20 VC 018: Seed Stage Investing with Stefan Glaenzer of Passion Capital
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
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🗓️ 9 March 2015
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Glaenzer is Founding Partner at Passion Capital an early stage VC fund who have invested in the likes of DueDil, GoCardless and CarThrottle. He is also Co-Founder of White Bear Yard, a co-working space in London's East End. Prior to Passion, Stefan was Chairman of Last.fm, an early investor in Wahanda and remains an active member of their board and founder of Ricardo, which went public in 1999.
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What you will learn in today's episode:
- How Stefan got into the technology industry and later pivoted into the VC world?
- What is Stefan's preferred stage to enter into an investment and what is the standard amount invested in a startup?
- How much equity Stefan would look for in an investment?
- What interaction is typical for VCs following investing in a startup?
- How individuals should pitch their idea to Stefan?
- How many startups does Passion typically invest in on an annual basis?
- Does Stefan encounter the fear on missing out on a startup?
- What is it about the Peer to Peer lending sector that excites Stefan so much?
- Does Peer to Peer have a brighter future than Crowdfunding?
- What sector is Stefan most excited about and why?
- How can an entrepreneur show their enthusiasm and make an awesome pitch?
- Is there a formula for making a successful pitch?
- What are Stefan's red flags when a startup pitches to him?
As the interview concludes we ask Stefan some quick fire questions where we hear his thoughts on the hardest decision of his life? The best piece of advice Stefan has been given and his most recent investment and why he said yes?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 18 of the 20 minute VC. Now I first want to say a special thank you to all of you who have left a review on iTunes. It's so important but so grateful for our 35th review. Thank you so much and please do keep reviewing. To enter into the competition, simply email Harry at the 20 minute VC with the name that you left the review under and you'll be submitted into the competition, simply email Harry at the 20 minute VC with the name that you left |
| 0:21.8 | a review under and you'll be submitted into the competition to win all the books mentioned in the |
| 0:26.7 | five episodes of the 20 minute VC and a chance to pitch to the VCs mentioned in the show. |
| 0:32.9 | But moving on to today's show, I'm so excited to welcome Stefan Glainzer. |
| 0:37.8 | Stefan is currently founding partner of Passion Capital, an early stage VC fund, who've invested |
| 0:43.9 | in the likes of due deal, car throttle and go cardless. |
| 0:48.0 | Prior to Passion, Stefan was chairman of Last FM, he's also an active member of the Wahunda |
| 0:54.1 | board, and he was also the |
| 0:55.8 | founder of Ricardo. A brief summary of the amazing career that Stefan has enjoyed that does not do |
| 1:01.8 | him justice, but it's time to hear from Stefan and dive into the interview. So without further ado, |
| 1:07.2 | here's Stefan. Three, two, one, zero. |
| 1:13.5 | You have now arrived at your destination. |
| 1:16.4 | Welcome to the 20 minute VC. |
| 1:18.2 | It's an absolute pleasure to have you on the show. |
| 1:20.9 | And I really like to start off by hearing a little about yourself and how you got into the |
| 1:26.3 | technology industry and then |
| 1:28.2 | made your transition into the world of venture capital. |
| 1:31.0 | Could you tell us a little bit about that? |
| 1:32.9 | Certainly. |
| 1:33.6 | Happy to do so, Harry. |
| 1:35.8 | Clearly, as you can hear by my accent, I'm a native German speaker. |
| 1:40.6 | So born and raised in Germany, studied economics and have actually written a PhD way, way back about option pricing. |
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