Half of Passion Capital's portfolio launches from its White Bear Yard space
Stefan Glaenzer · 20 VC 018: Seed Stage Investing with Stefan Glaenzer of Passion Capital · Mar 9, 2015 · at 6:24
Stefan Glanzer, founding partner at Passion Capital, discusses how the firm interacts with portfolio startups post-investment.
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“Passion Capital runs a co-working space called White Bay Yard here in EC One in London, so more, more the east side than the west side of London, where half of the companies in which we have invested choose as their starting office.”
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