Capital Radio

Today's guest is Marcel Lubben, who is a Partner at Brightlands Venture Partners. BVP is a sustainability and health venture capital firm based in the south of the Netherlands and is currently raising its fourth fund. In this episode, Marcel tells us about the ins and outs of his favorite portfolio companies and what impact BVP makes.

06-14

26:28

Our third guest of Season 2 on Capital Radio is Alexandra Malmberg, who works as a Principal at Haflo. In this episode, Alexandra shares with us how her unconventional path towards investing looked like and what she likes so much about the consumer segment. Tune in and learn more about the day-to-day life of someone who works at a family office.

06-08

28:32

Today’s guest is Machtelt Groothuis, who is a Partner and Founder at Rubio Impact Ventures. In this episode, Machtelt explains for example how the landscape of impact investing has changed in the last years, why Rubio finds the teams behind their investments so important, and what Machtelt thoughts are on white chocolate.

05-31

27:55

We are more than happy to kick off Season 2 of Capital Radio with our first guest: Marco Cesare Solinas, who works as a Venture Capital Investor at Blue Future Partners.In this episode, Marco speaks about how he fell in love with venture capital and how the life of a funds of funds investor looks like on a daily basis.

05-24

30:56

Today’s guest is our very own Katalin Gallyas. Katalin is the Founder of c*funds and has steered the company since 2016. Originally focused on direct deals, since 2018 she has exclusively focused on Private Equity fundraising. Katalin has an institutional fundraising background from the city of Amsterdam raising money for high tech companies.In this episode Katalin shares her journey launching c*funds, the inside scope on fund placement, why she believes the placement agent landscape has room for boutique players and her favorite aspects of the industry.

12-28

23:19

Today’s guest is Derek Handley. Derek is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Aera VC. Prior to starting Aera, Derek spent 10 years founding and growing an early mobile-phone tech company, The Hyperfactory, which exited to Meredith Corporation/Time Inc. Following that alongside Sir Richard Branson, Derek was the Founding CEO of The B Team. In this episode Derek takes us through his journey, how he weaves his various interests together into investing out of Aera VC and what it is like to be an astronaut in waiting.

12-21

31:31

Today’s guest is Ben Fanger. Ben is the Founding Partner of ShoreVest Partners and is one of the pioneering investors in China’s non-performing loan market. Ben has managed over $1.6 billion of investing into Chinese NPLs over 3 fund cycles.In this episode Ben shares his views on the transparency in the Chinese business environment, geopolitical risk between the US and China, his view on the risk/return tradeoff for credit opportunities for the US vs China as well as Competition in the Distressed Debt market in China.

12-14

37:38

Today’s guest is Nina Freudenberg. Nina is a Director at Golding Capital Partners and is responsible for Impact Investing. Nina was previously one of the founding members of Sonanz, an Impact Fund of Funds. Prior to Sonanz, Nina spent time in Bangladesh, where she led consulting projects for Brummer and Partners.In this episode, Nina shares how investing for impact differs from more traditional investments and the unique challenges associated with impact investing. She also shares with us her view on how impact investing has changed over the last 10 years and her view on the future.

12-07

26:25

Today’s guest is Eva Yazhari. Eva is the Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Capital. She has 16 years of experience investing for social impact. Eva is also an angel investor, the founder of The Conscious Investor, co-host of The Beyond Capital Podcast, and author of ‘The Good Your Money Can Do.’In this episode, Eva tells us about her journey from Wall Street to impact investing, her passion for emerging markets, her latest book and why she is excited to be part of the next generation of female fund managers. 

11-30

22:48

Today's guest is Ertan Can. Ertan is the Founding Partner of Multiple Capital, a new generation fund of funds that enables diversified access to early-stage technology. He has invested in a portfolio of 500+ early stage tech companies in Europe and has built a strong global network of venture capitalists and founders.In this episode Ertan will tell us about his journey towards setting up Multiple Capital, what he is currently focusing on now , his view on the PE industry and why he is an advocate of a fund of funds structure.  

11-23

45:49

Today's guest is Shaun Abrahamson.  Shaun co-founded Urban Us to fund & serve startups that make cities better. Before Urban Us Shaun was an active angel investor, investing in more than 20 firms between 2007 and 2013. In this episode, Shaun will tell us how he became an investor, what it means to invest with a 'Climate Thesis' and how his investments at Urban Us can contribute to more sustainable cities.

11-16

38:14

Daniel is a Managing Partner of Cathay Innosquare, which is a Fund of Funds based in Paris with nine offices around the world. Cathay Innosquare is focused on the next generation of early-stage managers aiming to become tomorrow’s franchises. In this episode, Daniel shares with us what the strategy is behind Cathay's global mandate and what the different tech and investing trends are that he has seen over his career.

11-09

19:16

Our guest today is Juliane Hahn - she is the Founding Partner & Managing Director of Signature Ventures, which is a Venture Capital fund based in Munich that backs exceptional European teams that build the backbone of the next-generation internet: open, secure, and privacy-centered. We speak with Juliane about her journey towards working at a VC fund, her passion for blockchain technology and the role of women in the field of Venture Capital.

11-02

28:43

Our guest today is Joe Schorge he is the Founder and Managing Partner of Isomer Capital, which is an investment firm based in London and focused exclusively on European venture capital. Isomer accesses high-potential opportunities in European technology through limited partner investments in early stage funds, company co-investments, and secondary purchases of funds and company positions. We speak to him about why he is so excited about emerging managers and what the biggest opportunities and challenges are in the European VC space.

10-26

34:20