Interview with Victor Lugger, co-founder & CEO of Big Mamma Group and Sunday App

The tech entrepreneur who raised the largest seed round in Europe this year. The restaurateur behind Paris' favourite group of Italian restaurants. Victor Lugger is the co-founder and CEO of Big Mamma Group and Sunday App. Being at the head of 26 very popular Italian restaurants across Europe, including La Felicità on our campus, Victor is embarking on a new FinTech adventure with his Big Mamma co-founder, Tigrane Seydoux, and their new partner, Christine de Wendel, to reinvent the way that people pay in restaurants. The trio recently announced a $24 million seed round for their new company Sunday App.In this episode, we catch up with Victor to learn more about what it means to have raised the largest seed round in Europe this year and how Big Mamma Group keeps launching restaurants that people cannot stop raving about. We'll talk about company culture, logistics, trends in the restaurant space, and a lot more!Topics:00:22 — Introduction with Roxanne Varza and Cindy Yang 01:53 — Victor Lugger on raising the biggest seed round in Europe 02:17 — The origin story of Big Mamma Group05:47 — The importance of company culture for Big Mamma's success16:12 — On choosing a co-founder19:44 — The beginnings of Sunday app23:00 — How Sunday works24:53 — Sunday's technology 🌍26:17 — Innovations in the restaurant space27:26 — On being a BCorp company28:48 — Scaling logistics at Big Mamma Group 💡31:03 — The importance of pursuing ideas that are not easy32:35 — Victor's favourite Big Mamma restaurant 😉This episode is hosted and produced by Cindy Yang. Art is by Gaëtan Lefebvre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.