Johan Brenner
11 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 16, 2024 by Johan Brenner · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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Feb 16, 2024 negative
Brenner initially refused to evaluate Trade Republic in March 2019
“My colleague came to me one evening in, in, in March, nine, 2019 and said, we have this opportunity to look at a Robin Hood of Germany. Do you want to take a look? No, I said, and that was a, that was, so I said to myself, this is, this has been around for 25 …”
Feb 16, 2024
Brenner: Founders should limit board meetings to two or three decision points
“The key points are to decide on what are the two or three points I want out of this meeting. And make pre-reads around that comprehensive so that when the board starts, you have enough information provided to everybody that you can actually have a fruitful dis…”
Feb 16, 2024 negative
Brenner: Most startup boards prioritize investor seat retention over company interests
“Over time boards are mostly, you know, formed by investors and not maybe what's best for the long term. A benefit of the company and very seldom, there are some companies that do it well, but have yearly evaluations of boards and with contributions and how it …”
Feb 16, 2024 negative
Brenner: European regulatory intervention by CMA stifles innovation and competition
“Too much regulations could just gonna stiffer innovation. And what we've seen here, where they just extrapolate them, making up their own opinions with CMA and in firms of Figma maybe competing in the future. I think it's totally wrong and it was stiff for com…”
Feb 16, 2024 positive
Brenner: Creandum does not engineer lower valuations in follow-on rounds
“Honest answer. We never think about that. I mean, if the market tells us this is the valuation, this is the round, we try to participate in the winners. That's honest, Harry. If that ever would come through and be true, we would not be in business.”
Feb 16, 2024 positive
Feb 16, 2024 bullish
Brenner: Trade Republic will hit €1B revenue and go public within 5 years
“TraderPublic is the complete financial partner to millions of Europeans. It has more than ten million customers, a hundred billion in assets, and a billion or more in revenues. It's publicly traded, and it's not only savings platform, but also the banking part…”
Feb 16, 2024 positive
Feb 16, 2024 positive
Brenner: Pleo has the best board due to diversity and annual evaluations
“I think Cleo is the one, and because they do actually that. It's a very diverse board. We have independent board members, not only investor board members, and we evaluate each other every year on what's, on the competences and what the lack of competences that…”
Feb 16, 2024 positive
Brenner: VCs have a duty to provide founder secondary liquidity
“But I think what investors can really do is be proactive in this matter and making sure that there is an opportunity for founders at some point to get some exit and liquidity and in order to be able to swing the whole way. And I think that's something that we …”
Feb 16, 2024 neutral
Brenner: Startups should establish a formal board after raising $10M–$20M
“In Trade Republic's situation, you needed a board from day one because we regulated the company and make sure that we adhere to those regulations. But I think when you've raised that, when you've raised 10 to fifteen million or twenty million or passed your A …”