EUVC
EUVC is a podcast centered on the European technology ecosystem, covering the people, capital, and companies shaping the continent's future. Each episode features conversations with founders, investors, operators, and policymakers. The show explores topics such as venture capital, startups, AI, deeptech, defense, industrial policy, and entrepreneurship. Its goal is to document the ideas and individuals driving European competitiveness.
Episodes
Fixing the $900B energy problem | Joe McDonald, tem
Cheap, reliable energy is becoming a strategic advantage. As AI, data centres and manufacturing demand more power, the economics of electricity increasingly influence which countries and companies can stay competitive.Recorded at EUVC Summit 2026, Joe McDonald, CEO and Co-Founder of tem, joins Adam Chirkowski, Partner at AlbionVC, to discuss how the energy market needs to change and why the UK and
Jasper Roll (Haufe Group Ventures): How to build a credible CVC without a traditional fund structure
A credible CVC does not have to start with a traditional fund structure. Haufe Group Ventures built its model around an evergreen balance-sheet setup, a lean team and a clear mandate, proving the approach through deals rather than a large fund launch.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier speak with Jasper Roll, Managing Director at Haufe Group Ventures, about how he helped build the
Summit | Pavel Mucha (Aspire11): Why and how a Czech pension fund launched a €500m venture fund
Getting pension capital into venture is not simply about proving that the returns are attractive. It requires building an investment model that institutions can actually underwrite, while knowing which parts of the strategy should remain non-negotiable.Pavel Mucha, Founder of Aspire11, explains how a Czech pension fund committed €500 million to venture and growth investing, why the team chose to s
Patrick Murphy (Tapestry VC): Why drone delivery could replace millions of car journeys
Sending a car or moped across a city to deliver a single meal is an expensive and inefficient way to move food. Drone delivery offers a different model, with the potential to make last-mile logistics faster, cheaper and cleaner.Patrick Murphy, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Tapestry VC and a founding investor and board member at Manna, explains how autonomous drone delivery is moving into real
This Week in European Tech: What ElevenLabs says about Europe’s AI potential
ElevenLabs reaching a $22 billion valuation is another sign that Europe can produce globally competitive AI companies. But as personal agents become more capable, Europe also risks falling behind if consumers get access later and the US captures the learning curve first.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen and Priyanka Savjani of SuperSeed discuss what ElevenLabs
Greg Lawton (Nodes & Links): Why product-market fit won’t get you through enterprise procurement
A product can solve a real problem and still fail to make it through enterprise procurement.Greg Lawton, CEO at Nodes & Links, joins Andreas Munk Holm to explain why technical founders selling into large, risk-sensitive organisations need more than product-market fit. Greg argues that they also need company commercial fit: the processes, security, compliance and operational maturity required f
Itxaso del Palacio (Notion Capital): The founder health paradox
Working longer does not necessarily make founders feel worse. In fact, some of the founders putting in the most hours report feeling healthier than their peers.Itxaso del Palacio, General Partner at Notion Capital, explores this founder health paradox and why feeling capable of pushing harder may not be the same as performing sustainably.Using lessons from endurance sport and findings from Notion
This Week in European Tech: Europe’s dependency problem runs from rare earths to AI
Europe’s exposure to technologies and supply chains it does not control is becoming harder to ignore.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen of SuperSeed and Andrew J Scott of 7percent Ventures look at that problem from several angles. The discussion starts with US–China tensions over rare earths before turning to Europe’s own reliance on Chinese refining capacity an
Summit | Harrison Rose (Goodfit & Paddle): The future of AI in GTM
AI in GTM is often framed as a productivity tool: write the email faster, automate the workflow or increase the volume of outreach. Harrison Rose, Co-Founder of Goodfit and Paddle, makes the case for a more fundamental shift.His argument is that AI becomes far more valuable when it moves from executing tasks to making decisions. Harrison traces that thinking back to Paddle, where classification mo
