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Specialization in action: Inside a specialist VC's playbook for success
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
06/14/24 • 16 min
As technology advances and industries transform, venture capitalists face a critical decision: should they cast a wide net, or home in on a niche?
To guide investors through this choice, Evgenia Plotnikova, General Partner at Dawn Capital, has sat down with IMD's venture asset management team.
As the youngest woman in Europe to be internally promoted to GP, Evgenia leads the company's B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) deals from early stage to pre-IPO. With a particular love for data, automation, and cloud infrastructure, she has led the firm's investments in Dataiku, Soldo, and Firebolt among others.
Dawn Capital is Europe's leading specialist B2B software venture capital investor. Founded in 2007, it has over $2bn in assets under management and is currently deploying from a $620m Fund 5 with initial tickets ranging from $10-40m at Series A or B stages.
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Through our research, thought leadership, and annual program, IMD’s Venture Asset Management Initiative aims to demystify venture asset management in Switzerland and across Europe.
To find out more about IMD visit imd.org
For more information about our Venture Asset Management Initiative click here
This podcast was editorialized by Raphael Grieco, VC Researcher at IMD
The future of agritech investing, with Jim Pulcrano & Rob Trice
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
02/27/25 • 22 min
Rob Trice is an established international venture capital investor. He is currently leveraging his background in telecom, mobile and internet investing to fund companies that apply IT to the food and agriculture sectors via Better Food Ventures, a seed stage investment entity established in 2013.
Jim Pulcrano is Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management. He has extensive expertise in entrepreneurship, particularly startup culture, strategy, customer centricity, marketing, and disruption.
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Through our research, thought leadership, and annual program, IMD’s Venture Asset Management Initiative aims to demystify venture asset management in Switzerland and across Europe.
To find out more about IMD visit imd.org
For more information about our Venture Capital Asset Management program visit: imd.org/finance/vam/
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Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
10/31/23 • 9 min
Europe's Untapped Venture Capital Potential, with Nathaniel Gunn Arnold and Jan-Martin Frie from the IMF
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
10/29/24 • 33 min
Over the past decade, American VCs have outraised their European counterparts by hundreds of billions of dollars. But why?
Nathaniel Arnold and Jan-Martin Frie say several factors are at play, including fragmented markets, a disparity in private capital, and Europe's comparative absence of institutional investors. The result has been a "scale-up gap" pushing promising EU startups to seek foreign funding.
In this episode of Capital Conversations, Arnold and Frie explore the challenges and opportunities in the European VC landscape, and discuss how the "brain drain" effect is hampering the growth of startups on the continent.
Nate Arnold is the IMF’s Deputy Resident Representative to the EU in Brussels. Before that he worked on the euro area team, Nordic countries, and in the Fiscal Affairs department at the IMF headquarters in Washington. Jan Frie is an economist in the IMF’s Brussels office. He has also worked at the European Commission and the think tank, CEPS. Their paper 'Stepping up Venture Capital to Finance Innovation in Europe' can be found here, or through their blog.
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Through our research, thought leadership, and annual program, IMD’s Venture Asset Management Initiative aims to demystify venture asset management in Switzerland and across Europe.
To find out more about IMD visit imd.org
For more information about our Venture Capital Asset Management program visit: imd.org/finance/vam/
Pt.2 Chris Douvos of Ahoy Capital on the evolution of the emerging managers segment
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
04/10/24 • 18 min
Part 2 of our conversation with Chris Douvos, on how the Emerging Managers segment in Venture Capital has evolved since 2010.
Chris Douvos founded Ahoy Capital in 2018, focusing on backing emerging venture capital fund managers. With nearly two decades in venture capital, he's a pioneer in the micro-VC movement.
At Ahoy Capital, the focus is on intentionally right-sized investment vehicles, believing that size can hinder performance. They prioritize concentrated portfolios, anchored by top-performing VC managers, alongside dynamic emerging managers and co-investments.
With experience catalyzing leading managers since the early micro-VC days, Ahoy pursues a conviction-based strategy, backing dynamic nascent managers and companies with sustainable competitive advantages or leveraging innovation ecosystems.
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Through our research, thought leadership, and annual program, IMD’s Venture Asset Management Initiative aims to demystify venture asset management in Switzerland and across Europe.
To find out more about IMD visit imd.org
For more information about our Venture Asset Management Initiative click here
This podcast was editorialized by Raphael Grieco, VC Researcher at IMD
Chris Douvos of Ahoy Capital, discusses the evolution of the emerging managers segment Pt.1
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
03/22/24 • 14 min
In this new episode of Capital Conversations, we explore “How the Emerging Managers segment in Venture Capital has evolved since 2010” with Chris Douvos.
Chris Douvos founded Ahoy Capital in 2018, focusing on backing emerging venture capital fund managers. With nearly two decades in venture capital, he's a pioneer in the micro-VC movement.
At Ahoy Capital, the focus is on intentionally right-sized investment vehicles, believing that size can hinder performance. They prioritize concentrated portfolios, anchored by top-performing VC managers, alongside dynamic emerging managers and co-investments.
