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E319 | EUVC Awards | Marc-Olivier Luecke, General Partner at Atlantic Labs, and Christian Siewek, co-founder and MD at Vimcar on Vimcar exit

29 May 2024

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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. They focus on pre-seed rounds but occasionally go for seed rounds. They focus mostly on Climate & Energy, AI & Data, and European Deep Tech. Some of the most notable investments from their portfolio are: Choco, Zenjob, Wandelbots, Again, and of course Vimcar.We’re going to dive deep into the exit of Vimcar that happened in January 2023, together with Marc and Christian and make sure to touch on things like:the thesis of Atlantic Labs and why they invested in Vimcarthe challenges of building a company like Vimcarthe journey of going from pre-seed to Series B and exit to Battery Ventures… and more that we invite you to discover below.Go to eu.vc for our core learnings and the full video interview 👀Chapters:00:23 Overview of Atlantic Labs00:49 Vimcar's Journey and Exit04:13 Investment Thesis and Founding Story05:24 Early Challenges and Solutions08:19 Series A Fundraising Journey13:48 Series B and Expansion21:38 Reflections on VC and Founder Dynamics37:22 Investor Alignment and Ambitions40:10 Series B Funding and Expansion40:37 Challenges During the Tech Reset43:07 Strategic Decisions in 202244:02 Reflections on Growth and Sales Strategies51:14 Engaging with M&A Advisors55:53 The Acquisition Process and Challenges01:04:44 Post-Exit Integration and Leadership

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E319 | EUVC Awards | Marc-Olivier Luecke, General Partner at Atlantic Labs, and Christian Siewek, co-founder and MD at Vimcar on Vimcar exit

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