The European VC

Today we have Greg Dewerpe with us. Greg is a founder & CIO at A/O , a venture firm in London backing European founders that are building innovative technology companies that directly and indirectly solve mission critical problems in the Built World with a unique access to some of the largest B2B customers in the industry. A/O has a total of 500€ MN in AUM, an established portfolio of 23 companies...

Today we have Klementina Österberg from GU Ventures & Ted Persson from EQT Ventures with us 🎙️ Ted is a Partner at EQT Ventures , a 1.1bn multi Stage venture fund with offices spread across Europe and the US. EQT Ventures are investing out of Fund 3 with a total €2.3bn AUM and an established portfolio of 120+ companies and notable investments including Wolt, Einride, Nothing, Anyfin and Candela ....

Today we have Staffan Helgesson with us. Staffan is the founder of Creandum , a European early stage venture firm with no appointed headquarter but offices (or hubs as they call them) in Sweden, London, Berlin and San Francisco. Creandum just turned 20 years and are investing out of their 6th fund which is a $500m fund to back founders and companies across Europe. In addition to Europe they invest...

Join us for the second episode of the NEUVC podcast 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 Mari Luukkainen , Principal at Finland based Icebreaker VC . With a background of building and scaling companies and a great eye and dedication to conten...

Honoring the gravity of the situation and the commitment by Fred Destin to share so openly, we invited Joe Schorge , founding partner of Isomer Capital and one of Europe’s most important LP voices, to lead the conversation. We hope you enjoy listening in as much as we did 💞 Chapters: 00:00:00 - The EUVC podcast with Joe Schorge and Fred Destin00:02:54 - The Decision to Pause00:04:59 - Journey of...

Few periods are as busy as the end of the year. And that is definitely true for us at eu.vc this year as we announce yet another investment that we’ve been working hard on behind the scenes throughout the summer and fall. Consequently, it’s with great pride and pleasure that we announce our angel LP syndicate investment into First Momentum Ventures 🥳. We’ve known the team for a little more than a...

Today we have Ondrej Bartos with us. Ondrej is a Founding GP at Credo Ventures , a 75m€ Seed stage venture fund in Prague (and a bit elsewhere!) to back Central Eastern European Tech Startups. Credo are investing out of Fund 4 with a total 250M€ AUM and an established portfolio of 60 companies and notable investments including UI Path , ProductBoard , PriceFX , Resistant AI , and Eleven Labs . Thi...

Some days are better than others. This is one of those for us at eu.vc as we’re announcing our investment into Satgana 🪴 and true to form, we do that by sharing with you a spotlight article Satgana and an episode with founding partner Romain Diaz. We have known Romain for quite some time now and had the pleasure of both cooking, talking shop and working together and now - also investing. As we sa...

Today we have Ben Topor with us. Ben is a Founder & Managing Partner at Titan Capital , an investment firm in Israel backing Israeli, European and American companies by providing growth equity & secondary capital to world-class internet, software, consumer, and financial technology companies, with a bottom-up approach to secondary and growth. Titan is raising a 50m USD Fund, investing in companies...

Today we have Colin Daymond Hanna with us. Colin is a Partner at Balderton . And I think it goes without saying that I need not introduce this firm; but just in case anyone listening in has just started in venture, I’ll say that in the two decades since Balderton’s founding, they have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than 3bn Euros...

If there's any market that's not slowing down, it's the secondaries market. And it’s a buyer’s market. But how do you win? We convened some of Europe's best secondaries investors to discuss the current market and how to build your investment strategy, evaluate opportunities and negotiate deals. Here’s the write up of our key learnings as well as the recording 👀 Expert Secondaries Panelists: - Joe...

Today we have Max Bautin with us. Max is a Founding GP at IQ Capital , a 700m€ Seed & Early Stage venture firm in London to back European Deep Tech Startups. I Q 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 and Nyobolt . Listen on Spotify...

We are thrilled to share with you the first episode of the NEUVC Podcast Series , a special limited edition podcast dedicated to those embarking on and advancing their journey in the venture capital industry. This series features insightful discussions hosted by the rockstar duo Freddie Macpherson , analyst at Isomer Capital , and Linda Võeras , associate at Karma Ventures 🎙️🔥 The series aims to...

