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"World of DaaS"Fabrice Grinda of FJ Labs - diversified portfolios, secondary sales and dinner partiesFabrice Grinda is the co-founder and managing partner of FJ Labs, a venture capital firm that has invested in over 1,200 startups with more than 350 exits, including early investments in Alibaba, Flexport, and Delivery Hero. He previously built and sold three companies as CEO: Aucland (one of Europe's largest auction sites), Zingy (mobile media startup sold for $80M), and OLX (global classifieds platform operating in 90+ countries with 150M+ monthly users, acquired by Naspers).In this episode of World of DaaS, Fabrice and Auren discuss:Curiosity-driven investing and founder assessmentDiversified portfolios vs concentrated strategiesSecondary sales and exit strategiesAI...
2025-07-0152 min
Playing With Unicorns#50 Venture Market TrendsThe venture market is in flux. AI is booming while the rest of venture is in the dumps. Venture capital as an asset class is evolving and retrenching. Fewer deals are happening at higher prices. New marketplace types are emerging. AI is impacting marketplaces in unexpected ways and new technologies are coming of age. There is much to discuss! You can follow along live on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch. If you are interested in seeing past episodes, including the supporting materials presented during the stream, check out my blog's Playing with Unicorns section.
2025-06-2047 minPlaying With Unicorns#49 Dan Park and the Incredible Comeback Story of ClutchClutch has had an incredible ride. As the “Carvana of Canada” it was a highflier in 2021. It had a brush with death in 2023 and effected an incredible turnaround. They are now once again on a tear. Dan Park, Clutch’s Founder & CEO, joined us to share all the lessons learned along the way.
2025-06-0951 minPlaying With Unicorns#48 Ask Me Anything I had not done an Ask Me Anything session in over a year which led to many questions on a wide variety of topics: macro, marketplaces, AI, fundraising, wealth management, education, island shopping, India, how to lose your accent, adventure travel, climate tech, the state of VC, and much more. Here are the key questions we covered: 00:01:17 How will all the geopolitical changes, tariffs, and Trump policies influence the world? 00:06:14 What are the key tips for finding and persuading investors? 00:08:44 What do you think is the future of fashion marketplaces? How...
2025-04-221h 48
Startup InsiderDecoding the Founder Mindset: Founder DNA – with Investor & Serial Entrepreneur Fabrice GrindaWhat drives the world’s top founders to succeed—against all odds? In this second episode of the Founder DNA series, Petter Made speaks with legendary angel investor and serial founder Fabrice Grinda, Founding Partner at FJ Labs.Drawing from over 1,200 startup investments and decades of entrepreneurial experience, Fabrice unpacks the essential traits that define exceptional founders—ranging from obsessive curiosity and eloquence to extreme resilience. He shares personal stories of failure, persistence, and eventual success, including how he survived near-bankruptcy and legal threats while building a multi-million dollar company from scratch.The conversation also explor...
2025-04-021h 03
KindredCastWinner Takes Most with Serial Entrepreneur Fabrice GrindaLionTree’s Antal Runneboom sits down with FJ Labs Founding Partner Fabrice Grinda, whose long and successful career in the tech space includes co-founding wireless mobile company Zingy as well as global marketplace OLX. Fabrice gives fascinating perspective into the opportunities around vertical-specific marketplaces; the process by which he and his FJ Labs partners select the hundreds of start-ups they’ve invested in; why humanoid robots and AI-powered investors are coming faster than any of us realize; and an inspiring vision for how future energy abundance will enable us to “waste energy” inventing the next cool thing.This pod...
2025-03-031h 05
Unicorn Bakery - For the World's Most Ambitious Founders & TeamsInvestor in 1000+ Marketplaces: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs) on 2025 Trends for B2B and B2C MarketplacesFabrice Grinda, co-founder of FJ Labs and one of the world’s most prolific marketplace investors, joins the Unicorn Bakery podcast again to share his marketplace outlook for 2025. With more than 1,100 investments and 355 exits, Fabrice is uniquely positioned to discuss the trends shaping the future of startups, marketplaces, and venture capital. In this episode, he dives into the state of venture markets, the rise of B2B marketplaces, the impact of AI on startups, and why IPOs remain elusive for many companies. Fabrice provides detailed insights into the hottest marketplace trends, which include B2B and...
2025-01-2137 min
Unicorn Bakery - Wie Startup Gründer erfolgreiche Firmen aufbauenInvestor in 1000+ Marketplaces: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs) on 2025 Trends for B2B and B2C MarketplacesFabrice Grinda, co-founder of FJ Labs and one of the world’s most prolific marketplace investors, joins the Unicorn Bakery podcast again to share his marketplace outlook for 2025. With more than 1,100 investments and 355 exits, Fabrice is uniquely positioned to discuss the trends shaping the future of startups, marketplaces, and venture capital. In this episode, he dives into the state of venture markets, the rise of B2B marketplaces, the impact of AI on startups, and why IPOs remain elusive for many companies. Fabrice provides detailed insights into the hottest marketplace trends, which include B2B an...
2025-01-2137 min
VNTR PodcastLessons from 1,100+ startup investments with Fabrice GrindaIn this episode, we speak with Fabrice Grinda, Founding Partner of FJ Labs and a serial entrepreneur, investor, and tech pioneer with over 1,100 startup investments.
Fabrice shares his incredible journey from launching startups to becoming one of the world’s most active angel investors. We go into his approach to early-stage investing, the importance of pattern recognition, and his philosophy when evaluating opportunities. Fabrice also offers insights into the evolution of global tech ecosystems, emerging trends in marketplaces and AI, and actionable advice for entrepreneurs navigating today's challenges.
Subscribe to the VNTR Podcast to deepen your knowledge of investing an...
2024-12-221h 07Playing With Unicorns#47 Marketplace TrendsGiven that I have been building and investing in marketplaces for 26 years you might think that everything that needed to be built has already been built, but nothing could be further from the truth. In many ways, we are still at the beginning of the marketplace revolution with lots of exciting new trends. In this episode, I cover: Cross border commerce. Live commerce. New goods verticals supported by service layers. High take rate business models based on convenience. Climate tech. AI enabled marketplaces. B2B marketplaces: Marketplace for inputs. SMB enablement. Friendshoring. B2B labor marketplaces. B...
2024-12-1655 minPlaying With Unicorns#46 FJ Labs’ AI ThesisWhile AI investing continues to reach new highs, we have been contrarian. Given how non-consensus we are, I wanted to share our thoughts and perspective. In this episode, I cover: The general state of venture. The explosion in AI investing. The varying fortunes of AI startups. FJ Labs’ perspective on AI. FJ Labs’ AI investments. The episode was highly interactive with dozens of audience questions. Here are some of the questions that I answered: How is AI impacting sports, especially tennis from an entertainment and industry standpoint? How are you utilizing AI in your persona...
