What VCs Get Wrong About Building Durable Startups with Tim Levene
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In this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, we sit down with Tim Levene, CEO of Augmentum Fintech, the UK’s only publicly listed fintech venture capital firm.
From going public to backing infrastructure instead of hype, Tim shares what permanent capital allows that traditional VC structures don’t and why he believes the next decade of fintech will be won with discipline, not just disruption.
What we cover:
🛋️ Why Augmentum chose public markets over LP cycles
🛋️ The real story behind growth-at-all-costs and its fallout
🛋️ Why the GCC is becoming central to Augmentum’s investment strategy
🛋️ What it takes to stay relevant when the hype fades
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