Project A Podcast
Business & Economics Podcasts
Project A is a European venture capital investor. With €500m under management, the company focuses on early-stage startups. In addition to capital, Project A provides its portfolio companies operational support from over 100 experts across the startup building stack. The Project A Podcast is the place to go for entrepreneurs and founders looking for expert advice and actionable tips to take their startup to the next level. We know it can be a long, difficult journey. Challenges are infinite and resources limited. In this podcast, you’ll learn from our experience as an Operational VC working with 100+ early-stage startups and find the inspiration you need to get going. Featuring our in-house Marketing, BI, and Organizational Building experts, as well as fellow founders from our broad portfolio of companies, we give you valuable insights on what it takes to build a successful company.
Location:
United States
Description:
Project A is a European venture capital investor. With €500m under management, the company focuses on early-stage startups. In addition to capital, Project A provides its portfolio companies operational support from over 100 experts across the startup building stack. The Project A Podcast is the place to go for entrepreneurs and founders looking for expert advice and actionable tips to take their startup to the next level. We know it can be a long, difficult journey. Challenges are infinite and resources limited. In this podcast, you’ll learn from our experience as an Operational VC working with 100+ early-stage startups and find the inspiration you need to get going. Featuring our in-house Marketing, BI, and Organizational Building experts, as well as fellow founders from our broad portfolio of companies, we give you valuable insights on what it takes to build a successful company.
Language:
German
Website:
http://www.project-a.com
Episodes
Talks with a CMO: The Unconventional Path to Hypergrowth with Revolut | PAP#164
4/19/2023
In our first episode of our “Talk to the CMO” podcast series, Luke Costley-White, Head of Acquisition at Project A sits down with Wiktor Stopa, Head of Growth DACH at Revolut, one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups. Luke and Wiktor discuss the transition from a hyper-growth startup to a global scaleup and the strategies you should be using to make this transition as seamless as possible.
Duration:00:20:28
42 Answers Leonie Althaus from traide AI | PAP#163
4/6/2023
In this episode, Leonie Althaus, co-founder and CEO of traide AI shares her experience of building a company that combines cutting-edge AI technology with the expertise of long-standing customs professionals.
Duration:00:39:06
The rise of RevOps as a discipline: landscape, trends, and professional skills | PAP#162
3/22/2023
How much sales and marketing knowledge do you need to get into Revenue Operations? What are the latest trends in RevOps? In this episode, Evan Dunn, Director of Growth Marketing at Syncari, answers these questions and talks about the RevOps discipline and what it can do for an organization.
Duration:00:33:55
Fundraising for out-of-network entrepreneurs and technical founders | PAP#161
3/15/2023
How do you build a business as an out-of-network and technical founder in a foreign country without a support group? Alina Bassi, CEO of Kleiderly and Co-Founder at Founderland shares her experiences and tips on how to navigate such circumstances with a 360° lens.
Duration:00:28:11
The role of brand and marketing in the investment and wealth management space | PAP#160
3/1/2023
In this episode, Florian Heinemann, Founding Partner at Project A, welcomes Christian Schneider-Sickert, Founder and CEO of LIQID Investments. In the conversation with Florian, Christian talks about LIQID's mission and culture and the role of marketing and branding in the wealth management space.
Duration:00:26:16
42 Answers Tim Schumacher from World Fund | PAP#159
2/22/2023
In this episode we welcome Tim Schumacher, Managing General Partner at World Fund, angel investor, and multiple times founder. In the conversation with Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A, Tim shares his insights and experiences from over 20 years of experience founding and investing in startups, and explains why he focuses on ESG investing.
Duration:00:46:40
42 Answers Fabian Niedballa from Sharpist | PAP#158
2/9/2023
In this episode we welcome Fabian Niedballa, co-founder of Sharpist, a coaching-based, results-oriented people development platform. In the conversation with Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A, Fabian talks about why he believes company culture is an ongoing project that needs to be recalibrated and explains why and when the product or engineering team should take the lead in a founding team.
Duration:01:12:31
We need to talk about RevOps | PAP#157
1/26/2023
In this episode, David Kübler, Senior Sales Consultant - Revenue Operations at Project A, welcomes Alicja Arts, Head of Sales Operations at Sennder, to discuss the emerging topic of Revenue Operations and how RevOps roles can help organizations scale.
Duration:00:38:53
42 Answers Marius Hepp from Junto | PAP#156
1/11/2023
In this episode we welcome Marius Hepp, Co-Founder of Junto, a B2B upscaling platform empowering young talents to learn from work-class operators. In the conversation with Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A, Marius shares his learnings from founding a company in the EdTech space and talks about the importance of a strong technological infrastructure to scale successfully.
