After successfully launching and exiting his own startup, Cem Sertoglu has gone on to manage a 200M Euro fund. From which he is looking to write other entrepreneurs their first $5M to $10M checks. The venture, Earlybird Venture Capital, has invested in startups such as TastyUrban, Nosh, and Ariceum Therapeutics.

EP 627 Cem Sertoglu On Building The VC Fund With The Best Performance In European History

edie's #SustyTalk series of exclusive interviews continues with Bupa's chief sustainability and people officer, Nigel Sullivan (pictured), who discusses his learnings on supporting cleantech startups and scale-ups.

Sullivan is joined, for this special episode, by SageTech Medical's chief executive Iain Menneer.

#SustyTalk: Bupa on scaling cleantech innovations for good

Alejandro Cremades is the founding partner at Panthera Advisors which as premier investment banking and financial consulting firm. The firm focuses on small to medium size companies that are looking for M&A advisory as well as support with fundraising efforts. 

Alejandro is a serial entrepreneur that most recently cofounded Onevest, one of the largest online communities of entrepreneurs. At the time of its acquisition, Onevest had close to 450,000 registered active members.

Prior to Onevest, Alejandro was an attorney at King & Spalding where he was involved in one of the largest investment arbitration cases in history with $113 billion at stake (Chevron vs. Ecuador). 

Alejandro guest lectures at NYU Stern School of Business and The Wharton Business School. Alejandro has been included in the Top 30 Under 30 lists of Vanity Fair, Entrepreneur Magazine, and GQ Magazine. Moreover, TechCrunch recently featured Alejandro as one of the expats that is shaping New York’s tech.

Alejandro has been involved with the JOBS Act since inception. He was invited to the White House and the US House of Representatives to provide his stands on the new regulatory changes.

Alejandro is a Forbes contributor as well as the author of the bestselling book The Art of Startup Fundraising. The book is published by John Wiley & Sons and includes a foreword by Barbara Corcoran.

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