20 VC 017: Nektarios Liolios of Startupbootcamp on Fintech, Pitching and London's Tech Scene
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🗓️ 5 March 2015
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Nektarios Liolios is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Startupbootcamp Fintech, the leading innovation program in the financial industry providing access to a global network of investors and VCs for up to 10 lucky startups selected. Nektarios himself has more than 15 years in business, having spent the last three with InnoTribe, running the Innotribe Startup Challenge.
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What you will learn in today's episode:
- How Nektarios got into the world of tech accelerators?
- How Startupbootcamp Fintech varies from the traditional VC model?
- What makes the best pitches at Demo Days?
- What is the selection process to get accepted at Startupbootcamp?
- What can startups prepare to do before pitching to Startupbootcamp?
- What is the most common reason Nektarios says no to startups?
- What would Nektarios advise someone who is looking to find a co-founder?
- What sector is Nektarios most excited about for the future?
- What Nektarios thinks about the future of bitcoin?
We then complete todays interview by having a quicker round where we hear Nektarios' thoughts on his favourite entrepreneur? The happiest moment Nektarios has enjoyed in his career? A day in the life of a Managing Director of a Startupbootcamp? What was Nektarios' most recent investment and why he said yes?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the second instalment of Accelerator Week here at the 20-minute VC with Harry Stebbings. |
| 0:06.9 | On today's show, I'm so excited to welcome Nectarios Leolios. |
| 0:11.2 | He is co-founder and managing director of Startup Boot Camp FinTech, |
| 0:15.2 | the leading innovation program in the financial industry in the heart of London, |
| 0:20.0 | providing access to a global network |
| 0:21.8 | of investors and VCs for up to 10 lucky startups in the fintech space. |
| 0:27.1 | Nectarios himself has spent more than 15 years in the business. |
| 0:30.8 | The last three being with Inner Tribe, Swift's initiative to enable collaborative innovation |
| 0:35.3 | and running the Inner Tribe Startup Challenge Day. |
| 0:38.2 | But before we jump into the interview, would you like the chance to pitch your business to one of our VCs? |
| 0:44.0 | If so, all you have to do is head on over to iTunes, leave a review, then simply email Harry at |
| 0:50.6 | the 20 minute VC.com with the name that you left the review under on iTunes and you'll be submitted into the competition. |
| 0:57.8 | But without further ado, it's time to jump into the interview. |
| 1:04.7 | You have now arrived at your destination. |
| 1:08.4 | First, I'm really interested to find out about how you got into the technology industry |
| 1:12.7 | and then later made your transition into the accelerator world of startup boot camp. |
| 1:18.1 | Can you tell us a little about that? |
| 1:20.7 | I can. |
| 1:22.1 | It's a funny one because for somebody who runs a fintech accelerator, |
| 1:30.4 | I have no background in financial services technology or entrepreneurship um that that is always one of those kind of anecdote moments |
| 1:38.0 | no i i started off i studied at university something completely different political science media |
| 1:44.0 | sociology uh french um and just through I studied at university something completely different, political science, media, sociology, French. |
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