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Nancy Fechnay is a Partner @ Flight Ventures where Nancy runs the UK syndicate which now has over 430,000 comitted to the syndicate and Nancy moved to London from Silicon Valley in 2014, having spent time with the likes of Kleiner Perkins and GE Ventures. Now in the UK, Nancy is the Interim Director at Techstars London as well as an advisor to several select UK and U.S. based startups and has a soft spot for wearables and other digital hardware plays, but invests across all sectors.
Contained In Today’s Episode:
1.) How Nancy made her entry into the tech and investing world? What was it that attracted Nancy to the world of investments?
2.) Having working in both the US and UK venture scene now, when comparing the US and European scenes what are the biggest differences? Do the entrepreneurs have a fundamentally different mindset? Are UK entrepreneurs more risk averse, as is always suggested? Are investor expectations different in the US?
3.) Does the narrow exit funnel for European startups not concern NancySome suggest that startups must go to the valley if they are to be acquired for $bn plus or have a successful IPO. Does Nancy agree?
4.) Why did Nancy agree to setup Uk Technology by Flight Ventures with Gil Penchina? What is the mission? What is the average investment? Is there a plan to be investing further in Europe in time?
5.) At a talk with the Chicago Angels Network Nancy said that European investors are much more KPI led, in comparison to US investors who follow the passion of the team and the vision? Which side does Nancy fall on and what are the pros and the cons?
6.) What have been Nancy’s biggest takeaways from working with Gil Penchina?
Shopping List From Today’s Show:
Favourite book and why: Machine Learning: The Art Of Science & Algorithms That Make Sense Of Data by Peter Flach
Fave blog or newsletter: The Memo, Term Sheet
Most recent investment and why: Lystable
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
and see Nancy's latest tweets here:
www.twitter.com/NancyFechnay
Contained In Today’s Episode:
1.) How Nancy made her entry into the tech and investing world? What was it that attracted Nancy to the world of investments?
2.) Having working in both the US and UK venture scene now, when comparing the US and European scenes what are the biggest differences? Do the entrepreneurs have a fundamentally different mindset? Are UK entrepreneurs more risk averse, as is always suggested? Are investor expectations different in the US?
3.) Does the narrow exit funnel for European startups not concern NancySome suggest that startups must go to the valley if they are to be acquired for $bn plus or have a successful IPO. Does Nancy agree?
4.) Why did Nancy agree to setup Uk Technology by Flight Ventures with Gil Penchina? What is the mission? What is the average investment? Is there a plan to be investing further in Europe in time?
5.) At a talk with the Chicago Angels Network Nancy said that European investors are much more KPI led, in comparison to US investors who follow the passion of the team and the vision? Which side does Nancy fall on and what are the pros and the cons?
6.) What have been Nancy’s biggest takeaways from working with Gil Penchina?
Shopping List From Today’s Show:
Favourite book and why: Machine Learning: The Art Of Science & Algorithms That Make Sense Of Data by Peter Flach
Fave blog or newsletter: The Memo, Term Sheet
Most recent investment and why: Lystable
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
and see Nancy's latest tweets here:
www.twitter.com/NancyFechnay
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