Benjamin Kayser is a former French Rugby international with a 16-year-long career (he played 47 games with the French National Team, and hundreds in the French and English championships).
Benjamin is a Co-founder and Partner at Teampact Ventures, a Venture Capital fund that specializes in human capital.
Benjamin is a charismatic and inspiring character. He is living proof that the reconversion of former world-class athletes into Venture Capital investors is possible and can be very successful.
We discuss WHY top athletes and Venture Capitalists aren't that different. The elements of competition, unstoppable drive, and performance are central to both.
We dig into Teampact's model and their People Score to assess startup teams before making investments and WHY it might very well be the future of VC
And we explore the role that TOP athletes can play after retiring from their busy sports careers and continue being SUPER helpful to society
Listen and Learn
Why Benjamin picked Venture Capital after retiring from the world of Rugby (3:00)
Why he went to Oxford to legitimize his business (4:00)
Always bet on the jockey, don’t bet on the horse (4:30)
Description of Teampact Ventures: sectors, geography, ticket size (5:30)
Why athletes want to invest in startups today and why the trend is here to stay (7:00)
How sportsmen are the entrepreneurs of the real world (8:30)
Who better than sport-winning dynasties to help break impostor syndrome and help entrepreneurs grow (11:00)
70% of the Olympic athletes live under the minimum wage (12:30)
How Teampact wants to build a bridge between elite sport and elite tech (13:30)
Athletes can help solve the major human-level issues: the complexity of recruiting, employee well-being, and creating a sense of belonging (16:00)
Sport-winning dynasties are built on team resilience, team culture, and team chemistry (16:30)
Teampact’s secret sauce to take the best out of sport and help startups: Score, Boost, Match (18:30)
The intentionality of the founders is critical for team culture coaching to work (24:00)
How do they match athletes with projects (26:00)
Why professional athletes should stand up more and push the climate movement (30:00)
Rapid fire round (35:00)
Benjamin’s #1 recommended book (35:01)
Teampact Ventures - From Rugby career to Climate Action (feat. Benjamin Kayser)