VC10X - Investing, Venture Capital, Asset Management, Family Office, Wealth Management

Christian Rangen is the Chairman and Co-founder at Link Capital. One of the most active investors in the Nordic Region. In this episode, we talk about : - Investment thesis at Link Capital - Nordic Startup Ecosystem - Why startups need to think about an exit strategy from the very early stages? - How to pick the right investors to navigate toward an exit? - Christian's biggest learning investi...

Mathias Pastor is a Co-founder of Semper, where they're helping companies & employees make the most of their equity via the secondary market In this episode, we talk about : - How Semper helps employees get liquidity by selling their ESOPs in the secondary markets? - How investors can get access to amazing secondary deals on Semper? - What do employees need to know about Employee Stock Opt...

Regan is a Managing Partner at Lattice Fund where they're investing in Pre-seed & Seed stage crypto startups. In this episode, we talk about: - What got Regan into the crypto industry? - How do they evaluate crypto startups? - Biggest challenges facing the crypto industry & lots more Links mentioned: Email Regan - regan@lattice.fund Follow Regan on Twitter - https://twitter.com/reganbo...

Scott Shane is the Managing Partner at Comeback Capital. Scott was previously a professor & researcher on entrepreneurship. He's also an LP in several startup accelerators. In this episode, we talk about : - Scott's story & how he started investing - Investment thesis at Comeback Capital - His research on if entrepreneurship is in the genes? - What gets investors excited in a start...

Shubhankar Bhattacharya is a General Partner at Foundamental where they're investing globally in startups operating in ConstructionTech. In this episode, we talk about: - What is ConstructionTech? - How's it different from PropTech? - Why productivity is low in construction? - What they learnt from investing in InfraMarket & Tul? - Construction being a major contributor of greenhouse g...

Dr. Francisco Saraiva Gomes, Founding Partner, and Chief Investment Officer at Ocean 14 Capital, where they're investing in venture and growth companies and technologies that offer sustainable solutions for our ocean, whilst generating an attractive return for our investors. In this episode, we talk about: - Why is it important to pay attention to our oceans? - Biggest problem areas or sub-sec...

Michael Cardamone is the Founder & CEO at Forum Ventures. Michael was one of the first 30 employees at Box in a BD role. After 6 years in operating roles, he launched Forum Ventures. He is also an angel investor in a dozen companies, including in the seed round of Flexport. Forum Ventures now runs an accelerator, a VC fund, and a Venture Studio. In this episode, we talk about: -The story of ho...

Anuj Mehta is the India Investment Lead at Rise Capital, where he's leading the India investment strategy. Anuj has previous stints at Kalaari Capital & Entrepreneur First. In this episode we talk about: - Anuj's story & how he started investing - Facts & figures that make India a great place to invest - Most exciting sectors - 5 M's they use to evaluate startups - His bigg...

Alka is the Founding Partner at Alkemi Growth Capital, where they're on a mission to elevate the Health and Well-Being of the Indian consumer while maximizing returns to their shareholders. In this episode we talk about- - Alka's story & how she started investing - Investment Thesis at Alkemi Growth Capital - Exciting Portfolio companies - Evolution of Indian Startup Ecosystem - Bigges...

Judah Taub is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures. Previously, Judah served as Head of Data for Lansdowne Partners ($20B London-based Hedge Fund), as well as an advisor to multiple young start-ups. In this episode we talk about: - Impact of public markets on private investing - How to think about startup valuations amid a downturn? - Sticky Developer salaries - Reason behind layoffs -...

Ryan is a Founding Partner at Midnight Venture Partners, a seed/growth stage DTC investor. In this episode, we talk about: - How Midnight Venture Partners got started? - Trends in the DTC space - Common mistakes that you see DTC founders make - Cost-effective acquisition channels - Difference between DTC & Retail - Importance of retention - Why sustainability products need to be better than co...

Mia is an Operating Principal at Four Cities Capital, where she's the only full-time employee while being in her early 20s. We talk about: - How a cold email got Mia her first job into Venture Capital? - Advice on how to get into VC - Her work at Four Cities Capital as the only full-time employee - How to build momentum while LP fundraising? - Similarities between building a Sales Pipeline &am...