2024-11-191h 13
Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter DialogueBuilding Tomorrow: Fabrice Grinda's Journey in Tech and AIIn this engaging episode, I welcome back Fabrice Grinda, a seasoned tech entrepreneur and investor. Fabrice shares his journey from his early days in France to building tech companies and investing in over 1100 startups through FJ Labs. We delve into his unique approach to life, challenging societal norms and embracing authenticity. Fabrice discusses his transformative experiences with psychedelics and how they influenced his personal and professional life. We also explore the role of AI in modern business, with Fabrice explaining how every company he invests in utilises AI in some capacity. He introduces Fabrice AI, a digital representation of...
2024-10-131h 10
Honestquo Venture PodcastFabrice Grinda: The Journey to Founding Companies to Venture Capital
Explore the incredible journey of Fabrice Grinda, from founding successful companies to becoming a leading venture capitalist.
2024-09-2625 min
L'Entertainment LabFabrice Grinda - EntrepreneurNouvel épisode du Lab : Entrepreneur à succès, le parcours de Fabrice Grinda. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
2024-09-1857 min
Forward GuidanceVenture Capitalist Who Called 2021 “Everything Bubble” Thinks VC Valuations Are “Reasonable” | Fabrice Grinda, Super Angel Investor, on Geopolitical Threats, AI, and Yield-Bearing StablecoinsForward Guidance is sponsored by VanEck. Learn more about the VanEck Morningstar Wide MOAT ETF (MOAT) at https://vaneck.com/MOATFG.Midas’ website: https://midas.app/Follow Midas on Twitter https://x.com/midasrwaFabrice Grinda’s website: https://fabricegrinda.com/Fabrice Grinda on Twitter https://x.com/fabricegrindaFollow VanEck on Twitter https://twitter.com/vaneck_usFollow Jack Farley on Twitter https://twitter.com/JackFarley96Follow Forward Guidance on Twitter https://twitter.com/ForwardGuidanceFollow Blockworks on Twitter https://twitter.com/Bloc...
2024-06-201h 30
Unicorn Bakery - For the World's Most Ambitious Founders & Teams1100+ investments, 40% Annual Realized Return for 26 years: How Fabrice Grinda built FJ Labs, one of the most successful Venture Capital Funds globallyFabrice Grinda, founder of FJ Labs and extreme athlete, explains how he has made over 1100 investments, primarily in marketplace and network-effect startups, generating an average 40% return over 26 years.
Fabrice also likes to simplify a lot in his life by outsourcing things. Find out his recipe for a fulfilling life and managing virtual assistants in the podcast.
What you will learn:
Outsourcing: How to outsource more professionally and privately to increase your quality of life and output
Marketplaces: What are the difficulties in scaling marketplace companies, the most important...
2024-05-071h 26
Unicorn Bakery - Wie Startup Gründer erfolgreiche Firmen aufbauen1100+ investments, 40% Annual Realized Return for 26 years: How Fabrice Grinda built FJ Labs, one of the most successful Venture Capital Funds globallyFabrice Grinda, Gründer von FJ Labs und Extremsportler, erklärt, wie er über 1100 Investments, vorrangig in Marktplatz- und Startups mit Netzwerkeffekten, investiert und damit über 26 Jahre im Durchschnitt 40% Return erwirtschaftet hat. Weiterhin vereinfacht Fabrice in seinem Leben gerne sehr viel, indem er Dinge outsourced. Sein Rezept für ein erfülltes Leben und das Management von virtuellen Assistenten erfährst du im Podcast.Was du lernst:
Outsourcing: Wie du beruflich und privat mehr outsourced, um deine Lebensqualität und deinen Output zu erhöhen
Marketplaces: Was sind die Schwierigkeiten bei der Sk...
2024-05-071h 27Playing With Unicorns#45 Ask Me AnythingI had not done an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session in over a year which led to many questions on a wide variety of topics: AI, augmented reality, crypto, macro and much more. Here are the key questions we covered: • 00:01:44 Artificial Intelligence: Where are we now? Where are we heading? What is the timeline? Why is FJ Labs a way contrarian on the AI trend? • 00:09:42 What's your perspective on augmented reality? Is the Apple Vision Pro a revolution? And what is the timing for that to filter into our day-to-day life? • 00:15:28 What w...
2024-04-101h 50
Zero to OneFabrice Grinda (OLX, FJ Labs, …) : Comment créer un leader mondial dans un monde en constante évolution 🥇Quasiment méconnu en France, c’est pourtant une pointure de l’entrepreneuriat Tech dans le monde, notamment dans le domaine des Marketplaces. 🌎Né à Nice 🇫🇷, et après y avoir passé la majorité de son enfance, Fabrice Grinda, alors passionné par Bill Gates et Steve Jobs, souhaite se rapprocher de ses modèles américains en partant étudier à la prestigieuse université de Princeton 🇺🇸. Major de sa promo à seulement 21 ans 🤯, ce prodige commence sa carrière chez McKinsey, afin d’en apprendre plus sur le monde du business avant d’entreprendre 🚀.À 23 ans, il rentre alors en France et lance en 1998 Aucland, su...
2024-03-242h 05Playing With Unicorns#44 Unlocking Productivity: Streamlining Your Days for Passion and PurposePeople often ask me how I manage to accomplish so much while leading such a rich, passionate life as illustrated by my 2023 year in review. In this episode I share all my secrets. I will cover everything from general productivity tips to how and what you can outsource in your professional and personal life.
2024-01-111h 11
3i Member SpotlightLessons from Forbes #1 Angel Investor Fabrice GrindaFabrice Grinda is a leading internet entrepreneur and investor with over 300 exits on 1100 angel investments. He was named the “#1 Angel Investor in the World” by Forbes. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Coupang, Airbnb, Instacart, Flexport, Delivery Hero, and many more. Fabrice is currently a Founding Partner at venture fund FJ Labs. Fabrice has been a 3i Member since 2021. Listen to the episode to hear:- Angel investment philosophy- Tactical tips for entrepreneurs- Predictions & oppor...
2024-01-1135 min
1947 Rise84: How Fabrice Grinda Built FJ Labs into the World's Most Active VC Fund | 1947 VCFabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.
Fabrice was named the #1 Angel Investor in the world by Forbes.
Fabrice founded FJ labs, and today FJ labs is one of the most active investors globally.
FJ labs has invested in companies like Alibaba, Airbnb, Instacart, Flexport, and many more.
