Niclas Schlopsna, host of the Deal Makers (& Fakers) private capital podcast, at the studio microphone

Deal Makers (& Fakers), the private equity, VC and M&A podcast with Niclas Schlopsna: Private capital, on the record.

Most of what happens in private capital is never written down. Deal Makers (& Fakers) puts it on the record: a podcast on private equity, venture capital, M&A and fundraising, told by the people who closed the deals.

18episodes on the record, across two seasons
8,000listeners an episode
2M+impressions a year across our channels

Latest episode: Who are you without your company?

Nicolas WeberFounder, Medneo. Investor.
Season 2, episode 6. 57 min.
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Nicolas Weber, founder of Medneo, in the Deal Makers (& Fakers) studio

On the table, Life after the CEO job

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All episodes on private equity, venture capital, M&A and fundraising: They were in the room.

00:00:00on the record

Three cameras, rolling the whole time.

A microphone for each voice at the table.

About an hour on air, in English.

Every clip is cut from the real conversation.

The podcast studio: Inside the room.

A round table, a glass wall and a lamp that has seen every episode of season two.

The Deal Makers studio: Niclas Schlopsna and Martin Janicki at the round table
CAM A, the table
Martin Janicki, General Partner at Tenet, in the studio
CAM B, Martin Janicki, S2 E05
Martin Janicki mid-story at the round table, under the studio lamp
The lamp, mid-story
Niclas Schlopsna talking at the table
CAM C, the host
Niclas Schlopsna, host of Deal Makers (& Fakers)

Your host, Niclas Schlopsna: Hosted by someone who works the deals.

Niclas Schlopsna is Managing Partner at spectup, the private capital advisory he founded in 2022. He works on capital raises for companies and funds and on M&A, and reviews every engagement before the firm signs it. On the show he asks what a counterparty would ask: how the round really came together, what nearly broke it, and who said yes, and why.

  1. BeforeN26BMW Startup GarageDeloitteN26, BMW Startup Garage, Deloitte
  2. 2022Founds spectupCapital raising, buy-side and sell-side M&A
  3. 2026Deal Makers (& Fakers)18 episodes, two seasons
Niclas SchlopsnaHost. Managing Partner, spectup.
spectup.com ↗

Who listens: Who sits at the table.

  • General partners01
  • Limited partners02
  • Family offices03
  • Private equity04
  • Venture investors05
  • Founders raising capital06
  • Acquirers and corporate development07
  • Advisors, bankers and lawyers08

Out of every hundred listeners, 37 are in Germany. The UK and the US come next.

  • Germany37.1%
  • United Kingdom15.8%
  • United States10.2%
  • Netherlands7.3%
  • Spain2.9%
  • Belgium2.2%
  • Ireland2.2%
  • Everywhere else22.3%

Two in three are between 28 and 44.

1.7%
7.6%
38.5%
27.1%
17.6%
6.5%
76.3%men20.5%women3.2%diverse or not set

Source: Spotify for Creators, 2026 to date. Countries count listeners on every platform; age and gender count Spotify listeners. Seats at the table are our read of who writes in.

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