Global trends in technology investment




Everyone Funding Startups show

Summary: This audio is from panel discussion at Invest Tech Finland held at 9th to 10th of June in Finland. Which funds and ventures will win? Panel is chaired by: Artturi Tarjanne, General Partner, Nexit Ventures and the panelists are: Timo Ritakallio, Deputy CEO, Head of Investments, Ilmarinen Paul Murray, Partner, DFJ Esprit Kaj-Erik Relander, Partner, Accel Partners Sven Lingjaerde, Managing Partner, Endeavour Vision Jouni Hakala, Director, Fund-of-Funds Investments Some of the subjects covered include: – talking about exit markets – new exit market geographically – more exit markets outside US – sometimes VC’s exit too early – alternative markets – europe needs stronger links between markets – IPO’s may never come back – selling your company vs. my company gets bought = higher valuations – will US dominate the future of VC? – China is the wild west, India is really interesting, Europe is also fantastic opportunity Download podcast or lister directly below. You can also subscibe via iTunes.