Super Angel #222 Renaud Visage, co-founder of Eventbrite and angel with 75+ investments

Today, we're happy to welcome you to Renaud Visage, co-founder and ex-CTO of Eventbrite, one of Europe’s biggest tech successes and the event platform we’ve all used. Eventbrite IPO'd in 2018 and Renaud left the company in 2021 and is now investing full time out of Paris where he focuses on investing in climate tech startups and on building a ClimateTech Growth Fund where Renaud’s experience from scaling Eventbrite is one-of-a-kind.With more than 75 angel investments to date, Renaud brings a level of operational experience and the skill to help founders solve complex technical problems like none other. On top of this, Renaud is a Venture Partner with the renowned seed firm Point Nine.Jump to the parts that matter most to you and watch our core highlights below 👀00:02:26 - Challenges of Building Eventbrite00:04:20 - Renaud's Angel Investing Journey Begins00:05:25 - Renaud's Accidental First Deal00:06:52 - Lessons from Angel Investing00:09:10 - Renaud’s Investment Thesis and Strategy00:11:28 - Renaud's Value-add for Founders00:12:48 - Evolution in Finding and Evaluating Investment Opportunities00:14:00 - Doubling down on Impact Investing00:16:45 - Going from early to growth stage investing00:19:40 - Generalists vs specialists in Climate investing & investing in hardware00:21:56 - Networks and co-investing in the climate space00:24:55 - The lack of European growth stage financing in climate00:25:30 - Renaud’s core learnings from Angel investing00:27:00 - The importance of your value prop and network as an angel00:29:10 - Follow-on investing as a venture investor00:36:05 - Renaud’s most counterintuitive learning00:37:30 - Top tips to angels wanting to invest internationally00:39:30 - Advice to his own 10 year younger self