The Hard Truth About Pitching Investors | Krešo Gotovac, Silicon Gardens Fund | BRP #116

🚀 What makes an investor stop and say: is THIS the startup we want to invest in?

Our special host Tiberiu Iacomi, Business Mentor at Trained Intuition, sits down with Krešo Gotovac, Partner & COO at Silicon Gardens Fund, to explore how venture capital really works behind the scenes.

From insights gathered at How to Web Conference in Bucharest, Romania to the philosophy of patient capital, Krešo shares:

✅ how top VCs evaluate founders ✅ what signals make a startup stand out ✅ what’s still missing in today’s startup ecosystem

A down-to-Earth conversation about how great startups get discovered and what it really takes to earn the trust of smart capital.

See if your questions are among the ones we’ve answered, and if not, what are you waiting for?

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📍Location: How To Web Conference, Bucharest

Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:23 - The Romanian Ecosystem of Startups 01:50 - The scouting methodology 04:28 - How much does Kreso travel for business? 06:04 - The Myths of investing 08:40 - Successful Stories of Silicon Gardens 13:09 - How much does an investor get involved into a startup? 17:47 - AI in investing 19:32 - AI in business 23:05 - The Concept of Patient Capital 27:16 - How crowded is the European market of the VC firms? 30:33 - The success of the startups 33:12 - The missing pieces in the market 37:15 - #BusinessRoomChallenge 38:42 - Wrap up & Outro

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