EUVC
Episodes
#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...
#74 Pedro Ribeiro Santos, Armilar Venture Partners
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re happy to welcome Pedro Ribeiro Santos, Partner at Armilar Venture Partners, a Portuguese VC firm with a history of more than 20 years, a...
#73 Mathias & Julian, Speedinvest
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to welcome you to Mathias Ockenfels and Julian Blessin, general partner and partner at Speedinvest’s Marketplaces & Consumer team...
#72 Mads Jensen, SuperSeed
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to introduce you to Mads Jensen, managing partner of SuperSeed, a UK-based fund seed fund backing B2B software startups that use so...
#71 Andris Berzins, Change Ventures
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to introduce you to Andris Berzins, Managing Partner at Change Ventures, the first and largest truly pan-Baltic pre-seed/seed fund....
#70 David Ventzel, Accelerace Invest & Overkill Ventures
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to introduce you to David Ventzel, formerly a founder and the GP of not one, but TWO VC funds, Accelerace Invest and Overkill Ventu...
#69 Mike Suprovici, VC Lab
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re joined by Mike Suprovici, Head of Acceleration at VC Lab, the 16 week VC Accelerator spun out of Founders Institute with a vision to hel...
#68 Andrea Traversone, Amadeus Capital Partners
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to welcome you to Andrea Traversone, Managing Partner at Amadeus Capital Partners. Since 1997, the firm has raised over $1bn for in...
#67 Johan van Mil, Peak Capital
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re welcoming Johan van Mil, co-founder and managing partner of Peak to The European VC 😍 Johan is a life-long entrepreneur, who has buil...
#66 Mike Reid, Frog Capital
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're happy to introduce you to Mike Reid, Founder and senior partner at Frog Capital, a growth stage fund focusing on the opportunity emerging ...
E65 | EUVC | LP Roundtable with Chris Wade, David Dana & Ertan Can
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re excited to bring to you the EUVC LP roundtable! We’ve gathered three of Europe’s master minds in VC fund investing for a candid, upfront d...
#64 Radu & Andrei, SeedBlink
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re happy to welcome you to Radu and Andrei, founders of SeedBlink - one of Europe’s upcoming platforms enabling investors to easily synd...
#63 The Memo - Acrobator Ventures, Joachim Laqueur & Mike Reiner
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With this special memo episode we’re launching the 3rd investment opportunity in the EU🔵VC Investment Club 👉 As always we dive deep with the G...
#62 Marc McCabe, Nomad Capital
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're psyched to introduce you to Marc McCabe, founder of Nomad Capital and one of the latest and greatest European micro VCs in our opinion. We love ...
#61 Andreas & Kevin, Sapphire Ventures
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 61st episode of The European VC, we're introducing you to Sapphire Ventures’ founding partner Andreas Weisskam and general partner Kevin Dies...
#60 The Memo - Pacenotes, Jeroen Van Doornik & Menno Rijnsburger
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It is with great excitement that we announce the second investment by The European VC Operator LP Syndicates 😍 In this special “Memo episode” w...
#59 Julius Bachmann, Journey
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to welcome you to a slightly provocative episode on VC Memes and well-intentioned founder-advise from VCs. It all started with Davi...
#58 Vlad Tropko, Digital Horizon VC
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re excited to introduce you to Vlad Tropko, Partner of Digital Horizon, a multi-stage VC fund investing in immigrant founders globally but ...
#57 Dick Sietses, Health Innovations
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re happy to introduce you to Dick Sietses, founding and managing partner of Health Innovations, an early stage fund for Dutch healthcare in...
#56 Matthew Le Merle, Blockchain co-investors
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 56th episode of The European VC is out and we’re talking to Matthew Le Merle, co-founder & managing partner of Blockchain co-investors, a blockc...
#55 Sean Seton-Rogers, PROfounders Capital
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re hyped to be introducing you to Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner and co-founder of PROfounders Capital. PROfounders invests 500k to 2M$ tickets...
#54 Sam Cash, Project A
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're happy to welcome you to Sam Cash, newly named Partner at Project A, a pan-European focused seed and Series A fund, with $600m under manag...
#53 Gary Sheynkman, Leyden Ventures
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Leyden, co-founder and GP of Leyden Ventures an early stage fund operating out of Dubai and have invested in breakout companies like Coinbase, Su...
#52 Claus Rehfeld, Business Angel
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Claus Rehfeld is a Danish Business Angel with a unique thesis around health tech and some strong contrarian perspectives. Claus sold his company that ...
#51 Winter Mead, Oper8r
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re happy to introduce you to Winter Mead, co-founder of oper8r, one of the world’s leading VC accelerators and which, since recording, h...
