From the largest European tech exit ever to venture capital, with Tobi Walter

As an entrepreneur, Tobi Walter was part of the largest European tech exit ever, then raised both angel and VC money with his company Shoeboxed. After that exit, instead of the 100 hour weeks and sleeping-in-the-office grind, Tobi decided to take his startup expertise to the dark side – venture capital. On the show, he gives inside information on what it’s like to be on both the founder side and the VC side.

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Voiceover: Welcome to First Check, a podcast so you can learn how to be the next great venture capitalist or angel investor.

You’ve seen the Uber’s, Google’s, and Pendo’s of the world; the 10 X to 100 X returns. And you want to know how you can get in on the action. As a partner at Cofounders Capital, Host of First Check, Tim McLoughlin has invested over $43 million in startups. And on this podcast, he’s going to share with you what works and what doesn’t so you can be ready to write your first check.

On each episode, Tim brings on investors and founders so they can tell you the ups and downs of venture capital and what lessons they’ve learned along the way.

Today’s guest is Tobi Walter, former entrepreneur turned venture capitalist at Cofounders Capital.  Tobi has had an incredible journey to get to Cofounders including the biggest tech exit in Europe ever, trying to raise money during the financial crisis of 2009, and eventually taking his startup knowledge to venture capital. On the show, he gives inside information on what it’s like to be on both the founder side and the VC side.

Here’s the host of First Check, Tim McLoughlin.

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First Check is hosted by Cofounders Capital partner Tim McLoughlin, and is a production of Earfluence.

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