Waha Fund of Funds In the episode, we dived into: * The evolution o...

Today we have Hampus Jakobsson , founding GP of Pale Blue Dot with us for a very special episode dedicated wholly to raising a fund virtually. It came about because Hampus casually mentioned that he hadn’t traveled a single mile in the raise of Fund 2, which of course had us thinking: Wow, we need to share this story! So strap in. Hampus is a GP at Pale Blue Dot, an early stage venture fund in Swe...

Today, Freddie Macpherson , analyst at Isomer Capital , and Linda Võeras , associate at Karma Ventures , are joined by Paul Gillespie , Managing Director at Sheffield Haworth , a global executive search firm with a specialty in deep tech. With over 20 years in the industry, he co-founded Gilmore Stevens, focusing on building executive teams for venture-backed businesses. After merging with Sheffie...