TechChill Podcast

There has been much speculation that 2022 will be tough for the Baltic VC market to handle - mainly due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the economic fragility of the region, and the lack of constant flow of startup funding. However, numbers show that Baltic startups still have faired well during the past year and new/old funds have kept on emerging. Will 2023 be no different? Where do Baltic VCs see the most potential - early stage or later ones? Expanding or narrowing geographies? What is a good founder in these times?

Speakers:

🔸Donatas Keras, Partner at Practica Capital

🔸Andris K. Bērziņš, Partner at Change Ventures

🔸Siim Teller, Managing Partner at Lemonade Stand

Moderator:

🔸Jone Vaituleviciute, Managing Partner at FIRSTPICK

This panel was a part of TechChill 2023

TechChill is the leading Baltic tech and startup event, held on April 26-28, 2023. The event brought together aspiring startups, international investors, innovative corporations, tech enthusiasts, and inspirational minds from around the world to share their stories and insights.

Find out more: https://www.techchill.co/

What happens after a successful exit? Musixmatch founder and CEO Max Ciociola sits down for a candid chat about what you need to know if you are considering being acquired. Learn about the real logistics around an exit, and how a passion for music led to creating the world's largest music metadata and lyrics database using the latest AI and machine learning and partnerships with YouTube, Google, Apple Music, and Spotify, Instagram, etc.

Speakers:

🔸Max Ciociola, CEO & Founder at Musixmatch

🔸Cate Lawrence, Senior writer at Tech.eu

This fireside was a part of TechChill 2023

TechChill is the leading Baltic tech and startup event, held in April 26-28, 2023. The event brought together aspiring startups, international investors, innovative corporations, tech enthusiasts, and inspirational minds from around the world to share their stories and insights.

Find out more: https://www.techchill.co/

Speakers:

🔸Ilona Bernotaitė, Chief People Officier at KiloHealth

🔸Liina Laas, Head of Expansion CEE at Deel

🔸Kaarel Holm, Co-Founder at Meetfrank

Moderator:

🔸Līva Pērkone, Co-Founder at Helve

Panel discussion was a part of TechChill 2023

TechChill is the leading Baltic tech and startup event, held in April 26-28, 2023. The event brought together aspiring startups, international investors, innovative corporations, tech enthusiasts, and inspirational minds from around the world to share their stories and insights.

Find out more: https://www.techchill.co/

This session pulls back the curtain on one of the biggest recent acquisitions on the Latvian tech scene. Learn about what actually happened in the days, weeks, and months before Nordigen was bought out in 2022, and how the newly integrated company will help GoCardless become a global open banking powerhouse. The speakers will also share their views on how to succeed in the current macroeconomic environment, including how to make your business more attractive to buyers, the key to successful integrations and who will win when times get tough.

Speakers:

🔸Rolands Mesters, Vice President of Bank Account Data at GoCardless

🔸Paul Stoddart, President at GoCardless

Moderator:

🔸Gwen Sandberg, Investor at Inventure

Panel discussion was a part of TechChill 2023

TechChill is the leading Baltic tech and startup event, held in April 26-28, 2023. The event brought together aspiring startups, international investors, innovative corporations, tech enthusiasts, and inspirational minds from around the world to share their stories and insights.

Find out more: https://www.techchill.co/

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Our today’s guest is Donatas Keras - entrepreneur, investor and founding partner at Practica Capital. On this episode, we covered knowledge exchange in the ecosystem, cap tables - good and bad deals and startup interest in how VC’s work. Tune in for...

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