Today, we have with us Stephan Heller, Founding Partner at AlphaQ Venture Capital. AQVC is an innovative, evergreen VC fund of funds focused on small VCs globally and democratizing diversified access to venture capital. Stephan is a seasoned tech entrepreneur and investor passionate about nurturing the next generation of innovative companies, developing robust platforms, and cultivating thriving ecosystems. Over the past 15 years, he has been deeply involved in the entrepreneurial...

Today, we have Carina Namih and Sten Tamkivi with us. Carina and Sten are Partners at Plural, a 400M EUR early-stage venture fund to back ambitious European founders on massive missions with hands-on help from experienced operators. Plural launched in June 2022 with the aim to give serious founders in Europe investors with company-building experience to match their ambition. Plural’s mission is to have a GDP-level impact on Europe, address systemic risks, and reduce the opportunity gap...

Today, we are joined by Mikko Silventola for a new episode of the SuperAngel podcast. Mikko is an angel investor, and Venture Partner at Superangel. 😉Mikko invests his own capital, but also via Magnetic Global Fund (Index Ventures Angel Fund), and he likes to provide capital for the underdogs in the ecosystem. He was the first investor in companies like: Bolt (previously Taxify, first investor & hands-on advisor, raised >$2B from Sequoia)Hugo (raised >$100M from TMT Investments, DST...

The landscape of venture capital is evolving, and Isomer Capital is at the forefront with its new fund designed to meet the dynamic needs of the European venture capital market.We sat down with Joe Schorge and Omolade Adebisi from Isomer to talk through the market, the strategy and the future. Well-worth a watch as we open up the deck that raised the fund and tap the brains that incept and run it. But let’s get the headline numbers in place: 100 M€ Fund dedicated to secondaries...

Rainer Märkle is the General Partner of HV Capital, €380m Venture and €400m Growth fund, with almost €3BN AUM. Rainer joined HV 15 years ago. In his third week at the firm, HV invested in Zalando. Accompanying the founders of Zalando from seed to IPO and beyond has been the most rewarding chapter in his VC career. It taught him that anything is possible, boundaries are imaginary, and amazing things can happen by working in the right set-up. Aside from this, he has been involved in big exit...

We continue our discussion on Fundraising during and after the tech reset, as part of our little hype parade ahead of the launch of the State of European VC Fundraising Report. Today, we have with us two close friends of the pod: Carlos Eduardo Espinal from Seedcamp and Bogdan Iordache from Underline Ventures. Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a Managing Partner at Seedcamp, arguably, Europe's leading seed fund, first launched in 2007 to support European entrepreneurs truly compete on a global...

We sat down with Daniel Keiper Knorr, founding partner of Speedinvest for a discussion on what he thinks allowed them to raise 500 million during and after the tech reset. What ensued was a conversation revealing how Speedinvest decided to diverge from traditional VC practices by dedicating substantial resources including the full time attention Daniel, one of the founding partners, to fundraising and investor relations. This conversation ONLY focuses on the raise process, dynamics and...

Today, we are meeting with Ertan Can, the Founding General Partner of Multiple Capital, a venture capital fund based in Luxembourg. Ertan has just closed his third fund with a target of $50M after investing already in companies like NP-Hard, Angular, Airstreet (1), Lunar, Fly, Inflection, Foreword by Declan, and Remote First Capital by Andi Klinger, Nomad by Marc McCabe. Go to eu.vc for our core learnings and the full video interview 👀 Chapters: 00:54 Deep Dive into Ertan Can's Third Fund...

In this roundtable, we pull the curtain back on some of the core insights from our upcoming State of European VC Fundraising-report and dive deep on the impact of the tech reset for fundraising managers, discuss GP/LP dynamics and uncover how VCs best navigate the current fundraising environment. For the conversation, we brought together some of the most respected investors in our ecosystem: Daniel Keiper-Knorr, Founding GP at SpeedinvestJoe Schorge, Founding GP at Isomer CapitalEkaterina...

Join us as Tom Wilson from Seedcamp and Anthony Danon from Cocoa talk to Eva Spannagl, co-founder & Managing Director of Climatos. Eva is a builder. She loves to build things and see their outcomes come to life, and she loves to work with people who are building something. Previously, she worked at McKinsey and at Moss, an early-stage FinTech startup from Berlin. Now, Eva is leading Climatos, a company that builds mini solar panels for urban spaces while nurturing her passion for angel...

In the Investing and Scaling in Romania and Beyond webinar, we talk about the vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem of Central and Eastern Europe, with a specific focus on Romania. From celebrating the local technical skills and historical engineering heritage, countries in CEE examine the nuances of building a startup with a global mindset from day one. Our guests discuss the 'UiPath effect', highlighting how success stories like of this one company have inspired new entrepreneurs and attracted...

Today, we have Davor Hebel with us. Davor is the Managing Partner at Eight Roads, a $11bn global venture platform. The firm has over 450 portfolio companies, including 60 IPOs and many unicorns, such as Alibaba, Toast, Flywire, Chewy, Hibob, Neo4j, and Fever. Eight Roads invests in companies at scale-up stages (usually rounds A-C) and helps them win globally. Davor runs the Europe and Israel franchise with around 45 companies and $1.5bn AUM. Davor’s investments count leaders across SaaS,...