Marc Thom (Henkel Ventures): Why resilience is a muscle for growth
Uncertainty is uncomfortable, but Marc Thom, Head of Henkel Ventures, argues that it can also create the conditions for new businesses, technologies and growth.Marc describes resilience as a muscle: not simply surviving disruption, but learning how to turn challenges into commercial opportunities. He connects that idea to sustainability, resource dependency and demographic change, and explains why
Hans Söhngen (KPN Ventures): Rebuilding a CVC that stopped serving the mothership
A CVC can stay active on paper while becoming increasingly irrelevant to the company that owns it.That was the situation Hans Söhngen stepped into at KPN Ventures. After years of early-stage investing, the fund lacked strong internal anchoring and had too little evidence of the value it was creating for KPN.In this conversation, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier speak with Hans Söhngen, Managing D
Daniel Betts & Christian Hernandez Gallardo (Blue Frontier): How climate hardware earns trust
For climate hardware, technical performance is only the start. Commercial viability depends on risk-averse buyers trusting the product, industry recommenders backing it and manufacturers being able to reproduce it reliably at scale.Blue Frontier’s journey from pilot units to commercial deployments shows how much of that work happens outside the lab.More than 90,000 hours of field operation and the
This Week in European Tech: Europe’s venture market still leans on public capital
Europe’s venture ecosystem has grown, but how durable is the capital supporting it? Government and sovereign funding remain significant while European pension fund participation is still limited.In this episode, Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen and Priyanka Savjani of SuperSeed examine what Europe’s reliance on public capital means for the long-term strength of its venture market.They also share their take
Summit | Krishna Visvanathan (Crane): From contrarian view to a consensus bet, twice and counting
What changes when an investor encounters a founder who expands their sense of what is possible?Krishna Visvanathan, Co-Founder and Partner at Crane Venture Partners, reflects on meeting James Dacombe in 2019. At 19, James was proposing a non-invasive brain sensor inspired by the experiences of two grandparents with dementia. Krishna could not yet know whether the technology behind CoMind would wor
Alex Bakir (Norrsken Evolve): Europe’s AI ambitions need a new electricity system
Europe can invest heavily in AI, but without enough cheap, reliable electricity, its ambitions will eventually hit a physical limit. Data centres, industry and digital infrastructure all need power, making Europe’s energy system an increasingly important part of its technology strategy. Alex Bakir, General Partner at Norrsken Evolve, argues that electricity is becoming a question of competitivenes
This Week in European Tech: Europe has the talent. Can it own the upside?
What Europe lacks is not necessarily talent. The bigger challenge is keeping ambitious founders here, financing them at scale and capturing more of the value created by European technology.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Priyanka Savjani of SuperSeed are joined by Andrew J Scott of 7percent Ventures to discuss what needs to change if Europe wants to build and retain m
Summit | Chris Preston (ZEREN) & Rishabh Kaul (Hoxton Ventures): Building AI-native leadership teams
What does it really mean to be AI-native when hiring or backing a leadership team?Chris Preston, CEO at ZEREN, a global technology recruitment firm, and Rishabh Kaul, Venture Partner at Hoxton Ventures, discuss how AI is changing the signals that matter in senior talent, from curiosity and hands-on experimentation to judgement and functional expertise. Recorded at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show
Rokas Peciulaitis (Contrarian Ventures): Why responsible innovation wins with better products
Responsible innovation works best when it creates products people genuinely prefer, not when it asks them to accept a compromise.Rokas Peciulaitis, Founder and Managing Partner at Contrarian Ventures, argues that better products, longer lifecycles and stronger customer loyalty can make responsibility a competitive advantage. Using examples from Vinted, Patagonia and Mako, Rokas explores how founde
This Week in European Tech: Apple rents AI. What should Europe build?
