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Welcome to a special episode of the At The Money podcast by Golden Egg Check, recorded live at our Golden Egg Check Capital Community event. In this episode, I have a conversation with 2 emerging managers in VC on the new wave of venture capital: how emerging managers are challenging the traditional way of venture investing. The VCs joining this panel are Maria Rotilu, Founding and Managing Partner at OpenSeedVC, and Anke Huiskes, Partner at NP Hard Ventures. I hope you enjoy it! This episode is powered by the NVP. Thanks for listening to this episode of At The Money at our GEC community event. I hope you enjoyed this panel and got a look on how these emerging managers are challenging the status quo in VC. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to follow the podcast and share it with a founder, investor, or operator who might find it valuable. At The Money is powered by the NVP. See you in the next episode!

In this episode I’m joined by Matthijs Welle, CEO and co-founder of Mews. Mews recently raised $300 million from international investors. In this episode, we discuss the reality behind venture capital: how Mews initially raised money simply to survive, how they learned to pitch, and owning yourfundraising process. Matthijs is honest, sharp, and opinionated. We talk about Dutch VCs, ambition, hockey stick charts, term sheets, and why a great investor should bring much more than just capital. This episode is powered by the NVP.

Rubio is een impactgedreven early-stage venture capital fonds. Onlangs realiseerden zij de first close van hun derde fonds, met een omvang van €111 miljoen. In deze aflevering gaat Machtelt in op de ontwikkelingen binnen de impactsector, de plannen met Fund III en de technologieën en impactthema’s waar Rubio momenteel het meest enthousiast over is. Ook bespreken we hoe zij impact combineren met commercieel succes, en wat daarvoor nodig is in de praktijk. Veel investeerders uit Rubio Impact Ventures Fund I en II investeren opnieuw in Fund III. Het nieuwe fonds wordt ondersteund door succesvolle Nederlandse ondernemers, family offices en institutionele partijen, waaronder het Europees Investeringsfonds, Invest-NL, Oost NL en de Brabantse Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij. Daarnaast sluiten, voor het eerst, ING Social Impact Investments en het NN Social Innovation Fund zich aan. Ook heeft de RVO opnieuw een innovatiekrediet verstrekt binnen de Seed Capital-regeling. Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door de NVP.

In this episode of At The Money, Maud Vermeulen, early-stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, speaks with RJ Schuurs, Partner at Antler. They discuss AntlerONE, Antler’s new European community, reflect on emerging tech trends, and explore why extreme obsession is one of the defining traits of exceptional founders. This episode is supported by NVP.

In deze aflevering van de At The Money podcast ga ik, Thomas Mensink (Golden Egg Check), in gesprek met Andy Lürling, Founding Partner bij LUMO Labs. LUMO Labs is een impact-gedreven early-stage venture capital fonds. Ze investeren nu vanuit hun tweede fonds met een target van €100M. In deze aflevering vertelt Andy over de plannen met fonds 2de technologieën en impact thema’s waar LUMO enthousiast van wordthoe ze impact afwegen tegen commercieel succes Deze aflevering is mede-mogelijk gemaakt door de NVP.

This is a live episode of the At The Money podcast, in which I discuss growth and investment strategies with leading startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and in this episode my guest is Fouad Hamaidouch, founder of Restocks. Restocks was a sneaker reselling marketplace, and one of the fastest growing startups in the Netherlands. Was, because after an impressive growth, the pain of scaling cameto the surface. In this episode Fouad tells very openly about his Restocks rollercoaster ride, including all the challenges that come with growing to 150M+ in revenue to bankruptcy within years. This episode is made possible by the NVP, the Dutch association for venture capital firms.

This is the At The Money podcast, in which I discuss growth and investment strategies with leading startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and today my guest is Benedikt Kronberger, Partner at the German deeptech VC Matterwave Ventures. Matterwave was launched 2 years ago as a rebrand of the industrial tech team of btov Partners. We invested together in Roseman Labs. In this conversation we will discuss the investment thesis of Matterwave, the challenges ánd the excitement of investing in European industrial deeptech. This episode is made possible by the NVP, the Dutch Association for venture capital firms.

