Podcast · 626 episodes
EUVC, page 3
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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Joris Beckers (Love Tomorrow) & Mats Raes (Love Tomorrow/The Impact Circle): Festival to innovationHow Tomorrowland evolved into Love Tomorrow and then into the Impact Circle—using the festival as a “stress test” and open-innovation platform to accelerate circular, sustainability, and innovation…4 Jun 2026 · 31 min · 15 chapters
Episode #2: Consumer Tech Napkin | Building moats in consumer techEpisode #2: Consumer Tech Napkin | Building moats in consumer tech focuses on how to build durable “moats” in consumer businesses, using Sava (preventative health wearables) as a case study.2 Jun 2026 · 45 min · 22 chapters
The AI jobs panic might be wrongThe episode argues the “AI jobs panic” may be overstated, emphasizing that AI value is still driven by application “harness” layers and that evidence for mass worker displacement is weak.29 May 2026 · 53 min · 23 chapters
Why Henkel Ventures believes CVCs can outperform VCsHenkel Ventures argues that professionally run corporate venture capital (CVC) can outperform traditional financial VCs by leveraging corporate assets, faster validation, and strategic value creation.27 May 2026 · 41 min · 16 chapters
AI is rewriting the global economyUpside episode argues AI is reshaping the global economy, but backlash and economics (power, compute, capex) will determine winners.22 May 2026 · 42 min · 19 chapters
Inside Marktlink’s €3.5B private markets machine with Jaap VriesendorpMarktlink Capital (formerly Wealth / Marktlink Investment Partners) and its “private markets machine” for Dutch entrepreneurs—how it scaled from a fund-of-funds model into a multi-product private…22 May 2026 · 46 min · 28 chapters
Sebastian Mallaby on Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and Europe’s AI futureSebastian Mallaby interviews Demis Hassabis (DeepMind) via Mallaby’s reporting for The Infinity Machine, focusing on Hassabis’s “Oppenheimer” moral dilemma, DeepMind’s funding and Google acquisition,…21 May 2026 · 56 min · 22 chapters
Building the world's 'thinnest' battery out of EuropeRedstone and Battery discuss why battery innovation is not “solved” and how Battery is building ultra-thin solid-state batteries to enable new product categories (tracking labels, wearables, medical…19 May 2026 · 37 min · 19 chapters
What happens when AI agents become customers?Solvapay’s thesis that AI agents will become customers and that agent-to-agent payments are blocked today by missing payment rails; Solvapay aims to provide identity/security plus the ability for…14 May 2026 · 47 min · 26 chapters
Ro Gupta, Woven Capital: How Toyota uses corporate venture to win in AI and roboticsRo Gupta, CEO/Managing Director of Woven Capital (Toyota-backed CVC), explains how Toyota uses corporate venture to invest in AI and robotics, balancing fast venture cycles with Toyota’s long-term,…13 May 2026 · 49 min · 21 chapters
Episode #1: Consumer Tech Napkin | Fundraising & Benchmarks in Consumer TechHow European consumer tech gets funded now, using concrete engagement/benchmark metrics; AI as an “enabler” not a platform shift; when paid marketing helps vs harms; and how AI changes costs via…12 May 2026 · 45 min · 29 chapters
This Week in European Tech: Anthropic’s rise, China’s AI push and Europe’s tech dilemmaThe episode is a European venture/tech roundup focused on AI infrastructure, enterprise adoption, and Europe’s strategic dilemmas.11 May 2026 · 59 min · 19 chapters
Julien Fredonie, Honda Xcelerator Ventures: Europe isn’t fragmented. It’s a deep tech circuit board.Europe’s deep tech is not fragmented; it forms a connected “European Deep Tech Mesh” linking education, investors (especially CVCs), growth capital, and exits.8 May 2026 · 40 min · 17 chapters
AI Is Hitting Constraints: Memory, Power and GeopoliticsThe episode argues AI growth is being throttled by real-world “capacity constraints” across GPUs, energy, and increasingly memory, plus geopolitical and regulatory limits.4 May 2026 · 47 min · 24 chapters
Andy Leaver, Arqit: AI Isn’t the Disruption Yet. Quantum Unlocks What Comes NextHow AI and quantum will reshape enterprise technology and security; why AI isn’t yet “world-changing,” what “crypto-agility” means for quantum threats, and how enterprise scaling (especially the…28 Apr 2026 · 41 min · 16 chapters
Chinese AI Models Narrow the Gap, Apps Become the Moat, SaaS Faces RepricingDeepSeek V4’s open-weight AI narrows the gap with frontier US models; implications for compute “moats,” European AI strategy, EU AI Act rollbacks, rising cyber/data breaches, agentic coding…27 Apr 2026 · 47 min · 28 chapters
Jarna Hyvönen, Volare on Why Climate Hardware Needs a New Funding PlaybookEuropean climate hardware funding and scaling a capital-intensive biotech company; also addresses the gender climate-tech funding gap and how to close it.24 Apr 2026 · 32 min · 16 chapters
Anthropic Goes Full Stack and the AI Power Shift BeginsEuropean venture and tech implications of (1) Hungary’s political shift after Viktor Orbán is ousted and Peter Magyar becomes PM, (2) Anthropic moving “full stack” with an app builder, (3) AI cyber…20 Apr 2026 · 42 min · 22 chapters
Sasha Vidiborskiy, Atomico: How to Think About Deep Tech InvestingDeep tech investing framework at Atomico—how to define deep tech, assess founder fit, underwrite long timelines, and structure due diligence; plus Europe’s deep-tech capital and sector tailwinds…17 Apr 2026 · 47 min · 24 chapters
Oliver Schmäschke, T.Capital: 3 Principles to Prevent CVC FailureOliver Schmäschke of T-Capital explains how to build a corporate venture capital (CVC) unit that survives beyond the typical ~3.7-year lifespan by focusing on strategic investing, selecting the right…15 Apr 2026 · 34 min · 15 chapters
Anthropic Overtakes OpenAI, IPO Wave Looms and Europe’s AI MomentThe episode of Upside (E722) covers: Anthropic overtaking OpenAI in enterprise AI momentum; a looming IPO wave (SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic) and how it could drain or reopen capital markets; macro…13 Apr 2026 · 50 min · 27 chapters
Simone Maini (Elliptic) & Jay Wilson (AlbionVC): From Hype to Infrastructure? Crypto’s Second ActCrypto’s “second act” as digital assets move from hype/compliance into regulated infrastructure—especially on-chain intelligence, stablecoins, tokenization, and agentic commerce—plus how…10 Apr 2026 · 44 min · 20 chapters
Henrietta Moon, Carbo Culture on Building Multi-Revenue Carbon RemovalThe episode discusses building multi-revenue carbon removal businesses and the underfunding of women-led climate venture teams.8 Apr 2026 · 48 min · 23 chapters
E719 | Europe Is Writing the Cheques. The System Still Doesn’t Work.European venture and “sovereign” tech infrastructure—AI compute, defense procurement, and healthcare data trust—plus a news roundup (Artemis, Spacex IPO, Mistral funding, Palantir NHS boycott,…6 Apr 2026 · 54 min · 24 chapters