#3 Jyri Engeström, Investor at Yes VC | Understanding the Rules of the Venture Capital Game

There’s no such thing as a free brunch. That’s the saying, right? For some founders, the worry and uncertainty over the cost of a loss in autonomy after a VC deal makes the option seem less attractive. What should founders know about the nature of venture capital and its overall business model, in order to clarify some of the open ends about what the VC lunch is all about? Oh, we’re actually pretty sure it’s “lunch”.
Jyri Engeström is a Finnish Silicon Valley sage, who co-founded Yes VC with his partner Caterina Fake. Jyri’s mind and knowledge bank is unique, so have a listen and learn how Jyri sees the role and duty of Yes VC and venture capital in general – both to themselves, the investees, and the business ecosystem at large.
Expect to learn:
• How the business model of Yes VC/venture capitalists in general works and why your company need to be able to return the whole fund.
• What founders should expect when getting involved with venture capital.
• What kind of trade-offs and benefits venture capital have.
• Why Jyri sees taking VC-money as a failure of sorts.
(Jyri's deck) "What You Should Know About Early-Stage Venture Capital" : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LJ6U4BFULkMXFA5GMJcK_sK7I2h2Sq-RNIZN98w_TFk/edit?usp=sharing
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Episodes also available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCESKqOrSvsY6J2rEUCrHu6w
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/jyri
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jyri.engestrom
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jyriengestrom
Yes VC Website: https://yes.vc/
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There’s no such thing as a free brunch. That’s the saying, right? For some founders, the worry and uncertainty over the cost of a loss in autonomy after a VC deal makes the option seem less attractive. What should founders know about the nature of venture capital and its overall business model, in order to clarify some of the open ends about what the VC lunch is all about? Oh, we’re actually pretty sure it’s “lunch”.

Jyri Engeström is a Finnish Silicon Valley sage, who co-founded Yes VC with his partner Caterina Fake. Jyri’s mind and knowledge bank is unique, so have a listen and learn how Jyri sees the role and duty of Yes VC and venture capital in general – both to themselves, the investees, and the business ecosystem at large.

Expect to learn:

• How the business model of Yes VC/venture capitalists in general works and why your company need to be able to return the whole fund.

• What founders should expect when getting involved with venture capital.

• What kind of trade-offs and benefits venture capital have.

• Why Jyri sees taking VC-money as a failure of sorts.

(Jyri's deck) "What You Should Know About Early-Stage Venture Capital" : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LJ6U4BFULkMXFA5GMJcK_sK7I2h2Sq-RNIZN98w_TFk/edit?usp=sharing

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What’s the next big thing?

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland wants to tackle global challenges and turn them into opportunities for sustainable growth - do you share the same passion?

VTT develops cutting-edge innovations and offers a true deep tech wonderland for investors. VTT is also able to co-invest its valuable IPR to growth companies.

Learn more about the innovations and people behind them at: https://www.vttresearch.com

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Episodes also available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCESKqOrSvsY6J2rEUCrHu6w

Have a listen, subscribe, rate, hate – whatever you feel like, mate. New episodes with the most interesting people in the world, every Thursday!

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Check out Jyri & Yes Vc at:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jyri

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jyri.engestrom

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jyriengestrom

Yes VC Website: https://yes.vc/

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