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Brenner: All of Creandum's best startup investments were expensive at entry
“I think if we look back at all our investments and the ones that have been fantastic it's, they've all been expensive.”
Johan Brenner Feb 16, 2024 ▶ 31:03 Christian Hecker & Johan Brenner: The Biggest Fundraising Lessons Having Raised $1.3BN | E1116 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Partly supported
Brenner: Trade Republic had just 1,000 customers during its $10M Series A
“Well, it was five, six years ago. It was cheap in today's world. I'll tell you that. But on the other hand I felt expensive at that time, given a thousand customers in an A round of ten million.”
Johan Brenner Feb 16, 2024 ▶ 31:16 Christian Hecker & Johan Brenner: The Biggest Fundraising Lessons Having Raised $1.3BN | E1116 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Brenner: European unicorns now emerge from 65 cities versus three a decade ago
“We're seeing all these new companies coming out, we're seeing new unicorns, they're coming from 65 cities, you know, 10 years ago, they came from three cities coming all over Europe, much bigger market, remote working, can put teams together that we couldn't s…”
Johan Brenner Feb 16, 2024 ▶ 53:37 Christian Hecker & Johan Brenner: The Biggest Fundraising Lessons Having Raised $1.3BN | E1116 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Feb 2029
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…”
Johan Brenner Feb 16, 2024 ▶ 58:48 Christian Hecker & Johan Brenner: The Biggest Fundraising Lessons Having Raised $1.3BN | E1116 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Brenner: Trade Republic's 2023 revenue hit 5x Creandum's Series A plan
“In 20, 23, we're five X the plan that was presented to me on the, on, on top line.”
Johan Brenner Feb 16, 2024 ▶ 28:48 Christian Hecker & Johan Brenner: The Biggest Fundraising Lessons Having Raised $1.3BN | E1116 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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