Niklas Hebborn, Freigeist Capital

“We are not really specified on certain industries - we look for strong technologies which are really addressing a huge market… we are looking for global problems in the next 20/30 years… in terms of climate change, urbanisation, how we eat and live… and we combine that with all our entrepreneurial experience and time”
— Niklas Hebborn

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Niklas Hebborn who is a partner at Freigeist Capital, a German deep tech VC firm based in Bonn. He holds a degree in business administration and has a background in consulting and private equity. We spoke about how he got into VC, how Freigeist Capital choose which companies to invest in and support them, and the outlook for the European tech ecosystem.

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This podcast was produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

Jump to the following topics:

  1. Background - 1:25

  2. Being in VC without a technical background - 4:48

  3. What is deep tech - 7:48

  4. Freigeist Capital investment philosophy - 10:16

  5. Due diligence process - 12:50

  6. Initial steps taken to support companies invested in - 17:03

  7. Trends and opportunities in European tech ecosystem - 21:57

  8. Impact of policy on European tech ecosystem - 28:32

  9. Competing with China and the US - 31:13

  10. Next big thing in tech - 33:03

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