In this new episode of Entrepreneur Talks, we sit down with Blaise Matuidi and Ilan Abehassera, Co-founders and General Partners of Origins, to learn more about building a VC fund that combines funding with influence.

Origins is a Venture Capital fund investing across Paris, NYC and Miami in legendary consumer founders. In this episode of Entrepreneur Talks, we hear more about how Origins is funding early stage companies with the help of their limited partners (LPs) who have a combined social media following of 160,000,000.

Tune in to this new episode to learn about the founding story behind the fund, how Blaise, Ilan and their fund co-founders spotted an opportunity to combine early-stage funding with access to influence, and the many lessons to be shared between the sports and investing world.

This episode was recorded in French 🇫🇷

Topics

01:00 to 05:45 — Introduction to Blaise and Ilan

05:45 to 11:00 — Presentation of Origins

11:00 to 19:30 — From Zoom call to VC fund co-founders

19:30 to 27:00 — US vs Europe, on the pitch and in the boardroom

27:00 to 29:00 — Raising the fund

29:00 to 35:00 — Investment thesis and founder-market-fit

35:00 to 41:00 — Making the move from Angel Investor to General Partner

41:00 to 43:30 — Dealflow realtalk

43:30 to 54:00 — Learning resilience and dealing with failure

54:00 to 56:00 — The importance of emotional intelligence

57:00 to the end — Outro questions: 1 word to describe entrepreneurship, a dream LP, unpopular opinion about tech or investment

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This episode is hosted by Yacine Sqalli, and produced with STATION F.

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In this new episode of Entrepreneur Talks, we catch up with Nicolas Morin-Forest, co-founder & CEO of Gourmey, a company that creates culinary delights like foie gras, directly from cell cultivation.

Thanks to Gourmey, it’s now possible to eat foie gras that doesn’t come from an animal! In this new episode of Entrepreneur Talks, we have the pleasure of welcoming Nicolas Morin-Forest, CEO & cofounder of Gourmey.

Tune in to this new episode to learn about Nicolas’ entrepreneurial journey so far, how he built a deep tech startup with a non-technical background, and how he plans to revolutionize meat production.

Topics

01:00 to 04:00 — Introduction and presentation of Nicolas

04:00 to 10:00 — Presentation of Gourmey

10:00 to 20:00 — Why and how Nicolas became a deep tech founder

20:00 to 26:00 — The moment he decided he wanted to build a sustainable business

26:00 to 31:00 — Nicolas’ biggest failure during his entrepreneurial journey

31:00 to 36:00 — How to manage a deeptech company as a non-tech CEO

36:00 to 43:00 — Why foie gras as a first product and Gourmey’s next products?

43:00 to 47:00 — Outro questions: Best quality trait of an entrepreneur? A board member he wishes to have? The most underrated advice for an entrepreneur to succeed?

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This episode is hosted by Yacine Sqalli, and produced with STATION F.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Entrepreneur Talks, STATION F's podcast. We had the chance to sit down with Frédéric Montagnon, Founder & Chairman of Arianee. He created 7 companies, exited 5 of them, killed one, and invested in more than 150 startups.

Arianee is on a mission to empower brands and owners to give digital life to products, experiences, or communities through NFTs. Last year, they issued more than 1M NFTs.

Tune in to this new episode to learn about his journey so far as an entrepreneur and investor, why he believes Web3 is the solution to data sovereignty, and why founders should now seek for the Environment-Market fit rather than Product-Market fit.

Topics

01:00 to 04:00 — Introduction and presentation of Fred by ChatGPt and himself

04:00 to 09:00 — His background and why Web3 with Arianee

09:00 to 12:00 — Why did he become an entrepreneur, only 2 years after graduation?

12:00 to 15:00 — His strength: at the intersection of Tech and Business

15:00 to 19:00 — His failures and learnings as an entrepreneur

19:00 to 24:30 — The "environment-market fit"

24:30 to 29:00 — How did you become an expert in Web3?

29:00 to 31:00 — The beauty of open source

31:00 to 35:00 — The pain: digital sovereignty

35:00 to 37:00 — His views on Twitter acquired by Elon Musk

37:00 to 42:00 — Arianee's solutions and the future of data ownership

43:00 to 45:00 — Arianee’s KPIs and its clients

45:00 to 47:00 — Business Angel: why and how to invest in 150 startups?

47:00 to 49:00 — Is he a philanthropist?

49:00 to 52:00 — Outro questions: his unpopular opinion about Web3? Best quality trait of an entrepreneur? The company he would build tomorrow?

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This episode is hosted by Yacine Sqalli, and produced with STATION F.

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