Why I Left Goldman And Index Ventures At 30 - Now I've Raised $1B in Venture Capital I Ophelia Brown

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Venture Lab with Luis

Luis Druschke

10 episodes

6 days ago

The greatest opportunities are often hidden behind closed doors. This podcast opens them up. After seven years in a different industry, last year I developed a strange obsession with startups and venture capital. I consumed every podcast, video, and book I could find. And while entrepreneurship does not need another podcast, it desperately needs transparency, accessibility, and conversations that go beyond funding rounds and exits. Venture Lab tells the personal stories of Europe's most exceptional investors and most innovative founders.

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Why I Left Goldman And Index Ventures At 30 - Now I've Raised $1B in Venture Capital I Ophelia Brown

Venture Lab with Luis

42 minutes 22 seconds

3 months ago

Why I Left Goldman And Index Ventures At 30 - Now I've Raised $1B in Venture Capital I Ophelia Brown

Ophelia Brown, founder of Blossom Capital and former Index Ventures investor, reveals how she’s reshaping European venture capital with conviction-led investing and elite founder support. In this episode, she unpacks why the best VCs operate like founders, how to build a differentiated fund, and what most investors still get wrong about ambition in Europe. If you’re a VC, operator, or ambitious founder, you NEED to watch this.In this episode, Ophelia shares: • Why she left a top-tier fund at 30 to build her own • How conviction and speed are her edge in winning deals • The one mistake founders make in investor updates • Why most VCs lie about being “hands-on” • What makes European founders world-class