Insights from our portfolio

In October this year, we hosted our first Corporate-Startup networking event at the Bankside Hotel in London. The goal was to convene founders and CEOs from our startup ecosystem with corporate innovation leaders for an intimate and informal discussion around the state of innovation in a downturn. The event began with a panel discussion on the state of corporate innovation, which we've recapped for you below.

Molten launched its Fund of Funds model to bring more capital to the European seed and early-stage ecosystem. Five years on, we see it as part of our role in that ecosystem to ensure that the grassroots are properly served.

CoachHub's Co-founder and Managing Director Matti Niebelschuetz is interviewed by Molten Ventures’ Christoph Hornung to discuss how to expand and launch different markets while meeting varying customer needs and localisation at scale.

At our New York Portfolio Day, Vinoth Jayakumar chaired an important debate: how to own the narrative with investors in a competitive landscape.

At Molten, we like to put our portfolio first. Whether their technology is trying to address the climate crisis, or revolutionise banking, or helping consumers lead healthier lives, it’s their story, not ours that matters.

Lasse Andresen is the CEO of one of our newest portfolio companies, IndyKite, which has at its heart a mission to build the identity layer for Web 3.0, with products that securely manage human, IoT, and machine identity.

Joining a newly created role in a senior team is often most daunting in startups facing scale. It’s a recognition that the company has grown up, that its previous efforts are no longer befitting the business is now is, or is about to be. The challenge then is how to take your team to the next level, how to succeed if you’re moving to a new industry and have a lot to learn.

When you’re launching any new technology that can visibly impact people’s neighbourhoods and, even to some extent, how they see the sky out their window, these communities must be handled with care.