Timeline :
00:00: Top Moments
00:34: Intro for Pod with Farbrice
01:57 : FJ Labs founding story
04:57: Portfolio and fund model evolved through experience and learning.
07:59: Success factors for a $295 million fund
09:45: Potential changes for the third fund if starting a new fund.
12:15: LP relationship-building strategies
16:38: Effective pre-fundraising relationship building
18:31:Evolution in...
2023-11-3043 min
Everything MarketplacesInvesting In 1,000+ Marketplaces With Fabrice Grinda From FJ LabsThe Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is going back to one of our popular group chats that we had with Fabrice Grinda, who's a Founding Partner at FJ Labs. FJ Labs is a leading early stage venture fund focused on investing in marketplaces. They've backed over 1,000 companies, including notable marketplaces like Alibaba, Coupang, Flexport, Rappi, and more. Fabrice also previously started OLX, which is one of the largest classifieds sites that's scaled to 90+ countries.
Fabrice's blog: https://www.fabricegrinda.com
FJ Labs: https://www.fjla...
2023-10-1043 minPlaying With Unicorns#43 Julio Vasconcellos and the state of Latin American techI had the pleasure of receiving Julio Vasconcellos on the show. Julio is the Founder and Managing Partner of Atlantico, a leading early-stage venture fund in Latin America. It was Julio's role as the inaugural Facebook employee for Latin America that initiated his path in the startup world in the region after starting his career in Silicon Valley. He later co-founded Peixe Urbano, scaling it to over 1,200 employees and $100M+ in revenue. After a startup rollercoaster ride with multiple near-death experiences, Julio sold the company to Baidu, and went on to join Benchmark Capital as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. There, he...
2023-09-101h 14
Winner Take AllFabrice Grinda Interview - The World's #1 Marketplace Investor 📈In this interview, I speak with Fabrice Grinda, a founder of FJ Labs. With over a thousand unique investments made across different life cycles of FJ funds, Fabrice shares his Marketplace-centric approach to investing, and the importance of investing in extraordinary people who are trying to solve the world's problems. Fabrice also talks about his accidental transition from being a tech founder and CEO to becoming a VC and why he chooses to invest in network effect businesses and marketplaces. Throughout the interview, Fabrice discuss various topics related to investing in marketplaces, including investing in marketplaces all over the...
2023-04-2027 minPlaying With Unicorns#42 Kevin Ryan, Unicorn BuilderI had the pleasure of being joined by my good friend Kevin Ryan. He’s often been called the “Godfather of NYC tech.” Kevin is one of the leading internet entrepreneurs and investors in New York. He is a co-founder of MongoDB, Business Insider, Gilt Groupe, Zola, and Nomad Health, and founds new companies with AlleyCorp every year. Earlier in his career, Kevin helped to grow DoubleClick first as President and then as CEO, leading their growth from a 20-person startup to a publicly traded global leader with over 1,500 employees, through IPO in 1998 and acquisition by Google in 2007. Kev...
2023-03-171h 08Playing With UnicornsEpisode 41: Ask Me AnythingIt had been over a year since we did the last Ask Me Anything (AMA) so the time had come. As requested by the audience, my son François joined us for the first part of the show. He was his usual epic self: calm, poised, and playing along cutely. His presence clearly played a part in the success of the episode which was one of the most watched ever across all the platforms and was by far the most interactive episode ever with 137 live comments in addition to dozens of questions submitted ahead of time! The a...
2023-02-121h 53
25 MINUTER#192: Fabrice Grinda: Angel Investor Extraordinaire and PolymathIn today's episode we talk to Fabrice Grinda, one of the world's best Angel Investors and currently Founding Partner of FJ Labs, which has invested in more than 1000 startups. Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors. He has over 250 exits on 700 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Coupang, Airbnb, Instacart, Flexport, Delivery Hero, and many more. Fabrice was named the #1 Angel Investor in the world by Forbes. Some of the topics covered: What his portfolio looks like Fabrice's advi...
2023-01-021h 03Playing With Unicorns#40 Oskar Hartmann: Unicorn AccumulatorThis week, I had the pleasure of chatting with my good friend Oskar Hartmann. He’s had the most incredible unicorn experience: He was part of 10% of all German unicorns Made a $300M mistake on Ozon Managed to make money on Fab.com despite it going from $1.5B in value to $0 in 6 months Why selling at the point of maximum secondary liquidity is probably a bad time to sell Much more!
2022-12-201h 12Playing With Unicorns#39: Simpl and the Indian Fintech EcosystemOn this week’s episode I had the pleasure of welcoming Nitya Sharma, co-founder and CEO of Simpl, to conclude our mini-series on the Indian tech scene. We had a fascinating conversation on the state of Indian Fintech, which in many ways is more advanced than the US. I am beyond impressed by the free C2C / B2B / B2C instantaneous real time payments allowed by UPI and the business models that emerge when you can do free microtransactions. I wish the West had the equivalent of India’s UPI (or Brazil’s Pix). I am also beyond impres...
2022-12-2055 minPlaying With Unicorns#38 The Indian Tech Ecosystem & FJ Labs’ Thesis in the regionThis week we are covering the state of the Indian tech ecosystem. We are joined by Luke Skertich, senior associate at FJ Labs, who is leading the charge with our Indian investments. In this episode, we cover: The history of India’s tech ecosystem and the recent explosion in unicorns Why we are short term pessimistic, but medium and long term super bullish Why we are focusing on Picks and Shovels, Financial Infrastructure, and B2B Marketplaces
2022-10-1341 minPlaying With Unicorns#37 Building India's 76th Unicorn & the Indian car market at largeIn this episode, we cover: Niraj’s path to creating Spinny, including creating two much less successful startups right out of college The differences between the US & Indian car markets Spinny’s unique solution to the market considering the specifics of the market Spinny’s ambitions on a go forward basis The impact, if any, of the massive global multiple compression in comps like Carvana and Cazoo The state of Indian tech market
2022-10-1040 minPlaying With Unicorns#36 Building a Web3 Unicorn with Lorien Gabel (Figment)Lorien Gabel is the Co-Founder of Figment Network. He holds an LLB from Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law School and is a member in good standing with the Ontario Bar. In 1994, at the age of 24, 6 months into practicing law, Lorien quit to help his brother Matt run a bourgeoning internet company, Interlog. Over the next four years, they managed the growth of Interlog to over 150 employees, 65,000 customers and profitability. It was later acquired by a large multinational telecommunications company.
