EU-Startups Podcast

From 0 to $100M ARR

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Interview with Pieterjan Bouten, Founding and Managing Partner at Entourage

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  • The motivations and early influences that drove Pieterjan to start building companies.
  • Lessons from scaling Showpad from zero to $100M ARR and +500 employees globally.
  • How his perspective on founders has shifted after sitting on both sides of the table - as a CEO and now as an investor.
  • The rationale behind combining a venture studio and VC fund at Entourage, and how the two models complement each other.
  • Where Entourage fits into today’s European VC ecosystem, amid sector-specific funds and cautious capital deployment.
  • The role of communities like Wintercircus in fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and ambition among the next generation of founders.
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