Podcast: investor story

We have a special episode on fff.vc where Akim and Tim share their entrepreneurial adventure in the US. They spent a month exploring Silicon Valley and California. In this episode, they delve into the numbers: 23 days, 11 cities, approximately 4000km traveled, 5 events attended, and 70 new contacts made. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of these experiences. They also discuss the impact versus cash multiples, the speed and volume of US businesses, and shed light on the true meaning of "Fail Fast".

Rasmus is almost a synonym to ClimateTech in Baltics. During his professional career, he has been living Scotland, England, Denmark, Switzeland, before coming back home to Estonia. He is not investing himself but is doing it for company that also invests renewable energy and electrification start-ups - Sunly (https://sunly.ee/). Among other things he is involved in such investments as UpCatalyst, Skeleton Technologies, Comodule and EnergiaSalv.

Triin Hertmann helped to build Skype (https://skype.com) and was the second employee at Wise (https://wise.com). Her active angel portfolio includes companies such as Starship, Montonio, Salv and many others. Lately, she co-founded Grünfin (https://grunfin.com), a company that helps people invest in the most impactful sustainable funds. She is one of the pioneers when it comes to women in tech herself, now becoming a huge inspiration for others.

Sten Tamkivi is one of the biggest standout names within the Estonian tech scene. Among other things, he has been a General Manager at Skype, worked at Andreessen and Horowitz (https://a16z.com), Advised the president of Estonia on tech and innovation matters, and has made over 100 investments with his business partner - Taavet Hindrikus, over the past two years. Recently, Taavet and himself founded Plural (https://pluralplatform.com) - an investment platform for unemployables. In addition, he has survived two recessions, overcoming his first bankruptcy during the .com bubble. In this episode, e spoke about the past and speculated about the future.

Kristjan Vilosius is an exciting mix of a founder and an angel investor. His startup Katana MRP (https://katanamrp.com) has just closed a 35m€ funding round, while his investment portfolio contains the likes of Bolt, Eurora, Outvio, Fooddocs, and many others. Interestingly, he started his investors career for a not-so-common reason but has created a more structured approach since then. It is notable how one person can manage so many things at the same time, also being a father and a partner in his personal life. He seems to hold a black belt in “work-life” balance and loves to surf.

Marko Oolo is a Partner at Superangel VC (superangel.io), an angel investor, and an active player within the investment circles in Estonia and Baltics at large. His personal portfolio includes companies such as Planet42, Ampler Bikes, Bikeep, Snabb, and many others. Apart from investing, he also promotes the industry by being one of the founders of the region's largest retail investment event - the Investment Festival.

What's in this episode?

0:00 - Intro

0:32 - Community Update

7:14 - Introduction of the Collectives initiative with Helery Pops (Honey Badger Capital)

13:25 - A Guide to Secondary Transactions

24:12 - What should I do? My CTO has walked out during a fundraise

34:52 - Norrsken Impact Report 2021: overview

39:19 - What would a recession mean for revenue-based financing startups?

47:39 - State of the market: July 2022

References:

fff.vc: Collectives: https://fff.vc/fff-collectives

What should I do? My CTO has walked out during a fundraise: https://sifted.eu/articles/dear-sifte...

What would a recession mean for revenue-based financing startups?: https://sifted.eu/articles/revenue-ba...

Norrsken Impact Report 2021: overview: https://medium.com/norrsken-vc/how-we...

What's in this episode?

0:00 - Intro

1:19 - Community Update

6:42 - Lithuanian startup "InRento" has merged with European real estate aggregator "EvoEstate"

9:58 - Learning: Bootstrap or raise?

19:38 - Investment trends in April

24:48 - Almi Invest Launches A Real-Time Site For Available Startup Jobs

28:31 - Learning: Venture capital economics for investors

34:00 - Startup Of The Week Wants Companies To Talk To Employees Through Podcasts

References:

InRento merges with EvoEstate: https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/03/l...

Bootstrap or raise?: https://sifted.eu/articles/planhat-bo...

Almi Invest Launches A Real-Time Site For Available Startup Jobs: https://startupmafia.eu/almi-invest-l...

Startup Of The Week Wants Companies To Talk To Employees Through Podcasts: https://startupmafia.eu/startup-of-th...

What's in this episode?

0:00 - Community Update

5:28 - FiBan - Record-high year for startup investment activities

11:33 - Sweden’s GOALS raises $15m to build NFT-based FIFA

18:46 - Estonian-Swedish Angel Investors Bridge

28:15 - Estonia to host a NATO startup accelerator

30:45 - Metaverse-as-a-Service: City 200+ pages report results

37:14 - Learning: Transparency while pitching, were is the borderline of a lie?

45:37 - TechChill

References:

FiBan, Record-high year: https://arcticstartup.com/fiban-repor...

Sweden’s GOALS raises $15m to build NFT-based FIFA: https://sifted.eu/articles/goals-foot...

Estonia to host a NATO startup accelerator: https://estonianworld.com/security/es...

What's in this episode?

0:00 - Intro An update from the FFF

9:09 - Support Ukraine

15:22 - Specialists VC and Creandum raise new funds

20:50 - FFFs principle of the DD process

29:42 - How to win in the venture when the rules-and geography- of the game is changing?

37:35 - Netflix announced plans to acquire the Finnish mobile game developer Next Games

40:54 - Occo closes a 750k € funding round to boost AI

45:18 - Angel investing - access or picking?

53:40 - Popular investment trends in February

56:32 - Atom Mobility launches Atom Academy References:

Fund Fellow Founders - https://fff.vc

Help Ukraine - https://icanhelp.host / https://mapahelp.me / https://www.peopleforpeople.info

Specialists VC and Creandum raise new funds - https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/02/s...

FFFs principle of the DD process - https://fff.vc/resources

How to win in a venture when the rules-and geography- of the game is changing - https://nordicstartupnews.com/norwegi...

Netflix announced plans to acquire the Finnish mobile game developer Next Games - https://investingnews.com/netflix-to-...

Occo closes a 750k € funding round to boost AI - https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/02/e...

Popular investment trends in February - https://sifted.eu/articles/february-s...

Atom Academy - https://atommobility.com/academy