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During my week in San Francisco, I had the pleasure of sneaking into Founders Fund, Peter Thiel's $11 billion venture capital fund, founder of Paypal. Unfortunately, he wasn't there, but I had the chance to speak with a Partner, Mathias Van Thienen, who played a key role in investments in Trade Republic, Figma, Stripe, Scale AI, and many others.
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Chapters
00:00 What is Founders Fund?
00:29 Who is Mathias Van Thienen?
00:52 Mathias's origins
01:18 What did he learn from his first venture experience?
01:48 The venture capital situation in 2013
02:27 Experience in Wallapop and the second-hand market
03:50 Two years at Alphabet
04:35 How does Founders Fund operate?
05:33 The fund's uniqueness
06:09 The values
09:20 How do you make a deal?
10:30 The responsibility of partners
11:01 Don't you risk losing deals?
11:52 Why is Founders Fund different from other Ventures?
12:18 How many deals do you make?
12:55 How do you find the right founders?
14:38 How did the investment in Trade Republic come about?
17.17 How did the investment go?
19:50 What is the startup system in Europe like?
21:54 Differences between the startup ecosystems in Europe and America
23:12 What is the startup system in Italy like?
23:57 Investments in AI
25:10 What would you advise an aspiring entrepreneur?
25:50 Conclusions