Episode 92: Taking Venture Capital Beyond Bias with Sophie Heijenberg

12/03/2025 53 min Temporada 4 Episodio 92

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How can we use biases to future-proof Venture Capital?Sophie Heijenberg, investor at No Such Ventures, is on a mission to rethink how funding works. She has been the only woman on a trading floor, walked into meetings where she was mistaken for the assistant, and now makes investment decisions that challenge the status quo.In this episode, we uncover:✅ Why bias in VC is not just a problem but part of the solution.✅ How smart investors look beyond the checklist to fund the best ideas.✅ The role of networks in shaping who gets funded and who doesn’t.Sophie is proving that venture capital can and should be different. Ready to learn how?🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, or Amazon.

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