This is a special episode of the At The Money podcast by Golden Egg Check, recorded live at our Golden Egg Check Capital community event. In this episode our moderator Ytsen van der Meer, principal at Cottonwood Technology Fund and Venture Partner at Golden Egg Check, discusses with 3 VC panelists the current state of the venture capital market in Europe and in the Netherlands: How to raise capital in this market? How much? How to manage your runway? The VCs in this panel are: Jeroen Arts, partner at Speedinvest Sophie Heijenberg, partner at No Such Ventures Thijs Dijkman, partner at Peak They will share the insights that they’ve also shared with their portfolio companies. This episode is made possible by the NVP.

This is the At The Money podcast of Golden Egg Check, in which I, Thomas Mensink, discuss growth and investment strategies with leading startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. Today my guest is Carmen Alfonso Rico, co-founder and partner at Cocoa Ventures 🍫. Cocoa invests in pre-seed and seed stage in Europe and US, most often together with other VCs. They back ‘killers with a heart’. In this episode Carmen explains what she means with that, what Cocoa’s investment thesis is and why having fun is a very important take-away for all founders and investors. This episode is made possible by the NVP.

My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and my guest in this episode is Enrico Ohnemüller, co-founder at bunch. bunch wants to build the backbone of private markets, and for that reason have many VCs as their customer. In this conversation we’ll discuss how Enrico raised over €20 million from Cherry Ventures and others, how VCs can professionalise, and what key trends are in the European venture capital market. This episode is made possible by the NVP, the Dutch Association for venture capital firms.

My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early-stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and today my guest is Kyang Yung, General Partner at Coalition Capital. Kyang was a partner at INKEF, but recently he started his own VC fund. In this conversation we will discuss why Kyang thought it was time for his own fund, what the investment thesis of Coalition is, a bit about the investments they’ve done so far, and why they want to educate family offices about venture capital. This episode is made possible by the NVP, the Dutch Association for venture capital firms.

In deze aflevering spreek ik, Thomas Mensink, met Dédé Kruisman, co-founder en CEO van Haaven. Haaven heeft een platform voor mensen die een duurzaam huis willen bouwen enerzijds, en architecten en bouwbedrijven anderzijds. Ze hebben recent ruim €1 miljoen euro opgehaald bij Speedinvest en angels, wij hebben zelf ook mee-geïnvesteerd. In deze aflevering vertelt Dédé over hoe hij de FOMO van investeerders heeft benut, hoe hij met Haaven de bouwwereld wil transformeren en over hoe hij als startup de beste mensen naar zich toe weet te trekken. Deze aflevering is mede-mogelijk gemaakt door de NVP.

In deze aflevering spreek ik, Thomas Mensink, met Ytsen van der Meer, investment manager bij de NOM en mijn collega bij Golden Egg Check Capital. We bespreken o.a. de rol van regionale ontwikkelingsmaatschappijen en de dynamiek van vroeg investeren waarom wij denken dat de investeringsstrategie van GEC Capital een slimme is wat wij zien als uitdagingen van veel Nederlandse VCs, en waar wij denken dat er nog kansen liggen in het Nederlandse venture capital ecosysteem Deze aflevering is mede-mogelijk gemaakt door de NVP.

Dit is een speciale eindejaarsaflevering! Er is weer een hoop gebeurd in de wereld van startups en venture capital afgelopen jaar. Laten we daarop terugblikken met een aantal hoofdrolspelers: venture capital investeerders die in Nederland actief zijn. Hoe hebben zij 2023 beleefd? En wat kunnen founders verwachten van 2024? Wat zijn tips om komend jaar succes te fundraisen? Je hoort het allemaal in deze extra lange aflevering, mede mogelijk gemaakt door de NVP. Te gast zijn: • Jeroen Bertrams (angel investor) • Beau-Anne Chilla (FORWARD.one) • Ernst Rustenhoven (Slingshot Ventures) • Johan van Mil (Peak) • Wouter Goossens (Fortino Capital) • Anke Huiskes (NP-Hard Ventures) • Rinke Zonneveld (Invest NL) • Gemma Bloemen (Creandum) • Warner Philips (Rubio Impact Ventures) Namens het team van Golden Egg Check (Capital) wens ik jullie een mooi en succesvol 2024!

I am Thomas Mensink, host of the At The Money podcast, and today my guest is Paul Becker, co-founder and CEO of re:cap. re:cap offers tech companies with a subscription model an alternative debt funding, tailored to their business. In this episode, Paul explains how re:cap uses technology and data to make investment decisions, what the advantage is of non-dilutive funding and how he sees the future of data-driven growth capital. This episode is made possible by the NVP, the Dutch association for venture capital firms.