Venture Capital in today’s AI-dominated, sustainability-pressured market? In this episode, we sit down with Arve Janbu Fresvik, Founding Partner at Momentum, a VC firm backing climate tech and early-stage startups across Europe. Arve breaks down how impact-driven investing is evolving, why strong founder teams still beat big markets, and how AI is both a tool and a threat for startups. With a decade in venture capital and deep roots in sustainability investing, he offers real talk for found...
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Venture Capital in today’s AI-dominated, sustainability-pressured market? In this episode, we sit down with Arve Janbu Fresvik, Founding Partner at Momentum, a VC firm backing climate tech and early-stage startups across Europe. Arve breaks down how impact-driven investing is evolving, why strong founder teams still beat big markets, and how AI is both a tool and a threat for startups. With a decade in venture capital and deep roots in sustainability investing, he offers real talk for found...
#1: INVESTOR: Ilkka Kivimäki || Building and Backing Bold Ideas
Venture Capital Unlocked
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#1: INVESTOR: Ilkka Kivimäki || Building and Backing Bold Ideas
In our first episode, we sit down with Ilkka Kivimäki, founding partner at Maki VC and a cornerstone of Finland’s startup ecosystem, to unpack how early-stage funding decisions actually get made. Ilkka brings raw insight from building multiple startups, selling one to SAP, and backing over 60 companies through one of the Nordics’ most founder-aligned VC funds. He talks openly about why most founders misjudge valuation timing, how a good pitch is more about ambition than perfection, and why c...
Venture Capital Unlocked
Venture Capital in today’s AI-dominated, sustainability-pressured market? In this episode, we sit down with Arve Janbu Fresvik, Founding Partner at Momentum, a VC firm backing climate tech and early-stage startups across Europe. Arve breaks down how impact-driven investing is evolving, why strong founder teams still beat big markets, and how AI is both a tool and a threat for startups. With a decade in venture capital and deep roots in sustainability investing, he offers real talk for found...
