Deal Makers (& Fakers) Podcast

Deal Makers (& Fakers) Podcast

Niclas Schlopsna

Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 35m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jan 2026
Latest Episode May 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
40%
Hosting
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About This Podcast

Deal Makers (& Fakers) is my podcast where fundraising gets real. No polished success stories. No fake LinkedIn wins.

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Recent Episodes

From academic research to raising €4.5M Capital for AI-powered Scent Tech

May 15, 2026 42m

The wellness industry is growing rapidly, with unique sensory innovations now leading the way in sleep health. In this episode, Niclas Schlöpsna, Managing Partner at spectup, sits down with Dr.…

S1E10 She raised €4.5M without giving equity.

May 13, 2026 1m Trailer

In this exclusive trailer for Episode 10 of Deal Makers (& Fakers), Niclas Schlöpsna, Managing Partner at spectup, sits down with Dr. Emanuela Maggioni, the founder of Hynt Labs. Dr. Emanuela…

S1E9 From Mastercard to Raising $5M from 20VC on a Weekend

Apr 24, 2026 42m

Raising millions at record speed is often portrayed as luck, but for serial founders, it’s a calculated play of leverage, unit economics, and deep-tech infrastructure.In this episode of Deal Makers…

S1E8 He raised $400M for Biotech, an MIT PhD and a secret to the Roche deal.

Apr 10, 2026 36m

🚀 Episode 8 of Deal Makers (& Fakers) - with Armon Sharei, Founder of Portal Bio and SQZ Biotech.Biotech startup IPO success and raising $400M in venture capital is a dream for many founders, but…

S1E7 €75 MRR and 3 Customers, and then Figma Pivoted Him to €1.2M.

Mar 27, 2026 40m

€75 MRR, 3 paying customers and 15,000 signups going nowhere. Then a startup pivot changed everything. I sat down with Florian, co-founder of Weavely, on the latest episode of Deal Makers (&…

S1E7 €75 MRR and 3 Customers that changed everything

Mar 26, 2026 1m Trailer

He had just 3 paying customers. It looked like a product that wasn’t working. Then one startup pivot flipped everything. Full startup fundraising story of raising capital drops soon. This is honestly…

S5E1 A Cold DM Booked the Ex-Philips CEO

Mar 20, 2026 27m

Aquablu Aquablu CEO Marnix Stokvis reveals his startup fundraising journey of raising capital without venture capital firms. Startup advice every entrepreneur needs.One cold message. To Frans van…

S6E1 The AWS Insider Who Saw a $500B Inefficiency

Mar 13, 2026 30m

He spent 7 years at AWS and then left to build a cloud computing startup.This week I sat with James Marks, and he shared his startup fundraising journey, and the playbook was quite the opposite of…

S1E4 He Raised €2M at Just €70K ARR, Without Pitching a Single Investor

Feb 13, 2026 27m

€2M raised at €70K ARR. Only 25 customers. And he never pitched a single investor.Juanjo Mestre, CEO & Co-Founder of Dcycle, built one of Europe's fastest-growing ESG platforms, now serving…

He Raised €18.6M+ For A Deeptech Startup During Greeks Crisis

Jan 23, 2026 29m

He raised millions for deeptech hardware in the middle of a Greek financial crisis. Greece’s 10-year bonds were above 18%, investors wanted software-only, and everyone told him to leave and build in…

S1E2 He Built A 24‑Person PropTech. 19% MoM. $0 VC Funding.

Jan 16, 2026 42m

🚀 Episode 2 of Deal Makers (& Fakers) — with Lars Eickhoff, Co-Founder of DeepImmo, a Munich-based PropTech startup that took a radically different route to funding. Instead of chasing VCs, Lars…

S1E1 She Raised $1M Pre-Seed in Berlin – How Jessica Liew Did It

Jan 08, 2026 31m

🚀 Episode 1 of Deal Makers (& Fakers) — with Jessica Liew (Berlin-based founder of Intriq), the AI platform helping consultants move faster by automating up to 87% of manual consulting work.In…

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Deal Makers (& Fakers) Podcast has published 12 episodes since January 2026, covering topics in Business, Entrepreneurship.

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