Episode 14: Christian Jantzen - Path to becoming one of the youngest VCs in Europe, starting an eSports team, and Futuristic VC

Christian (@chrjantzen (https://twitter.com/chrjantzen)) is the founder of Futuristic.vc (http://futuristic.vc/), a micro-fund investing in Nordic pre-seed companies. He made his first investment at age fourteen when he bought shares in his favorite football club. He later started his first company, a real estate company, in 2011, which he grew while studying at university. Following his masters degree in Finance from Aarhus University , he co-founded another startup “Reunited Esports", which was a player-owned Esports organisation with teams competing in Overwatch (https://playoverwatch.com/) and Rocket League (https://www.rocketleague.com/).
In 2017 he founded Futuristic VC, an early-stage VC fund investing initial capital into the next generation of Nordic founders. He has invested in +20 companies across the entire region and helped founders secure follow-on funding from some of the strongest investors in Europe.
If you’re interested in starting your own company while studying / after graduating, or if you’re interested in the world of Micro VC’s, I’m sure you will find this episode very interesting and valuable. We talk about Christian’s path to starting Futuristic VC, his experience from starting an eSports company, fundraising advice, his best investment, and more!
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Quote:
“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.”
- Jean-Luc Godard
Show notes:
* 02:43: Who is Christian & Intro
* 03:46: How Christian became fascinated with company and startup investing
* 06:40: Christians favorite football club
* 07:18: How Christian got into startups
* 10:01: Christians first experience as a founder
* 12:20: Christians startup company “REUNITED e-sports”
* 15:23: Christians approach to find an e-sports team and collaborate with them
* 16:42: Business model of an e-sports company
* 17:56: Christians decision to start a VC fund and the origin story of Futuristic
* 21:13: Fundraising and LP base of Futuristic VC
* 24:46: Overview of Futuristic VC
* 28:05: How Futuristic VC built up its deal flow and identifies startups to invest in
* 32:44: Learnings for startup investors
* 34:59: Learnings for startup founders
* 37:34: Best Investment of Christian Jantzen
* 38:52: What does courage mean to Christian
* 39:58: Wrap-up
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Special Guest: Christian Jantzen.

Christian (@chrjantzen) is the founder of Futuristic.vc, a micro-fund investing in Nordic pre-seed companies. He made his first investment at age fourteen when he bought shares in his favorite football club. He later started his first company, a real estate company, in 2011, which he grew while studying at university. Following his masters degree in Finance from Aarhus University , he co-founded another startup “Reunited Esports", which was a player-owned Esports organisation with teams competing in Overwatch and Rocket League.

In 2017 he founded Futuristic VC, an early-stage VC fund investing initial capital into the next generation of Nordic founders. He has invested in +20 companies across the entire region and helped founders secure follow-on funding from some of the strongest investors in Europe.

If you’re interested in starting your own company while studying / after graduating, or if you’re interested in the world of Micro VC’s, I’m sure you will find this episode very interesting and valuable. We talk about Christian’s path to starting Futuristic VC, his experience from starting an eSports company, fundraising advice, his best investment, and more!

Please follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally about cool startups! Sign-up for the mailing list to stay in the loop!

Quote:

“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.”

Jean-Luc Godard

Show notes:

02:43: Who is Christian & Intro
03:46: How Christian became fascinated with company and startup investing
06:40: Christians favorite football club
07:18: How Christian got into startups
10:01: Christians first experience as a founder
12:20: Christians startup company “REUNITED e-sports”
15:23: Christians approach to find an e-sports team and collaborate with them
16:42: Business model of an e-sports company
17:56: Christians decision to start a VC fund and the origin story of Futuristic
21:13: Fundraising and LP base of Futuristic VC
24:46: Overview of Futuristic VC
28:05: How Futuristic VC built up its deal flow and identifies startups to invest in
32:44: Learnings for startup investors
34:59: Learnings for startup founders
37:34: Best Investment of Christian Jantzen
38:52: What does courage mean to Christian
39:58: Wrap-up

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Special Guest: Christian Jantzen.

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