Apple’s decision to rent rather than build its core AI model raises a wider question for Europe: where should companies own the technology, and where does it make more sense to build on top of the best models available?That is one of the themes in this episode of This Week in European Tech, featuring Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen and Priyanka Savjani of SuperSeed, alongside Andrew J Scott of 7percent Ve
Summit | Dave Bailey (Founder Coach): Creating simplicity
Complexity is one of the biggest barriers to scaling, and AI may make it worse. As building new features gets easier, the temptation is to keep adding.Dave Bailey, CEO of Founder Coach, argues that scaling requires the opposite: subtraction. In this talk from the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026, he shares a practical framework for focusing on the goal that matters most, challenging plans that n
Michael Smith (Regeneration.VC): The future wins by being superior, not moral
What if the better environmental solution is also the better business? Michael Smith, General Partner at Regeneration.VC, argues that regeneration is about building products and systems that waste less, use resources better and outperform what they replace.He explores why we may have a design problem rather than a consumption problem, how corporate supply chains can drive change and why the ambiti
Award winner - Summit | CVC of the Year: Henkel Ventures (represented by Marc Thom)
A corporate investor should offer more than capital. The strongest CVCs connect startups with corporate expertise, industrial capabilities and valuable networks.That is the approach of Marc Thom, Head of Henkel Ventures, who accepted the Corporate Venture Capital of the Year award at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show.The award recognises Europe’s leading CVC arm based on investment activity, innov
Julien-David Nitlech (IRIS): What Exotec taught IRIS about backing deep tech that lasts
Exotec’s journey from an early-stage warehouse robotics company to France’s first industrial unicorn, now valued at $2bn+, reflects what IRIS looks for in applied deep tech: differentiated technology, a clear market need and founders who understand both.In this EUVC episode, we are joined by Julien-David Nitlech, Managing Partner at IRIS, to explore why Exotec initially seemed too early, what chan
Award winner - Summit | Newcomer of the Year: Ruya Ventures (represented by Rick Hao)
Europe’s deep tech companies will not become global leaders by copying traditional venture playbooks. They need specialist investors who can tackle commercialisation, manufacturing and supply chain bottlenecks from the earliest stages.After accepting the Newcomer of the Year award on behalf of Ruya Ventures at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026, Founder and Managing Partner Rick Hao explains:W
Hampus Jakobsson (Pale blue dot): How to stop doubt from stealing your dreams
Hampus Jakobsson, General Partner at Pale blue dot, explains how Founders and investors can balance careful planning with decisive action when doubt takes over.Through the true story of polar explorer Ann Daniels and his “swimming with sharks” framework, he explores:Why planning without action keeps you stuckWhy speed without direction wastes energyHow extraordinary people act before certainty arr
Franz Tschimben (ALLSIDES) & Michael Brehm & Ben Scheidt (Redstone): Why physical AI needs 3D data
The next wave of AI will not be driven by larger general-purpose models alone. It will be verticalized, grounded in the physical world, and trained on reality-grade 3D data.In this EUVC episode, host Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Michael Brehm (General Partner and Founder at Redstone), Ben Scheidt (Partner at Redstone) and Franz Tschimben (Co-Founder of ALLSIDES).They explore why one-size-fits-all
Award winner - Summit | Exit of the Year: Balderton (represented by Rob Moffat)
A great venture exit is not necessarily the biggest headline transaction. The better test is whether it returns meaningful capital while allowing the company to keep building.Balderton Capital’s exit from Dream Games offers one model. CVC acquired the VC investors’ stakes, creating liquidity for early backers while Dream Games continued building the Royal universe and pursuing its ambition to crea
Award winner - Summit | Emerging Manager of the Year 2025: byFounders (represented by Eric Lagier)
Eric Lagier shares his perspective on stage following byFounders’ recognition as Emerging Manager of the Year 2025 at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026.The award recognises a rising fund manager across financial performance, firm building, impact, diversity, transparency and fairness.Eric is a Founding Partner at byFounders with more than 20 years of operational experience across Silicon Vall
Award winner | Firm of the Year 2025 (Sub-€200M): Point Nine (represented by Ricardo Sequerra Amram)
Ricardo Sequerra Amram takes the stage following Point Nine after Point Nine was named Firm of the Year 2025 in the sub-€200 million category at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026.The award takes a holistic view of a venture firm, considering financial performance, firm building, founder and LP value creation, impact, diversity, transparency and fairness.Ricardo is a Partner at Point Nine,
This Week in European Tech: Can Europe compete with China in the robotics race?
