#183 Andreas Schwarzenbrunner, Speedinvest

Published: June 13, 2023, 4:30 a.m.

Today we are happy to welcome Andreas Schwarzenbrunner, Partner at Speedinvest, one of Europe\u2019s most active early-stage investors with more than \u20ac1 billion AuM and 40+ investors based in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, and Vienna. Andy found his way into Venture via politics - and is always up for a debate. This gave him an exceptionally good eye for promising ideas and trends.

In this episode you\u2019ll learn:

- Andy\u2019s journey from politics to VC and the edge having a different background gives him today

- What 6000+ VCs say about how they make decisions

- A discussion of how the European results differ from the US results

- Where funds choose to domicile, why and the implications of this on a policy level

- A discussion of why IRR and MOIC requirements are the same for US and EU VCs and why that surprises Andreas

- Why 90% of EU VCs say Europe is fragmented and what the causes of this is