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20 VC 057: The Investor Checklist with Nicolas Wittenborn, VC @ Point Nine Capital

20 VC 057: The Investor Checklist with Nicolas Wittenborn, VC @ Point Nine Capital

FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch


20 VC 057: The Investor Checklist with Nicolas Wittenborn, VC @ Point Nine Capital

FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

ratings:
Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jul 27, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Did you know: The name Point Nine Capital originates from the 0.9 version of a product that is early but has great potential.
Nicolas Wittenborn is a VC at Point Nine Capital, one of the leading seed funds in Europe. Prior to Point Nine, Nicolas worked for the Team Europe Seed Fund. You can follow Nicolas' incredible blog here, which include my favourite ever blog post, outlining the exemplar pitch deck that startups should follow!
In Today's Episode You Will Learn:

How Nicolas made the move from iPhone sales arbitrage to VC analyst!!
How big does a market have to be to get VCs excited?
Do VCs have preferences with regards to teams? Technical or not? Multiple founders or not?
At the Seed stage what do VCs expect in the product itself?
What are the key metrics investors look for when viewing startups for the 1st time?
What are the different types of competition and how can founders determine whether they are a real threat?
How can startups and mobile apps in particular, grow organically in the early stages?

Items Mentioned in Today's Episode:

Nicolas' Fave Book: What Makes Sami Run?: Budd Schulberg
Nicolas Fave Newsletters: Benedict Evans Newsletter, Point Nine Newsletter
Nicolas' Most Recent Investment: Green Blender: Superfood Smoothie Ingredients Delivered To Your Door

As always you can follow Harry, Nicolas, The Twenty Minute VC and Point Nine Capital right here!
Similarly if you want to see Harry in a more colourful light, head over to Instagram for copious amount of mojitos!
Released:
Jul 27, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Twenty Minute VC takes you inside the world of Venture Capital, Startup Funding and The Pitch. Join our host, Harry Stebbings and discover how you can attain funding for your business by listening to what the most prominent investors are directly looking for in startups, providing easily actionable tips and tricks that can be put in place to increase your chances of getting funded. Although, you may not want to raise funding for a startup. The Twenty Minute VC also provides an instructional guide as to what it takes to get employed in the Venture Capital industry, with VCs giving specific advice on how to get noticed from the crowd and increasing your chances of employment. If that wasn't enough our amazing Venture Capitalists also provide their analysis of the current technology market, providing advice and suggestions on the latest investing trends and predictions. Join us so you can see how you can get BIG, powerful improvements, fast. Would you like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and a more detailed analysis of the technology and Venture Capital industry.