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Meer weten over venture capital? In de At The Money podcast van Golden Egg Check gaan wij, Maud Vermeulen en Thomas Mensink, in gesprek met ondernemers die op het punt staan om groeikapitaal op te halen, of dat recentelijk hebben gedaan, en met venture capital investeerders die in dat soort startups en scale-ups investeren. Want to learn more about venture capital? In the At The Money podcast from Golden Egg Check, we—Maud Vermeulen and Thomas Mensink—talk with founders and venture capital investors.

  1. #78 Machtelt Groothuis (Rubio Impact Ventures) - ' Idealisme en commerciële drive mogen niet onder spanning staan'

    APR 14

    #78 Machtelt Groothuis (Rubio Impact Ventures) - ' Idealisme en commerciële drive mogen niet onder spanning staan'

    Rubio is een impactgedreven early-stage venture capital fonds. Onlangs realiseerden zij de first close van hun derde fonds, met een omvang van €111 miljoen. In deze aflevering gaat Machtelt in op de ontwikkelingen binnen de impactsector, de plannen met Fund III en de technologieën en impactthema’s waar Rubio momenteel het meest enthousiast over is. Ook bespreken we hoe zij impact combineren met commercieel succes, en wat daarvoor nodig is in de praktijk. Veel investeerders uit Rubio Impact Ventures Fund I en II investeren opnieuw in Fund III. Het nieuwe fonds wordt ondersteund door succesvolle Nederlandse ondernemers, family offices en institutionele partijen, waaronder het Europees Investeringsfonds, Invest-NL, Oost NL en de Brabantse Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij. Daarnaast sluiten, voor het eerst, ING Social Impact Investments en het NN Social Innovation Fund zich aan. Ook heeft de RVO opnieuw een innovatiekrediet verstrekt binnen de Seed Capital-regeling. Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door de NVP.

    39 min
  2. #77 Ronald Jan Schuurs (Antler): 'The Best Founders Show Extreme Obsession'

    JAN 22

    #77 Ronald Jan Schuurs (Antler): 'The Best Founders Show Extreme Obsession'

    In this episode of At The Money, Maud Vermeulen, early-stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, speaks with RJ Schuurs, Partner at Antler. They discuss AntlerONE, Antler’s new European community, reflect on emerging tech trends, and explore why extreme obsession is one of the defining traits of exceptional founders. This episode is supported by NVP.

    39 min
  3. #76 Andy Lürling (LUMO Labs): “We investeren alleen in startups als het business model is gerelateerd aan positieve impact.”

    05/27/2025

    #76 Andy Lürling (LUMO Labs): “We investeren alleen in startups als het business model is gerelateerd aan positieve impact.”

    In deze aflevering van de At The Money podcast ga ik, Thomas Mensink (Golden Egg Check), in gesprek met Andy Lürling, Founding Partner bij LUMO Labs. LUMO Labs is een impact-gedreven early-stage venture capital fonds. Ze investeren nu vanuit hun tweede fonds met een target van €100M. In deze aflevering vertelt Andy over de plannen met fonds 2de technologieën en impact thema’s waar LUMO enthousiast van wordthoe ze impact afwegen tegen commercieel succes Deze aflevering is mede-mogelijk gemaakt door de NVP.

    47 min
  4. #75 Fouad Hamaidouch: ‘With Restocks we cracked the code of scaling’

    02/19/2025

    #75 Fouad Hamaidouch: ‘With Restocks we cracked the code of scaling’

    This is a live episode of the At The Money podcast, in which I discuss growth and investment strategies with leading startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and in this episode my guest is Fouad Hamaidouch, founder of Restocks. Restocks was a sneaker reselling marketplace, and one of the fastest growing startups in the Netherlands. Was, because after an impressive growth, the pain of scaling cameto the surface. In this episode Fouad tells very openly about his Restocks rollercoaster ride, including all the challenges that come with growing to 150M+ in revenue to bankruptcy within years. This episode is made possible by the NVP, the Dutch association for venture capital firms.

