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#174 Enrique Alvarado Hablutzel and Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, Chi Impact Capital
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Enrique Alvarado Hablitzel and Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, Co-Founders of Chi Impact Capital, the conscious impact in...
#173 Augustin Sayer, OVNI
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Augustin Sayer, General Partner at OVNI Capital, a VC seed fund specialising in France-based tech startups. Based in Par...
#172 Kim Lundberg, Export and Investment Fund of Denmark
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Kim Lundberg, Senior Portfolio Manager at the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, formerly known as Vækstfonden, a D...
#171 Nick de la Forge, Planet A
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Nick de la Forge, Co-Founder and General Partner of Planet A, a leading European GreenTech Fund looking to invest into s...
#170 Miguel Pinho, Seedcamp - Part II
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of Miguel Pinho's episode. Today we will explore the common misconceptions about the VC techstack and check his top tips for e...
#169 Andrus Oks, Tera VC and Martin Gorosko, EstBAN & Tehnopol - Latitude59
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a special episode, brought to you by Latitude 59, the flagship startup and tech event of the world’s first digital society taking plac...
#168 Miguel Pinho, Seedcamp - Part I
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you are a EUVC regular listener you know we've had a few of Seedcamp's stars on the show, but this will be a whole new ride. This is the first of a...
#167 Bryan Duarte and Keyona Meeks, BlackTech Capital
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Bryan Duarte and Keyona Meeks, the CoFounder and Managing Partner and the General Partner of BlackTech Capital, a Toront...
#166 Luca Zerbini, Una Terra
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Luca is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Una Terra, a €200M Venture Capital fund to accelerate European scale-ups fostering solutions to clima...
#165 Christian Jølck, 2150 VC and Rokas Peciulaitis, Contrarian Ventures
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode, recorded on the snowy mountains of Villars-sur-Ollon during the WEF's Uplink & Villars Institute Summit, where we had t...
#164 Isabelle O Keeffe, Sure Valley Ventures
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Isabelle O'Keeffe, partner at Sure Valley Ventures, an AI-focused VC firm which helps early-stage software entrepreneurs...
#163 Eleanor Kaye, Newton Venture Program
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Eleanor Kaye, Executive Director at Newton Venture Program, a joint venture of LocalGlobe and London Business School. Ne...
#162 Dmitry Galperin, Runa Capital
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is one for the geeks! 🤓 We are happy to welcome Dmitry, General Partner at Runa Capital in Berlin. He invests in cloud infrastructu...
#161 Thomas Otter, Acadian Ventures
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Thomas Otter, General Partner at Acadian Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that helps founders around the wo...
#160 Matthias Engel and Sven Heiligtag, Vireo Ventures
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Matthias Engel and Sven Heiligtag, Managing Partner and Partner of Vireo Ventures, an early-stage VC investing in seed a...
#159 Siim Teller, Lemonade Stand
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Siim Teller, Founder and General Partner of Lemonade Stand. After 20 years growing products in a number of startups (mos...
#158 Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Seedcamp
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Managing Partner at Seedcamp, arguably, Europe's leading seed fund, first launched in 2007 to su...
#157 José del Barrio, Samaipata
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome José, Founding Partner of Samaipata. Before joining the early-stage pan-European VC fund, José was the co-founder of L...
#156 Anne Solhaug Tutar, Antler
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Anne Solhaug Tutar, Partner at Antler Nordics, former entrepreneur and startup expert. At Antler, Anne has made more tha...
#155 Jon Coker, Eka VC
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Jon Coker, Founding Partner of Eka Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm that invests in Seed and early Series A...
#154 Diana Florescu, mediaforgrowth & Piyush Puri, Brand Capital International
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Diana Florescu and Piyush Puri. Diana is the CEO and Founder of mediaforgrowth, a media for equity advisory firm, specia...
#153 Edward van Wezel, BioGeneration Ventures
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Edward van Wezel, Founding and Managing Partner of BioGeneration Ventures. Launched in 2006, BGV has managed over 250 mi...
#152 Sara Rywe, byFounders
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Sara Rywe, Partner at byFounders - a €110m early-stage, community-powered, founders-led VC fund. Sara is an entreprene...
#151 Ali Karabey, 212
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Ali Karabey, Founding Partner at 212, a venture capital firm that backs B2B tech startups with 85 million dollars of com...
#150 Rune & Andreas, Ugly Duckling Ventures
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Rune Hven-Jensen and Andreas Green Rasmussen, Co-Founders and General Partners of Ugly Duckling Ventures, a VC firm that...
#149 Borys and Diana, SMOK
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome you to our favorite type of episode: our memo episode! That means we’ll be diving deep on a fund that the EUVC LP Synd...