Yesterday, Fred Destin shared the news with us all that he’s pausing the raise for Stride Fund III and that he’d “Take a breather and open the door to new possibilities. I have no idea if that includes more investing; what I want to do now is gain some elevation, look at my life and the world around me, and take time to see what emerges.” The day before, David sat down with Fred for an honest conv...

In today’s episode, Chloe Dagnell from Isomer Capital speaks to Carmen Alfonso Rico , a self-described VC turned Angel at Cocoa Ventures . Having previously been at the consumer fund Felix , Series A fund Blossom , and Spanish-HQ’d Samaipata , Carmen is responsible for being the first investor into companies such as Hopin and SideQuestVR . Now, Carmen is leading the charge at Cocoa Ventures, an an...

Today we have Fady Saad with us. Fady is a Founding GP at Cybernetix Ventures , a 50m$ pre-seed, seed and Series A venture fund in Boston to back North American and European companies within manufacturing, logistics, construction, and healthcare. Cybernetix are investing out of Fund 1 with a total 50m$ AUM and an established portfolio of 13 companies and notable investments including Realtime Robo...

Today we have Patrick Murphy , co-founder and managing partner at Tapestry VC , a 50m$ seed stage venture fund backing technical and repeat founders across Europe & US. Tapestry VC has its team spread out across the UK and USA. Tapestry VC are investing out of Fund II with a total 100m$ AUM and an established portfolio of over 40 companies and notable investments including Hopin , Pitch , Builder....

Joining us today for a deep dive on the state of diversity in European venture, we have Kinga Stanislawska from European Women in VC and Juliet Rogan from HSBC Innovation Banking . Juliet works in the investor coverage team at HSBC Innovation Banking – Providing support and access to the HSBC platform to investors and their portfolio companies. Prior to joining HSBC, Juliet spent 10 years at Barcl...

Today’s a special day here at eu.vc as we’re announcing our investment into Nucleus Capital 🥳 and of course, we do that by sharing with you a deep dive episode with Max and Isabella , the two General Partners of Nucleus . For those who've been with us for a while, the name ' Nucleus Capital ' might ring a bell🔔. And for good reason, as we’ve been tracking the firm's journey right from the launch...

Today we are happy to welcome Robin Godenrath managing director and founding partner of Picus Capital . Picus is a privately financed venture capital firm with flexible long-term capital, managing an investment portfolio of more than 1bn EUR and was the first investor in European unicorns such as Personio and Enpal . Picus invest in early-stage technology ventures with a focus on financial service...

Today we have Sarah Drinkwater with us. Sarah is the Solo GP of Common Magic , a pre-seed/seed fund investing in and supporting founders building products with community at their core across Europe and the US. You won’t meet many with as much insight and experience in building communities as Sarah, so of course, this episode is dedicated wholly to this subject! Jump to the parts that matter most t...

Today we are happy to welcome Ambre Soubiran , CEO of Kaiko . A mathematician by training, she has spent the first decade of her career working in the equity derivatives and capital markets industry. Amber has a passion for world-changing technologies and is personally interested and invested in the digital assets space since 2012. Amber is currently the CEO of Kaiko, the reference market data pro...

Today we have Johannes Weber , Founding Partner of Ananda Impact Ventures with us. Johannes is a serial entrepreneur and a pioneer in the field of impact venture capital in Europe. With his team in Munich, Berlin and London, he manages over €200M and invests in technology-based companies in areas such as climate, health and education (the so-called impact unicorns). Johannes has been interested in...

Today, we have with us Saeed Al Gergawi , Vice President of the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy , where he works towards transforming the city of Dubai into an international technology hub. Saeed was previously the Director of Dubai Future Academy, an initiative under Dubai Future Foundation. He has also led projects for the foundation such as the Global Coders Initiative , the 1 Million Arab Cod...

Noor Sweid is the Managing Partner of Global Ventures , a UAE-based international venture capital firm with presence in Cairo, Jeddah, Riyadh, Tunis and Lagos. Noor was the Chief Investment Officer at The Dubai Future Foundation and Managing Partner at Leap Ventures .Prior, Noor joined her family business, Depa, where she scaled the business tenfold, executed four cross border acquisitions and led...