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VC TALK - Inside the mind of an investor, with Dominique Vidal

September 30, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Station F, Creativity Room

Published on
30 Sep 26

Dominique Vidal, former Partner at Index Ventures and early-stage investor (Criteo, BlaBlaCar, Squarespace)

What really makes the difference between a startup that attracts interest and one that secures funding? In this session, Dominique Vidal pulls back the curtain on the investment decision-making process and shares what he truly looks for when meeting a team.

On the agenda:

  • What makes an investor want to keep the conversation going
  • The signals that suggest a team has the potential to become huge
  • The mistakes that lose an investor in the first five minutes
  • What he looks at beyond the product, the market, and the numbers
  • The right time to raise capital, and more importantly, when it is better to wait
  • How to make your project desirable without overselling it