China is moving quickly in physical AI and humanoid robotics. For Europe, the bigger question is not simply whether it can match Chinese hardware, but whether it should try to compete on the same terms at all.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed discuss what China’s progress in robotics means for European companies, where Europe may still have
Award winner - Summit | Firm of the Year 2025 (€200M+): Creandum (represented by Staffan Helgesson)
Staffan Helgesson takes the stage following Creandum being named Firm of the Year 2025 (>€200M AUM) at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026.The award goes beyond returns, recognising how a VC performs across the full stack: portfolio outcomes, founder support, LP value creation and contribution to the ecosystem, from backing emerging sectors to setting standards on transparency, diversity and
Award winner - Summit | Impact Leader of the Year 2025: Eka Ventures (represented by Camilla Dolan)
Camilla Dolan, General Partner at Eka Ventures, joins a conversation following Eka being named Impact Leader of the Year 2025 at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026.The award recognises exceptional positive impact alongside strong financial performance, with impact intention, measurement and reporting integrated throughout the investment process.The recognition follows the close of Eka’ $107 mi
This Week European Tech: What happens when AI starts deceiving humans?
What happens when AI agents begin doing more than following instructions and start actively deceiving the people around them?In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed are joined by Sion Evans, Managing Director at VenCap, to discuss a new AI security test where models created fake identities, tried to manipulate an open-source maintainer and attem
Award winner - Summit | Hall of Fame 2025: Accel’s Sonali De Rycker
Sonali De Rycker, Partner at Accel, is inducted into the EUVC Hall of Fame 2025 in this awards presentation from the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026.The award recognises individuals who have shaped European venture over more than a decade through the founders they backed, the firms they helped build and the ideas they advanced.Sonali joined Accel in 2008 and invests across consumer internet, so
This Week in European Tech: Is AI’s spending boom creating real value or hiding bigger risks?
AI infrastructure investment continues to accelerate, but the gap between technical progress and sustainable returns is becoming harder to ignore.In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed, Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures and Andrew J Scott of 7percent Ventures, discuss volatile tech markets, the economics behind data centre expansion and why stron
Episode #4: Consumer Tech Napkin | Building great products in consumer tech
When software can be built and copied faster than ever, what still makes a consumer product stand out? Episode #4 of Consumer Tech Napkin, produced in partnership with True, explores how strong teams create an edge through user love, distribution, experimentation, learning loops and human judgement.Host Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Neil Tanna, Co-Founder and CEO of Howbout, Graham Paterson, Co-F
Pascal Wittet & Sandy Farmer (Orca Equity Partners): Why Orca backs first-time CEOs to buy their own business
Many talented professionals never realise there are investors willing to back them to buy and run an established small business, even if they have never been a CEO or worked in that sector before.In this episode of Unsung, host Will Maunder-Taylor speaks with Pascal Wittet and Sandy Farmer, Co-Founders of Orca Equity Partners, the UK’s first and most active fund of search funds. They expla
This Week in European Tech: Can the UK restore growth and stay competitive in AI?
What would it take to get the UK economy moving again without losing ground in AI and technology?In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures to discuss what the UK’s new government should prioritise, from lowering industrial energy costs and reforming planning to cutting regulation and encouraging more pension
This Week in European Tech: 100 episodes in, Europe’s tech reality check and what comes next
In the 100th episode of This Week in European Tech,Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures and Andrew J. Scott of 7percent Ventures.Two years after the show began, they reflect on how much the technology and venture landscape has shifted. They compare the surge in AI funding, hyperscaler investment and trillion-dollar technology companies in the US wit
Ahmed Achchak (Qevlar AI) & Réza Malekzadeh (Partech): When AI attacks, can AI defend?
