Podcasts Business Investing EUVC #104 Gesa Miczaika, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund

#104 Gesa Miczaika, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund

Published: Aug. 30, 2022, 4:30 a.m.

Today we are happy to introduce you to Gesa, General Partner of Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and Board Member of the German Startups Association. Auxxo is a venture capital firm co-investing into startups with at least one female founder in Europe. Besides that, Gesa founded the Evangelistas, a network of female business angels with more than 170 members in Germany.

In this episode you\u2019ll learn:

\u2013 Gesa\u2019s perspective on the biases for and against female focused funds

\u2013 Why Auxxo invests in female founders and how that focus gives Auxxo a competitive advantage in winning competitive deals

\u2013 How Auxxo is thinking about their co-invest strategy in the light of the new market

\u2013 How Auxxo managed to raise their fund with more than 50% of their LPs being women (in terms of \u20ac\u20ac as well headcount)

\u2013 How Gesa thinks about firm development, fund II, and what\u2019s in store for Auxxo