Bits & Pretzels #1 Albert Wenger: A top VC's advice for how companies successfully expand to the US

The early investor in Twitter, Etsy and Tumblr explains why the future of startups is in Europe

Albert Wenger, a managing partner at Union Square Ventures (USV), one of the top returning venture capital funds in the world, talks with Bits & Pretzels’ Britta Weddeling about the state of the European startup ecosystem, the challenging influence of big tech on innovation and how regulators could push for more entrepreneurship.

USV manages assets totaling $1 billion. With his New York based fund, Wenger who is originally from a small town close to Nuremberg, Bavaria, invested in several European & US startups, such as Twilio, Etsy, Firebase, Behance, and MongoDB.

Host:
Britta Weddeling (@bweddeling), Editor-in-Chief of Bits & Pretzels (@bitsandpretzels)

Featuring:
Albert Wenger (@albertwenger), Managing Director of Union Square Ventures (@usv)
Albert’s blog: https://continuations.com

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