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Eduardo Espinal & Bogdan Iordache on the shifting sands in venture capital | E300

Eduardo Espinal & Bogdan Iordache on the shifting sands in venture capital | E300

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Eduardo Espinal & Bogdan Iordache on the shifting sands in venture capital | E300

FromEUVC

ratings:
Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We continue our discussion on Fundraising during and after the tech reset, as part of our little hype parade ahead of the launch of the State of European VC Fundraising Report. Today, we have with us two close friends of the pod: Carlos Eduardo Espinal from Seedcamp and Bogdan Iordache from Underline Ventures.Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a Managing Partner at Seedcamp, arguably, Europe's leading seed fund, first launched in 2007 to support European entrepreneurs truly compete on a global scale. With investments in over 460 companies including publicly listed Romanian-founded, UiPath, Wise and unicorns Revolut, wefox and Pleo. Carlos is a published author, fellow podcaster and has been on the Forbes Midas List as one of the most influential VCs in Europe for more or less as long as yours truly has been alive.Bogdan Iordache is the Founding GP of Underline Ventures, a $20M seed fund in Romania and the first solo GP in the region. Bogdan and his team are focusing on backing Eastern European founders with global ambitions, and though I just said vertical-agnostic, Underline does pay extra attention to enterprise automation, AI, cybersecurity, industrial tech, defense, and climate-related startups ?.Chapters:00:14 Shifting Sands and the Rise of New LPs00:32 Seedcamp and Underline Ventures04:52 Shifting Sands and Impact on Emerging Managers05:43 Bogdan's Journey Through the Tech Reset07:58 Carlos's Insights on Supporting Emerging Managers10:23 The Challenges of Fundraising12:00 The Tech Reset on VC Funding17:10 Raising Fund Six and the Importance of Fund Size21:02 The Art of Fundraising and Learning from LPs26:27 Exploring Overlooked Geographies in Venture Capital39:00 The Role of Community and Background in VC47:44 Reflecting on the Evolution of the Venture Ecosystem50:02 Closing Thoughts on GPLP Relationships and Emerging Managers
Released:
Apr 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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