With experience catalyzing leading managers since the early micro-VC days, Ahoy pursues a conviction-based strategy, backing dynamic nascent managers and companies with sustainable competitive advantages or leveraging innovation ecosystems.
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Through our research, thought leadership, and annual program, IMD’s Venture Asset Management Initiative aims to demystify venture asset management in Switzerland and across Europe.
To find out more about IMD visit imd.org
For more information about our Venture Asset Management Initiative click here
This podcast was editorialized by Raphael Grieco, VC Researcher at IMD
Pt.2 Challenging Dogmatic Narratives in Venture Capital, with Fergal Mullen, Co-Founder & Partner at Highland Europe.
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
02/16/24 • 17 min
In the second part of Fergal Mullen's interview, the co-founder and Partner of Highland Europe provides a pragmatic take on venture capital practices, addressing key industry dogmas.
Mullen questions the bias against first-time entrepreneurs and talks about the importance of getting feedback from founders. He delves into the significance of geographical proximity, critiques the "Unicorn or Bust" mentality, and offers a practical approach to board meetings.
In closing, he emphasizes the importance of aligning fund size with strategy, considering diverse market sizes, and recognizing the potential in hardware investments.
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Through our research, thought leadership, and annual program, IMD’s Venture Asset Management Initiative aims to demystify venture asset management in Switzerland and across Europe.
To find out more about IMD visit imd.org
For more information about our Venture Asset Management Initiative click here
This podcast was editorialized by Raphael Grieco, VC Researcher at IMD
Challenging Dogmatic Narratives in Venture Capital, with Fergal Mullen, Co-Founder & Partner at Highland Europe.
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
01/26/24 • 19 min
Fergal Mullen is a co-founder and Partner of Highland Europe focused on enterprise SaaS and consumer internet companies. He represents Highland Europe on the boards of GetYourGuide.com, AMCS, Nexthink, Bitmovin, Meditopia, Unibuddy, and Podimo.
Highland Europe is currently investing from its 5th Fund which is just over €1B. In total, the firm manages approximately €3B. Until the formation of Highland Europe, Fergal was a General Partner with Highland Capital Partners.
He launched the firm in Europe in 2007 and Co-Founded Highland Europe in 2011.
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Through our research, thought leadership, and annual program, IMD’s Venture Asset Management Initiative aims to demystify venture asset management in Switzerland and across Europe.
To find out more about IMD visit imd.org
For more information about our Venture Asset Management Initiative click here
This podcast was editorialized by Raphael Grieco, VC Researcher at IMD
Capital Conversations: Olivier Laplace on the Technology Investment Market
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
12/12/23 • 17 min
In episode one of Capital Conversations, Olivier Laplace, Managing Partner at VI Partners, discusses the evolving landscape of the technology investment market.
Olivier Laplace explores the nature of the current crisis, drawing parallels to previous downturns and highlighting the unique features of the current situation. His advice to founders centers on building a robust business, conducting thorough due diligence on investors, and navigating the changing dynamics of talent acquisition and fundraising.
Key points include the impact of a 2020 bubble on startup valuations, the transitional phase in 2021 marked by a decline in IPOs, and the influence of long-term interest rates on venture capital dynamics.
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Through our research, thought leadership, and annual program, IMD’s Venture Asset Management Initiative aims to demystify venture asset management in Switzerland and across Europe.
To find out more about IMD visit imd.org
For more information about our Venture Asset Management Initiative click here
This podcast was editorialized by Raphael Grieco, VC Researcher at IMD
Pt.2 Specialization in action: Inside a specialist VC's playbook for success
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital
07/01/24 • 17 min
Part 2 of Capital Conversations, with Evgenia Plotnikova.
As technology advances and industries transform, venture capitalists face a critical decision: should they cast a wide net, or home in on a niche?
To guide investors through this choice, Evgenia Plotnikova, General Partner at Dawn Capital, has sat down with IMD's venture asset management team.
As the youngest woman in Europe to be internally promoted to GP, Evgenia leads the company's B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) deals from early stage to pre-IPO. With a particular love for data, automation, and cloud infrastructure, she has led the firm's investments in Dataiku, Soldo, and Firebolt among others.
Dawn Capital is Europe's leading specialist B2B software venture capital investor. Founded in 2007, it has over $2bn in assets under management and is currently deploying from a $620m Fund 5 with initial tickets ranging from $10-40m at Series A or B stages.
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Find out more about IMD at imd.org
This podcast was editorialized by Raphael Grieco, VC Researcher at IMD
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How many episodes does Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital have?
Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital currently has 20 episodes available.
What topics does Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital cover?
The podcast is about Venture Capital, Management, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Enterprise, Asset Management, Investment, Podcasts, Technology, Business and Innovation.
What is the most popular episode on Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital?
The episode title 'Specialization in action: Inside a specialist VC's playbook for success' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital?
The average episode length on Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital is 21 minutes.
How often are episodes of Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital released?
Episodes of Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital are typically released every 23 days, 16 hours.
When was the first episode of Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital?
The first episode of Capital Conversations: Insights into the World of Venture Capital was released on Oct 31, 2023.
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