Daniel Keiper-Knorr - Speed and direction, Gap and the growth stages, Working with weird and exceptional people, The need for specialisation when scaling and the magic slide

Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/Acc

Daniel Keiper-Knorr - one of the co-founders and Managing partners at SpeedInvest, a leading European early stage VC.

Daniel role is  capital formation, capital markets and investor relations.

Starting in 2011 as an angel fund, today Speedinvest is a 1B euro European powerhouse investing in startups at the earliest phases.

With 5 specialized investment teams with 40+ investment managers they offer founders a deep understanding of their space and a broad network in their target industries.

Some of their flagship investments include wefox, schüttflix, goStudent, coachhub and primer.

During this episode we discuss why every deck has a magic slide, why we don’t have more growth funds in Europe and the mechanics that prevent VCs from innovating.

Enjoy!