Podcast · 626 episodes
EUVC, page 2
by The European VC · English
The home of European tech. Connecting the people, capital and companies building Europe. EUVC features conversations with the founders, investors, operators and policymakers shaping the continent's future. We explore venture capital, startups, AI, deeptech, defense, industrial policy, entrepreneurship and the ideas driving European competitiveness. From emerging managers and unicorn founders to institutional investors and government leaders, EUVC documents the people building Europe's next chapter.
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This Week in European Tech: Can Europe compete with China in the robotics race?Europe’s ability to compete in robotics and “physical AI,” plus European venture implications of AI model/compute financing, open-source strategy, and rising AI security risks.16 Aug 2026 · 54 min · 20 chapters
Award winner - Summit | Firm of the Year 2025 (€200M+): Creandum (represented by Staffan Helgesson)Creandum’s “Firm of the Year 2025” award discussion on venture strategy, LP dynamics, team culture, and how AI is reshaping startups and venture economics (“price always increases”).14 Aug 2026 · 17 min · 7 chapters
Award winner - Summit | Impact Leader of the Year 2025: Eka Ventures (represented by Camilla Dolan)Eka Ventures’ Camilla Dolan discusses impact investing aimed at outlier returns and system change, using “shared value” (commercial impact built alongside impact).12 Aug 2026 · 10 min · 6 chapters
This Week European Tech: What happens when AI starts deceiving humans?European venture and tech news, centered on AI deception risks (“agents” social-engineering humans), plus market roundups (semiconductors, debt, SpaceX, VC exits), and UK venture policy (a proposed…9 Aug 2026 · 59 min · 27 chapters
Award winner - Summit | Hall of Fame 2025: Accel’s Sonali De RyckerAccel’s Sonali De Rycker receives the Hall of Fame 2025 award from the EUBC, discussing how European venture capital was built, why founders matter, and why Europe’s fragmented ecosystem and…7 Aug 2026 · 15 min · 9 chapters
This Week in European Tech: Is AI’s spending boom creating real value or hiding bigger risks?European venture and markets roundup focused on AI spending, whether it creates real value or masks risks (including off-balance-sheet financing and Jevons-paradox-style consumption effects), plus…3 Aug 2026 · 55 min · 23 chapters
Episode #4: Consumer Tech Napkin | Building great products in consumer techThe episode argues that in consumer tech, software features are easy to copy (AI just makes copying faster/clearer).30 Jul 2026 · 46 min · 19 chapters
Pascal Wittet & Sandy Farmer (Orca Equity Partners): Why Orca backs first-time CEOs to buy their own businessOrca Equity Partners explains its search-fund model for succession: backing first-time CEOs (often with no sector experience) to buy and run small, stable businesses across Europe, aiming for…28 Jul 2026 · 1 h 7 min · 26 chapters
This Week in European Tech: Can the UK restore growth and stay competitive in AI?European venture and tech news, then a deep dive on whether the UK government can restore growth and stay competitive in AI.24 Jul 2026 · 57 min · 33 chapters
This Week in European Tech: 100 episodes in, Europe’s tech reality check and what comes nextUpside’s 100th episode reviewing two years of European tech/venture, then debating what comes next for AI, semiconductors, biotech, and European sovereignty.19 Jul 2026 · 1 h 8 min · 25 chapters
Ahmed Achchak (Qevlar AI) & Réza Malekzadeh (Partech): When AI attacks, can AI defend?How AI is changing cybersecurity by making attacks easier to scale and by enabling defenders to investigate and remediate faster; argues for “assume breach” and for AI-assisted SOCs that reduce false…17 Jul 2026 · 44 min · 19 chapters
This Week in European Tech: Europe’s AI wake-up callEuropean venture and AI “wake-up call,” covering China’s AI model leverage, UK pension funds entering venture, and whether AI investment is becoming a 1999-style bubble.11 Jul 2026 · 1 h 3 min · 28 chapters
Alex Manson (SC Ventures): Corporate venturing is more than CVCHow Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures rewires a bank’s DNA using corporate venturing “in and outside” the bank, with bank-grade governance, market validation, and partnerships (build, partner, invest)…8 Jul 2026 · 47 min · 19 chapters
This Week in European Tech: Has the West become too risk-averse?Whether the West (especially the UK and US) is becoming too risk-averse, and how that affects European tech—AI’s shift toward “utility,” government control (export gating and possible equity stakes),…4 Jul 2026 · 1 h 8 min · 21 chapters
Episode #3: Consumer Tech Napkin | Building great teams in consumer techWhat makes a “great consumer team” (and how AI changes consumer startup building), from early hiring to scaling operations and distribution.30 Jun 2026 · 46 min · 17 chapters
This Week in European Tech: Can the UK unlock more capital?European tech and capital markets, focused on whether the UK can unlock more public-market capital; “Why Micron Matters” for AI demand; sovereign AI and defense tech; plus IPO and deal updates.27 Jun 2026 · 48 min · 21 chapters
Cynthia Hansen (Innovation Foundation): 4 lessons from scaling social innovationFour lessons from scaling social innovation at ADECO’s Innovation Foundation (a social innovation lab that designs, tests, and scales employment solutions for people excluded from the mainstream…24 Jun 2026 · 40 min · 17 chapters
Will Bennett (Seedcamp): $320M raise and backing founders to go global from day oneSeedcamp’s $320M raise and its next bet: helping founders go global from day one, including a dedicated fund portion for follow-on at Series B+ and a transatlantic operating model.22 Jun 2026 · 24 min · 12 chapters
This Week in European Tech: Europe's next trillion-dollar company won't look obviousEurope’s path to a “next trillion-dollar company” in AI, amid tech sovereignty, model shutdowns, and shifting value from systems integrators to AI IP.21 Jun 2026 · 47 min · 25 chapters
Ramzi Rizk (WIP Capital): The alpha is in sci-fi, not SaaSRamsey Risky (WIP Capital) argues that the “alpha” in frontier investing is in sci-fi-like domains where nature is computable and AI’s architecture is still being written—especially bio/neuro/AI,…19 Jun 2026 · 33 min · 19 chapters
Jaap Vriesendorp (Marktlink Capital): The playbook of one of Europe's most active VC LPsJaap Vriesendorp (Marklink Capital) explains how Europe-focused fund-of-funds LP strategy works, why Marklink formed via the merger of Marklink Investment Partners and Welad Ventures, how it manages…18 Jun 2026 · 41 min · 17 chapters
This Week in European Tech: Quantum's ChatGPT moment is comingEuropean venture and AI/quantum news, focusing on why quantum computing may be entering a “ChatGPT moment,” plus Anthropic’s new guardrailed model and Europe’s push for sovereign AI.12 Jun 2026 · 1 h 11 min · 28 chapters
Nils Wagner (REHAU New Ventures): REHAU's AI rollout, from AI Academy to AI FactoryREHAU’s AI rollout and enterprise adoption, led by its venture clienting unit: AI Academy (training + community), AI Factory (expert-built complex workflows), and a secure LLM platform integrated…10 Jun 2026 · 35 min · 17 chapters
This Week in European Tech: Europe's Palantir problem, AI sovereignty & rise of venture secondariesEU “AI sovereignty” policy (notably the proposed Cloud and AI Development Act tiers), Europe’s “Palantir problem” in government/healthcare contracting, enterprise AI ROI and spend control, the “$80…8 Jun 2026 · 56 min · 24 chapters