We were lucky to have Andreas Fischer from First Momentum Ventures (www.firstmomentum.vc) join us for this episode!
Learn from Andreas how he managed to found a successful venture fund in Germany coming straight out of university.
First Momentum Ventures is a breath of fresh air in the German funding field. They place a high emphasis on their motto: 'Engineers by heart, investors by choice', and help find solutions for B2B problems of the next generation of tech founders.
In this episode, we'd like to invite you to learn from Growth Hacking expert Joël Louis Capt, CEO & Founder of RealGrowthHacking (www.realgrowthhacking.com).
Joël has years of experience within the startup world, and he has successfully founded and accelerated many companies' growth. From starting his first business while studying, to working for a VC fund in Silicon Valley, Joël has been exploring all the different sides of the entrepreneurial world. Now, with his current company, he is using all of his knowledge to help startups scale into leading organizations.
Maximilan Rast is an absolute pro in all things D2C. Find out more about Max's venture Klar (www.getklar.com) with which he is helping D2C brands to get their analytics, BI and reporting to the next level and massively boost their performance.
Luka is co-founder of Index Health (www.indexclinic.com) and Penta (www.getpenta.com). In this episode, we talked about how to be quicker and more data-driven in your decisions as an entrepreneur, how to instill a culture in which customer obsession is the number one priority and what Luka would do differently now if he would start out as a founder all over again. Enjoy!
Jens is Founding Partner & CEO of Angel Invest (www.angelinvest.ventures). Angel Invest is Europe's most active Angel Fund. They make 40+ angel investments per year into European technology startups. Their initial check size is €100k and they invest in Pre-seed and Seed rounds.
We talked about how to optimally reach out to investors like Jens, how to think about unit economics in your pre-seed, how to present market size in your pitch deck, how to spot the right investors for your startup and many more things relevant for founders when fundraising. Enjoy!
Felix Leonhardt is the co-founder of purefood (www.purefood.de). Their goal is to use consumerism to do good in the world, using delicious, all natural food products. For every sold product they support development projects.
We talked about: decision making processes, reflection, fundraising and advice for aspiring food founders. Enjoy!
Thilo is the founder of Levity (www.levity.ai). Levity enables businesses to rise above mundane tasks with next level, AI-driven process automation. In this episode he shares his path into entrepreneurship, his experience fundraising from top-tier investors and what lessons he has learned from building Levity over the years.
About the "get busy building" podcast: This podcast uncovers practicable insights from experienced startup founders, head-ofs and senior employees that can be used by leaders in startup organizations to be more effective in their roles. In each episode, we will briefly explore the guest's personal story and then dive deep into 1-3 specific topics of their expertise. Examples could be ideation, co-founder search, fundraising, hiring, operations, marketing, leading teams, legal etc. Episodes will be 20-30 min long and will be published on iTunes, Spotify and similar platforms.
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