AI is giving attackers cheaper, faster ways to target organisations at scale. On the defensive side, security teams are starting to replace rigid playbooks with AI systems that can investigate incidents, adapt to new attack paths and support faster response.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Ahmed Achchak, Co-founder and CEO of Qevlar AI, and Réza Malekzadeh, General Partner at Partech
This Week in European Tech: Europe’s AI wake-up call
Europe’s AI position is being tested from every direction: Chinese open-weight models are gaining usage, Nvidia could become even more central to the stack and Europe still has gaps across power, chips, data centres and model capacity.In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures to discuss the AI power sh
Alex Manson (SC Ventures): Corporate venturing is more than CVC
Corporate venturing works best when investing is only one part of the model. To drive real transformation, corporates need to build, partner and invest in ways that reinforce each other.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Alex Manson, CEO at SC Ventures by Standard Chartered and author of Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, alongside Jeppe Høier, EUVC’s in-house corporate expert.Together,
This Week in European Tech: Has the West become too risk-averse?
What happens when a society becomes too afraid to take risks?In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures to discuss whether the West's growing aversion to risk is holding back innovation, capital allocation and long-term competitiveness.Together, they explore UK technology policy, AI infrastructure,
Episode #3: Consumer Tech Napkin | Building great teams in consumer tech
Great consumer teams still start with the customer. AI is changing the speed, tools and team structures around them, but the fundamentals of building enduring consumer companies remain remarkably consistent.In Episode 3 of the Consumer Tech Napkin series, produced in partnership with True Global, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Rishabh Kaul (Venture Partner at Hoxton Ventures), Mike Martin (
This Week in European Tech: Can the UK unlock more capital?
The next chapter for UK technology may depend as much on capital markets as company building.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed are joined by Neil Shah, Director, Tech Sector Specialist at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).They discuss what it will take to unlock more capital for UK technology, from pension reform and IPOs to public markets and
Cynthia Hansen (Innovation Foundation): 4 lessons from scaling social innovation
Most innovation programmes start with reasonable assumptions. The challenge is that reality often proves them wrong.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier speak with Cynthia Hansen, Managing Director of The Innovation Foundation, empowered by the Adecco Group, about four lessons learned from building and scaling employment solutions for people often excluded from the labour market.Cynt
Will Bennett (Seedcamp): $320M raise and backing founders to go global from day one
Europe's best founders are no longer building for Europe first and the US later. They're building global companies from day one.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Seedcamp Principal Will Bennett as Seedcamp announces a new $320 million fund, split between a $220 million Core fund and a $100 million Select fund.Will explains why Seedcamp is expanding its US presence, how its transatlant
This Week in European Tech: Europe's next trillion-dollar company won't look obvious
Europe already produces world-class technology companies. The mistake is assuming future winners will look obvious before they become winners.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed speak with Joe Schorge, Founder and Managing Partner at Isomer Capital, about why the best investors focus less on predicting outliers and more on building exposure to exc
Ramzi Rizk (WIP Capital): The alpha is in sci-fi, not SaaS
The next generation of great founders will be scientists and engineers.That's the argument of Ramzi Rizk, General Partner at WIP Capital, a €10 million solo-GP fund backing scientists and engineers at the intersection of bio, neuro and foundational AI.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Ramzi about why the biggest opportunities in venture are moving beyond SaaS, how AI is acce
Jaap Vriesendorp (Marktlink Capital): The playbook of one of Europe's most active VC LPs
Europe's challenge isn't a lack of entrepreneurs. It's making sure enough capital reaches them.In this episode, David Cruz e Silva speaks with Jaap Vriesendorp, Managing Partner at Marktlink Capital, one of Europe's most active LPs in venture capital, about why backing European innovation matters, how to build a resilient venture portfolio and what separates the best fund managers