#148 Premysl Rubes, Presto Ventures
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Premysl Rubes, Founder and Managing Partner of Presto Ventures, a Prague-based VC firm investing in early-stage (pre Ser...
#147 Annie Theriault, Cross-Border Impact Ventures
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Annie Theriault, Managing Partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures (CBIV), an impact venture capital firm investing in he...
#146 Michiel Kotting, Northzone
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Michiel Kotting, Partner at Northzone, a venture capital fund shaped by lives as entrepreneurs and investors. He leads N...
#145 Monik Pham, Pact VC
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Monik Pham, co-founder of Pact VC, an early stage tech fund backing mission driven founders with global ambitions. They ...
#144 Fridtjof Berge, Antler
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Fridtjof Berge, Chief Business Officer and co-founder of Antler, a day zero investor and early-stage venture capital fir...
E143 | EUVC | Chris Wade, Isomer - Part 2
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome one of Europe's true OG LPs: Chris Wade, co-founding Partner of Isomer Capital. With an extensive career as a founder, s...
E142 | EUVC | Chris Wade, Isomer - Part 1
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome one of Europe's true OG LPs: Chris Wade, co-founding Partner of Isomer Capital. With an extensive career as a founder, s...
#141 Patrick Newton, Form Ventures
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Patrick Newton, co-founder of Form Ventures, an early-stage VC focused on investing in startups that are disrupting regu...
#140 Sergey Jakimov, LongeVC
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Sergey Jakimov founding partner of LongeVC, a venture capital company supporting early-stage biotech and longevity-focus...
#139 Sasha Kaletsky, Creator Ventures
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Sasha Kaletsky, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Creator Ventures, a firm that invests and collaborates with content c...
#138 Enis Hulli and Kaan Eren, 500 EE
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Enis and Kaan, General Partner and Investor at 500 Emerging Europe, who the EUVC syndicate is investing into. In this ep...
#137 Jean Bourcereau, Ventech
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Jean Bourcereau, President and Managing Partner at Ventech. He has joined the company in 2000, acting as a facilitator o...
#136 Oliver Holle, Speedinvest
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a very special episode of EUVC where we dive deep with Oliver Holle, founding and managing partner of Speedinvest, for a one-of-a-kind (and...
#135 Gil Dibner and David Peterson, Angular Ventures
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome David Peterson and Gil Dibner, from Angular Ventures.Gil is the General Partner and Founder of Angular. He has been an a...
#134 Guillaume Fournier, Credo Ventures
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Guillaume Fournier, partner at Credo Ventures, a venture capital company focused on early stage investments in Central E...
#133 Alan Poensgen, Antler
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Alan Poensgen, Partner at Antler, a global early-stage VC active in the major startup ecosystems across six continents. ...
#132 Charlie Graham-Brown, Seedstars
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy welcome Charlie Graham-Brown, CIO & Co-Founder of Seedstars, a platform that educates thousands of tech founders each year and faci...
#131 Reshma Sohoni, Seedcamp
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome a real legend to the show; Reshma Sohoni, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Seedcamp. With Seedcamp, Reshma has not onl...
#130 Romain Diaz, Satgana
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Romain Diaz, Founder and CEO of Satgana, a Climate Tech Venture Capital firm, investing in early-stage pre-seed with fol...
#129 Frederik Groenewegen, 415 Capital
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Frederik Groenewegen, Co-Founder and General Partner of 415 CAPITAL. He has been an investor in more than a dozen of inn...
#128 Bogdan Iordache, Underline
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Bogdan Iordache, General Partner at Underline VC. Bogdan is also the founder of HowToWeb, the go-to conference for start...
#127 René Savelsberg & Julia Padberg, SET Ventures
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Julia Padberg and René Savelsberg, partner and managing partner at SET Ventures. Julia's mission is to reduce the clima...
#126 Rémy and Ulric, Vauban
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a very special episode where we've brought the founders of Vauban, Rémy and Ulric on for a deep dive on the story behind the acquisition o...
#125 John Dutton, World Economic Forum, & Sandra Osborne Kartt, ImpactAssets
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a special one, as we are happy to welcome John Dutton, Head of UpLink at the World Economic Forum, as our co-host. John will tell y...
#124 Special Episode - Braving Innovation at EUVC - Nada Ahmed
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a special one, as we share with our audience the amazing content from Nada, from the Braving Innovation Podcast. Nada hosts convers...
#123 Perspectives of LPs and VCs on the current market situation - Engaged
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special EUVC episode straight from the Engaged Investments conference in Prague, hosted by our friends from Depo Ventures. Shout out to Petr...
