The mission driven show - Building the companies of the future Elad Cohen, Amir Sciammas & Sharon Sciammas - Co-founders @SAPIA

With 21 investments already, it's one of the only VCs in Europe that issues an annual impact report.

In this talk, Henry walks us through his deepest moments of crisis and how they marked the birth of Mustard Seed VC.

In this talk, literally recorded on both ends on the planet (UK & Australia), Nathan explains just how trustworthiness (trust-based organizational design) is not only morally superior to traditional methods but also has a better ROI.
His learnings also dictate how he invests in startups...

We managed to get Peet Denny, the founding partner, to seat down with us just before he embarks on his quest to invest in 120 companies (pre-seed / seed) in 3 years!!

May Al-Karooni has started Globechain, which is a reuse marketplace connecting corporates to charities and people (B2B) with the goal to reduce global waste and develop a new mindset for businesses - "commercial with a conscience". 


They have 10K members, they recently raised a seed round of close to $1M. 


But what were the choices, the frameworks and the breakthroughs that have led to these outcomes? 


We took a deep dive into the VC / Entrepreneur relationship to unpack how it works, what should you do as an investor/entrepreneur starting out.


Tune in...

The traditional fund-raising path -> fast track and transactional:

Founder: "I need money to grow fast"

VC: "I have to find unicorns so I can have great ROI"

The slow meaningful way -> collaboration:

"Let's build a relationship first...

Check if we share the same values, if we are passionate to work together...

See where we can help each other grow as people (& business)..

And learn how big and relevant is the problem"


 


 


Join our talk to learn how purpose-driven investors and founders are changing the world and our culture:



How meaning, mission, and relationships are the main drivers to build the companies of the future?

Why do investors need to be founders first?

How to raise money if you're a mission-driven startup?



 




Diana Krieger


Over 20 years of experience in building technology businesses including startups, scale-ups and enterprise. From B2B, B2C nonprofit, software and marketplaces - She has done it all.


 


Not mentioning that she also an investor and a board member in a quite a few companies 


And the reason we hosted her is because of her passion for purpose-driven, tech for good, companies.


 

In this episode, Elad chatted with the fascinating Alex Dunsdon - a serial entrepreneur & a VC with dozens of successful early-stage investments.