Category Archives: Investor

As Warren Buffett has become mainstream, it is now easy to confuse the forest and the trees of the headlines. I made my first trip to the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway in 2008 and have been to the event seven times in total. Going back to Omaha is not so much about learning something […]

For two years now, I have been involved in the startup scene in Toronto, centred around but not limited to Creative Destruction Lab (CDL). Toronto, together with Waterloo is an amazing technology hub, which is super successful in AI but also other deep tech endeavours, ranging material science to biotechnology. My experience as a mentor […]

“I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and I am a better businessman because I am an investor” – Warren Buffett I don’t aspire to compare myself to the man. But his view does match my personal experience. As a founder, I’ve sometimes been criticized by VCs that I regard my time in […]

Too many people have asked me over the past couple of weeks: “What are you working on right now”. Time for some communication – and a rebrand. Over the past year I have worked with several startups that I advised or invested in. I’ve learned that I am most efficient when I can leverage my […]

European startup ecosystems have matured over the past three years. Most of the discussion was: which cities – London or Berlin – have most startups? Who has exits or lack thereof? My personal view: After an explosion in numbers of startups, I recently see a significant uptick in quality of startups in Europe. I see […]