Lena Stocker is an associate at DTCP Growth, where she focuses on growth-stage technology investments across Europe, with a particular emphasis on the DACH region and the Nordics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~She has backed leading AI and enterprise software companies including Groq, Cohere, Quantum Systems, Dash0, Cognigy, Dexory, Neo4j, Zenity, and Resistant AI, while also supporting category leaders such as LeanIX, Signavio, and Pipedrive. Prior to DTCP, Lena was an investor at Northzone, worked as a Strategy Consultant at BCG, and gained venture investing experience at Redstone. She holds a CEMS Master in Management and MSc from HEC Paris and Copenhagen Business School, along with a bachelor's degree from WU Vienna University of Economics and Business and Singapore Management University.Topics

• Investing in Europe's next generation of AI and enterprise software companies
• The journey investing in neo4j graph database and Cohere enterprise AI
• Building category-defining startups across the DACH region and the Nordics

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