The Hi everyone welcome to today's edition of scouting for growth. Today I'm meeting

with Simon Schneider founding partner of Neotech Venture.

Neotech Ventures is an early-state venture capital firm based in Cologne, Germany,

with his co-founder, B.J. Park, Simon investing outstanding teams and technology-based companies.

So today is on this podcast, we intend to cover three things.

First, Simon's path in V. C. Land. Simon has been a V.C. for over 20 years,

starting with a legal career. He shares a little bit more on his path during the

podcast. Second, we look at Great minds, don't think you like, they think together.

Seven shares that success come from partnership ecosystem building and lands on the future.

Lastly, while VCs focus on financial returns,

corporates often look at strategic returns.

Simon shares his startup tips to make sure that ventures do not get

sideline when the corporation's strategy changes. So let's welcome Simon. So Simon, thank you so much for being with me today on scouting for growth. I would love for you to tell us about you, about you as a venture capitalist.

I remember meeting you when I was at SBC in Show Tech. You were evaluating a lot of my

ventures and deciding whether you were going to invest in them when you were and match my group

ventures. And so tell us who you are and what got you to become a VC.

Yeah, hi Sebi. Very tough question already for the beginning. Thank you for that. So in the end it is, or it has been really coincidence that I entered the DC businessC. business.

It was in 2001, and at the end of my studies, to be honest I'm I'm a lawyer but decided not to work as a lawyer because someone

said why don't you go to these VC guys they need someone like you because you know how contracts should look like and you have a good

understanding of people and why don't you go to the VC business?

So that was in 2001, so really a long time ago,

and so really by advice from a friend I entered the VC business without ever

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