Let’s be honest. Starting a company is challenging and full of questions for any new founder. But step by step, piece by piece, it all comes together — and you start to see the bigger picture. On ‘The Early Stages Podcast by APX’, host Søren brings together founders and experts to discuss one key topic around building a company, sharing their personal experiences, learnings, and advice for other up-and-coming entrepreneurs. We publish a new episode every second week focused on one topic at a time. Let’s get started!

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APX is Europe’s leading earliest-stage VC. Based in Berlin and backed by Axel Springer and Porsche, we support the most ambitious pre-seed startups. Find out more on APX.vc.

In the sixth and last episode, host Julia meets Anna Banicevic, co-founder of the global boat rental platform Zizoo, Hendrik Schriefer, Co-Founder of the people development platform Sharpist (both APX alumni), and APX Director of Finance & Portfolio, Melanie Schröder. They talk about the challenges of growth and how to find the right speed.

In the fifth episode of our podcast series, our host Julia meets Rapha Steil, Co-Founder of Quin, Evgeniya Polo, Co-Founder of Emmora and APX Alumni as well as Robert Martin, Venture Manager at Porsche Digital and advisor to startups in the APX portfolio. They talk about their experiences with accelerator programs.

In the third episode, our host Julia meets Jonas Vossler, Co-Founder of Flow Lab, Dimitri Gärtner, Co-Founder of Framen, and APX Investment manager Maja Markowitz. Julia picks their brains about the mindset you need and pitfalls to overcome when committing to an idea and turning it into a business.

In the second episode of our podcast series „The Early Stages“, our host Julia meets Lukas Rintelen, Co-Founder of RecTag, Kris Laumann, Co-Founder of Dilecy and Jörg Rheinboldt, who is one of the founding managing directors of APX. They discuss the challenges of finding the right teammates and share the strategies they use. No matter what idea you have and in which area you want to start up — answering this question will determine your future success: With whom do you want to start your business?

In the first episode, our host Julia meets Eliza-Marija Hirvensalo, Co-Founder at Dogo, Linda Ahrens, Co-Founder of Unown, and Yoni Goldwasser, Director of Venture Development at APX, to talk about the earliest stage of the startup journey: the ideation phase.

Our podcast series “The Early Stages” walks you through the “Startup Journey” in six episodes – from founding to funding and growing your startup. In each episode, host Julia comes together with founders and an APX expert to discuss one stage in the process of building a company, sharing their personal experiences, learnings, and advice for other up-and-coming entrepreneurs.