Project A Podcast

Project A just raised its 375m USD fourth fund to continue investing in early-stage European tech companies. With 1 billion USD assets under management now, it's time to talk more about what we like to invest in, our operational model and what's next for the industry. For that our host Rainer is joined by Project A co-founder Uwe as well as new principals Mey and Leo from the investment team.

In our new episode, Hans Scheffer, CEO & Founder of Helloprint, the #1 marketplace for customised print products in Europe, shares his enthusiasm for company culture. Hans explains to Rainer Berak, Operating Partner at Project A, why he believes there is no silver bullet for organisational structure and for what reason founders should never compromise on culture.

In our new episode, Anna Brandt, Founder of Invested and Global Talent Leader, shares her learnings from scaling ventures from seed through hypergrowth. With 15+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition at Zalando, N26, and Uber, Anna brings a wealth of knowledge and Charlotte picks her brain on the do's and don'ts.

In our new episode, Rainer Break, Operating partner at Project A, welcomes Lubomila Jordanova, CEO & Co-founder at Plan A, a science-driven SaaS platform for carbon accounting, carbon reduction and ESG reporting. Lubomila gets to the bottom of why data is everything for Plan A and shares for what purpose it is so important to stand behind your values.

Tune in now to take a look behind the scenes of an ESG company.

In this episode, Philipp Glöckler, Co-host of Doppelgänger TechTalk Podcast and Co-founder of Lollipod, shares insights on his recent journey in founding Lollipod, a marketplace for podcast advertising. Philipp explains to Rainer Berak, Operating partner at Project A, why he believes success is behind every failure. An episode not to be missed by anyone interested in learning more about building product-first companies.

In this episode, Markus Müller, ex Head of Product at N26, Circ, Lector and Coach shares his learnings about running experiments that help us to evaluate digital product ideas before they were built.

Rainer Berak, Operating Partner at Project A has worked with plenty of founders over the past years. And thanks to Project A's network, he's in touch with hundreds more. Every founder and every company is different, but all startups have to tackle the same 5 topics if they want to build a successful company: Growth, Tech, People, Data and ESG.

Rainer is asking a standard set of 42 questions to all of them. Their answers are as individual as they are, but together they provide great guidance for all those who have decided to be entrepreneurs themselves.

This week's guest: Benedict Kurz, Co-founder at Knowunity

Rainer Berak, Operating Partner at Project A has worked with plenty of founders over the past years. And thanks to Project A's network, he's in touch with hundreds more. Every founder and every company is different, but all startups have to tackle the same 5 topics if they want to build a successful company: Growth, Tech, People, Data and ESG.

Rainer is asking a standard set of 42 questions to all of them. Their answers are as individual as they are, but together they provide great guidance for all those who have decided to be entrepreneurs themselves.

This week's guest: Markus Wübben, Co-founder at CrossEngage

In this episode, Jakob Knutzen, CEO at Butter, shares his learnings of introducing pricing for his community-led workshop platform. Charlotte picks his brain on the do's and don'ts and what Jakob would do differently next time. A mandatory listen for everyone looking to monetise their community.