Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/Acc

Apr 10 2025 95 ep. 33 mins 16

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personal conversations with the entrepreneurs and investors creating a future worth getting excited about

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State of European Tech - Stats about the last decade and Hans Rosling, Mario Draghi Report, ASML and EU inc proposal and the Vision about the future of the region

Apr 10 2025 58 mins

Tom Wehmeier - Partner and Head of Insights at Atomico the 1B Eur fund, founded by Niklas Zennstrom the famous founder of Skype, one of the first tech breakthroughs from Europe, and Yoram Wijngaarde - Founder and CEO of Dealroom - the source of record and insights on startups. During this episode we discuss how well did tech Europe do in the last 10 years and why so many people wer

Daria Saharova - Pairing the climate performance potential with the venture capital model, Raising Eur 300M the biggest first time fund in Germany, The importance of understanding the VC mechanics

Apr 02 2025 28 mins

Daria Saharova Founding partner at WorldFund.Worldfund is a 300M Eur leading European Climate tech fund investing in startups that decarbonise the global economy.They support startups from early to growth stage, focusing on Energy, Food and Agriculture, Manufacturing, Buildings, and Mobility.During this episode we discuss how Climate change isn't theoretical—it's already

Christian Rebernik - First accredited edtech scale-up in Europe, Challenging the status quo in education, Creating 1M change-makers and the Importance of purpose

Mar 26 2025 45 mins

Christian Rebernik - co-founder and CEO of Tomorrow University.Tomorrow university is the first ed-tech scaleup to receive accreditation in Europe that offers bachelors, masters and MBA programs reimagining education starting from first principles.Previously, Christian was the CTO of several multibillion Euro companies like N26, Scout24 and Awin Global.During this episode we discus

Anna Brandt - Learnings from acquiring talent at Uber, Zalando, Mollie and N26, Linking business strategy with Headcount Plan and the Trade-off between speed, quality and cost when recruiting

Mar 20 2025 43 mins

Anna Brandt has close to 20 years experience in talent acquisition at some of the most iconic tech companies of our generation like Uber, Zalando, Mollie and N26 to name a few.She is the co-founder of Invested a consulting and investment firm and she is a Venture Partner with EQT Ventures, Insight Partners and Fidelity.During this episode we discuss about the importance of marrying

Winston Churchill - Fifty Years Hence

Mar 16 2025 12 mins

Winston Churchill's 1931 essay, "Fifty Years Hence," contemplates the rapid acceleration of human progress driven by science and technology. He notes the vast improvements in living standards and the potential for future scientific breakthroughs, particularly in energy. However, Churchill cautions that humanity's moral and spiritual development has not kept pace w

Tatiana Shalalvand - The capabilities as a multi-stage fund, Impressing founders with knowledge, Investing in Aira and Travelperk

Mar 13 2025 23 mins

Tatiana Shalalvand - Venture Investor at Kinnevik and leads the Nordic early-stage strategy.Kinnevik is a multi-billion-dollar investment firm writing checks from 5M to a 100M Euro, from early-stage to post-IPO, and even into the public markets. They invested in the likes of TravelPerk, Spring Health, Pleo, and Zalando to name a few.During this episode we discuss about Kinnevik's c

Pär-Jörgen Pärson - Recognising Outliers, Good VCs VS Great VCs, Building Northzone, Changing the narrative for European tech, Giving back, Learning from heavy-metal to build customer and team love

Mar 06 2025 44 mins

Pär-Jörgen Pärson - general partner at NorthZone, a 1B Eur multi-stage venture capital fund partnering with founders from Seed to Growth. Across Europe and the US.With more than 20 years of VC experience, PJ is a legend in the VC industry and has led the investments in some of the greatest startups coming out of Europe like Spotify, now listed on the NYSE and valued at $123B, th

Vadim Fedotov - Hyper-personalised Supplements, Why Cristiano Ronaldo started using it in 2022 and then invested, Building a high-performing team, The future of personalised wellness

Feb 26 2025 36 mins

Vadim Fedotov, co-founder and CEO of Bioniq. Having raised a total amount of over $30M with backers like HV Capital and Cristiano Ronaldo - Bioniq is changing the world of personalized health with a data-driven wellness platform that’s redefining how we approach our health.From playing professional basketball to leading one of the fastest-growing e-commerce giants, Groupon, acros

Machines of Loving Grace - Essay review of Dario's Amodei, CEO of Anthropic

Feb 22 2025 17 mins

Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic.Valued at $60B, the company focuses on AI research and products that put safety at the frontier and it is the company behind Claude.Dario Amodei's essay, "Machines of Loving Grace," explores the potential positive impacts of advanced AI, despite the risks. He believes AI's upside is vastly underestimated and details how it could revolutionize bi

Max Junestrand - Raising $35M in 6 months, Mapping pain points and using Aha! moments, Choosing Benchmark as a lead investor, Empowering Lawyers

Feb 21 2025 31 mins

Max Junestrand - CEO and co-founder of Legora.They recently raised $35M from investors including Benchmark and Redpoint to empower exceptional lawyers everywhere through collaborative AI.With a team of engineers and lawyers from Google, Microsoft, McKinsey, and top law firms, Legora curently serves several thousands users across 200 clients in 15 countries, including some of the wo