Sramana Mitra: B2B versus B2C, what’s your comfort zone? Harald Nierde: We’re, in general, open. We don’t have a focus on either. So, we invest in both. If you look at the portfolio, we have both cases in there. We actually do like to have a mix in there.
Harald Nieder: The other thing that’s important is obviously, the network, in particular for the early-stage investing. Network is very important. Keep in mind that in geography, we’ve been active more than 15 years, which means that we’ve had a lot of time to build our network. For example, we’ve been connected in Berlin long
Sramana Mitra: What’s the geographical scope of your business? Drura Parrish: When you think about our geographic diversification, it follows along the pockets of industrial production in the United States. So why have suppliers concentrated around where planes are getting made? Why have suppliers concentrated around where automotive companies are assembling and making things? Likewise,
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Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Harald Nieder was recorded in March 2019. Harald Nieder is a Partner at Redalpine Venture Partners, a European firm primarily focused on Germany and Switzerland. Sramana Mitra: So tell us about yourself
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Drura talks about the cutting-edge of American manufacturing and how e-commerce is impacting it. Superb interview. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as Xometry. Drura Parrish: I’m the President of Xometry Supplies. Xometry is a fascinating company that’s working very fast and at scale to solve one of the