    46 min
  5. #74 Benedikt Kronberger (Matterwave): ‘New deeptech funds are potential co-investors, not competitors'

    01/28/2025

    #74 Benedikt Kronberger (Matterwave): ‘New deeptech funds are potential co-investors, not competitors'

    This is the At The Money podcast, in which I discuss growth and investment strategies with leading startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and today my guest is Benedikt Kronberger, Partner at the German deeptech VC Matterwave Ventures. Matterwave was launched 2 years ago as a rebrand of the industrial tech team of btov Partners. We invested together in Roseman Labs. In this conversation we will discuss the investment thesis of Matterwave, the challenges ánd the excitement of investing in European industrial deeptech. This episode is made possible by the NVP, the Dutch Association for venture capital firms.

    32 min
  6. #73 VC panel live at GEC Capital Community Event with Ytsen van der Meer (Cottonwood), Sophie Heijenberg (No Such Ventures), Thijs Dijkman (Peak) & Jeroen Arts (Speedinvest)

    12/12/2024

    #73 VC panel live at GEC Capital Community Event with Ytsen van der Meer (Cottonwood), Sophie Heijenberg (No Such Ventures), Thijs Dijkman (Peak) & Jeroen Arts (Speedinvest)

    This is a special episode of the At The Money podcast by Golden Egg Check, recorded live at our Golden Egg Check Capital community event. In this episode our moderator Ytsen van der Meer, principal at Cottonwood Technology Fund and Venture Partner at Golden Egg Check, discusses with 3 VC panelists the current state of the venture capital market in Europe and in the Netherlands: How to raise capital in this market? How much? How to manage your runway? The VCs in this panel are: Jeroen Arts, partner at Speedinvest Sophie Heijenberg, partner at No Such Ventures Thijs Dijkman, partner at Peak They will share the insights that they’ve also shared with their portfolio companies. This episode is made possible by the NVP.

    27 min
  7. #72 Carmen Alfonso Rico (Cocoa): 'We back killers with a heart'

    11/16/2024

    #72 Carmen Alfonso Rico (Cocoa): 'We back killers with a heart'

    This is the At The Money podcast of Golden Egg Check, in which I, Thomas Mensink, discuss growth and investment strategies with leading startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. Today my guest is Carmen Alfonso Rico, co-founder and partner at Cocoa Ventures 🍫. Cocoa invests in pre-seed and seed stage in Europe and US, most often together with other VCs. They back ‘killers with a heart’. In this episode Carmen explains what she means with that, what Cocoa’s investment thesis is and why having fun is a very important take-away for all founders and investors. This episode is made possible by the NVP.

    50 min
  8. #70 Enrico Ohnemüller (bunch): ‘The investors that ask you the challenging questions are probably the ones that get you the farthest’

    08/08/2024

    #70 Enrico Ohnemüller (bunch): ‘The investors that ask you the challenging questions are probably the ones that get you the farthest’

    My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and my guest in this episode is Enrico Ohnemüller, co-founder at bunch. bunch wants to build the backbone of private markets, and for that reason have many VCs as their customer. In this conversation we’ll discuss how Enrico raised over €20 million from Cherry Ventures and others, how VCs can professionalise, and what key trends are in the European venture capital market. This episode is made possible by the NVP, the Dutch Association for venture capital firms.

    41 min
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Meer weten over venture capital? In de At The Money podcast van Golden Egg Check gaan wij, Maud Vermeulen en Thomas Mensink, in gesprek met ondernemers die op het punt staan om groeikapitaal op te halen, of dat recentelijk hebben gedaan, en met venture capital investeerders die in dat soort startups en scale-ups investeren. Want to learn more about venture capital? In the At The Money podcast from Golden Egg Check, we—Maud Vermeulen and Thomas Mensink—talk with founders and venture capital investors.

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  • Creator
    Golden Egg Check
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    81
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