#122 Tim Draper, Draper Ventures
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are happy to welcome Tim Draper, founder of the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. He funded Baidu, Tesla, S...
#121 Bo Ilsoe, NGP Capital
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Bo Ilsoe, managing partner of NGP Capital. From his current base in Geneva, Switzerland he has developed NGP Capital fro...
#120 Why should business Angels invest in VC? - Engaged
22 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special EUVC episode straight from the Engaged Investments conference in Prague, hosted by our friends from Depo Ventures. Shout out to Petr...
#119 Borys Musielak, SMOK
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Borys Musielak, Founding Partner at SMOK Ventures. They help fund top early stage entrepreneurs (checks from €50k to €...
#118 Juan Alonso-Villalobos, Startup Wise Guys
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re happy to welcome Juan Alonso-Villalobos, Partner of Startup Wise Guys. This year, we had the pleasure of recording with Juan ...
#117 Mick Halsband, Lunar Ventures
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to introduce you to Mick Halsband, Founding GP of Lunar Ventures, a deep tech seed stage investor, backing technical founders solvi...
#116 Marvin Liao, Diaspora Ventures
08 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Marvin Liao, Partner at Diaspora VC and Board member at Game Groove Capital, an International Gaming Holding Company. He...
#115 Hampus Jakobsson, Pale Blue Dot
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are happy to welcome Hampus Jakobsson, General Partner at the early stage climate tech venture fund Pale Blue Dot. Prior to co-founding Pale...
#114 MENA Special Series - Sharif El-Badawi, Dubai Future District Fund
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the last of a four episode long special on the MENA region here at The European VC. This special series of episodes focuses on everything MENA...
#113 Peter Sandberg, Nordic Secondary Fund
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are happy to welcome Peter Sandberg, Founding Partner & Managing Director of Nordic Secondary Fund, the first and only fund in the Nordics t...
#112 The Memo: Startup Wise Guys, Cristobal Alonso - Fractory
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to yet another Memo-episode where we dive deep on one of the funds that we’re raising an EUVC community syndicate for - in other words; one ...
#111 Special UrbanTech VC episode with Thibault Chavanat, SIGNA
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is completely different. Actually, it’s not even an EUVC episode! We’ve just launched a new partnerpodcast “The UrbanTech VC” whi...
#110 Audrey Soussan, Ventech
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Audrey Soussan, General Partner at Ventech in its Paris office. The firm is deeply implicated in the evolution and diver...
#109 MENA Special Series - Laila Hassan, Algebra Ventures
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third of a four episode long special on the MENA region here at The European VC. Today, we’re welcoming Laila Hassan, General Partner at...
#108 Maria Dramalioti-Taylor, Beacon Capital
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Maria, founding managing partner of Beacon, a London-based fund that invests with a laser-sharp focus in enterprise tech...
#107 Special Series with Lindsay and Kemper of Industry Ventures on Navigating the current market
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another hot-off-the-press episode in our special series on navigating the current market with Europe's absolute VC elites.Today, we welcome...
#106 Francisco Ferreira Pinto, Bynd Venture Capital
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are happy to welcome Francisco, Partner and Executive Director of Bynd Venture Capital, an Iberian VC investor with more than 30 active inve...
#105 MENA Special Series - Omar Almajdouie, Raed Ventures
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second of a four episode long special on the MENA region here at The European VC. This special series focuses on everything MENA VC, bridg...
#104 Gesa Miczaika, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to introduce you to Gesa, General Partner of Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and Board Member of the German Startups Association. Auxxo ...
#103 Daniel Tomov, 11 Ventures
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode you will meet Daniel Tomov, Founding Partner of Eleven Ventures. Daniel is a pioneer in seed investments in Bulgaria and an entrepr...
#102 Rando Rannus, Siena Secondary Fund
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we're happy to welcome you to Rando Rannus, General Partner of Siena Secondary Fund. Rando is a founding member of Estonian Startup L...
#101 MENA Special Series - Kenza Lahlou, Outlierz Ventures
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of a four episode long special on the MENA region here at The European VC. This special series focuses on everything MENA VC, bridgi...
#100 David & Andreas interviewed by Tom, Affinity
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode marks the 100th episode of The European VC so we’ve shifted things up and turned the tables on your usual hosts. This time, David an...
#99 Jamie Macfarlane, Creator Fund
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are happy to welcome Jamie, CEO and Founder of Creator Fund - Europe’s leading university student focused fund. Jamie launched the fund in...
#98 John Frankel & Maciej Skarul, ffVC
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're happy to welcome John Frankel and Maciej Skarul.John founded ffVC back in 2008. ffVC is a leading New York City-based VC firm which has de...
