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In this week’s episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Maurits Last, the founder of Swap-box, a startup that is making a real impact by producing high quality reusable packaging for B2B companies. They offer a modular service of reusable packaging, logistics, tracking technology, and cleaning that fits any type of operation or event.

Maurits is a young and passionate entrepreneur. He spent some time living in Spain when he was younger so there is a unique blend of growing up in two different cultures: one where people are very direct and to the point, and the other where people take siestas and ‘manana’ is the norm.

One of the big challenges Maurits faces when launching Swap box is that he had to pivot the business from a B2C to a B2B focus. This impacted everything from logistics and marketing to sales. But the pivot was a good one as there are more than 120 restaurants on board and more than 5,000 people have started using Swap box.

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Yoram Wijngaarde is the Founder and CEO of Dealroom - Global data platform for intelligence on startups, innovation, high-growth companies, ecosystems and investment strategies. With a prior career in investment banking, Yoram has in-depth knowledge of the financial markets.

In this episode we talk about Dealroom, its origins and business model as well as building a data intelligence company as such. We also discuss what data points investors mostly care about and which industries are currently hottest. Finally we talk about macro view on VC in Europe as well as the state of global funding markets.

The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps

[02:30] - HOW DEALROOM AGGREGATES STARTUP DATA

[08:40] - ON BUILDING A DATA INTELLIGENCE COMPANY

[12:05] - HOW DEALROOM CAN BE USED BY STARTUPS

[14:30]- ON WHAT DATA INVESTORS LOOK FOR IN STARTUPS

[21:15] - ON HOTTEST INDUSTRIES IN STARTUPLAND

[24:40] - ON THE BALTIC&NORDIC REGION THROUGH THE EYES OF DEALROOM

[27:30] - ON THE FUTURE AVAILABILITY OF STARTUP FUNDING

[30:10] - YORAM'S EXPERIENCE WORKING AT LEHMAN BROTHERS DURING FINANCIAL CRISIS

[34:45] - ON THE FUTURE OF DEALROOM

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