2022-03-2052 min
Innovation with Mark Peter DavisThe King of Marketplaces with Fabrice Grinda of FJ LabsThis week I chatted with Fabrice Grinda, Founding Partner at FJ Labs. FJ Labs is a VC that specializes in marketplaces and invests in every geography in every category at any stage. As Fabrice puts it they do angel investing at venture scale, meaning they don’t lead rounds but do a massive number of investments every year. Last year they made almost 200 investments.Fabrice is super interesting beyond being a VC. He’s been a serial entrepreneur for a couple of decades at this point and has interesting views on wealth and impact.He star...
2022-03-101h 16Playing With Unicorns#35 Thoughts on the marketThese days every meeting seems to start with a conversation on market conditions. In the next episode, I am sharing my perspective on what has been happening in the public, crypto, and private markets, and what it means for investors and founders.
2022-02-1536 min2022-02-141h 07Playing With UnicornsFrom VC to Web2 to Crypto with Mark LurieMark Lurie is the CEO and co-founder of Shipyard Software. Shipyard Software builds decentralized exchanges (DEX) for specific types of trades, traders, and instruments, starting with Clipper, a DEX with the best prices anywhere on retail trades
2022-02-1353 min
Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment IndustryFabrice Grinda – Canvassing Seed Stage Marketplaces at FJ Labs, Venture is Eating the Investment World 4Fabrice Grinda is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and founder of FJ Labs, a venture capital firm that backs a diversified portfolio of startups in marketplace businesses. The firm takes a founder-friendly, non-institutional approach, employing heuristics to formulate quick decisions. Our conversation covers Fabrice’s path as a serial entrepreneur and lessons learned building and investing in marketplaces. We discuss FJ Lab’s unique investment process focused on four investment heuristics and expeditious decision making. We then turn to its position in the venture ecosystem and investable themes in the coming years. Learn More Follow Ted on T...
2022-01-241h 05Playing With Unicorns#32 Building a shipping unicorn with Laura Behrens Wu, Co-Founder & CEO of ShippoLaura Behrens Wu is the co-founder and CEO of Shippo. Shippo is an API-first company focused on building shipping for 21st-century e-commerce. Top takeaways Build something that’s a pain killer, not a vitamin. This means finding a true pain point and solving it. Constantly seek new customer acquisition channels. Keep in mind that people who succeed at corporations are not always successful at early-stage companies. 0-1 team members are not always the ones who will drive the company to 100x.
2021-11-2449 min
Playing With UnicornsFrom Start-up to Grown-up with Alisa CohnAlisa Cohn (@AlisaCohn) is a prominent startup coach who has advised founders and executives at Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Bloomberg. She’s one-time startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor, she was named the number one “Global Guru”. Her articles have appeared in HBR, Forbes, and Inc and she has been featured as an expert on Bloomberg TV, the BBC World News and in the New York Times. A recovering CPA, she is also a Broadway investor in productions which have won two Tony Awards and is prone to burst into s...
2021-11-2430 minPlaying With UnicornsA Conversation with Thomas PlantengaThomas Plantenga is the CEO of Vinted. He was born and raised in the Netherlands. Thomas was previously a Venture Partner at FJ Labs and an early member of OLX. Thomas never intended to join Vinted. He flew from New York to Vilnius for 5 weeks to simply to have a deeper look at Vinted’s metrics. At the end of the 5th week, Thomas proposed an aggressive plan to the team, and to his surprise the team accepted. It was here Thomas knew that the Vinted team was committed to succeeding no matter what. Over the...
2021-11-1044 minPlaying With UnicornsThe Latest Marketplace TrendsIn episode 27, I took a stab at which categories investors and entrepreneurs should focus on for the coming 5 years. In today’s episode, I wanted to cover the themes and trends that emerged in the last 12 months. Ten trends clearly emerged as we saw them time and time again with a plethora of competitors in every geography. There was no unifying theme across all of them, but four of the trends cover startups that help SMBs and micro-entrepreneurs run their businesses better allowing their owners to focus on what they do best.
2021-09-2226 minPlaying With UnicornsWhat's the deal with cryptoWhen Satoshi Nakamoto famously wrote the Bitcoin white paper on November 13, 2008 it proposed to solve the Byzantine Generals problem. The Byzantine Generals Problem is solving the puzzle of how multiple, separated generals can achieve consensus on the time to attack a particular city. 13 years later the world of crypto is starting to see wider adoption. In 2021 every major media outlet at one point was talking about the rise of crypto, especially NFTs.
2021-08-0550 minPlaying With UnicornsThe Tech Of TomorrowIn a way I live in your future. By virtue of receiving 150 startup pitches per week, I have a good sense of what founders are trying to build for the coming decade. At the same time, as a student of history, penetration and cost trends, I can make calculated guesses for when things go from being fringe to mainstream. In today’s episode, I take a stab at which categories investors and entrepreneurs should focus on for the coming 5 years. This time horizon is relevant because for an idea to be investable by a VC tod...
2021-07-3034 min
Wharton FinTech PodcastFabrice Grinda, Founding Partner at FJ Labs – Serial Entrepreneur & Investor in 700 Startups!Miguel Armaza sits down with the legendary tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Fabrice Grinda, Founding Partner at FJ Labs, a stage-agnostic Venture Capital fund that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups.
Born and raised in France, Fabrice is amongst the world’s leading tech leaders.
As an investor, he has over 250 exits on almost 700 investments. With impressive investments such as Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero, Betterment, Klarna, Stripe, Palantir and Rappi.
As an entrepreneur, Fabrice co-founded OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 300 million unique visitors per month. Having previously founded Zingy and Aucland, two highly su...
2021-07-2137 minPlaying With UnicornsJeff Wald & The End of JobsJeff’s newest book, The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Wokers and Agile Corporations, provides a look into the future of work by looking into the past. In human history, there have been three monumental technological revolutions: mechanization, electrification, and computerization. These revolutions shaped the future of humanity. Jeff shows the end of work will be a good thing for humanity because it will free up time and allow humans to do creative work.
2021-06-2548 min
Venture Voice – interviews with entrepreneursFabrice Grinda on growing Zingy into a $200 million businessFabrice Grinda is one of the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors, with over 150 exits on 500 angel investments. When I first interviewed him for this podcast, way back in 2005, the then-31-year-old French native was in the process of packing up his office at Zingy, the mobile media start-up he’d founded in 2000. After growing Zingy to $200 million in revenue, Fabrice had sold the company for $80 million in 2004. Eighteen months later, he was stepping down as CEO and looking ahead to his next adventure.
At the time we spoke, Broadband, iTunes and podcasting were all new, and Fabrice saw it a...
2021-06-221h 03Playing With UnicornsClearco & the future of SMB lendingAs most of you know, I want to empower people to work on the things they love. As a result, I am excited that FJ Labs invested early in Clearco (formerly Clearbanc), now valued at $2 billion, which is helping entrepreneurs all around the world to live out their dream. In this episode, I chat with Andrew D’Souza and Michele Romanow, Clearco’s founders, to learn about how they started, some of the challenges they faced along the way, and advice they have for founders.
