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Interviews April 5, 2021

Guillaume Kloof (CreateStartupsHere): I would always prefer B2B model, but I may consider B2C startups if they already have a product-market fit.

Guillaume Kloof is Founder of CreateStartupshere accelerator. He helps startups with their product/problem fit and with their product/market fit. Especially when it comes to launching or rolling out a new product/service, Guillaume can guide your startup through the lean methodology, to improve your chances of success. With experience as CTO, the emphasis is on product development and overall business development.

Interviews March 25, 2021

Ulyana Shtybel (HighCastle Investments): We provide an all-in-one solution for private companies to raise capital, close a deal, and manage communication with shareholders.

Interviews March 23, 2021

Rob Kniaz (Hoxton Ventures): We are looking for companies that can be winners in the whole world.

Interviews March 10, 2021

Stuart Chapman (Draper Esprit): As a venture capitalist you're working with your entrepreneurs to help them to get into as many different positions to get lucky as you can.

Interviews March 1, 2021

Claudine Emeott (Salesforce Ventures): We invest with the same core strategy as other Salesforce Ventures funds, meaning that we're looking for enterprise software companies that can integrate their technologies with our platform

Interviews February 26, 2021

Greg Rice (Activate Media): We’re kind of unique since we run a startup studio, or incubator whenever you want to call it.

Analytics February 25, 2021

VC co-investment syndication: how to use and understand

Interviews February 23, 2021

Nick Kingsbury (Amadeus Capital Partners): We are a DeepTech investor, so we do like things with solid IP and outstanding technical teams behind the product.

Interviews February 12, 2021

Kjetil Holmefjord (StartupLab Oslo): There are rules, but there are too many exceptions because working with startups is more about finding exceptions than following rules.

Interviews February 8, 2021

Andreas Goeldi (btov Partners): We believe that being a great salesperson is a great skill to have for the founder, but it’s not the only qualification we’re looking for.

Analytics January 22, 2021

VC syndicates: data analysis behind the myth

Interviews January 22, 2021

Hanns-Peter Wiese (former GP at GLSV and owner of VIRETUM CONSULT): Now I advise Hi-Tech grown-ups and help them in refining their business plans, investor decks and fund raising.

Interviews January 21, 2021

Daniel Saunders (L Marks): Programs that we run are very much about identifying challenges and themes within organizations that are open to disruption

Interviews January 20, 2021

Nicole Glaros (Techstars): There are about 26,000 applicants for Techstars every single year, there were 518 transactions last year, and over $2.5B was invested.

Interviews January 19, 2021

William Goulding (Arbor Ventures): We’re a global fund, interested in SEA, Middle East and Israel, and the US.

Interviews January 18, 2021

Maciej Sadowski (StarFinder Capital Fund): Before you meet an investor make three evenings long sessions of understanding your market. It is simple and requires only Google. Sometimes it costs $15 but usually, it is $0

Interviews January 15, 2021

Basil Moftah (Global Ventures): We look at companies in the Middle East and Africa. Sometimes we look at the US, Asian, and European companies expanding into the region.

Interviews December 24, 2020

Marc Penkala (Mountain Partners): Never go alone. Surround yourself with people which are better than you

Interviews December 23, 2020

Damien Lane (Episode 1 Ventures): Hire ahead of the growth of your company. Hire business leaders earlier than you think you should do, because you need people with experience of managing 50 people

Interviews December 22, 2020

Raphael Christian-Roy (Front Row Ventures at Real Ventures): We have AI companies that are optimizing drug development, and we have a startup that develops a new type of fuel to send microsatellites in orbit.

Interviews December 21, 2020

Václav Gregor (Soulmates Ventures): If people are seeing things as negative, then it's time to step back and think about why do they feel like things are bad. Because they never are

Interviews December 15, 2020

Jason Peterson (Godigital Media Group): We have 3 pillars - core intellectual property investments, where we are buying the underlying copyrights in music, then we have a networks division and e-commerce division.

Interviews December 14, 2020

Oh-hyoung Kwon (FuturePlay): We always look not for what customers might look for in the next month or two above, but for what will change our lives in the next 5-10 years

Interviews December 11, 2020

Hsien-Hui Tong (SGInnovate): The first thing we look at is not even technology - it’s the market opportunity

Interviews December 7, 2020

Dmitry Chikhachev (Runa Capital): We mainly enter at Series A, when a company is making some first revenues which solve a massive and painful problem.