This episode was a blast. I had the honour of hosting Frank Maene the Managing Partner of Volta Ventures and Humming Bird Ventures: a successful investor and overall an entrepreneurship guru - although he is too humble to call himself as such. He has more than 25 years of experience in the industry and more than a dozen in the VC and Investing in particular. He has seen the dot-com bubble - companies falling left and right. He has seen and survived many crisis. Has worked both in Europe and Silicon Valley. He is tasked by the deputy minister to put Belgium firmly on the digital map. When you have such a high profile in your show what do you do? Of course ask a lot of questions and get best out of their successes and advices. That's what has been going on in the show - we are discussing the tidbits of raising money in Europe - such as what does he first look at in a company etc. We also talk about the best time to raise VC money and the cautions the entrepreneur must take beforehand. Frank is an excellent speaker and it has given itself out in the podcast too, so this one has been a delight. Go ahead and listen to it, and then why not may be send him a presentation deck? ;) I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did and please let me know about your feedback either in the comments or in the contact form. Here are my notes from the show: Michel Akkermans from Clear2Pay  [2:20] : Volta Ventures had recently a successful exit with Engagor. Frank tells the story behind. [3:35] : How much does Volta Ventures usually invest in a company and why? The whole maths behind it revealed. [08:45] : What's the ONE advice that Frank keeps on emphasising in every event? [10:40] : The perfect formula for the time to come to a VC for funds :) [13:40] : What's the value of a good VC, what MUST a VC do for you? [15:00] : Comparison of the European and US Entrepreneurship Culture [19:50] : What should the European Startups do more of what Silicon Valley Startups are already doing? [22:00]: Best advice for youngsters (below 25) [24:00]: What's the MINIMUM percentage of time that should be spent on raising money? [25:20]: Why you need a "buffer" and the best way of creating it [26:15]: How Frank decided to become a VC [29:00]: What do VCs do with failed/failing companies? The post OuE03: Art and Science of Raising Money for your StartUp in Europe with Frank Maene appeared first on Open Up Europe.
This episode was a blast. I had the honour of hosting Frank Maene the Managing Partner of Volta Ventures and Humming Bird Ventures: a successful investor and overall an entrepreneurship guru - although he is too humble to call himself as such. He has more than 25 years of experience in the industry and more than a dozen in the VC and Investing in particular. He has seen the dot-com bubble - companies falling left and right. He has seen and survived many crisis. Has worked both in Europe and Silicon Valley. He is tasked by the deputy minister to put Belgium firmly on the digital map. When you have such a high profile in your show what do you do? Of course ask a lot of questions and get best out of their successes and advices. That's what has been going on in the show - we are discussing the tidbits of raising money in Europe - such as what does he first look at in a company etc. We also talk about the best time to raise VC money and the cautions the entrepreneur must take beforehand. Frank is an excellent speaker and it has given itself out in the podcast too, so this one has been a delight. Go ahead and listen to it, and then why not may be send him a presentation deck? ;) I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did and please let me know about your feedback either in the comments or in the contact form. Here are my notes from the show: Michel Akkermans from Clear2Pay  [2:20] : Volta Ventures had recently a successful exit with Engagor. Frank tells the story behind. [3:35] : How much does Volta Ventures usually invest in a company and why? The whole maths behind it revealed. [08:45] : What's the ONE advice that Frank keeps on emphasising in every event? [10:40] : The perfect formula for the time to come to a VC for funds :) [13:40] : What's the value of a good VC, what MUST a VC do for you? [15:00] : Comparison of the European and US Entrepreneurship Culture [19:50] : What should the European Startups do more of what Silicon Valley Startups are already doing? [22:00]: Best advice for youngsters (below 25) [24:00]: What's the MINIMUM percentage of time that should be spent on raising money? [25:20]: Why you need a "buffer" and the best way of creating it [26:15]: How Frank decided to become a VC [29:00]: What do VCs do with failed/failing companies?
This episode was a blast. I had the honour of hosting Frank Maene the Managing Partner of Volta Ventures and Humming Bird Ventures: a successful investor and overall an entrepreneurship guru – although he is too humble to call himself as such.
He has more than 25 years of experience in the industry and more than a dozen in the VC and Investing in particular. He has seen the dot-com bubble – companies falling left and right. He has seen and survived many crisis. Has worked both in Europe and Silicon Valley. He is tasked by the deputy minister to put Belgium firmly on the digital map.
When you have such a high profile in your show what do you do? Of course ask a lot of questions and get best out of their successes and advices. That’s what has been going on in the show – we are discussing the tidbits of raising money in Europe – such as what does he first look at in a company etc.
We also talk about the best time to raise VC money and the cautions the entrepreneur must take beforehand.
Frank is an excellent speaker and it has given itself out in the podcast too, so this one has been a delight. Go ahead and listen to it, and then why not may be send him a presentation deck?
I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did and please let me know about your feedback either in the comments or in the contact form.
Here are my notes from the show:
Michel Akkermans from Clear2Pay
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[2:20] : Volta Ventures had recently a successful exit with Engagor. Frank tells the story behind.
[3:35] : How much does Volta Ventures usually invest in a company and why? The whole maths behind it revealed.
[08:45] : What’s the ONE advice that Frank keeps on emphasising in every event?
[10:40] : The perfect formula for the time to come to a VC for fundsÂ
[13:40] : What’s the value of a good VC, what MUST a VC do for you?
[15:00] : Comparison of the European and US Entrepreneurship Culture
[19:50] : What should the European Startups do more of what Silicon Valley Startups are already doing?
[22:00]: Best advice for youngsters (below 25)
[24:00]: What’s the MINIMUM percentage of time that should be spent on raising money?
[25:20]: Why you need a “buffer” and the best way of creating it
[26:15]: How Frank decided to become a VC
[29:00]: What do VCs do with failed/failing companies?
The post OuE03: Art and Science of Raising Money for your StartUp in Europe with Frank Maene appeared first on Open Up Europe.
