Lukas VogtinCapnamic Ventures8 facts about founding team compositionKey takeaways from our empirical studySep 3, 2019Sep 3, 2019
Lukas VogtinTeenage Mutant Venture CapitalDimensions of ScalabilityVenture capital investment cases are supposed to scale — heavily. Heavily growing companies have great products and strong inbound demand…Nov 25, 2018Nov 25, 2018
Lukas VogtinTeenage Mutant Venture CapitalThe Dojo of Commerce“In the Western world, the term dōjō primarily refers to a training place specifically for Japanese martial arts such as aikido, judo…Feb 25, 20181Feb 25, 20181
Lukas VogtinTeenage Mutant Venture CapitalThe 4 Martial Arts of a Startup Due DiligenceAs a part of the investment team, the major challenge is to support a detailed, timely and comprehensive due diligence (DD). The DD is not…Feb 4, 20181Feb 4, 20181
Lukas VogtinTeenage Mutant Venture CapitalVenture Things E05: The Top DownOn the VC side you get confronted with many numbers, assumptions and business cases. Most of them apply a bottom up approach assuming a…Jan 26, 2018Jan 26, 2018
Lukas VogtinTeenage Mutant Venture CapitalVenture Things E04: The Growth Hypothesis“We are going to reach X EUR of revenues within the next 12 month.” This is a statement I have to validate very often when diving deeper…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
Lukas VogtinTeenage Mutant Venture CapitalVenture Things E03: The Fund MetricsA VC fund operates as a financial investor and has to report KPIs to its Limited Partners. There are three dimensions of KPIs a VC has to…Jan 5, 2018Jan 5, 2018
Lukas VogtinTeenage Mutant Venture CapitalVenture Things E02: The Target OwnershipOne of the most talked-about topics in Venture Capital is the valuation of startup companies. There are more than enough articles on…Dec 29, 2017Dec 29, 2017
Lukas VogtinTeenage Mutant Venture CapitalVenture Things E01: The Internal Rate of ReturnThe Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is a wide-spread measure for the return of investment projects — also in Venture Capital. It has very…Dec 22, 2017Dec 22, 2017
Lukas VogtinTeenage Mutant Venture CapitalDon’t fear the dark sideI used to work in a startup — now I am on the VC side and I like to use the terms “dark side” for investors and “bright side” for startups…Dec 17, 2017Dec 17, 2017