20 VC 051: The New Silicon Valley Style VC in London with Alessandra Sollberger @ Mosaic Ventures

Alessandra Sollberger is a VC at Mosaic Ventures, a new Silicon Valley style venture firm based in London, focussing on Series A rounds. Alessandra previously worked in private equity at Blackstone, covering sectors ranging from consumer brands to software. Prior to that, she worked in startups in the US and Europe and in M&A at Goldman Sachs. She is also the founder of Bright Mentors, an edtech non-profit teaching coding and science in secondary schools through a network of technology professionals.

                     In todays episode you will learn:

• How Alessandra made her move into the VC world?


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  What are you Mosaic looking for? What is their typical investment size? 

  
  

   

  
  


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  What Alessandra thinks of the different paths into venture? 

  
  


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   What advice would you give someone looking to enter venture?

  
  


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  Why Alessandra believes there has been a resurgence in marketplaces? What is driving this growth? 

  
  


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  What startup marketplaces is Alessandra most excited about? 

  
  

   

  
  


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  Alessandra's thoughts on the next big sector to be disrupted and why?

  
  

As always you can follow Harry, Alessandra, The Twenty Minute VC and Mosaic Ventures on Twitter here!