#70 David Ventzel, Accelerace Invest & Overkill Ventures

Published: May 3, 2022, 5 a.m.

Today, we're happy to introduce you to David Ventzel, formerly a founder and the GP of not one, but TWO VC funds, Accelerace Invest and Overkill Ventures \U0001f44f In this episode, we dive deep on Accelerace Invest, being the pre-seed fund backing Denmark\u2019s leading startup accelerators\u2019 amazing alumni. Accelerace has helped spawn more than 800 Danish and international startups and David\u2019s learnings from being an integral part of the team cannot be overstated.

\U0001f6a8 Do tune in for one of the best \u201cbreaking into venture\u201d-stories on the pod so far \U0001f60d and an amazing walk-through of David\u2019s framework for diligencing founding teams pre-traction.

In this episode you\u2019ll learn:

- How David has transitioned from being a founder to a VC and key learnings from going through this - including how to build a GP team that can complement each other.
- Key learnings from having accelerated >800 startups and all about the \u201cAccelerace Invest Framework\u201d distinguishing between entry criteria and the excellence criteria of Impact, Smartness, Leadership and Crazy.
- The importance of having original insight and the difference between investing in beta and alpha growth.
- All about the \u201cmomentum-framework\u201d and how to track progress in startups pre-revenue.