Investing in the Second Most Unicorn-Dense Area w/ Simon Olson, XY Ventures

Jun 17, 2022, 10:00 – 11:00 AM (UTC)

Stockholm

Welcome to our fireside chat with Simon Olson, Founder & CEO of XY Ventures, a seed fund in Stockholm, Sweden - the second most unicorn dense area in the world - to fund high potential software startups targeting digital disruption opportunities through a network of 20 international corporations.

Virtual event
Fireside Chat

About this event

Startup investment is on a tight leash - that's the general sentiment that seems to be taking shape in the wake of the Y-Combinator letter that sparked enormous online debate.

There are so many questions to dive into, and for these and more, welcome to our fireside chat with Simon Olson, Founder & CEO of XY Ventures - a seed fund in Stockholm, Sweden, the second most unicorn dense area in the world. XY Ventures focuses on funding high potential software startups targeting digital disruption opportunities through a network of 20 international corporations.

Simon has been recognized as a future global leader by the prestigious organization The Hive, affiliated with Stanford, Harvard, Singularity University and NASA and ranked #3 Social Change Maker by Business Weekly’s list of 101 Swedish Super Talents.

Here's what we are discussing:

⭐ Innovation - how do you see it, and what it means in the startup space?

⭐ What makes a founder / startup attractive for you to support / invest in?

⭐ What's the experience of building a VC fund like?

⭐ How do you choose your focus in a fund? How specific you need to be?

⭐ How is the Nordic region seen in the world? Cautious / founder-friendly?

⭐ How bad are things looking for startups? What type / stage of startups?

⭐ Is early-stage startup formation immune to the global challenges we see in the funding landscape?

⭐ As someone involved in several VC funds, accelerators, what will be your advice to startup founders in terms of raising money?

⭐ How do you achieve focus in the midst of all your initiatives?

⭐ How should founders get in touch with XY Ventures and your all other initiatives?

The discussion will be moderated by Naimul Abd, Business Advisor & Partnerships Lead at Coompanion Stockholm, serial impact entrepreneur, Strategic Advisor at the Founder Institute, and Director Startup Grind Stockholm.

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Simon Olson

    XY Ventures

    Founder & CEO

Host

  • Naimul Abd

    Founder Nutty Ventures

    CEO Connect Öst

Organizers

  • Naimul Abd

    Startup Grind

    Regional Director Nordics Startup Grind

  • Himanay Khajuria

    Startup Grind

    Community Lead

  • Vera Ulitenko

    Startup Grind

    Community Lead

Partners

Coompanion Stockholm logo

Coompanion Stockholm

Impact Hub Stockholm logo

Impact Hub Stockholm

Founder Institute Nordics logo

Founder Institute Nordics

XY Ventures logo

XY Ventures

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