This Week in European Tech: Quantum's ChatGPT moment is coming
Quantum computing has spent decades being "just around the corner".Now quantum companies are raising record rounds, heading to public markets and moving closer to commercial adoption.In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen of SuperSeed is joined by Andrew J. Scott, Managing Partner at 7percent Ventures, and Callum Stewart, Principal at BullhoundCapital, to discus
Nils Wagner (REHAU New Ventures): REHAU's AI rollout, from AI Academy to AI Factory
Most companies have access to AI tools. Far fewer have figured out how to drive adoption across an entire organisation.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier are joined by Nils Wagner, CEO of REHAU New Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of the REHAU Group, and a third-generation member of the Wagner family behind REHAU.Nils shares how REHAU built a secure AI platform, launched an A
This Week in European Tech: Europe's Palantir problem, AI sovereignty & rise of venture secondaries
Europe wants AI sovereignty. But can it reduce its dependence on foreign technology without sacrificing innovation, capability and competitiveness?In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed are joined by Matt Russell, Managing Director (Head of Secondaries) at VenCap International, to discuss Europe's growing sovereignty push, the debate around Palantir,
Joris Beckers (Love Tomorrow) & Mats Raes (Love Tomorrow/The Impact Circle): Festival to innovation
Tomorrowland is one of Europe's best-known festivals.Less known is that it quietly helped create one of Europe's most interesting corporate-startup matchmaking platforms.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Joris Beckers, Co-Founder of Love Tomorrow, and Mats Raes, Event Director of Love Tomorrow and The Impact Circle, about how a sustainability initiative evolved into an open innovation
Episode #2: Consumer Tech Napkin | Building moats in consumer tech
What if the strongest moats in the AI era aren't algorithms, but the data those algorithms depend on?In the second episode of the Consumer Tech Napkin series, Andreas Munk Holm speakes with Renato Circi and Rafaël Michali, Co-Founders at Sava, and Joe Seager-Dupuy, Director, Investment at True, to discuss how founders should think about defensibility when technology is becoming easier to build
This Week in European Tech: The AI jobs panic might be wrong
Everyone says AI is taking jobs. The data says something more complicated.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed unpack the growing panic around AI-driven job losses, why junior hiring is falling across many industries and whether AI is actually the culprit.They explore new research suggesting remote work may be having a bigger impact on entry-level
Marc Thom (Henkel Ventures): CVCs can outperform VCs
Most VCs think corporate venture capital is slower, more conflicted and structurally weaker than traditional venture firms. Marc Thom, Corporate Vice President and Head of Henkel Ventures, argues the opposite and explains why the best CVCs may actually outperform traditional VCs over time.In this episode, Marc joins Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier to discuss how Henkel built one of Europe’s lead
This Week in European Tech: AI is rewriting the global economy
AI is no longer just a technology story. It is reshaping capital markets, infrastructure and industrial policy.In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed break down NVIDIA’s dominance of the AI economy, the return of the IPO market through OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX, and Europe’s push to build sovereign technology capabilities.HighlightsNVIDIA an
Sebastian Mallaby (The Infinity Machine): Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and Europe’s AI future
Demis Hassabis, Co-Founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, refused to leave London, challenged Google on AI safety and helped lead DeepMind back into the AI race.Sebastian Mallaby, author of The Infinity Machine and The Power Law, joins Andreas Munk Holm to discuss the founder psychology of Demis, the story behind DeepMind and why Europe may be entering a new era in technology.The conversation explore
Michael Brehm & Mohamed Foulser (Redstone) & Moritz H. Futscher (BTRY): World's 'thinnest' battery
Batteries do not just power products anymore. They shape what products can be built.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Michael Brehm and Mohamed Foulser from Redstone alongside Moritz H. Futscher, CEO and Co-Founder of BTRY, about why the next wave of battery innovation is not about bigger battery packs but entirely new form factors.BTRY is a Swiss battery startup developing an ultra-t