2021-06-1656 minPlaying With UnicornsHow Slice is helping mom-and-pop pizzerias compete with DominosOne of our main theses at FJ Labs is to focus on vertical marketplaces. Slice is a great example of a company that has found product-market fit within a vertical. In this episode Ilir Sela gives insights into how Slice empowered 16,000 pizzerias to compete with giants like Dominos and Pizza Hut. Ilir Sela is the founder and CEO of Slice, formerly MyPizza, the all-in-one ordering and marketing tech platform for local pizzerias.
2021-05-211h 05Playing With UnicornsSynthesis: The startup scaling up the most innovative ideas from Elon Musk's schoolThe education system has not evolved since the industrial era. New tools have been introduced over the years, but nothing has dramatically changed. To reinvent education, you don’t more tools to add to the arsenal, but first principal thinking. What assumption have we been making about education? And are these assumptions true? Chrisman Frank is the co-founder and CEO of Synthesis, an enrichment club that teaches complex problem-solving and decision-making for kids 7 to 14 through online team games.
2021-05-1543 minPlaying With UnicornsWhy Startups Fail with Tom Eisenmann9 out of 10 startups fail. This is a gloomy number. However, it has never stopped entrepreneurs from hedging their bets to create successful companies. And I want to help entrepreneurs, whether they’re first, second, or third-time founders, increase their odds of success. So this week, I talked to Tom Eisenmann about his new book, Tom is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and holds the Peter O. Crisp Faculty Chair at Harvard Innovation Labs.
2021-04-261h 20Playing With UnicornsHow to build the perfect pitch deckThis is one of the most requested questions I’ve received since starting Playing with Unicorn podcast. People want to know “How do I build the perfect pitch deck to raise funds?” So joining me is Kelly Anne Tully, Head of Platform and Investor at FJ Labs. Kelly has helped many of our portfolio companies raise funds. Today, Kelly and I discuss how to create the perfect a pitch deck.
2021-03-291h 05Playing With UnicornsSo you want to launch a SPAC ?Today’s episode is special because Jeff Weinstein interviews Rahim Lakhani, the CFO of Alpha Capital. Most of you will remember Jeff from Episode 13: What's the deal with SPACs. He is the resident SPAC boy at FJ Labs. Rahim has an illustrious record of leading finance, strategy, and sales from Anheuser-Busch InBev to Offerpad, and now Alpha Capital.
2021-02-261h 29Playing With UnicornsReinvesting in the Latam Tech Ecosystem with Brian RequarthBrian Requarth is the Co-Founder of Latitud and former CEO of Viva Real. Through Latitud, he now dedicates his time to providing mentorship and advice for entrepreneurs in Latin America (LATAM). Brian’s new book, Viva the Entrepreneur: Founding, Scaling, and Raising Venture Capital in Latin America shares the hard lessons he learned while building and scaling his company. It covers best practices for communicating with your co-founder, finding great investors, and building a good board.
2021-02-2345 minPlaying With UnicornsThirty-Six Lessons from Company Founders & CEOs with Tim JacksonTim Jackson is a fellow entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author. He has lived an interesting life from a career in journalism for the Financial Times, to VC seed funding for technology startups. It was no accident that he would eventually find himself in this world - he recalls speaking on the phone and writing a column about some guy called Jeff, who had just started a company called Amazon in 1995. Tim fell in love with VC as a managing director running a $700m fund for The Carlyle Group in Europe:
2021-02-131h 10Playing With UnicornsThe State Of SolarThis week Kerim Baran (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbaran/) shares where we stand in the world of solar. He covers: • The history of solar • The impressive decline of the cost of panel over the last 40 years • The decline in the cost of batteries • Why ultimately batteries plus panels will cost less than maintaining the grid leading most electricity to be made locally in a distributed fashion even if fusion comes to pass and creates energy at 0 marginal cost • And Much More!
2021-02-041h 02Playing With UnicornsStartup Talent & Startup TrendsI often pondered the makeup of successful founders and founding teams. At FJ Labs we spend a disproportionate amount of time screening for EIRs. We only build 1 or 2 companies per year, so we cannot afford to get it wrong. I was fascinated to talk Magnus Grimeland and Vegard Medbø of Antler because they filter through 50,000 candidates per year in 30 locations around the world including the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Out of the 50,000 candidates, Antler selects 1,500 and ultimately funds around 250 projects.
2021-01-231h 14Playing With UnicornsMistakes to avoid as an EntrepreneurIt is extremely hard to succeed as an entrepreneur. Even the most successful entrepreneurs have countless ups and downs. I would argue that I failed my way to success. My brother Olivier (https://oliviergrinda.com/), a successful tech entrepreneur and investor in his own right, joins me this week to discuss all the mistakes entrepreneurs make. As we have seemingly made all the mistakes there are to make, we hope you can learn from our mistakes as you go down your entrepreneurial path. I had a few technical snafus during the first 10 minutes so I apologize for...
2021-01-152h 01Playing With UnicornsA Conversation with Christian AngermayerChristian is the rare breed of polymath Renaissance Man operating in a world that rewards specialization. We had an extremely broad and far-ranging conversation covering: • Whether you should always pursue your passion • The relative importance of focus • How to make the most of the opportunities presented to you • Spirituality • Happiness • Much More!
2021-01-081h 53Playing With UnicornsWhat’s the deal with SPACs?SPACs have been one of the hot topics of 2020. Jeff Weinstein, who co-heads investing at FJ Labs, and our resident venture capital nerd, joins to talk about all things SPAC. He covers: • What are SPACs? • How do they operate? • Why are they hot in 2020? • What’s in it for sponsors, institutional investors, the companies merging into them and retail investors?
2020-12-1854 minPlaying With UnicornsThe Surprising Case for Optimism in 2020Given the omnipresent doom and gloom of 2020, I took the time to reflect objectively on where things stand and where the world is heading. My deep dive across so many industries and technologies left me inspired and awe struck by the opportunities open to us. We will address the two fundamental issues of our time: climate change and social injustice / inequality of opportunity.
2020-12-1539 minPlaying With UnicornsLoonshots with Safi BahcallIn general, I do not read “business books” as I find them simplistic. Loonshots is the exception to that rule. It blew me away. It mixes compelling personal narratives of entrepreneurs like Edwin Land (Polaroid) and Juan Trippe (Pan Am) with observations from physics and history to weave a very compelling narrative.
2020-12-082h 24
1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast511th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Fabrice Grinda, FJ Labs - 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast
Fabrice Grinda, Founding Partner at FJ Labs, discusses his firm’s investment thesis around marketplaces.
