In Conversation With Robert Lacher, Founding Partner at Visionaries Club | What would a founder's ideal VC look like?
Slush16 Des 2021

In Conversation With Robert Lacher, Founding Partner at Visionaries Club | What would a founder's ideal VC look like?

Hi folks. Slush 2021 happened, and we had the opportunity to record some fun and interesting episodes on location. This week’s guest is Robert Lacher, an entrepreneur and Founding Partner at the Berlin-based VC Visionaries Club. Robert is a central figure in the European VC-scene, and is an excellent brain to pick about what entrepreneurs should think about when shopping for investors nowadays. Being a recent former entrepreneur, he himself has sought out to build a VC from his perspective of what would be most useful to founders. In this episode, we will delve into these perspectives, from personal chemistry to access and network. And we talked about Europe too, of course.

Expect to learn:

  • Why access and network means more than ever
  • What is Robert’s unique take on Europe’s strengths in entrepreneurship?
  • Why is the personal relationship between investor and founder important?
  • “VCs are all about upside, not about downside”

Timestamps:

1:06 Start

1:40 Intro for Robert Lacher and Visionaries Club

4:25 On the value VCs can provide to entrepreneurs these days

6:42 How has access and network changed in Europe?

11:58 Why Europe, why now?

15:19 How should entrepreneurs think about VC fit?

18:50 The role of network and access

22:20 The personal relationship between VC and Founder

27:15 Can that relationship be too close and friendly?

31:15 On failing

33:55 Curating the VC setup



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