EUVC

Today we are happy to welcome Annelie Ajami, Founder & General Partner of Anamcara Capital, a pre-seed and seed stage venture fund investing in B2B companies focused on building technologies for SMBs. Anamcara invests across Europe and opportunistically MENA.

In this episode you’ll learn:

– How Annelie went from first envisioning a 3$m fund, then 5m and finally land on 10m

– How Annelie thinks about investing into SMB tech-enablement and the verticals of fintech and future of work within that space

– How to think about building a “platform value add” as a solo GP and the role of specialization in delivering on this

– The importance of strategic LPs and advisors as a specialized solo GP

Today we are happy to welcome Julia Padberg and René Savelsberg, partner and managing partner at SET Ventures. Julia's mission is to reduce the climate impact of the energy sector through digital innovation, together with industry-leading entrepreneurs. René co-founded SET Ventures in 2007. He has 25+ years of experience in technology investing in both deeptech and in energy transition with a background in corporate venturing and venture capital.

In this episode you’ll learn:

– The origin story of SET Ventures, where they got their name from

– How the climate VC landscape has evolved over time and where we are headed

– What allowed SET to survive - even thrive - through the big CleanTech wipeout in the early days

– Culture & firm building and its importance to building and retaining talent

Welcome to a very special episode where we've brought the founders of Vauban, Rémy and Ulric on for a deep dive on the story behind the acquisition of Vauban by Carta. You'll hear all about the founding story of Vauban, how they continue hustling to create the infrastructure for European venture and what's to come.

In this episode you’ll learn:

- The love story of Rémy and Ulric and what the future has in store for them as founders, investors and people
- The big reveal of the story behind the sale to Carta - and where Vauban will go to next
- How Ulric and Rémy see the future of private markets in Europe and beyond

Today's episode is a special one, as we are happy to welcome John Dutton, Head of UpLink at the World Economic Forum, as our co-host. John will tell you all about the Innovative Funds for our Future. And as our guest, we welcome Sandra Osborne Kartt, Managing Director of Investments at ImpactAssets.

– A rare peak into how the WEF’s Uplink supports the VC ecosystem

– How Sandra as an important LP in multiple climate funds thinks about their investments

– How the funds were selected for the Innovative Funds Program and what's to come

– An opinionated but loving run-through of the selected funds by Andreas, John and Sandra

Today's episode is a special one, as we share with our audience the amazing content from Nada, from the Braving Innovation Podcast. Nada hosts conversations with global leaders in the field of Innovation, Technology and Leadership. She dives into transformational stories from startup founders and thought leaders in Innovation and Venture Capital. And this time, the tables were flipped, as David and Andreas acted as her guests.

In this episode you’ll learn:

– Why David and Andreas found their way into venture and hooked up to build EUVC

– Why we need to preach VC to the wider ecosystem more and how it might be done

– How syndicated LP investments can help build your career in venture and get you ready for greatness at any stage of your journey

– Why and how skill, network and diversification are the key factors that the EUVC LP syndicates focus on building

This is a special EUVC episode straight from the Engaged Investments conference in Prague, hosted by our friends from Depo Ventures. Shout out to Petr who was kind enough to invite us. This is the recording of the panel “Perspective of LPs and VCs on the current market situation” which had the participation of our hosts Andreas and David; Ondřej, general partner at Credo Ventures; Vuk, venture capitalist at RSJ Investments; Michal, managing partner at DEPO Ventures; and Michal, principal at VentureFriends.

In this episode you’ll learn:

– How have the panelists have adapted their thinking and actions to fit the current market situation

– Why Ondrej & Credo chose to bring their fund size down from 100M€ to 75M€ for fund IV & How Vuk as their LP thought about that

– The contrarian theses that the panel holds on how to win big in the current market

– What the panel thinks investors should be most wary of when it comes to investing into VC funds and startups these days

Today, we are happy to welcome Tim Draper, founder of the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. He funded Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, and numerous other well-known unicorns at the seed stage. He is a supporter and global thought leader for entrepreneurs everywhere, and a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies.

In this episode you’ll learn:

– The origin story of the Draper empire and why Tim built and scaled via a completely different model - including a TV show that now has 11 million viewers!

– How Tim thinks about succession and partnership structures as well as putting his name behind the business

– How Tim thinks about Europe and what our biggest opportunity and challenge is

– Why Tim thinks the EUVC LP Syndicate model is “very interesting”!

Today we are happy to welcome Bo Ilsoe, managing partner of NGP Capital. From his current base in Geneva, Switzerland he has developed NGP Capital from initial commitments of $25M to more than $1.6B investing in the US, Europe, and China. Bo has through his portfolio exits created more than $3.0B in shareholder value during his time as an investor. A technologist at heart, he believes in the positive transformative effects technology has on society.

In this episode you'll learn:
- The origin & development story of NGP, the highly successful global VC, backed by Nokia
- Why NGP has focused on the Series A and onwards stage
- How Bo thinks about innovation horizons and how it affects the investment thesis of NGP
- How Bo thinks about firm building, decision making and winning as a global team of 25 of which 15 are investors and 5 partners
- Why Bo believes VCs owe founders to push them and be wary of becoming too founder friendly

This is a special EUVC episode straight from the Engaged Investments conference in Prague, hosted by our friends from Depo Ventures. Shout out to Petr who was kind enough to invite us. This is the recording of the panel “Why should business Angels invest in VC?" which had the participation of our host Andreas Munk Holm; Petr Sima, partner at DEPO Ventures; Mikk Orglaan, founding partner at Fstage.vc; Vojta Rocek, partner at Presto Ventures; and Tobias Rataj, who is an angel investor.

Today we are happy to welcome Borys Musielak, Founding Partner at SMOK Ventures. They help fund top early stage entrepreneurs (checks from €50k to €1M) based in Central & Eastern Europe, focusing on software and gaming startups. We were fortunate to record live with Borys during this years edition of How To Web.

In this episode you’ll learn:

– Why Borys is in love with Bucharest and the How To Web (hint: it’s not only coffee!)

– The hilarious story behind the name SMOK and how it ties into a small kiss, a hairy ball AND a dragon

– What the Silicon Valley roots of SMOK impacts how Borys and his team acts, works and invests

– How Borys thinks about growing from a 10M€ Fund I to a 50M€ Fund II and its impact on SMOK

- Borys’ views and insights on the state-backed VC programs that have been run in Poland and the CEE region.

- How Borys thinks about the Russian/Ukranian crisis and how the VC market is reacting to it.