# EUVC Memo Episode: Investing in Startup Wise Guys
Welcome to another Memo-episode of the European VC, the go-to podcast for everything European VC. In this episode, we dive deep into one of the funds that we’re raising an EUVC community syndicate for – Challenger Fund II – a 20M€ fund to back and double down on the amazing startups coming out of the Europe-wide Startup Wise Guys accelerator program.
Joining us today is Cristobal Alonso from Startup Wise Guys, a well-known personality in the tech industry whom we previously interviewed in Episode 49. Alonso guides us through the mission and vision behind Startup Wise Guys, an early-stage investment company that has been running a b2b acceleration program for over a decade.
With over 260 startups and more than 600 founders, Startup Wise Guys has a well-oiled machine with a team of passionate and value-driven individuals. Comprising of 60 people from 22 different nationalities, with ages ranging from the 20s to 40s, the team is an epitome of diversity. In fact, 49 out of 65 employees in the company are females.
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To know more about the team, GPS, and other parties involved in Startup Wise Guys, listen to the full episode.
Source: [Spreaker](https://www.spreaker.com/user/euvc/cristobal-alonso-startup-wiseguys)
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Welcome to yet another Memo-episode where we dive deep on one of the funds that we’re raising an EUVC community syndicate for – in other words; one of the funds that you can join us in backing, with minimum tickets at just 1k€.
For this, we’re talking to Cristobal Alonso from Startup Wise Guys. You’ve met him before, in episode 49, so you know he’s quite a personality and that it’s an incredible mission they’re on with Startup Wise Guys. Today, we’re zoning in on the fund we’re investing in; Challenger Fund II, a 20 M€ fund to back and double down on the amazing startups coming out of the Europe-wide Startup Wise Guys accelerator program.
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