Barbod Namini, Partner at HV Capital, an exceptional German-based VC with over a 20-year track record, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about investing in FinTech perhaps longer than the term has been fashionable.

Here is what they covered:

• HV Capital origins

• Barbod's journey to HV Capital from Rocket Internet and Citigroup

• HV Capital investment philosophy

• How much money they have raised since inception and for how many start-ups?

• What kind of start-ups HV Capital focuses on investing?

• What kind of FinTechs HV Capital invests (where in the lifecycle, size, tech, geography, etc.)

• How do scouting and due diligence work? What are Barbod and HV Capital looking for?

• How do they cooperate with other actors in the start-up ecosystem?

• What’s HV Capital's investment approach? E.g., min size of the stake, board seat, time to exit, economics?

• Success stories of the start-ups HV Capital invested in? Scalable Capital, Penta, SumUp, BUX, Yapily or Solaris Bank in FinTech and more broadly Zalando, HelloFresh or Delivery Hero

• Reflections on the FinTech’s growth in Europe and the rest of the world over the past two decades since HV Capital has been operational

• Recommended business book: Essays of Warren Buffett and The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

• The best way to reach out

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