Podcast · 251 episodes
Scaling Europe, page 10
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.
All episodes, page 10
Victor Riparbelli - Co-Founder & CEO at Synthesia.ioVictor Riparbelli, co-founder/CEO of Synthesia.io, explains Synthesia 3.0 and how it aims to move video from one-time “broadcast” to interactive, agent-driven experiences.14 Oct 2025 · 25 min · 10 chapters
Maximilian Kufner, Co-founder & CEO @ AgainAgain (gas fermentation) turns industrial waste gases into clean chemicals by co-locating bioreactors at emitters and fermenting CO2 into acetate, which can replace sugar (up to 33% better yields).14 Oct 2025 · 25 min · 12 chapters
Hedda Båverud Olsson - CEO & co-founder at Lassie on hitting €70m ARR and €1m ARR per employeeLassie, a pet “super app,” monetizing via pet insurance and using in-house AI to stay lean while scaling.13 Oct 2025 · 19 min · 10 chapters
Dom Hallas - Executive Director at the Startup Coalition, on what the UK needs to do for startupsUK startup policy priorities—especially immigration bureaucracy and making employee stock options more attractive—plus broader capital-market and AI-era implications for Europe.13 Oct 2025 · 23 min · 8 chapters
Building the Lovable of video creation, with Dimi Nikolaou - the Founder and CEO of WondercraftWondercraft’s shift from audio creation to a video platform powered by an AI agent (“Wanda”) that helps users create engaging videos by routing tasks to the right generative models and handling…10 Oct 2025 · 26 min · 10 chapters
Sabba Keynejad, CEO & Co-founder at VEED.IOVEED.IO’s talking-head video creation platform—its user base, growth strategy, and recent AI model “Fabric 1.0” for generating lip-synced, emotion-aware videos from audio.9 Oct 2025 · 19 min · 9 chapters
Maik Taro Wehmeyer, Co-Founder & CEO @ TaktileMaik Taro Wehmeyer, co-founder/CEO of Tactile, explains how the company provides vertical AI for banking and insurance decisioning—credit, fraud, KYC, and AML—by combining AI with deterministic rules…9 Oct 2025 · 12 min · 6 chapters
Enrico Mellis, Partner at Lakestar (+ a guest appearance from the guy building the European SpaceX)Enrico Mellis (Lakestar) discusses early-stage investing, what he looks for in founders, and Lakestar’s European generalist/deep-tech/defense focus.8 Oct 2025 · 21 min · 12 chapters
Jan Philipp Haas - CEO & Co-Founder @ ConductJan Philipp “JP” Haas, CEO/co-founder of Conduct AI, explains “enterprise system intelligence” for SAP: adding transparency and an AI companion so IT teams can understand and fix black-box ERP logic…7 Oct 2025 · 21 min · 13 chapters
Balderton Capital's 25 Year Anniversary: An Interview with Bernard Liautaud and Suranga ChandratillakeBalderton Capital’s 25-year anniversary discussion on how the firm stays competitive in Europe, its equal-partner model, and why it expanded from early-stage into growth investing (including a “local…7 Oct 2025 · 48 min · 24 chapters
George Henry, Partner at LocalGlobeGeorge Henry (LocalGlobe partner) discusses LocalGlobe’s monthly OpenCourt event—its purpose, format, and why in-person networking matters—plus LocalGlobe’s early-stage investing approach and how…3 Oct 2025 · 17 min · 9 chapters
Ivan Tregear, CTO and Cofounder of KAIKAKU - the startup building robots for restaurants!Ivan Tregear, CTO/cofounder of Kaikaku, explains building robots for restaurants.2 Oct 2025 · 15 min · 7 chapters
Malte Kosub, CEO & Co-Founder at Parloa - the German AI UnicornMalte Kosub, CEO/co-founder of Parloa, discusses deploying GenAI for customer communication.2 Oct 2025 · 11 min · 6 chapters
Sélim Benayat: 2x exited founder and now building AI Hardware at Nothing Technology Sélim Benayat (Salim) discusses building AI software inside Nothing’s consumer hardware company, focusing on “capability drift” over time, decoupling hardware vs software capabilities, and designing…1 Oct 2025 · 14 min · 7 chapters
Thomas Wolf - Cofounder at Hugging Face on LLMs, robotics and the future of technologyThomas Wolf (Hugging Face cofounder/C.S.O.) discusses open vs closed LLMs, tradeoffs (control vs ease), fine-tuning for domain needs, and why open models can be faster using novel chips (claims: up…1 Oct 2025 · 16 min · 5 chapters
Sandeep Bakshi, Head of European Investments at Prosus VenturesSandeep Bakshi (Prosus Ventures) explains Prosus’s venture model—investing from early stages using its own balance sheet (not a fund) and holding through IPOs/exits—plus how they pick bets, including…25 Sep 2025 · 23 min · 8 chapters
Sam Tidswell-Norrish, Chair & Founder @ OPUSSam Tidswell-Norrish discusses OPUS, a founder community with media and venture components, and argues VC should be “value creation” rather than just capital.24 Sep 2025 · 26 min · 11 chapters
Andreas Klinger, Co-initiator at EU-Inc, and founder at Prototype CapitalAndreas Klinger explains EU-Inc (EU-Inc / “20th regime” pan-European legal entity) aimed at creating a single, standardized corporate form across Europe while keeping employment and taxation rules…23 Sep 2025 · 26 min · 11 chapters
Alan Chang, Co-Founder and CEO @ Fuse EnergyAlan Chang, co-founder/CEO of Fuse Energy, explains building a “full-stack” energy company to cut costs and increase reliability for AI-driven demand growth.23 Sep 2025 · 17 min · 9 chapters
Richard Hollingsworth, CO-Founder & CEO @ Fyxer AIRichard Hollingsworth (Fixer AI) discusses Fixer’s Series B ($30M) and rapid growth (ARR from 1M to 18M in 2025), fundraising speed (raised in 9 days), and how Europe vs US AI markets differ.22 Sep 2025 · 28 min · 10 chapters
Julio Martínez, Co-founder & CEO at Abacum on how he tripled revenue while keeping headcount flatJulio Martínez (co-founder/CEO of Abacum) discusses Abacum’s AI-native FP&A platform, how they raised a $60M Series B, and how they tripled revenue while keeping headcount flat by prioritizing ROI,…16 Sep 2025 · 21 min · 8 chapters
David Villalon, CO-Founder & CEO @ MaisaDavid Villalon, co-founder/CEO of Maitre, explains an “agentic process automation” platform for regulated enterprise knowledge work, emphasizing auditable execution traces (Knowledge Processing Unit)…16 Sep 2025 · 19 min · 11 chapters
Jan Sommerfeld, COO @ Almedia on bootstrapping to $100m of revenueJan Sommerfeld (COO, Almedia) explains how Almedia bootstrapped rewarded user acquisition to “nine digits” revenue, scaling to 50M+ users and 1–2M new users per month, while staying lean via AI and…16 Sep 2025 · 20 min · 8 chapters
Tobie Morgan Hitchcock, Co-founder & CEO at SurrealDBSurrealDB’s mission to unify multiple data models (relational, document, graph, time series, file data, vectors) in one database/query language for real-time AI apps, agentic memory, knowledge…16 Sep 2025 · 21 min · 9 chapters