Duration:00:28:33
42 Answers with the leadership team at Project A | PAP#155
12/20/2022
In this special edition of our 42 Answers from founders to founders, our Operating Partner & MD Rainer Berak sits down with our leadership team at Project A. From People, Tech, and Growth all the way to Data and ESG, our Project A experts answer the questions every founder wants to know on how to grow a company successfully.
Duration:01:19:41
Growing up the funnel | PAP#154
11/30/2022
In this episode, we welcome Paul-Christian Brenndörfer, Strategic Lead at Jung von Matt START. In the conversation with Simon Walter, Chief Brand Officer at Project A, Paul shares his experience working with early-stage startups and discusses how startups and brands can successfully grow up the funnel.
Duration:00:43:13
42 Answers Malte Bedürftig from JoinImpact | PAP#153
11/9/2022
In this episode, we welcome Malte Bedürftig, Co-founder & CEO of JoinImpact, a joint group of startups that help people take a positive role in society through activism, volunteering, community building, and entrepreneurship. In the conversation with Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A, Malte shares his learnings as a founder in the ESG space and explains how in purpose-driven companies, culture often builds itself from the common goal that unites every team member.
Duration:00:45:04
From Zero to One: Learnings From the First Steps in a Founding Journey| PAP#152
10/31/2022
How do you find your co-founder? When do you start talking to investors? What frameworks do you use for ideation and validation? Andrea Fernandez, Co-Founder of Vitamin, shares her learnings and insights from the early days of building her company.
Duration:00:40:27
42 Answers Sven Lackinger from Sastrify | PAP#151
10/26/2022
In this episode, Sven Lackinger, Co-Founder of Sastrify, a virtual SaaS procurement service, shares his learnings from running a company that is 100% tech. In the conversation with Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A, Sven shares why Sastrify is not based on product-led growth, and how a remote-first approach has a positive impact on the company’s culture, diversity, and even environmental footprint.
Duration:00:38:05
42 Answers Alex Melzer from Zolar | PAP#150
10/19/2022
In this episode, Alex Melzer, Founder & CEO of Zolar, a digital platform for residential solar systems, shares his experience from founding a company in the ESG sector. In the conversation with Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A, Alex shares why he believes that having strong company values and a common goal is crucial for Zolar’s success and explains how tech enables his customers to make an impact against climate change.
Duration:00:45:06
42 Answers Till Faida from eyeo | PAP#149
10/12/2022
In this episode, we welcome Till Faida, Co-Founder and former CEO of eyeo, an ad-filtering technology that aims to create a better value exchange between users, publishers, and advertisers on the internet. In his conversation with Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A, Till shares his learnings from founding a profitable company since the first year and explains why his first hires were self-taught talents who had previously contributed to creating open source projects.
Duration:00:34:56
42 Answers Emilia Theye from clare&me | PAP#148
10/5/2022
In this episode, we welcome Emilia Theye, Co-Founder of clare&me, an early-stage startup offering mental health support through artificial intelligence. In her conversation with Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A, Emilia shares her learnings from running a young company with a small team and explains why it is so important for early-stage startups to be close to the audience at a product level.
Duration:00:34:48
42 answers Jochen Engert from Flix | PAP#147
9/28/2022
In this episode, Jochen Engert, Co-Founder of Flix, one of the largest long-distance mobility networks worldwide, shares his learnings from growing a small German startup that within 10 years has become the market leader in the field. In the conversation with Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A, Jochen talks about the impact that tech and data have on Flix’s day-to-day operations and how he believes that business, product, and tech need to work closely together for any company to succeed.
Duration:00:57:50
42 Answers Kimberly Breuer from Likeminded | PAP#146
9/21/2022
In this episode, Rainer Berak, Operating Partner & MD at Project A welcomes Kimberly Breuer, Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Likeminded, a mental health platform that operates in the B2B context. Kimberly talks about how her company aims to break the stigma around the topic of mental health by offering companies support for their employees, and how a strong data and product team are essential to bring forward a successful, user-friendly mental health platform.
Duration:00:41:40
42 Answers David Nothacker from Sennder | PAP#145
9/14/2022
In this episode, Rainer Berak, Operating Partner at Project A, welcomes David Nothacker, Co-Founder & CEO at Sennder, Europe's leading digital road freight forwarder. David deep dives into why data is so important for logistics and how their environmental footprint can be significantly reduced by being a data- and tech-enabled company.
Duration:00:45:23