Samuli Sirén & Mickaël Bellaïche (Redstone) & Viggo Stenseth (SolvaPay): AI agents as customers
What changes when AI agents can transact on their own?Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Viggo Stenseth, CEO and Co-Founder of SolvaPay, alongside Redstone General Partners Samuli Sirén and Mickaël Bellaïche, about building payment infrastructure for the agentic economy.The conversation explores agent-to-agent transactions, usage-based billing, protocol interoperability, regulatory moats and why existi
Ro Gupta (Woven Capital): How Toyota uses corporate venture to win in AI and robotics
Most corporates struggle to move fast enough for AI and robotics. Toyota’s answer is corporate venture.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier speak with Ro Gupta, CEO and Managing Director of Woven Capital, Toyota’s growth-stage venture fund focused on mobility, AI, automation and climate technology.They discuss how Toyota uses CVC to identify frontier technologies, work with startups
Episode #1: Consumer Tech Napkin | Fundraising & benchmarks in consumer tech
What actually gets a consumer company funded in Europe? Fewer things than most founders think.This is one of the questions the first episode of Consumer Tech Napkin explores, with Andreas Munk Holm joined by Sameer Singh (Partner with Speedinvest's Marketplaces and Consumer team), Susan Lin (Partner and Investor at Felix Capital) and Joe Seager-Dupuy (Director, Investment at True).The conversation
This Week in European Tech: Anthropic’s rise, China’s AI push and Europe’s tech dilemma
This week on This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen of SuperSeed, Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures and Andrew J Scott of 7percent Ventures discuss Arm’s AI pivot, Spotify earnings and Anthropic’s explosive growth. The conversation also covers the EU’s clash with Meta, ASML’s semiconductor moat, UK fusion ambitions and SAP’s €1 billion acquisition of Prior Labs.Key highlightsWhy AI may be shifting
Julien Fredonie (Honda Xcelerator Ventures): Europe isn’t fragmented. It’s a deep tech circuit board
Europe isn’t a collection of isolated hubs. It’s an interconnected system where talent, capital and industry come together to build deep tech.That's the perspective Julien Fredonie, Program Lead for Europe and Africa at Honda Xcelerator Ventures, shared on our latest episode hosted by Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier. They spoke about why Europe’s deep tech moment is real, how the pipeline of
This Week in European Tech: AI is hitting constraints
AI demand is surging, but infrastructure is the constraint, with memory now the key bottleneck.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed explore a range of topics such as AI constraints, Big Tech earnings, monetisation, geopolitics, Europe’s position, and what capital flows into AI labs and SpaceX signal about what comes next.Key highlightsAI growth is
Andy Leaver (Arqit): AI isn’t the disruption yet. Quantum unlocks what comes next
AI is impressive, but not yet world-changing. The real shift comes next with quantum computing.In this EUVC episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Andy Leaver, CEO of Arqit and Operating Partner at Notion Capital. They discuss why many European startups struggle to scale beyond €10 million to €30 million, why enterprise AI adoption remains experimental rather than immediate, and how quantu
This Week in European Tech: Chinese AI models narrow the gap
Models are converging. Chinese open source models are catching up. Applications are becoming the moat.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed examine the shifts shaping AI, markets and Europe’s role.From DeepSeek’s progress to the EU AI Act, the focus is on where the real competitive edge is forming, alongside cyber incidents, the race between frontie
Jarna Hyvönen, Volare on Why Climate Hardware Needs a New Funding Playbook
In climate hardware, the capital stack shapes everything. This is according to Jarna Hyvönen, Co-Founder and CEO of Volare.She joins Andreas Munk Holm and co-host Carmel Rafaeli, Founding Partner at The Table, in this episode of Leaders Shaping a Resilient Planet to break down what it takes to finance and scale industrial climate companies.Volare is building a circular platform using black soldier
Anthropic Goes Full Stack and the AI Power Shift Begins
Anthropic is moving beyond models and into building full products.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen from SuperSeed cover the key forces shaping European tech right now, from political shifts and capital flows to AI competition, small high-output teams and rising compute demand.Key HighlightsHungary’s leadership change and potential EU funding unlocksAnthropi
Sasha Vidiborskiy, Atomico: How to Think About Deep Tech Investing
