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Today we are happy to welcome Annie Theriault, Managing Partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures (CBIV), an impact venture capital firm investing in health technology companies addressing large international markets. Cross-Border focuses on expanding access to world class technologies within North America and Europe as well as to reach people living in emerging economies. Prior to founding CBIV, Annie worked with high impact companies to mobilize more than $100 million in non-dilutive capital as a venture capital investor and advisor.

In this episode you will learn:

- How come Cross-Border is one of the funds selected for the Innovative Funds at WEF and what's to come on the Program

- Why the only way to make money is with great co-investors

- And why any VC telling you they did it all by themselves is full of sh*t

Today we are happy to welcome Michiel Kotting, Partner at Northzone, a venture capital fund shaped by lives as entrepreneurs and investors. He leads Northzone’s investments focusing on SaaS, marketplaces, healthcare and AI.

In this episode you’ll learn:


- The journey from entrepreneur into VC

- How Northzone have managed to be relevant to founders as they’ve far outgrown their Nordic outspring

- The importance of culture and why the art of investing lies in mentoring people

- What emerging themes Michiel sees coming in VC

- How Michiel thinks about the tech crash, Northzone’s role and going forward from here

Today we are happy to welcome Monik Pham, co-founder of Pact VC, an early stage tech fund backing mission driven founders with global ambitions. They have over 40 years’ experience building businesses in Asia, Middle East and India, and a strong track record investing in them in the UK and Europe. Pact invests in seed-stage companies under three themes which they call their ABCs - Access, Betterment, and Climate.

In this episode you’ll learn:

- On Pact’s origin story and raising a fund, the route to their name and having Anne Hathaway as an LP

- Everything about Pact’s ABC thesis and how it connects and leverages the team’s track record and experience

- Why Pact enters with large initial tickets and how it impacts their operational setup

- A deep dive on impact & diversity in VC

Today we are happy to welcome Fridtjof Berge, Chief Business Officer and co-founder of Antler, a day zero investor and early-stage venture capital firm. Fridtjof works with a global team dedicated to developing the next generation of world-changing technology companies. He oversees external activities across the firm globally and serves as a member on its investment committees.

In this episode you’ll learn:
- The founding story of Antler, where the name came from & where the team drew inspiration from

- Why and how Fridtjof and the team built a rapidly scaled global VC firm

- The Antler GP Talent Thesis

- How Antler thinks about marrying local and global and the role of process and systems in doing so efficiently

- How Antler thinks about building GP teams for new locations

- Why Antler launched out of Singapore

Today we are happy to welcome one of Europe's true OG LPs: Chris Wade, co-founding Partner of Isomer Capital. With an extensive career as a founder, startup mentor and LP with more than 50 Venture fund investments under his belt, Chris is a guy you should want to know. At Isomer, Chris co-leads their fund investments and leads their co-investment program - and has a weekly section in the EUVC newsletter where he shares his perspectives and learnings from the week gone by. Tune in for the second of a two-part episode where we reflect on the year that has gone by and predict what is in stock for 2023.

In this episode you’ll learn:


– Why Chris believes 2022 was a year of landmark achievements in technology that we should all remember and why perseverance and necessity are key to innovation


– Why 2022 was also a year of tears, how Chris thinks about the war in Ukraine and it’s impact on society and venture capital


– What gives Chris hope going into the year of 2023

Today we are happy to welcome one of Europe's true OG LPs: Chris Wade, co-founding Partner of Isomer Capital. With an extensive career as a founder, startup mentor and LP with more than 50 Venture fund investments under his belt, Chris is a guy you should want to know. At Isomer, Chris co-leads their fund investments and leads their co-investment program - and has a weekly section in the EUVC newsletter where he shares his perspectives and learnings from the week gone by.

Tune in for the first of a two-part episode where we, in this instalment, explore .

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Chris’ path as an entrepreneur has formed his thinking and behavior as a limited partner
• Why Chris chose to devote his life to found and build Isomer Capital
• What guides Chris as an LP and how it informs you in your work with LPs
• Why venture capital is like the road to enlightenment for a buddhist monk

Today we are happy to welcome Patrick Newton, co-founder of Form Ventures, an early-stage VC focused on investing in startups that are disrupting regulated markets, or building in new markets that will face regulation. Patrick helps founders break down policy barriers and shape winning regulatory strategies.

In this episode you’ll learn:

- How Patrick got to found Form Ventures to fund the future regulated markets

- The surprising story about how Form was started as a 1M€ fund I to a 30M€ fund II

- How Patrick thinks about VC brand building from a strategic and tactical point

Today we are happy to welcome Sergey Jakimov founding partner of LongeVC, a venture capital company supporting early-stage biotech and longevity-focused founders that are changing the world. Sergey is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded 3 deep-tech ventures and raised more than $40 million in venture funding for his own ventures and as an entrepreneur in residence.

In this episode you’ll learn:
- How Sergey ended up doing longevity from a non-medical background

- How to think about longevity as a vertical and the frontiers of the space

- A deep dive on longevity techs frontiers: 1) Consumer adoption, 2) Age-related diseases (therapeutics and non-therepeutics), 3) Systemic rejuvenation of the human-being

- An usually light-hearted deep dive for the EUVC show on how we can all live longer and have better lives

Today we are happy to welcome Sasha Kaletsky, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Creator Ventures, a firm that invests and collaborates with content creators. This year they closed their first $20m fund, to invest globally in early-stage companies innovating in consumer-internet.
Together with his partner Caspar Lee, Co-Founder of influencer.com, a content creator with an audience of over 10 million across social channels, they help founders navigate the social media and influencer marketing landscape.

In this episode you’ll learn:

- All about how Creator Ventures leverages a strong network of celebrity co-investors

- Why Sasha has opted for a model with celebrity co-investors rather than celebrity LPs

- The direct & indirect value-add of celebrities, influencers & athletes for founders as well as VCs

- What Sasha’s advice to other emerging managers is and why quality LP updates are high on his agenda

Today we are happy to welcome Enis and Kaan, General Partner and Investor at 500 Emerging Europe, who the EUVC syndicate is investing into. In this episode, we dive deep on their recent rebrand from 500 Istanbul to 500 Emerging Europe, their emerging talent thesis and the value chain drift that’s causing emerging Europe to be such an overlooked opportunity. It was an absolute pleasure to meet up with the guys at How To Web and experience exactly how hot the ecosystem and the support for what Enis is building is.

**In this episode you’ll learn:

– How to think about growing a 10M€ fund I to a 70M€ fund II

– Why brand is the only competitive advantage in VC and how to build it

– The 500 Emerging Europe Talent thesis & it’s connection to the value chain drift that 500 is leveraging

– How Enis thinks about building a truly sustaining firm that may rise to dominance