In Conversation With Vision Fund Investors Nahoko Hoshino & Anthony Doeh | SoftBank is doubling down on Europe – why now?
When Softbank unveiled its first 100 billion dollar Vision Fund in 2017, the world had never seen investment funds of such magnitude. Two years later in 2019, Vision Fund 2 was announced, and in 2021,...
4 Nov 202137min
In Conversation With Edgeir Vårdal Aksnes, Co-founder & CEO of Tibber | Less is more: The power of simple value propositions
Our guest this week, Edgeir Vårdal Aksnes, is reinventing how people buy electricity. I don’t know about you, but I don’t always even remember that I’ve bought electricity, I just know that I pay a bi...
28 Okt 202138min
In Conversation With Philippe Botteri, Partner at Accel | What’s happening in European SaaS?
In some previous episodes, we have discussed the state of the European ecosystem and its future trajectory, everywhere from the projections of investors to what’s happening on the aisles of accelerato...
21 Okt 202138min
In Conversation With Emily Orton, Co-founder & CMO of Darktrace | From founding days to IPO
No trace of darkness in this episode, where we talked to Emily Orton, Co-founder & CMO at the cybersecurity success-story Darktrace. Emily has been on board from the beginning, and shared some of her ...
14 Okt 202140min
In Conversation With Roxanne Varza, Director at Station F | Can you teach entrepreneurship?
Roxanne Varza not only has one of the most cinematic names of anyone we’ve talked to, but it also carries a boatload of weight in the European startup ecosystem. She is the Director of Station F, the ...
7 Okt 202135min
In Conversation With Nicole Quinn, General Partner at Lightspeed | Why VCs should do field research on consumers
In this episode of the Soaked by Slush podcast, we had the opportunity to host Nicole Quinn, Partner at Lightspeed Ventures. As an investor, Nicole is a master at working with founders, brands, and en...
22 Sep 202139min
In Conversation With Northzone Partners Wendy Xiao Schadeck & PJ Pärson | Web 3.0, Decentralization & Europe
In this episode, Isak and William talked to two Northzone Partners, Pär-Jörgen Pärson and Wendy Xiao Schadeck. Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Stockholm and New York, with ma...
27 Maj 202145min
In Conversation With Martin Mignot, Partner at Index | European tech: where are the giants?
Europe is a wonderful place, I think we can agree on that. I could spend all day listing reasons why, but then again this is just an episode description. However, some people are claiming that the jur...
20 Maj 202149min
