What can the investors offer to startups, asks Marco Rodzynek.
Stéphanie Hospital: „We are hands on with people. We have a good network. So we bring money, our network and we are experienced in scaling.“
Karen Stafford: „Obviously you can get money from us, but our real assets are our over 100,000 employers and thousands of suppliers“, a network, she claims could be accessed by startups.
Annemie Ress: „We offer people innovation and we help startups grow internationally.
The last panel of today is female: Karen Stafford from Intel Capital (Berlin), Stéphanie Hospital from OneRagtime (France) and Annemie Ress innogy Innovation Hub (Germany) are discussing with Marco Rodzynek.
First question by Marco: How do you see the European investment scene? Is it more difficult here than in the Silicon Valley?
Karen Stafford: No I don’t think it’s so much different, I’ve been welcomed very warmly here in Europe. For Intel there’s great value in Europe. „We’re going to places like Romania where we’ve not been strong before.“ Places where Intel gets access to new tech talents.
Stéphanie Hospital: „The Paris ecosystem is fantastic. We have a very very nice entrepreneurial spirit here in Europe.“ She also mentions that Europe has many tech talents, e.g. data specialists.