Ljungman: Europe needs entrepreneurs investing in entrepreneurs
Mattias Ljungman · 20 VC 067: Scaling Startups Into Unicorns with Atomico's Mattias Ljungman and Carolina Brochado · Aug 31, 2015 · at 4:42
Matthias Ljungman, co-founder of Atomico, recalls his initial pitch to Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström to start Atomico.
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“What Europe needs is entrepreneurs, investing entrepreneurs, and I think you're the best guy to do this.”
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