Today, we have Lucile Cornet with us. Lucile is a Partner at Eight Roads, a $11BN global venture fund with offices across the globe.

Eight Roads invests in companies at the Series B stage and helps them scale up internationally. They have 450 portfolio companies globally, of which 60 are IPOs, and many are unicorns: Alibaba, Toast, Flywire, Chewy, Hibob, Neo4j, or Fever.

Lucile is part of the European team of Eight Roads. She is a French national (born in Toulouse) but has been based in London for 15 years and focuses on anything SaaS and Fintech series B. She became one of the youngest female partners in Europe, being promoted to Partner in 2021 at just 33 years old. Her investments include companies such as Spendesk, Leocare, Amenitiz, Reveal, and Thinksurance.

Outside work, Lucile is a mum of two daughters who loves adventurous travel and cooking and as you’ll see, a dazzling extrovert who thrives in meeting new people.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Lucile’s journey in VC & Eight Roads Venture Fund intro00:06:30 - Moving fast in the tech industry
00:07:07 - Learning and unlearning in VC
00:15:07 - Building firm belief & conviction ahead of an investment
00:18:00 - Why a little bit of chaos is good for you
00:24:02 - The Potential of SME Vertical SaaS
00:29:49 - The value ad model and investing in growth
00:35:59 - Sales, marketing and adoption in enterprise software
00:38:59 - The importance of Humility and listening
00:42:17 - The importance of Speed and execution
00:45:03 - On Leadership and decision-making
00:48:04 - Building strong relationships in business
00:51:11 - People and culture in VC
00:54:16 - Advice for emerging VCs across Europe
00:57:27 - Don't give up on fundraising