Deep tech is not about complexity. It is about compounding R&D that builds defensibility and demands a different approach to investing. This is the lens Sasha Vidiborskiy, Partner at Atomico, applies to backing frontier technologies.In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Sasha, a quantum physicist turned VC investing in complex products and deep tech.They explore what defines deep tech
Oliver Schmäschke, T.Capital: 3 Principles to Prevent CVC Failure
Why do most corporate venture arms fail within four years, and what are the three principles that make them last?In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier speak with Oliver Schmäschke, Managing Partner at T.Capital, the €2.3 billion investment arm of Deutsche Telekom.Oliver shares practical insights on what actually works in corporate venture capital, built around three core principles th
Anthropic Overtakes OpenAI, IPO Wave Looms and Europe’s AI Moment
Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI in revenue and Europe is emerging as a key AI battleground.In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer (SuperSeed) and Lomax Ward (Outsized Ventures) break down a week shaped by AI momentum, capital concentration and macro uncertainty. They cover Anthropic’s rise, its enterprise focus and latest model, and whether current growth can justify the scale of
Simone Maini (Elliptic) & Jay Wilson (AlbionVC): From Hype to Infrastructure? Crypto’s Second Act
Has crypto quietly crossed the line from hype to real financial infrastructure?Tune into this episode of the EUVC podcast, hosted by Andreas Munk Holm, as he is joined by Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic, and Jay Wilson, Partner at AlbionVC, to unpack crypto’s next phase.They break down the shift from uncertainty to quantifiable risk, how institutions assess on-chain transactions and why supporting i
Henrietta Moon, Carbo Culture on Building Multi-Revenue Carbon Removal
We can’t reach 1.5°C with emissions cuts alone. Carbon removal must scale alongside decarbonisation.In this episode, Andreas and co-host Carmel Rafaeli, Founding Partner at The Table, sit down with Henrietta Moon, Founder & CEO of Carboculture to unpack what it actually takes to build carbon removal infrastructure.Carbo Culture is scaling biochar into industrial systems that lock carbon away f
E719 | Europe Is Writing the Cheques. The System Still Doesn’t Work.
Europe wants to lead in AI, defence, and infrastructure. The question is whether it can actually execute.In this episode of Upside, Dan Bowyer (SuperSeed) and Lomax Ward (Outsized Ventures), joined by Andrew J Scott (7percent Ventures), unpack a week where ambition and reality are starting to diverge.Mistral raises $830M to build sovereign AI infrastructure. Poolside’s $2B round collapses after lo
E718 | Cameron McLain, Giant Ventures On Why Europe Needs to Own the Stack
For decades, Europe built around efficiency — global supply chains, outsourced infrastructure, and distributed value creation. That model is now breaking down.In this episode, Cameron McLain (Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Giant Ventures) argues that the next era isn’t about startups — it’s about control.Who owns the infrastructure determines who captures the value.We discuss why venture is
E717 | Jessica Persson, Scania on Why Most Corporate VCs Are Built for a World That No Longer Exists
Most corporate venture capital models were built for a world that no longer exists.They were designed for software cycles and optional innovation. Today, venture is shaped by deep tech, supply chains and industrial scale.In this EU CVC episode, Jessica Persson (Scania) joins our hosts Jeppe Høier and Andreas Munk Holm (EUVC Corporate) to explain why corporate venture must evolve from a side activi
E716 | This Week in European Tech with Dan Bowyer, Lomax Ward & Harry Destecroix
Welcome back to Upside, where Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed and Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures, joined by Harry Destecroix, MBE, of SCVC unpack the forces shaping European venture, deep tech and capital.This week’s conversation reflects a system shifting: Europe is writing bigger checks, physical AI is moving into focus, and the economics of AI are starting to change.The question is no longer where inn
E715 | Cathy White, CEW Communications on Why Comms is now infrastructure in European tech
Comms isn’t PR anymore. It’s becoming infrastructure and most founders haven’t caught up.In this episode, Cathy White (Founder, CEW Communications) joins our co-founder David Cruz e Silva to break down how the media landscape is changing—and what founders are still getting wrong.From the collapse of traditional gatekeepers to the rise of creators, newsletters, and AI-driven discovery, credibility
