Jeannette zu Fürstenberg is managing director at global VC firm General Catalyst and founder of La Famiglia VC — a Berlin-based early-stage investor which merged with General Catalyst last year, in a move which caught everyone in the European venture scene’s eye.

It came about, she told the Sifted Podcast in October, after years of coinvestments between the two firms — into fintechs like Stripe and Ramp, healthtech Maven Clinic, AI upstart Mistral and defence unicorn Helsing. She sits on the boards of the latter two companies, giving her a front seat at two of Europe’s most closely-watched companies.