Insights | Molten Ventures

Corporates and Startups tell it how it is

In the second part of our Corporate-Startup panel roundup, we gathered founders and CEOs from our startup ecosystem and corporate innovation leaders for an intimate and informal discussion. We asked the group for some real honesty about some of the difficulties the corporates and startups faced working together: “Tell the truth: what annoys you about each other?”

Venture Capital

Fund of Funds | Powering Europe's Seed and Early-Stage Tech Ecosystem

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.

Enterprise & Saas

Slush 2022 | Around the World in 80 Days: Coachhub's Guide to Expansion

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.

Venture Capital

Roundtable: How to own the narrative and appeal to investors

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

Article

Molten on tour: thoughts on our NYC Portfolio Day

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.

Panel | Corporate Innovation in a Downturn

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.

Enterprise & Saas

“The idea isn’t the thing”... An interview with IndyKite’s Lasse Andresen

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.

Deeptech

Taking the helm of a brand-new department

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.

Consumer

How to grow when people are scared of your product?

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.

Fintech

Why values need to do what they say on the tin

Culture plays such a fundamental part in the sustainability of an organisation. However, the values that underpin that culture may not be codified, so it’s important to make sure they are understood by all its employees.