Episode Description

e2 podcast: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets.

Romain is a General Partner at Partech, a global seed-to-growth stage fund with offices in Paris, San Francisco Berlin and Dakar. Romain has deployed over 300M into 120+ companies across 4 continents and 22 countries. Apart from Europe, Partech is bullish on investing in frontier markets, with a special focus on Africa and Southeast Asia.

What’s in this episode?

1) Looking for founders in immature ecosystems and being an early player

2) Africa and Southeast Asia as being the next unconquered frontiers in tech

3) The shattering of the notion that Silicon Valley has a monopoly over talent

4) The VC mentality of picking winners in huge markets

5) Importance of providing active platforms to startups to scale at early stage

6) Supporting ecosystems through different stages of venture funding