At The Money

This is a live episode of the At The Money podcast, in which I discuss growth and investment strategies with leading startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors.My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and in this episode my guest is Fouad Hamaidouch, founder of Restocks.Restocks was a sneaker reselling marketplace, and one of the f

This is the At The Money podcast, in which I discuss growth and investment strategies with leading startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and today my guest is Benedikt Kronberger, Partner at the German deeptech VC Matterwave Ventures. Matterwave was launched 2 years ago as a rebrand o

This is a special episode of the At The Money podcast by Golden Egg Check, recorded live at our Golden Egg Check Capital community event. In this episode our moderator Ytsen van der Meer, principal at Cottonwood Technology Fund and Venture Partner at Golden Egg Check, discusses with 3 VC panelists the current state of the venture capital market in Europe and in the Netherlands: How

This is the At The Money podcast of Golden Egg Check, in which I, Thomas Mensink, discuss growth and investment strategies with leading startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. Today my guest is Carmen Alfonso Rico, co-founder and partner at Cocoa Ventures 🍫. Cocoa invests in pre-seed and seed stage in Europe and US, most often together with other VCs. They back ‘

My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and my guest in this episode is Enrico Ohnemüller, co-founder at bunch. bunch wants to build the backbone of private markets, and for that reason have many VCs as their customer. In this conversation we’ll discuss how Enrico raised over €20 million from Cherry Ventures and others, how VCs can pr

My name is Thomas Mensink, I’m early-stage investor at Golden Egg Check Capital, and today my guest is Kyang Yung, General Partner at Coalition Capital. Kyang was a partner at INKEF, but recently he started his own VC fund. In this conversation we will discuss why Kyang thought it was time for his own fund, what the investment thesis of Coalition is, a bit about the investments

In deze aflevering spreek ik, Thomas Mensink, met Dédé Kruisman, co-founder en CEO van Haaven. Haaven heeft een platform voor mensen die een duurzaam huis willen bouwen enerzijds, en architecten en bouwbedrijven anderzijds. Ze hebben recent ruim €1 miljoen euro opgehaald bij Speedinvest en angels, wij hebben zelf ook mee-geïnvesteerd. In deze aflevering vertelt Dédé over hoe

In deze aflevering spreek ik, Thomas Mensink, met Ytsen van der Meer, investment manager bij de NOM en mijn collega bij Golden Egg Check Capital. We bespreken o.a. de rol van regionale ontwikkelingsmaatschappijen en de dynamiek van vroeg investeren waarom wij denken dat de investeringsstrategie van GEC Capital een slimme is wat wij zien als uitdagingen van veel Nederlandse VCs

Dit is een speciale eindejaarsaflevering! Er is weer een hoop gebeurd in de wereld van startups en venture capital afgelopen jaar. Laten we daarop terugblikken met een aantal hoofdrolspelers: venture capital investeerders die in Nederland actief zijn. Hoe hebben zij 2023 beleefd? En wat kunnen founders verwachten van 2024? Wat zijn tips om komend jaar succes te fundraisen? Je hoort

I am Thomas Mensink, host of the At The Money podcast, and today my guest is Paul Becker, co-founder and CEO of re:cap. re:cap offers tech companies with a subscription model an alternative debt funding, tailored to their business. In this episode, Paul explains how re:cap uses technology and data to make investment decisions, what the advantage is of non-dilutive funding and how h