Podcast · 251 episodes

Scaling Europe

by Sebastian Johnson · English

Every week Seb Johnson sits down with 5 of Europe's best builders and investors to talk about what's going on in European Tech. Prior guests include the founders of Lovable, Cleo, Voi an Zilch, as well as top VCs from 20VC, Index, Balderton and Creandum.

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Siadhal Magos, Co-founder & CEO at Metaview: BREAKING: Metaview Raised $60M Series CMetaview’s Series C funding (raised $60M led by Insight Partners) and how its AI agents are transforming recruiting using customer conversational data, plus the public launch of “Fillmore,” a highly…30 Sep 2026 · 22 min

Alex Higginbottom, Founder at Zenithon AI: BREAKING: Zenithon AI raised $10mScaling Europe podcast episode about Alex Higginbottom, founder of Zenithon AI (called “Xenophon” in the transcript), announcing a $10m round to build frontier AI “world models for physics.” The…30 Sep 2026 · 20 min

Oliver Vince, Co-Founder at Basecamp Research: BREAKING: Basecamp Research raised $140m Series CScaling Europe interview with Oliver Vince, co-founder of Basecamp Research, announcing a $140m Series C.23 Sep 2026 · 23 min

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Hugo da Silva, CEO at Morphotonics: Morphotonics raised over €40m Series BMorphotonics’ nano-imprinting lithography for AI smart glasses and potential co-packaged optics/data-center light interconnects; discussion of its €40M Series B and what comes next.23 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 8 chapters

Neil Daly, CEO of Skin Analytics: Helping detect skin cancer using a phoneNeil Daly, founder/CEO of Skin Analytics, discusses using AI to detect malignant, pre-malignant, and benign skin lesions from images, initially via dermoscopic lenses attached to smartphones, and now…21 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 7 chapters

Gustav Bang, Co-founder & CEO of Complir: BREAKING: Complir raised $11m SeedComplir (podcast misspells “Complir/Compleyer”) announces a $11m seed round led by General Catalyst, to build AI-driven compliance for selling physical products globally.16 Sep 2026 · 17 min · 7 chapters

Matt Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO of Jack & Jill: BREAKING: Jack and Jill raised $40m Series AJack & Jill’s AI “agentic” hiring marketplace and its $40m Series A.15 Sep 2026 · 21 min · 11 chapters

Gianni Cuozzo, Founder & CEO at Exein: BREAKING: Exein raised $270M at a $1.7B valuationGianni Cuozzo (Exein) announces Exein’s $270M funding round at a $1.7B valuation, and explains how the company is expanding from embedded runtime security into “physical AI” security.15 Sep 2026 · 21 min · 8 chapters

Lukas Saari, Co-Founder & CEO of Tandem Health: BREAKING: Tandem Health raised $100M Series BTandem Health’s Series B announcement and roadmap to scale AI in European healthcare, moving from AI medical scribe to an “AI-native operating system” for clinics.14 Sep 2026 · 22 min · 13 chapters

Christoph Klink, GP at Antler: Europe's funding gap is also its biggest opportunityChristoph Klink (Antler) discusses Antler’s report on European tech, arguing that growth is accelerating at the top (more unicorns/deca-corps, faster scaling) while early-stage funding is weakening,…10 Sep 2026 · 21 min · 6 chapters

Simon Schaefer, Co-initiator at EU-INC: EU INC unlocks the simplest way to fund and scale a company in EuropeEU-INC campaign to pass an EU-wide “28th regime” corporate framework so startups can found, fund, and scale across Europe with one legal interface (aiming to compete with Delaware).10 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 10 chapters

Jack Miller and John Daley, Co-Founders of HelmGuard AI: BREAKING: Helmguard raised $7.3M SeedHelmGuard AI, an “agentic GRC and security” platform, announces a $7.3M seed round to expand its team, product, and U.S. presence.9 Sep 2026 · 24 min · 11 chapters