Daniel is a Partner at Vine Ventures investing in Psychedelics & wellness startups. In this episode, we talk about- - What is Psychedelics? - State of Mental Health - Psychedelics as a solution to mental health - Perception around psychedelics - Regulations around psychedelics - Is psychedelics a VC backable sector? - Vine Reciprocity pledge & lots more Links mentioned: Email Daniel: dt@vi...

Nadav Steinmetz is a Co-founder at Climate First, a next-generation climate tech accelerator, scaling Israeli climate innovation, and paving its pathway to global markets. They support early-stage climate tech startups with significant decarbonization potential, by providing access to deep-tech startup knowledge, expertise, and a global network of mentors, partners and VC’s. In this episode we tal...

Anand is Principal at Nexus Venture Partners where he is focused on investing in early-stage (seed, Series A) teams driven to solve large impact challenges. He is particularly interested in Fintech/Insuretech, SaaS, Health and solutions for "Bharat". We talk about: - Anand's story & how he started investing? - Investment thesis at Nexus Venture Partners - Deploying $700 Million g...

Michael Joseph is a Founding Partner at Ion Pacific, where they are providing liquidity to the world of venture capital by investing in startup secondaries. Earlier this year they announced a $133.6 Million Fund focused on investing in the secondary market. In this episode, we talk about: - What are secondaries? - Why is now a great time to invest in startup secondaries? - How they provide liquidi...

Rich Grant is the founder & Managing Partner at Touchdown Ventures, a venture capital firm that partners with leading corporations to manage their corporate venture capital investment programs. In this episode we talk about: - What are Corporate VCs? - How is a Corporate VC different from a typical VC firm? - Why big corporations start their VC programs? - How Touchdown helps corporations set...

Dominic Lau is a Partner at Ripple Ventures, leading pre-seed and seed-stage investments ($250K to $1M) into enterprise software, developer tools, and web3 infrastructure companies at Ripple Ventures. Also supporting student and first-time founders with $25-50K checks building in the same categories through the Ripple Fellow Fund. In this episode we talk about: - Why Ripple Ventures started the st...

Shashank is a Co-founder of 100x.vc - India's first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups via iSAFE notes. In this episode we talk about: - Shashank's story & how he started investing - Targeting to invest in 100 companies every year - Investment thesis at 100x.vc - Why India is the next big thing? - What are iSAFE notes? - Who can apply for funding from 100x.vc? - Exciting po...

Yash Patel leads Telstra Ventures' consumer tech investing efforts, with an emphasis on esports/gaming, social media, ecommerce, web3 and SaaS. Yash has sourced and led TV’s investments in BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC), Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP), Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ), Near (Nasdaq: NIR), MPL among others In this episode we talk about: - How Yash makes investment decisions? - What are Network Effects?...

Robert Cote founded COTE Capital with a mission of finding, funding, and scaling breakthrough innovations that can have an impact in the world for people and bring advanced manufacturing back to America. We talk about: -What is IP Capital? - How is IP Capital different from Venture Capital? - What's broken about Venture Capital? - How the IP investing model works? - How IP Capital turns Ventur...

Kristina Chapple is a Director at 11Tribes Ventures where they're investing in purpose-driven founders with a special focus on founder wellness. Previously Kristina was working at a Private Equity firm before making the switch to Venture Capital. We talk about: - Kristina's story and how she started her journey in Venture Capital - What does founder-friendly investing look like in practice...

Jonathan is the Founder & General Partner of Space. VC. Jonathan is an active advisor to Space startups globally, serving on Board of Directors, advising prospective entrepreneurs and international Space Agencies. Previously, Jonathan was the Founder of an enterprise software company, Jebbit, in the digital experience & data infrastructure space. The company would go on to raise $90M+ in v...

Ethan is Founder & General Partner at Newtype Ventures where they're investing in underrepresented founders. In this episode we talk about: -Investment thesis at Newtype Ventures -How investing in underrepresented founders gives better returns? -Having internal democracy while making investment decisions -Some exciting portfolio companies and lots more.. Portfolio companies mentioned: Sendme-...

Tristin is a General Partner at Spark, a VC fund, incubator & venture studio investing in Esports & Creator economy. He's an avid creator & a 15 times founder. We talk about: - Tristin's story & how he started investing - How he operates a Startup incubator, VC fund & Venture Studio at the same time - How to think about investing in Esports? - How's the creator economy shaping...