#97 Anthony Danon, Cocoa Capital
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we're talking to Anthony Danon, co-founder of Cocoa, one of the hottest emerging managers in Europe these days pioneering a strate...
#96 Lindsay Sharma & Kemper Ahl, Industry Ventures
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we're happy to introduce you to Lindsay and Kemper, the UK-based team from Industry Ventures, a global 5 bn euro Fund of Funds. Linds...
#95 Apostolos Apostolakis, VentureFriends
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to welcome Apostolos Apostolakis, founding partner of VentureFriends, a leading European VC firm based out of beautiful and sunny G...
#94 Laurens Groenendijk, Dutch Founders Fund
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we're talking to Laurens Groenendijk, co-founder of Dutch Founders Fund, an founder-led early-stage venture capital firm from Amsterdam and...
#93 Special Series with Tom Wilson of Seedcamp on Navigating the current market
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another hot-off-the-press episode in our special series on navigating the current market with Europe's absolute VC elites.For today’s epi...
#92 Jimmy Fussing, Heartcore
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we’re talking to Jimmy, co-founder and partner of Heartcore Capital. He founded Heartcore in 2007 to challenge the traditional...
E91 | EUVC | Special series with Chris Wade of Isomer Capital on Navigating the current market
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For today’s special series episode on navigating the current market with Europe's absolute VC elites we’re talking to Chris Wade, Founding Partner...
#90 Alex Santos, Chamaeleon
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking to Alex Santos, founding partner of Chamaeleon, an early stage fund based in Silicon Valley doing first checks between 1 and 5 m...
#89 Special Series: Jimmy Fussing of Heartcore on Navigating the current market
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another hot-off-the-press episode in our special series on navigating the current market with Europe's absolute VC elites. For today’s ep...
#88 David Braga Malta, Pictet
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re happy to introduce you to David Braga Malta, a Life Sciences Entrepreneur, Inventor and Investor, currently managing the health focused ...
#87 Special series with Oliver Holle of Speedinvest on Navigating the current market
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of our special series on navigating the current market, we’re talking to an old friend of The European VC; Oliver Holle, founding a...
#86 Tom Wilson, Seedcamp
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we're talking to Tom Wilson, Partner at Seedcamp and recovering lawyer. Seedcamp requires little introduction to most, but let’s do it an...
#85 Special Series: Shmuel Chafets of Target Global on Navigating the current market
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re excited to bring you the first episode of a Special Series on navigating the current market. For this episode, we sat down with Shmuel ...
#84 The memo: Startup Wise Guys, Cristobal Alonso
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to yet another Memo-episode where we dive deep on one of the funds that we’re raising an EUVC community syndicate for - in other words; one ...
#83 LP Roundtable with Pacenotes, August & AlphaQ on navigating the current market
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve assembled a panel of LPs to discuss the current turbulent climate and give some insight into how they advise their VCs to act and react. Pleas...
#82 Maria Palma, General Partner at Kindred on ushering in equitable venture capital
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re joined by Maria Palma, the latest addition to the famed Kindred partnership. She joined Kindred from NY-based VC fund RRE, where she spe...
#81 Dilek Dayinlarli, Founding GP of ScaleX Ventures on Founder carry sharing schemes
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dilek is the founding and managing partner of ScaleX Ventures, a 30M€ Turkey-based pan-European fund investing in B2B software, AI, bioinformatics, ...
#80 Stephan Heller, Founding GP of AlphaQ on raising a 1bn€ FoF
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're happy to introduce you to Stephan Heller, founding partner of AlphaQ, a newly launched Fund of Fund in Berlin. The team is raising a 1 bn ...
#79 Special NextGen VC episode with Michelangelo Valtancoli, Stride VC
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts of The NextGen VC, Audrey and Ved, are joined by Michelangelo Valtancoli of Stride VC. The Stride team have invested in the likes of Cazoo, ...
E78 | EUVC | Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking news: First time Isomer Capital talks openly about their emerging manager cornerstone program. For our in-person interview with Joe Schorge, ...
#77 John Dutton, World Economic Forum & Catherine Dupere, Isomer Capital
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a bit different as we’re joined by Catherine Dupere, Partner at Isomer Capital and John Dutton, head of the World Economic Foru...
#76 Will Klippgen, Cocoon Capital
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to welcome Will Klippgen, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Cocoon Capital, a Singapore-based venture capital firm focusing on ear...
#75 Danijel Visevic, World Fund
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to welcome you to Danijel, founding partner at the World Fund. The fund was launched just this October 2021 focusing on funding cli...