Today, we have Christine Tsai with us. Christine is the CEO and Founding Partner at 500 Global, a multi-stage venture firm in Silicon Valley with $2.4B in AUM, which has backed 2,900 companies operating in 80+ countries. 500 has invested in 35+ companies valued at over $1 billion and 160+ companies valued at over $100 million (including private, public, and exited companies)³. This includes companies like Canva, Talkdesk, Grab, Lucidchart, eFishery, Credit Karma, Intercom, Twilio, Sendgrid,...

Join us for a new episode of the NEUVC series dedicated to those embarking on their journey in the VC. In this episode, Freddie Macpherson, Associate at Isomer Capital, and Linda Võeras, Investment Manager at Karma Ventures, are joined by Marie Brayer, Partner at Fly Ventures. Fly Ventures is an early-stage deep tech and tech-heavy B2B software specialist fund. They are the first-check VC for technical founders and invest from day zero to seed, backing founders from all over Europe. Marie...

If one of your guilty pleasures is watching four wealthy, over-the-top opinionated talking heads every weekend, you may recall that Chamath Palihapitiya predicted that 2024 will be the year that bitcoin becomes a mainstream asset. We brought together three true crypto native VCs to discuss crypto’s comeback, recent trends and where we’re headed. Listen to it here or watch it on eu.vc for a discussion on:The State of the crypto market overallWhat has been built in the last few...

Join us as we step back and chart the evolution of European VC with a true O.G. Roundtable: Yaron Valler, Founding Partner at Target GlobalChris Wade, Founding Partner at Isomer CapitalKerry Baldwin, Founding Partner at IQ CapitalAnd moderated by Andreas Munk Holm from EUVC and Gabriel Shin, CFA from Vauban from Carta 🎙️ Chapters: 00:02:28 The Transformation of European Venture Capital00:08:57 Challenges and Misalignments in the Venture Capital Landscape00:11:43 Navigating the Cyclical...

Today, we have Vincent Touati-Tomas with us. Vincent is the Head of Marketing at Northzone, a global VC firm Northzone that has raised more than ten funds to date, with its most recent fundraising in excess of €1 billion, investing in startups from Seed to Growth. Northzone is investing out of Fund X and more than 80 active portfolio companies and notable investments, including Personio, Klarna, Kahoot, Spotify, and Spring Health. At Northzone, Vincent focuses on all things marketing. Now,...

Join us as our own Andreas Munk Holm and Anthony Danon from Cocoa talk to Elsa Hermal, angel investor and co-founder of Epicery, about impact investing, diverse teams, and economic resilience. An exited impact entrepreneur turned founders mentor, Elsa empowers CEOs and C-levels to navigate both strategic and human challenges, leveraging her entrepreneurial expertise to guide them and their teams toward sustainable growth. With a dedicated 100% impact investment portfolio, Elsa is also a...

Today, we have Jan Voss with us. Jan is the Head of Family Office at BLN Capital, a Berlin-based Single Family Office. BLN invests across almost all asset classes but has historically been most active in early-stage ventures in Germany as well as the VC and PE fund space. AT BLN, Jan leads a three-person investment team focused on long-term investments across almost all asset classes. Jan is also a very active author on LinkedIn with over 15,000 followers, regularly sharing insights into...

Today, we have Julia Hawkins with us. Julia is a General Partner at Phoenix Court, a $1.5bn AUM EMEA multi-stage tech investor, backing the most ambitious founders on their journey from seed through to public markets and beyond over the last two decades. LocalGlobe is the pre-seed and seed fund investing out of Phoenix Court’s Fund 12 with an established portfolio of over 200 companies with notable investments including At-Bay, Motorway, Zego and Improbable. At Phoenix Court, Julia focuses...

Cornerstoned by Isomer Capital, very early Ventures is built to capture the opportunity in three foundational Web3 pillars: Decentralized Infrastructure, Real World Impact, and Public Markets Opportunity. The very early team has already established a solid initial portfolio in lockstep with leading web3 funds like a16z, Dragonfly, and 1kx. This is evidence that the best founders choose to work with the very early team not just for the capital, but for the value add. At the core of Web3 lies...

Today, we have Steffen Pauls with us. Steffen is a Founding Partner at 7GC, a €400M Growth venture fund based in Berlin, and founded the firm in 2015 to bring growth investment opportunities to a network of key decision-makers, industrial families, and entrepreneurs in Europe. 7GC is investing out of Fund II with a total €400M AUM and an established portfolio of 15 companies and notable investments including Jackpocket, Jio, Hims & Hers. Steffen focuses on Sars, FinTech, and AI. Steffen...

Cornerstoned by Isomer Capital, very early Ventures is built to capture the opportunity in three foundational Web3 pillars: Decentralized Infrastructure, Real World Impact, and Public Markets Opportunity. The very early team has already established a solid initial portfolio in lockstep with leading web3 funds like a16z, Dragonfly, and 1kx. This is evidence that the best founders choose to work with the very early team not just for the capital, but for the value add. At the core of Web3 lies...

Welcome to a new episode of our special series At The Cap Table. Today, we are joined by Sarah Finegan, an Investor at Antler, in a conversation with Susan Lin, a Partner & Investor at Felix Capital. Susan is an investor at Felix Capital. Over the past 10+ years, Susan has advised, invested, and worked in a range of consumer and technology companies in their journeys to grow and scale. Susan joined Felix Capital from HgCapital, a London-based private equity fund where she focused on...