2020-12-0616 min
INspired INsider Podcast[Venture Capital Series] A Framework for Making Important Decisions with Fabrice Grinda of FJ LabsFabrice Grinda is a Founding Partner at FJ Labs, is a stage-agnostic consumer facing-fund headquartered in New York City. They invest in ambitious founders solving big problems. They have investments in more than 600 investments around the world including Alibaba Group, Airbnb, Beepi, Fanduel, Dropbox, and many more, and have had over 300 million investment exits. Fabrice was a Co-founder and former CEO of OLX, and drove the company’s business development, investor relations, M&A and product development efforts in his capacity as co-CEO. Prior to OLX, he was the founder and CEO of Zingy Inc., a mobile med...
2020-11-2455 minPlaying With UnicornsValidating Your Startup IdeaLast week we covered how to come up with great startup ideas. This week I present how to evaluate if the idea is worth pursuing. I detail which hypothesis you need to validate and how to go about providing or disproving them. Vivian Graves (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivian-graves/), an entrepreneur in residence (EIR) at FJ Labs, joins to share how she evaluated whether to pursue a temporary veterinarian labor marketplace idea.
2020-11-1956 min
Fireside with a VCEpisode #22 – Fabrice Grinda, #1 Angel Investor Worldwide, Forbes on Fireside with a VCEpisode #22 – Fabrice Grinda, cofounder of FJ Labs, invested $284m into 571 startups, 193 exits, IRR of 62%, former cofounder of OLX, classified in emerging markets, Zingy, which reached $200m ARR and profitable in 4 years. We talk about startups and raising funding in the US, Europe and around the world. Full video https://youtu.be/eK_rzNhnplU
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2020-11-1358 minPlaying With UnicornsComing Up with a Startup IdeaMany aspiring entrepreneurs struggle to come with compelling startup ideas. I discuss how to quickly determine whether the idea is worth pursuing further. I also share tips and tricks on ideation and early validation. Arne Halleraker , who co-heads investing at FJ Labs, joins to share the startup ideas he came up with for our most recent FJ Labs ideation session this past August.
2020-11-121h 02Playing With UnicornsThe Business Of Venture CapitalMost entrepreneurs merely see venture capitalists as a source of capital without understanding how venture capitalists operate. Jeff Weinstein who co-heads investing at FJ Labs, and our resident venture capital nerd, joins to explain the history of venture capital. He details how VC firms operate, how they are funded, and shares his take on the future of the industry. The episode is a must watch for aspiring venture capitalists, prospective investors in venture funds, and entrepreneurs raising from VCs.
2020-11-051h 01
Tank Talks By Ripple VenturesTank Talk: Fabrice Grinda (Founding Partner @ FJ Labs) - Investing in Marketplaces Before It's A MarketplaceOn today’s Tank Talk! We welcome our guest Fabrice Grinda, Founding Partner of @ FJ Labs to discuss “Investing in Marketplaces Before It’s A Marketplace”Before starting FJ Labs, Fabrice was an incredibly successful entrepreneur having launched several startups before and after the dot-com bust in early 2000. His first startup Aucland was started by Fabrice at age 23 which grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Next, Fabrice started Zingy in 2001 and grew it to $200 million in sales in four years. After selling Zingy, Fabrice launched OLX or the Online-Exchange as the Craigslist alternative for the...
2020-11-0445 min
Tank TalksTank Talk: Fabrice Grinda (Founding Partner @ FJ Labs) - Investing in Marketplaces Before It's A MarketplaceOn today’s Tank Talk! We welcome our guest Fabrice Grinda, Founding Partner of @ FJ Labs to discuss “Investing in Marketplaces Before It’s A Marketplace”Before starting FJ Labs, Fabrice was an incredibly successful entrepreneur having launched several startups before and after the dot-com bust in early 2000. His first startup Aucland was started by Fabrice at age 23 which grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Next, Fabrice started Zingy in 2001 and grew it to $200 million in sales in four years. After selling Zingy, Fabrice launched OLX or the Online-Exchange as the Craigsli...
2020-11-0300 min
Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast149 Fabrice Grinda: 4 Incredible Stories from the OLX and FJ Labs Co-FounderFabrice Grinda is a wildly successful entrepreneur and investor. In this episode he recounts in detail 4 stories that any entrepreneur – any person, really – will find fascinating. The first is the story of building one of Europe’s first marketplaces before eBay got there – and what happens when you turn down $100 million for your company. The second is the story of Zingy, and what it’s like to grind without capital and miss payroll 27 times, before ultimately succeeding. Third, Fabrice talks about building OLX, the global trading platform, after Craig Newmark refused his offer to fix Crai...
2020-10-291h 01Playing With UnicornsFJ Labs' Startup Studio ModelLast week we covered whether first time founders should build a company on their own or join an accelerator or a venture studio. As a follow-up, I wanted to present the specifics of the FJ Labs startup studio model. Anthony Valente, Andrea Xu, and Charles Gorra join to describe their experiences at the various stages of our program.
2020-10-291h 10Playing With UnicornsDIY vs Accelerator vs StudioThis week we cover whether first time founders should build a company on their own or join an accelerator or a venture studio. Nancy Dong (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancydong/), our first ever guest on Playing With Unicorns, joins to share the framework she used to decide whether she should join FJ Labs (www.fjlabs.com) as an entrepreneur in residence (EIR) after stints at Uber and Harvard Business School (HBS).
2020-10-2243 minPlaying With UnicornsAsk Me AnythingGiven that I was in Lake Placid looking at the foliage change without my multi-screen setup, I tried a “Ask Me Anything” session for the week. It was a resounding success with very varied questions. We covered: • The impact of antitrust laws on the venture ecosystem • The differences between being an angel and running an early stage fund • How we acquired the first customers at OLX • Whether marketplaces should start by building supply or demand • How to build your brand in VC • Much more!
2020-10-171h 31Playing With UnicornsFJ Labs’ Investment ThesisIn the third episode, I described how VCs evaluate startups by using a combination of the team, business, deal terms and whether the idea fits with their thesis to decide whether to invest or not. In this episode, I present FJ Labs’ Investment thesis. I start by covering why we focus on marketplaces, then detail: Our current marketplace theses: Verticalization of horizontals Transition to supply pick marketplaces B2B marketplaces The Future of Food The Future of Work The Future of Real Estate The Future of Lending
2020-10-091h 27Playing With UnicornsHow VCs Evaluate StartupsIn the first episode I covered how and when to fundraise. In this episode, I cover how venture capitalists (VCs) evaluate you once you are in front of them the help you refine your approach and pitch.
