S1 Ep5: Scaling Without Borders with Haran Sold, Mentha Capital

As the only PR and communications agency built to scale high-growth technology companies faster across Europe, we understand the unique challenges of growing a business across the region, particularly when it comes to communications.  

Our new podcast series, Scaling Without Borders, is designed to help ambitious entrepreneurs overcome common challenges and successfully expand into new markets across Europe. Each episode explores the high and lows of growing a tech business internationally, offering valuable insights from some of Europe's most inspiring tech leaders who have been there and done it. 

In this first series, we take a close look at the journeys of scale-ups founded by Dutch entrepreneurs with Tyto’s local experts, Chantal Schepers and Erik van de Nadort. We uncover what it takes to thrive in today’s ultra-competitive international markets and share invaluable insights to take your business to the next level from inspiring tech leaders. 
 
In this episode, we hear from Haran Sold, Partner and Head of Technology Investments at Mentha Capital, a leading European private equity firm headquartered in Amsterdam. 

Haran began his career at PeopleSoft (acquired by Oracle in 2005), and has since held various international roles at companies like Nokia, Alcatel Lucent, and SmartShift Technologies, working in both France and the US.   
  
With extensive experience in scaling businesses internationally, Haran supports ambitious management teams at Mentha’s portfolio companies daily. Drawing on his years of expertise, he shares invaluable insights into the common challenges scale-ups face when expanding across borders, key considerations for raising funds domestically or abroad, and why a deep understanding of your target market is crucial for success. 
 
New episodes of Scaling Without Borders featuring inspiring stories from Europe’s scale-up ecosystem will be released soon. Don’t forget to subscribe on your preferred podcast platform or YouTube channel to stay updated.