Interview

June 3, 2020

Who will the Covid unicorns be?

Pascal Cagni used to be Steve Jobs’ Europe guy at Apple. Now he’s running a VC with a five unicorn track record and a recipe for investing after coronavirus.


A portrait of Pascal Cagni, the co-founder of C4 Ventures.

With five unicorns under his belt, investor Pascal Cagni is back out hunting for startups. This time around, he’s looking for the winners of the post-Covid world.

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