#50 Finn Murphy, Frontline
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Finn Murphy, newly-named Partner at Frontline Ventures, one of Europe’s leading B2B Enterprise VC firms. Finn is a true “Product-&-Growth...
#49 Cristobal Alonso, Startup Wiseguys
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #49: Cristobal Alonso, Startup Wiseguys Today, we're happy to introduce you to Cristobal Alonso, founder and CEO of Startup Wiseguys, one of E...
#48 Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Power Law by Sebastian Mallaby has been capturing headlines in the VC community lately. We sat down with him at The European VC to dive into his b...
#47 Rokas Peciulaitis & Tomas Kemtys, Contrarian Ventures
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking to Contrarian Ventures’ founding partner Rokas Peciulaitis and GP Tomas Kemtys. Contrarian focuses on Energy tech and smart mobi...
#46 The Memo - 500 Startups, Enis Hulli
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the inaugural launch episode of The EUVC Investment Club where we’re bringing everyone in our beautiful ecosystem together around backing...
#45 Daniela Couto, Biogeneration Ventures
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniela is a PhD-trained Biomedical Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in venture capital and building early-stage biotechnology companies...
#44 Al Ramadan, PlayBigger
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined by the famed Al Ramadan, author of the seminal book “Play bigger: how pirates dreamers and innovators create and dominate markets” wh...
#43 Luis Shemtov & Elad Verbin, Founding Partners of Lunar Ventures
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking to Luis Shemtov and Elad Verbin are two of the three founding partners behind Lunar Ventures - Europe's hands-down most technica...
#42 Denny Chared, DC Finance
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Denny Chared is the founder and CEO of The DC Finance Family Office and High Net Worth Community which has more than 2 thousand high net worth individ...
#41 Viktor Gällström, VEQ
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Viktor is an entrepreneur turned venture-builder turned venture investor and has hands-on experience from - as he says himself: "making all the classi...
#40 Ron Diamond, Stanford Global Family Office Center
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're diving deep with Ron Diamond on the future of family offices, their interaction with and impact on VC. Ron is the Founder of Diamond Wealth repr...
#39 David Dana, EIF, pt. 2
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of “Grilling & Myth-busting with the EIF” where we’re talking to David Dana, head of ICT investments at the EIF. In this...
#38 David Dana, EIF, pt. 1
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a very special edition of The European VC called "Grilling & Myth-busting with the EIF" as we're talking to David Dana, head of ICT investment...
#37 Oliver Holle, SpeedInvest
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver Holle is the founder and managing partner of Speedinvest with a whopping 600M€ AUM. We're diving deep into Oliver's investment strategy, his ...
#36 Enis Hulli, 500 Istanbul
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enis Hulli is General Partner of 500 Istanbul. Enis has founded and manages the best performing fund in the 500 Global fund family. In this episode, w...
#35 Jeroen van Doornik, Rabo Frontier Ventures
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeroen van Doornik is the managing partner of Rabo Frontier Ventures, a €200M FoF and co-investment fund with Rabobank as the sole LP. With Rabo, Je...
#34 Ulla Brockenhuus-Schack, Seed Capital
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ulla Brockenhuus-Schack is the managing partner of the Danish seed fund "Seed Capital." To many international VCs, Seed Capital is the local deal flow...
#33 Cristina Fonseca, Indico Capital Partners
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cristina Fonseca is a Venture Partner at Indico Capital Partners and one of Portugal's most successful tech entrepreneurs and a true pioneer in the ec...
#32 James Vanreusel, Vanreusel Ventures
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're doing something different for this episode as we dive deep with James Vanreusel, CEO & founder of Vanreusel Ventures CFO-advisor to a whole stri...
#31 Vlad Sarca, Sparking Capital, Cristian Munteanu, Early Game Ventures
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we dive deep on the wonderful Romanian ecosystem as we try to understand if Romania really is going to repeat the UI Path-success or i...
#30 J. Skyler Fernandes, Venture University & VU Venture Partners Pt.2
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of our interview with J Skyler, the founder and general partner of Venture University, the world's leading investor accelerato...
#29 J. Skyler Fernandes, Venture University & VU Venture Partners Pt. 1
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
J Skyler is the founder and general partner of Venture University & VU Venture Partners, a multi-stage venture capital fund focused on Consumer, Enter...
#28 Christian Hernandez, 2150
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Hernandez is a founding partner of the newly launched VC firm 2150, a climate VC fund focused on technology companies that seek to sustainab...
#27 Kjartan Rist, Concentric
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kjartan Rist is the founder and managing partner of Concentric, a UK/Denmark based Seed+ and Beyond fund focusing on B2B and B2B2C startups building s...
#26 Stephane Guinet & Michaël Niddam, Kamet Ventures
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we shed light on the growing phenomenon of Venture Builders in Europe which is becoming an ever more used entry path into VC for emerg...