"Perfect Marriage" Between Founders and Investors ft. Pedja Predin | #TheRecursivePodcast E103

What makes a “perfect marriage” between founders and investors? In this episode of The Recursive podcast we explore investor’s dilemma and founder’s mindset with Pedja Predin. He is General Partner at Fifth Quarter Ventures, a new early-stage venture capital fund creating global success stories from Southeast Europe. Pedja has over 12 years of experience in venture capital, corporate strategy, business development, and global expansion. Before establishing his own fund, he was a venture capital investor at South Central Ventures. In his conversation with Irina Obushtarova, he talks about: - The importance of the diaspora bringing in new perspectives - The challenge of cultural and historical attitudes towards feedback - Chemistry and collaboration between investors and founders ______________ 0:00 Trailer 1:25 The stepping stone to venture capital 8:35 Scaling to the US and other major markets 12:22 The founder’s mindset that scores higher 20:19 Achieving a level of maturity as an investor 27:06 Region’s potential in AI 30:00 The importance of the talent pool 32:42 VCs community involvement in future innovation 36:38 The “dating” process between founders and investors 38:41 Staying on top of the game 45:07 The symptoms of a good investor 51:23 Outro ______________ Follow Pedja and Fifth Quarter Ventures:   / pedjapredin1986    / fifthquarterventures   Follow The Recursive (Team)!   / the-recursive   Irina Obushtarova -   / irina-obushtarova   If you would like to find out more about these topics…