1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Raoul Maier of Eudemian Ventures (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What is the background of the founder that makes him so high quality?

Raoul Maier: He was a senior leader at Minerva Project before. He had a very strong leadership background and he also had a strong founder-product fit. He has been working in the child care space for a long time.

He has been able to demonstrate his ability to quickly build high-quality leadership and advisory team – all of which are great indications of somebody who can build a sizable business. We were very impressed by that. 

Sramana Mitra: Where are you normally based? 

Raoul Maier: Right now, I am in Austria where I am originally from, but usually I live in the Bay area in Belmont. 

Sramana Mitra: It seems like something is intriguing about the name of your venture capital fund, what is the story behind it?

Raoul Maier: The name Eudemian Ventures goes back to an ancient Greek concept that was originally developed by Plato and Aristotle called eudemonia.

The concept of eudemonia is fascinating because about two and a half thousand years ago, these two great philosophers asked the pre-fundamental question of what makes for a meaningful and impactful life.

Their answer was remarkably simple. They thought that it’s really about making your potential a reality. It’s about the realization of potential and that’s the concept behind eudemonia – actualizing potential.

We love that concept because it goes for humans and it goes for technology as well because a technology that has potential but not actualized is worthless. When you think about the combination of the human and technology coming together in a startup and trying to make a large and meaningful impact in the world, it’s all about the execution and making the potential into an actuality.

We felt that the combination of those two is a good philosophy for our company to revolve around. It’s our mission to make potential into reality. You will find that in our slogan and on the first page of our website as well. 

Sramana Mitra: Thank you for your time.

This segment is part 5 in the series : 1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Raoul Maier of Eudemian Ventures
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