EUVC
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#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...
#25 Simão Cruz, Lightshift Capital
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At just 25 years of age, Simão already has the achievements of a lifetime under his belt; Found a watch brand, check. Join corporate bank and rise to...
#24 Ertan Can, Multiple Capital pt.2
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ertan Can is the founding managing partner of Multiple Capital, one of Europe's truly visionary Fund of Funds pioneering micro-VC and Seed fund invest...
#23 Ertan Can, Multiple Capital, pt. 1
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ertan Can is the founding managing partner of Multiple Capital, one of Europe's truly visionary Fund of Funds pioneering micro-VC and Seed fund invest...
#22 Cyrus Shey, Bregal Milestone
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cyrus Shey is the managing partner of Bregal Milestone, a 500 M€ growth fund investing all across Europe. Bregal Milestone pioneers a sourcing strat...
#21 Vinoth Jayakumar, Draper Esprit
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vinoth Jayakumar is a Partner at Draper Esprit - one of Europe's very few publicly listed VC firms. They were first founded in 2006 and now manage mor...
#20 Lara Koole, Carbon Equity, pt 2
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lara Koole is the co-founder of Carbon Equity, the first global alternative climate investment platform and one of the most ambitious attempts to demo...
#19 Lara Koole, Carbon Equity, pt 1
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lara Koole is the co-founder of Carbon Equity, the first global alternative climate investment platform and one of the most ambitious attempts to demo...
E18 | EUVC | Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital, part 2
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Schorge is the founding and managing partner of Isomer Capital, one of the most formative Fund of Funds in the European ecosystem. This is the sec...
E17 | EUVC | Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital, part 1
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Schorge is the founding and managing partner of Isomer Capital, one of Europe's absolute strongest Fund of Funds. Joe started his career in techno...
#16 Chris Smith, Playfair Capital, pt 2
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Smith is the managing partner at Playfair Capital investing in seed & pre-seed in the UK, Europe and Israel. This is the second part of a two-pa...
#15 Ryan Floyd, Storm Ventures
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Floyd is a Founding Managing Director of Storm Ventures based in Silicon Valley but investing globally. He focuses on early stage enterprise SaaS...
#14 Chris Smith, Playfair Capital, pt 1
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Smith is the managing partner at Playfair Capital where he focuses on seed (and pre-seed) deals in the UK, Europe and Israel. Chris is particula...
#13 Nico Goulet, Adara Ventures
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nico Goulet is founding and managing partner of Adara Ventures where they focus exclusively on B2B startups solving complex problems with breakthrough...
#12 Yuri Navarro, Kanata Ventures
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yuri Navarro is the founder and managing partner at Kanata Ventures. At Kanata they invest in promising B2B Enterprise technology startups and help th...
#11 Pedro Vieira, Shilling Founders Fund
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pedro Vieira is a founding and managing partner at newly launched Shilling Founders fund. We dive deep with Pedro on everything from raising the fund,...
#10 Itxaso del Palacio, Notion Capital
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Itxaso Del Palacio is a Partner at Notion Capital, one of Europe’s strongest early-stage SaaS and enterprise tech investors. Notion Capital was foun...
#9 Kate Talbot, Marketing Strategist
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Talbot is Senior Forbes contributor and Marketing strategist for great VC firms such as Plexo Capital, Community Fund and Flybridge. Kate has a b...
#8 Pedro Vieira, 500 startups
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pedro Vieira is Europe & Africa Lead at 500 Startups where he is working with governments in building up their ecosystems and training & aligning all ...
#7 Andrés Dancausa, The Venture City
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andrés Dancausa is EMEA Partner at The Venture City. The Venture City helps diverse founders achieve global impact through a unique model bringing to...
#6 William McQuillan, Frontline Ventures, pt 2
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
William McQuillan is a founding partner of Frontline Ventures. This is the second part of a two-part episode with William. If you haven't done it yet,...
#5 William McQuillan, Frontline Ventures, pt 1
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
William McQuillan is a founding partner of Frontline Ventures. Prior to starting Frontline, William was a founding employee at Ondra, an award-winning...
#4 Shomit Ghose, ONSET Ventures
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4 runs contrary to what the European VC stands for and features an American VC from the Valley. However, the focus is on looking from the outs...
#3 Michael Hansen, DanBAN
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 features Michael Hansen, the CEO of DanBAN, Denmark's leading Business Angel Association. DanBAN consist of more than 200 active Angels who ...
#2 Stephan Morais, Indico Capital Partners
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2 features Stephan Morais, founder and Managing Partner of Indico Capital Partners, a leading early-stage deep tech VC firm based in Portugal....
#1 Marc Lohrmann, Vesalius Biocapital
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 features Marc Lohrmann, Managing Partner of Vesalius Biocapital III, a 120 €M venture capital fund investing in late-stage companies in dr...
Teaser
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this teaser episode, Andreas and David briefly explain what The European VC is all about. It's short and straight to the point. You'll also get a c...