Personal conversations with the entrepreneurs and investors creating a future worth getting excited about.
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personal conversations with the entrepreneurs and investors creating a future worth getting excited about
Thomas Cuvelier – The Samwer’s Brothers, Investing at early-stage, The art of learning, What every VC wants to see, Why mediocrity is dead
Thomas Cuvelier is a Partner at RTP Global, the $1B early-stage fund investing globally across Europe, US, and India.
RTP Global was built on the back of one outsized bet: Datadog — a few million dollars turned into a fund-defining outcome.
Thomas has invested in Lovable (pre-seed), Next Insurance, Creative Fabrica, and Stoic, among others.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why SaaS is not dead — but mediocrity is
- Why first-mover advantage is gone and what actually creates a moat in 2026
- How to assess founder quality before there's a product
- The buy vs build equation in the age of AI
- Where Thomas is placing his bets in the next 5 years: robotics, pharma, industrials
Enjoy!
January 29, 2026
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