#17 The EUVC Lowdown - January 27th, 2023

Today Cathy White passed the baton to Andreas Munk Holm from the EUVC team, as he steps in to welcome Michel Geolier, CEO & Founder at Betterfront, Alexandre Covello, Founding Partner at Paladin VC, and Alberto Chalon Founding Partner at Giano Capital to talk about "VC Secondaries in Europe: what's going on in the market?" 🤔Tune in for a lively chat with seasoned experts in the industry.

Join us for an episode focusing on a different kind of equity. This week's guests include Tong Gu, Founding Partner at Pact, Marieke Gehres, an early-stage Investor at Earlybird, and Clarisse Lam, Associate at New Alpha Asset Management, for an International Women's Day special.

On today's show "Where we are 1 year on - Ukrainian entrepreneurship, outer support fervor and where VC plays a role", we talk about how the war has affected Ukrainian VCs and what kind of support is expected from the ecosystem. To deep dive into this subject Cathy White from CEW Comms welcomes Kateryna Hrechko, CEO at NGO "Ukrainian Tech Ecosystem"; Anton Avrinsky, Co-Founder of Liki24; Elena Mazhuha, from Flyer One Ventures; Oleksandr Yatsenk, Principal at SMOK Ventures and Andreas Munk Holm from the EUVC Team.

Are zombies on the rise and is a big explosion coming?Is it a movie or a week in VC?Find out more in today’s episode of the Lowdown as we wrap up this week's news in venture and as Cathy White from CEW Comms welcomes the usual suspects Dann Bowyer from SuperSeed and David Cruz e Silva from the EUVC Team.

This week's episode of the Lowdown dives into a new report from Proud Ventures. The 2023 LGBTQ+ Founder Report aims to raise awareness of key issues and kickstart action to create a more inclusive community for LGBTQ+ founders and VCs with fairer distribution of opportunities. Join Cathy White from CEW Comms and our guests Edward Kandel from Founders Factory & Proud Ventures, Dan Bowyer from Superseed and Andreas Munk Holm from the EUVC team.

This week's episode of the EUVC Lowdown reacts to the closure of the UK's Tech Nation programme after losing out on a £12M grant to Barclay's Eagle Labs. Our panel also share their thoughts on a new word in the VC lexicon - profitability. Join Cathy White from CEW Comms and our guests Yana Abramova, Partner at Pretiosum Ventures, Bogdan Iordache, GP of Underline Ventures and Andreas Munk Holm from the EUVC team.

This weeks episode of the Lowdown dives into European Deep Tech, and asks what the Venture Capital industry needs to do to better support pregnant female founders and all parents.Join Cathy White from CEW Comms and our guests Borys Musielak, Founding Partner of SMOK Ventures; Francesco Perticarari, General Partner of Silicon Roundabout Ventures; Elena Mazhuha, Investment Director at Flyer One Ventures and David Cruz e Silva from the EUVC for an honest conversation.

Join Cathy White from CEW Comms as she receives Borys Musielak, Founding Partner of SMOK Ventures; Matt Ward, Founding Partner of 4WARD.VC’s Climate Accelerator & Investor Syndicate; Michal Wrzolek, Senior Investment Director at Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder; Natasha Oppenheim, Founding Partner Future Wrk Ventures; Sandra Golbreich, General Partner of Baltic Sandbox Ventures and Andreas Munk Holm, your usual suspect from EUVC, in an honest debate over accelerators. 🚀

Join Cathy White from CEW Comms as she receives Chris Wade from Isomer, Tom Hughes from Affinity and the usual suspects Dan Bowyer from SuperSeed, Andreas Munk Holm and David Cruz e Silva from EUVC for a review of 2022 with its highs and lows in the Venture Capital Industry and Ecosystem.

Join Cathy White from CEW Comms, Andreas Munk Holm and David Cruz e Silva from The European VC and Dan Bowyer from SuperSeed in a light-hearted conversation about burnout in the industry 🤯, Christmas season coming 🎄 and the importance of drinking water 💦. The most vulnerable and most valuable episode of the Lowdown so far. 🎙️