Zeynep Yavuz-Willson, Partner at General Catalyst: GC is an early stage investor and AI transformation firmZeynep Yavuz-Willson (General Catalyst) argues GC is an “AI transformation firm” as well as an early-stage investor, focusing on services industries where AI changes work and customer experiences.8 Sep 2026 · 34 min · 16 chapters

Quddus Pativada and Dominic Raab, Founder and Founding advisor of Index Law: BREAKING: Dominic Raab joins Index LawIndex Law’s “AI-native legal services” launch news—former UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab joining as founding advisor—and the company’s plan to shift legal work from lawyer-billed productivity…4 Sep 2026 · 20 min · 11 chapters

Gabriel Le Roux, Co-founder & CEO at Primer: Primer gives companies more control over how they accept customer paymentsPrimer’s unified payments infrastructure lets online businesses use one API to connect multiple payment services across the payment lifecycle, centralize payment data for reconciliation/FX…3 Sep 2026 · 22 min · 8 chapters

Erik Bernhardsson, CEO of Modal: Modal powers cloud infrastructure for AIModal’s AI infrastructure platform for inference, training, sandboxes, and batch jobs; how it manages GPU capacity and scales globally; why growth is driven by “AI natives” and how Modal is expanding…2 Sep 2026 · 35 min · 18 chapters

Hendrik Van Hove, Co-founder of Conveo: BREAKING: Conveo raised $50M Series AConveo’s $50M Series A announcement and why the company is building “consumer understanding infrastructure” for Fortune 2000 enterprises, using AI plus people to route insights to the right teams and…2 Sep 2026 · 26 min · 14 chapters

Danyal Akarca, Co-founder at Callosum: BREAKING: Callosum raised $100m SeedColossum (co-founded by Danyal Akarca) raises a $100M seed and argues AI’s next phase requires heterogeneous “neo chips” plus system software to make inference cheaper, faster, and more economically…20 Aug 2026 · 36 min · 15 chapters

Thomas Bigagli, EMEA Partner at Plug and Play Ventures: Europe needs bigger and faster capital to keep startups homeThomas Bigagli argues Europe needs bigger, faster VC capital to keep top startups scaling and staying in Europe, especially for deep tech and hardware, and discusses Plug and Play’s…18 Aug 2026 · 21 min · 13 chapters

Srdjan Kovacevic, CEO & Co-Founder of Orqa: Building leading drone hardware in EuropeSrdjan Kovacevic (Orqa/Orca FPV) discusses building Europe-made drone hardware and the shift from hobby FPV goggles to defense-focused aerial robotics, emphasizing secure supply chains and…14 Aug 2026 · 24 min · 7 chapters

Shahriar Tajbakhsh, Co-founder & CTO of Metaview: BREAKING: Metaview acquired RevalMetaView’s AI recruiting platform and its autonomous “co-worker” product Fillmore, plus the acquisition of Reval and how it strengthens MetaView’s end-to-end recruiting strategy.11 Aug 2026 · 21 min · 9 chapters

Ameera Patel, CEO at TidalSense: TidalSense diagnoses lung disease in under 4 minutesDr. Ameera Patel, CEO of Cambridge-based TidalSense, explains how the company diagnoses chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using a handheld device and CO2 sensing plus machine-learning…7 Aug 2026 · 17 min · 10 chapters

Zaya Kadyrova, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Aspire11: Unlocking Europe's pension money for tech growthAspire11, a pension-backed investment platform, launches a €500m pension fund to shift under-allocated European pension capital into de-risked late-stage “Eternals” tech growth plus a “Tribes”…4 Aug 2026 · 23 min · 10 chapters

Jan Oberhauser, Founder & CEO at n8n: Freeing employees from repetitive boring tasksJan Oberhauser (n8n) discusses n8n’s growth, SAP’s strategic investment, and how n8n uses AI workflow automation to remove repetitive work while improving employee and customer experiences.4 Aug 2026 · 51 min · 16 chapters