Venture Capital Unlocked
Episodes
#6: INVESTOR: Balancing Vision and Reality in Startup Fundraising || Arve Fresvik
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Venture Capital in today’s AI-dominated, sustainability-pressured market?In this episode, we sit down with Arve Janbu Fresvik, Founding Partner at M...
#5: INVESTOR: Vetting a Startup for Long-Term Value Creation || Arne Tonning
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What really matters when raising venture capital: a polished pitch deck or the founder behind the startup?Alliance Venture partner Arne Tonning, revea...
#4: INVESTOR: How to Build a Startup Ecosystem for Industrial Tech Companies || Tor Bækkelund
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world of fast-moving tech, why are major industries still falling behind?Co-founder of Runway FBU, Tor Bækkelund, takes us through his journey f...
#3: INVESTOR: The Smart Fundraising: Equity, Timing, and Hidden Risks || Helga Valfells
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Founders keep getting it wrong about fundraising, pitch decks, and cap tables.Helga Valfells, founding partner at Crowberry Capital, shares the bigges...
#2: INVESTOR: VCs should focus on building, not just raising money? || Finn Persson
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do venture capitalists actually decide which startups to fund? Sitting down with Finn Persson, founding partner at Spintop Ventures, we unpack wh...
#1: INVESTOR: Ilkka Kivimäki || Building and Backing Bold Ideas
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode, we sit down with Ilkka Kivimäki, founding partner at Maki VC and a cornerstone of Finland’s startup ecosystem, to unpack how ...