2020-10-0256 minPlaying With UnicornsBuild a MVP for less than $20kI start by covering the theoretical do’s and don’ts of building a minimum viable product (MVP) before giving an in depth and specific example of how I would go about building a mobile golf application allowing golfers to find partners to play with at their handicap, in their region and/or club, with the same availability. I cover how to use various tools and services such as Balsamiq, Awesome Screenshot and Upwork.
2020-09-2523 minPlaying With UnicornsFundraising: Everything there is to know in terms of fundraising for venture backed startupsGiven that it's episode 1, I start by explaining why I am creating this podcast before covering everything there is to know in terms of fundraising for venture backed startups • Common mistakes when fundraising • The unwritten rules of venture capital • How and when to approach venture capitalists • Much more!
2020-09-1839 min
Taking You To The TopFJ Labs - Founding Partner - Fabrice Grinda: With more than 200 investments around the world, $300 million in investment exits, He's a Super Angel!📊 See Guest Stats on Our App: https://bit.ly/2PVx5gO
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2020-08-2632 min
Invest StreamAngel Investing at Scale with Fabrice GrindaFabrice Grinda is the founder of Zingy, Aucland OLX and FJ Labs, a VC firm and venture studio based in NYC, focusing on marketplace businesses. FJ Labs has invested in hundreds of companies such as Alibaba, Bla Bla Car, Zolostays, Brightroll, ZoomCar and many many more. In 2018, Forbes named Fabrice the #1 Angel investor in the world.
On this episode of Invest Stream, Fabrice shares his journey as an entrepreneur and how that led him to invest in startups in France and Europe, his thoughts on the cryptocurrency vertical, what approach he took to working with the entrepreneurs th...
2020-08-141h 15
Smart Venture Podcast#3 Founding Partner at FJ Labs Fabrice Grinda Investment portfolio: Alibaba, DeliveryHero, Flexport#003 Fabrice Grinda - Investor @ FJ Labs. Fabrice is named by Forbes as the No.1 angel investor in the world. He has 150 exists out of 500 angel investments. He invested in some of the top marketplace platforms in the world. His portfolio includes Alibaba, Flexport and Delivery Hero. Fabrice is currently running the startup studio and venture fund FJ labs, which he co-founded with business partner Jose Marin. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of...
2020-06-1254 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Cristina Fonseca, Talkdesk, Indico Capital Partners | Fabrice Grinda, OLX, FJ Labs | Paul Forster, Indeed.comThree great marketplace unicorn founders turned investors were brought together in this episode of myfirstminute from May 2020: Cristina Fonseca (Talkdesk [$1bn private valuation] and Venture Partner at Indico Capital Partners)Fabrice Grinda (Co-founder & Co-CEO OLX [acquired by Naspers], Founding Partner FJ Labs)Paul Forster (Co-founder & former CEO Indeed.com [$1bn acquisition by Recruit])They discussed a variety of topics that are personal to them but also topics for anyone looking to start a business. These ranged from struggling with imposter syndrome as a founder, acquiring initial market share in...
2020-05-0851 min
Génération Do It Yourself#COVID-19 - 11 Fabrice Grinda - Survivre : le seul KPI du moment
Pour ce 11ème épisode dédié aux entrepreneurs face à la crise du covid-19 (et deuxième réalisé en live sur LinkedIn), je reçois du très lourd. Fabrice Grinda c’est une légende de la tech, le plus gros business angel du monde selon Forbes, une tête tout droit sortie de Princeton avec les honneurs ! Un gros bonnet en somme. Fabrice, c’est aussi le mec qui a fondé OLX, le plus grand site web d’hébergement de petites annonces avant de se lancer dans FJ Labs, l’une des boîtes d’investisse...
2020-04-231h 09
The Entrepreneur Insight#25 Fabrice Grinda - Co-Founder of the venture capital firm FJ Labs with a portfolio of 481 StartupsMy guest today is Fabrice Grinda. He is the Co-Founder of FJ Labs a venture capital firm headquartered in NYC, with a portfolio of 481 startups - Fabrice was also the co-founder of OLX Inc.
In this episode Fabrice shares a lot of knowledge on the value of building the right relationships is key to success and he also dives into the importance of leveraging technology and the internet to maximize productivity.
2020-02-2719 min
Village Global PodcastAll Things Marketplaces with Fabrice GrindaFabrice Grinda (@fabricegrinda), entrepreneur and angel investor, joins Erik on this episode.They discuss:- What Fabrice believes about marketplaces and the trend towards verticalization that VCs don’t believe.- How they evaluate investments and the four criteria that they use to determine whether they will invest or not.- His breakdown of some of the failed marketplace startups.- What you need to know if you’re building a marketplace business in 2020.- His analysis of marketplaces for home school, child care, therapy, construction, and more.
2020-02-051h 15
Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LPFabrice Grinda, FJ LabsFabrice Grinda is the founder of FJ Labs, a company co-creation and investment firm, focused on marketplace businesses. FJ Labs has invested in companies such as Flexport, Shippo, Lime, Brightroll, among many others. Fabrice is also a serial entrepreneur, previously founding three companies - Zingy, Aucland, and OLX - All of which scaled to significant size. He was born in France and is an avid traveler, writer, and speaker.
In this episode, we cover what it was like to come to the U.S. for college, starting his first company in the dot com in France at the age of 24...
2019-10-0159 min
Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter DialogueHow to Pivot your Life and Invest Successfully in Startups with Fabrice Grinda, Serial Entrepreneur and Prolific Angel Investor (MDE335)Minter Dialogue Episode #335Fabrice Grinda is an entrepreneur, speaker and renowned angel investor. He was ranked #1 in Forbes, nearly 2x the #2, based on investment volume + number of exits. He's invested in banner names such Alibaba, Airbnb, Dropbox, Tencent, Uber & Palantir. He's currently cofounder of FJ Labs, a venture capital/PE company investing in ambitious founders solving big problems. Previously, he founded and successfully sold several startups, including Aucland (a European Ebay), Zingy and OLX (the alternative to Craigslist). In this conversation with Fabrice, we talk about the key to his success, some important lessons learned and a...
2019-07-0744 min
The #PopHealth ShowFabrice Grinda @ FJ Labs - Well-being is EverythingJoin us today as we speak with Fabrice Grinda from FJ Labs about wellbeing being everything.
2019-06-0731 min
French BossEpisode 8: Fabrice Grinda, de "geek asocial" à roi des "angel investors"Brillant et différent. Deux mots pour définir l'invité de l'épisode 9 de French Boss.Plus de 25 ans après la création de sa première société aux Etats-Unis, Fabrice Grinda, entrepreneur français basé à New-York, continue de faire ce qu'il a toujours fait: investir pour aider à créer des sociétés, ou créer lui-même. De succès fracassants en coups de blues temporaires, l'itinéraire flamboyant d'un homme résolument atypique.
