Today we kick off a new series of podKasts in which we interview some of Europe’s best VCs and fund managers.

To start this series we had the pleasure of spending some time with Staffan Helgesson and Peter Specht of Creandum, one of Europe’s iconic firms with a portfolio that includes the likes of Spotify, iZettle, depop and many others.

Creandum has just turned 20 and we took a trip down memory lane with Staffan and Peter to understand the origin of the firm, which Staffan helped co-found, and its evolution over the years.

At Kfund we’ve gotten to know the firm pretty well since we’re co-investors in Factorial and Abacum, and we’re quite excited to finally release this episode, which was recorded in June.

In this episode, we talked to Staffan and Peter about the following topics:

- The ethos of Creandum and how the firm came to be

- Firm legacy: How they nurture talent and how they’ve expanded the team over the years

- How to manage the geo expansion of a firm: from Stockholm to multiple offices in 4 different countries

- How they make investment decisions

- How they think about liquidity: selling early, staying until IPO, secondaries, etc

- Why they’ve decided to stay true to seed and Series A instead of expanding to other investment stages

- Their thoughts on the Spanish startup ecosystem

- And many more topics