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Interviews November 12, 2020

Cristian Dascalu (GapMinder VC): focus a lot on testing and validation before doing other actions. That will save a ton of time in the future

Cristian Dascalu is Partner at GapMinder VC fund. He actively investing & accelerating startups in Eastern Europe, digital innovation & tech startups expert. As an entrepreneur, Cristian co-founded a series of businesses and major projects aimed at the development of the tech startups and digital innovation areas such as GapMinder VC, ClujHUB, Techcelerator, Digital Transformers, TechFest, TEDxCluj, NASA Space Apps Challenge Romania and others. Starting in 2012 he launched ClujHUB, the second co-working space in Romania, being a key contributor to the regional startup community. With a Master in Economics (specialization Management & Marketing) and strong capabilities in sales, management and business development. Cristian is a creative thinker, strategist and passionate developer of communities in the innovation and digitalization areas.

Interviews November 11, 2020

David Blivin (Cottonwood): Our focus is the early founding stage of hard science-related companies - Materials, Robotics, Photonics, Energy.

Interviews November 10, 2020

Georgi Mitov (BrightCap Ventures): We look in the long run and make sure there is a win-win setup between the investors and founders

Interviews November 9, 2020

Tomer Michaeli (Viola FinTech): We understand that in order to build big companies you need to be patient, you have to wait, you have to persevere, and this is the DNA of our group

Interviews November 2, 2020

Agate Freimane (Norrsken VC): We’re looking for impact tech startups that have a positive impact on people and/or the planet.

Interviews October 30, 2020

Thiago Rodrigues (The Craftory): We only invest in fast-moving customer goods.

Interviews October 29, 2020

Peter Lasinger (3VC): I love what I do and I am really lucky to be in a spot where I could work with the most inspiring and ambitious people

Interviews October 28, 2020

David Millar (TechX Accelerator of The Oil & Gas Technology Centre ): We are focused purely on new technologies for the UK oil and gas sector

Interviews October 26, 2020

Heidi Roizen (Threshold Ventures): On average our investment period is somewhere around 6-7 years. It's longer than the average marriage in the United States. Take your VCs very carefully

Interviews October 23, 2020

Robert Siegel (XSeed Capital and Piva): Investing in companies that are doing some very progressive things

Media October 21, 2020

PassiveLogic activated $16M Series A financing

Interviews October 21, 2020

Andriy Zinchuk (Demium): know your motivation and be in peace with yourself

Media October 20, 2020

Temporal intimed $18.75M Series A Funding to grow its open source community and develop its cloud

Interviews October 19, 2020

Daniel Blandón (Simma Capital): You have to trust yourself and be confident for 100% that you are doing something that makes sense

Interviews October 16, 2020

Riccardo Cirillo (Disruptive Investment Platform (DIP) Capital LLP): there's a reason why we have two years and one month, which means that we are supposed to listen at least twice than what we talk

Media October 13, 2020

Point Pickup pickups $30M Series A financing to innovate

Interviews October 13, 2020

Lucius Cary (Oxford Technology Management): It is possible to make good returns by investing small sums into science startups

Media October 12, 2020

Skilljar educated $33M Series B Investments to provide more customer training

Interviews October 9, 2020

Roman Scharf (capital300): Start with co-founders, continue with key hires and hires in general and get the best people you can

Interviews October 8, 2020

Peter Pham (Phoenix Capital): My own network is my best deal generator

Media October 7, 2020

BEGiN learns to get $50M Series C investments to launch the first comprehensive early learning program

Interviews October 7, 2020

Alain le Loux (Cottonwood Technology Fund): My recommendation number one would be to manage fundraising as a fulltime project, especially in the high-tech where you always need to prepare for the second round

Media October 6, 2020

ShipBob fulfilled $68M Series D to grow its capabilities

Media September 30, 2020

RoadRunner Recycling inflates $10M Series C financing to recycle even more

Interviews September 30, 2020

Mitra Lohrasbpour (South Park Commons): There is no time or space to waste on people that are a drain on our happiness