2019-06-0628 min
Founder StoriezFabrice Grinda #1 Angel Investor in the world & Founder FJ LabsFabrice Grinda has been rated #1 angel investor in the world by Forbes.
He has invested in more than 400 startups and 150+ exits. He has invested in the likes of Alibaba, Airbnb, Uber, Palantir & many more.
Before starting FJ Labs, he started and sold multiple companies including Zingy, OLX.
There are so many great takeaways from this interview and lessons we can learn. We get into his beginning days, the companies he founded, his failures, successes and much more, Enjoy!
2019-06-041h 06
In the Know with Amol SarvaFabrice Grinda, 400X angel (Alibaba, Knotel, OpenDoor, Flexport) and manyX co-founder of Auclan, Zingy, OLX and company-builder FJ LabsAmol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with with the angel and founder Fabrice Grinda about his 100s of startup experiences and mainly about systems -- the system for selecting the right businesses for Fabrice, originally his 9 Business Selection Criteria along with its brand new update, and about happiness. Fabrice is a world-recognized expert on happiness, and we talk about the happiness of groups, not just individuals.
2019-04-1151 minIn the KnowFabrice Grinda, 400X angel (Alibaba, Knotel, OpenDoor, Flexport) and manyX co-founder of Auclan, Zingy, OLX and company-builder FJ LabsAmol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with with the angel and founder Fabrice Grinda about his 100s of startup experiences and mainly about systems — the system for selecting the right businesses for Fabrice, originally his
2019-04-1151 min
Creator Lab - interviews with entrepreneurs and startup foundersFabrice Grinda, Super Angel // Marketplaces, Buying An Island & Hundreds of Millions In ExitsWatch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SGPMfHxFmgo Fabrice Grinda has been called the most prolific angel investor in the world, even being ranked #1 in Forbes based on investment volume + number of exits. He’s exited hundreds of millions of dollars from 500+ investments in companies like Alibaba, Viagogo, Tencent, Airbnb, Betterment, Uber, Fanduel & Palantir. Before setting up his “startup studio” & investment fund, he started and sold multiple companies including OLX, the leading “Craigslist” marketplace of countries like India, Brazil & Pakistan. ...
2019-04-031h 43
Failosophy with Gabe ZichermannFabrice Grinda: How Investors Deal with FailureProlific angel investor and successful tech entrepreneur Fabrice Grinda stops by to talk with Gabe Zichermann about why everyone should have a process for failure.
2019-03-1230 min
The Meb Faber Show - Better InvestingFabrice Grinda - We're Still at the Very Beginning of the Tech Revolution... We Are Day One | #123In Episode 123, we welcome entrepreneur and renowned angel investor, Fabrice Grinda. The guys begin by discussing their mutual love for skiing, talking about heli-skiing in Canada, powder skiing in Japan, and the steeps of Chamonix in France. Meb asks Fabrice to recap his background. What follows is a fascinating look at the professional path of a wildly-successful entrepreneur and angel investor. Fabrice’s history involves consulting with McKinsey, building the equivalent of eBay in Europe and South America, starting another company that brought ringtones, mobile games, and wallpaper to the US (and eventually did $200M in revenues), and...
2018-09-261h 00
AppleCLIP2#32 - Fabrice Grinda FJ Labs - Nerd, major de promo à Princeton, et entrepreneur bouillantIl se définit lui même comme un “nerd”. Cet épisode est tout simplement lunaire, un grand moment avec Fabrice Grinda, ce type très précoce qui a fait fantasmer les entrepreneurs français les plus pointus.
Une fois n’est pas coutume, je vous propose comme descriptif de cet épisode, un condensé de ce que Fabrice m’a raconté. Pour plus d’infos, ajoutez-moi sur Linkedin et sur Instagram!
Un étudiant prodige à Princeton :
“J’étudiais tout et n’importe quoi... chimie organique, biologie moléculaire, guerre du Péloponnèse, économie, mathématiques, anglais, mandarin, espagnole...Mais de programmation, je savais déjà...
2018-04-201h 14AppleCLIP2#32 - Fabrice Grinda FJ Labs - Nerd, major de promo à Princeton, et entrepreneur bouillantIl se définit lui même comme un “nerd”. Cet épisode est tout simplement lunaire, un grand moment avec Fabrice Grinda, ce type très précoce qui a fait fantasmer les entrepreneurs français les plus pointus.
Une fois n’est pas coutume, je vous propose comme descriptif de cet épisode, un condensé de ce que Fabrice m’a raconté. Pour plus d’infos, ajoutez-moi sur Linkedin et sur Instagram!
Un étudiant prodige à Princeton :
“J’étudiais tout et n’importe quoi... chimie organique, biologie moléculaire, guerre du Péloponnèse, économie, mathématiques, anglais, mandarin, espagnole...Mais de programmation, je savais déjà...
2018-04-201h 14
Génération Do It Yourself#32 Fabrice Grinda FJ Labs - Nerd, major de promo à Princeton, et entrepreneur bouillant
Il se définit lui même comme un “nerd”. Cet épisode est tout simplement lunaire, un grand moment avec Fabrice Grinda, ce type très précoce qui a fait fantasmer les entrepreneurs français les plus pointus. Une fois n’est pas coutume, je vous propose comme descriptif de cet épisode, un condensé de ce que Fabrice m’a raconté. Pour plus d’infos, ajoutez-moi sur Linkedin et sur Instagram! Un étudiant prodige à Princeton : “J’étudiais tout et n’importe quoi... chimie organique, biologie moléculaire, guerre du Péloponnèse, économie, mathématiques, anglais...
2018-04-201h 12
Venture Voice – interviews with entrepreneursVV Show #57 – Fabrice Grinda of OLXCraigslist seems unbeatable. It’s often blamed (or celebrated) for destroying the classifieds business that helped keep American newspapers afloat. Now second-time Venture Voice guest Fabrice Grinda is seeking to dominate online classifieds with OLX, his latest venture. Unlike Craigslist, OLX is translated into many languages and has a global focus.…
2009-04-271h 13Venture Voice – interviews with entrepreneursVV Show #21 – Fabrice Grinda of ZingyIf you think the ringtone business is for kids, then Fabrice Grinda has a $130 million lesson to teach you. After starting the eBays of Europe and Latin America, Fabrice brought the ringtone business concept to America by starting Zingy. We caught up with Fabrice, now 31 and a millionaire several times over, just a couple of hours before he finished his last day at the helm of Zingy.…
2005-12-0853 min