AtVenture DealFlow
AtVenture DealFlow
Podcast Description
Welcome to the AtVenture DealFlow Podcast, the podcast where we talk to founders who are actively fundraising! This podcast is designed to showcase curated deal flow for investors. In each episode, we bring you directly in touch with promising startups seeking funding, focusing on transparency, sectors, funding needs, and investor interests. Our mission is to streamline deal flow and connect investors with the right founders quickly and efficiently. See you at the next great deal!
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on startup fundraising, investment strategies, and industry insights, with episodes highlighting sectors like MedTech and HealthTech. For example, the episode featuring Dieuwertje Drexhage discusses Layco Medical Devices and their innovative approach to sustainable medical equipment, illustrating how startups can leverage environmental concerns to attract funding.
AtVenture Dealflow brings you conversations with Europe’s fundraising founders and the investors who back them.
Every week, host Laurie Lancee talks to ambitious startup founders who are raising capital and the angels, VCs, and ecosystem builders who support them.
You’ll hear honest fundraising stories, insider investor perspectives, and lessons on:
– Pitching and fundraising strategies
– What investors look for in early-stage startups
– Building diverse and inclusive companies
– Europe’s evolving startup & investment landscape
👉 Join the community at atventureplatform.com and see you at the next great deal!
Episode 24 – Velina Veleva:
From Angel Accelerator to 3 investments in 6 months
In this episode of AtVenture DealFlow, Laurie Lancee speaks with Velina Veleva, angel investor and alumna of AtVenture’s first Angel Accelerator cohort.
At the time of recording, Velina had made her first two angel investments shortly after completing the programme. And just recently, her portfolio had grown to three investments: Billie Wonder (sustainable diapers), Goodoo (ice cream) and Johnny Cashew (sustainable cashews). These companies were also featured in earlier episodes of AtVenture DealFlow.
Velina shares how she learned to combine gut feeling with due diligence, how her investment thesis evolved from a FemTech focus into a broader investment lens, and what earns her confidence, or raises questions, when a founder pitches. She also explains why the community became the most valuable part of her accelerator experience.
Thinking about becoming an angel investor yourself?
The AtVenture Angel Accelerator helps aspiring angels build the knowledge, confidence and network to start investing through practical training, curated startup deal flow and a community of fellow investors.
Explore upcoming cohorts:
https://www.atventureplatform.com/angel-accelerator
Angel Snapshot:
- Background: Business development
- Accelerator: Alumna of AtVenture’s 1st Angel Accelerator cohort
- Portfolio: 3 investments within 6 months: Billie Wonder, Goodoo and Johnny Cashew
- Investment interests: Started with FemTech, now exploring a broader range of sectors, including the protein transition
- Looks for: A strong team, grounded ambition, founder-market fit and a business she can understand and believe in
- Yellow flag: A leadership team that lacks diversity without showing awareness or plans to address it
- Advice for aspiring angels: Invest responsibly, build a diversified portfolio and be patient
- Most valuable part of the accelerator: The community and the opportunity to learn and invest alongside others
Listen to the full episode on AtVenture DealFlow.
More: www.atventureplatform.com
See you at the next great deal!
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