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A VC podcast from Gen Z to Gen Z

2022-10-19

#11 From Journalism to VC and Exploring HealthTech and Angel Investing - Bérénice Magistretti, Early Stage Investor in Healthtech

Today, we are happy to welcome Berenice, early stage investor in Healthtech, Writer and Disabilities Advocate. She is a Tech journalist turned investor. Berenice has written for TechCrunch, WIRED UK, Fast Company and Sifted, and acted as the Venture Capital Reporter at VentureBeat. In this episode you’ll learn: – The future of HealthTech investing – Transferring skills from journalism to VC – How to get started Angel Investing
2022-10-05

#10 Why Working on Side Projects is the Best Way to Propel Your Career in VC - Jan-Soeren Zinke, IRIS

In today’s episode we are joined by Jan-Soeren Zinke, an early stage investor at IRIS based in Berlin. Jan has spent a number of years in his early twenties working in VC and with startups, and was also part of the Founding Team of Innovators Room. Jan speaks about why he strongly believes that working on side-projects is the best way to differentiate oneself when applying to a VC fund, and also touches on the German startup ecosystem. In this episode you’ll learn: – The Growing German Startup Ecosystem – How to break into VC in your early 20s – How to build and maintain VC relationships – The importance of side-projects
2022-09-21

#9 VC insight programs & why you should start your career in Finland - Amy Trang, Wave Ventures

Today we are happy to welcome Amy Trang Nguyen, a former Investment Manager at Wave Ventures, a pre-seed fund that invests in Nordic startups changing the way millennials and GenZ live. Awarded as one of Sifted’s top 10 GenZ investors in Europe, Amy moved to Finland when she was 15 and has spent time in the startup and VC world ever since. In this episode you’ll learn: – How to gain experience in Venture as a student – About the vibrant Finnish startup ecosystem – What the Included VC programme is
2022-09-07

#8 Investing in university talent - Andreas Fischer, First Momentum Ventures

Today we are joined by Andreas Fischer, the founding partner of First Momentum Ventures. Founded and led by a team of “engineers at heart and investors by choice”, First Momentum supports tech founders tackling the B2B space, including many university founders. Andreas himself has a background in mechanical engineering, and today he will be sharing with us the ups and downs of starting a fund straight out of uni and why he thinks university founders are greatly underserved.
2022-08-24

#7 Deep tech & community-led VCs - Francesco Perticarari, Silicon Roundabout Ventures

Francesco Perticarari is the founder and Managing Partner of Silicon Roundabout Ventures. Silicon Roundabout began as a community of 15,000 founders and engineers who love Deep Tech. Today, Francesco invests in the most promising founders within this community through the Silicon Roundabout Venture fund, primarily focusing on post-MVP pre-seed and post-commercialisation seed teams. Francesco will be sharing why he’s so excited about Deep Tech and why he thinks many traditional funds are afraid of investing in early-stage Deep Tech start-ups. In this episode you’ll learn: – Why he loves investing in DeepTech – Key trends in DeepTech – Why he thinks many traditional funds are afraid of investing in early-stage DeepTech start-ups – How DeepTech companies should be assessed differently to other start-ups
2022-08-10

#6 Why VCs are not for everyone - Gary Stewart, Founders Tribe

We are thrilled to be joined by Gary Stewart, the founder and CEO of Founders Tribe, a platform that aims to level the playing field for founders across the globe by providing access to investors, mentors and industry-specific networks. Gary also co-founded a multi-million dollar start-up Nuroa Internet before helping Telefonica set up the world’s largest corporate accelerator, Wayra, and is now a visiting lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Yale University. With his extensive and diverse experience, Gary has a lot to say on why founder diversity is still an issue and why VCs may not be the right solution for every founder. In this episode you’ll learn: – Why venture capital isn’t the answer for all founders – How Founders Tribe leverages homophily to tackle common problems faced by budding entrepreneurs – Why founder diversity is still and issue and he thinks we can do
2022-07-27

