Mathias Eklöf is a serial entrepreneur and investor with multiple startup exits. He is currently running his own investment company Hype Ventures. With extensive entrepreneurship experience, especially in Russia and Ukraine, Mathias is one of the leading early stage investors actively focusing on Ukrainian startups despite the war. He also has a background from the Swedish military and enjoys giving direct opinions making Mathias a perfect guest for conversation about the investment climate and geopolitical trends in the region.In this episode we talk about:Hype Ventures and Mathias’s entrepreneurship journeyHow Ukrainian startups have adapted to the warHow investors look at UkraineRegional outlook in the context of warThe episode was recorded on June 10, 2022The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps:01:45 - Introduction and how Mathias became an investor in Ukrainian startups07:50 - How have Ukrainian startups reacted to the war environment10:50 - Mathias’s first reaction to the war in the first week after February 24th14:50 - How do Ukrainian founders look at working in Ukraine in the medium to long term18:20 - How other western investors look at investing in Ukraine22:00 - What are the key reasons for investing in Ukraine today26:30 - How has the war impacted investment attractiveness for the Baltics?31:00 - On the regional security outlook in the context of the warTo reach out to Mathias please use:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathias-eklof-glorytoukraine/Website: https://hypeventures.io/ Support Ukraine: https://spendwithukraine.com/ Find over 60 other full length podcast episodes on > https://www.pursuitofscrappiness.co/ Support for this episode comes from Nexpay > https://paynexpay.com/===See the video content exclusively on Linkedin > https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-of-scrappiness/ Questions/suggestions? Join our Telegram group > https://t.me/pursuitofscrappiness Watch select full-length episodes on our YouTube channel > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP6ueaLnjS-CQfrMCm2EoTA Support the show

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