#5 The GenZ LP - Andreas Schmidt, Multiple Capital

In this episode, Andreas Schmidt will be helping us uncover the mysterious world of Limited Partners and the role they play in the venture and startup ecosystem. Andreas is only in his early 20s but has spent time working in both venture and as an LP, currently at Multiple Capital. With a variety of insights into the evolving nature of the venture ecosystem, and what LPs look for when investing into funds, Andreas will be discussing life as a Gen-Z LP. In this episode you’ll learn: – How Andreas became a GenZ LP – The day-to-day life of a GenZ LP – How working with a fund of funds differ from other types of LPs – How emerging fund managers can stand out to LPs
2022-07-13

#4 Digital Ventures - Danielle Ullner, BCG Digital Ventures

Danielle Ullner is the Managing Director & Partner at BCG’s Digital Ventures in London. Previously, she was an operating partner at PICO Partners, a leading early stage venture capital fund headquartered in Israel. Danielle also held roles at Bain, Benchmark Capital and Morgan Stanley in both New York and Tel Aviv. In this episode you’ll learn: – Why Israel has such an entrepreneurial spirit – What Digital Ventures does and how it differs from a VC – The different roles at DV and the DV application process – The key benefits and challenges of building a startup with corporates
2022-06-29

#3 GameFi & web3 gaming guilds - Wee Kee, PathDAO

Wee Kee is the co-founder and CFO/COO of PathDAO, one of the largest GameFi guilds in Asia, having invested in more than 40 web3 games, PathDAO treasury is currently at 18M USD. Before PathDAO, Wee Kee was a serial entrepreneur and built his own investment portfolio in the Blockchain and DeFi space. He will be sharing with us how he thinks fundraising and investing differs in the web 3 world. In this episode you’ll learn: – Why he thinks Web3 is the space to be in – How deal sourcing and investment decisions are made in a web3 fund – How being a DAO impacts the way PathDAO operates as a fund – The common pitfalls of investing in web3 startups
2022-06-15

#2 Investing in Gen Z - Edgar Vicente, Enzo Ventures

In this episode, we're joined by Edgar Vicente, founding partner of Enzo Ventures. Founded and run by a team of Gen Z entrepreneurs, Enzo Ventures leverages a continent-wide network of operators to support early stage founders across Europe. Before Enzo, Edgar co-founded and sold the biztech start-up DiHola to Social Labs, of which he is now a board member of. In addition to sharing his experience of starting his own fund, Edgar also shares why he thinks that being an analyst is not the best way for GenZers to break into VC.
2022-06-01

#1 Breaking into VC straight out of uni - Michelangelo Valtancoli, Stride VC

For our very first episode, we are excited to be joined by Michelangelo Valtancoli. Michelangelo is an early stage investor at Stride VC who’s invested in the likes of Cazoo, Zefir and Unibuddy. Before Stride, Michelangelo interned at PayPal and Wayra, Telefonica’s accelerator, and was also a student partner at Entrepreneur First. With his contagious energy and love for acting, Michelangelo is one of the few people we know that broke into VC straight out of university. In this episode you’ll learn: - How Michelangelo broke into VC straight out of university - How his acting career made him a better VC - Michelangelo’s advice for those who want to break into venture
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Welcome to NextGen VC, a podcast from Gen Z to Gen Z. Hosted by Audrey Adeline & Ved Nathwani. Twice monthly, we will be inviting everyone from first-time founders and analysts who just landed their first role in VC to massively successful founders, managing partners of billion dollar funds and even the mysterious LPs behind them. We are also here to present a GenZ perspective. What do GenZ founders today need differently? What does working as a VC analyst really involve? What does progression look like and are there better alternatives to VC? Through our diverse guest line-up, we hope to show you as many perspectives as we can. We are not afraid to ignite debate as we are here to answer your burning questions simply because we have the very same ones. Stay tuned for episodes coming soon!

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Teaser

Welcome to NextGen VC, a podcast from Gen Z to Gen Z. Hosted by Audrey Adeline & Ved Nathwani. Twice monthly, we will be inviting everyone from first-time founders and analysts who just landed their first role in VC to massively successful founders, managing partners of billion dollar funds and even the mysterious LPs behind them. We are also here to present a GenZ perspective. What do GenZ founders today need differently? What does working as a VC analyst really involve? What does progression look like and are there better alternatives to VC? Through our diverse guest line-up, we hope to show you as many perspectives as we can. We are not afraid to ignite debate as we are here to answer your burning questions simply because we have the very same ones. Stay tuned for episodes coming soon!

A VC podcast from Gen Z to Gen Z

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