Podcast · 251 episodes
Scaling Europe, page 11
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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Ben Drury, Co-Founder and CEO at YotoBen Drury, co-founder/CEO of Yoto, discusses scaling a kids’ audio platform with screen-free hardware, recent financial performance, US and international expansion, and how AI (ElevenLabs) enables…16 Sep 2025 · 21 min · 10 chapters
Matt Henderson - Cofounder and CEO of PhoebeMatt Henderson, cofounder/CEO of Phoebe, discusses building an “immune system for software” using AI agents to investigate and fix emergent software problems, reduce incident recurrence, and move…16 Sep 2025 · 23 min · 10 chapters
Bill Dobie - Founder and CEO at SednaBill Dobie, founder/CEO of Sedna, explains how Sedna replaces traditional maritime email workflows with a communications platform that turns email into structured data and connects it to back-end…4 Sep 2025 · 24 min · 11 chapters
Max Sinclair, CEO at Azoma, on how brands should be thinking about AI searchHow brands should adapt to AI search/“GEO” (visibility in AI answers) as discovery shifts from keyword ranking to LLM-generated, user-specific responses; also what comes next (agentic browsers and…3 Sep 2025 · 25 min · 12 chapters
Will Wells, Ex-AI Founder and now Partner at SpeedInvestWill Wells announces he is joining Speedinvest as a full partner to lead deep tech investing in Europe, covering early-stage sourcing and later-stage (post–Series B) growth support; he discusses…3 Sep 2025 · 26 min · 12 chapters
Saul Klein, Founder of LocalGlobe (and investor into 13 Unicorns at Seed)Saul Klein (LocalGlobe) discusses Dealroom’s “Power Law” ranking of EMEA venture returns, why Europe now has 700 “thoroughbreds” (>$100M revenue), and how Phoenix Court’s funds (LocalGlobe, Latitude,…3 Sep 2025 · 23 min · 10 chapters
Guy Ward Thomas, Partner at DN Capital, and early investor in Europe's largest AI exit to dateGuy Ward Thomas (DN Capital) discusses early-stage European VC strategy, why DN invests in enterprise AI for financial services, and the Cognigy acquisition as Europe’s “AI exit” example; he also…3 Sep 2025 · 27 min · 11 chapters
Amelia Miller, Cofounder of IveeIvee (Ivy) builds an AI recruitment agent and job platform for “hidden talent” not active on LinkedIn—especially people returning to work after redundancy, caregiving, retirement, or career…28 Aug 2025 · 23 min · 12 chapters
Jake Wells, Cofounder at MeshedMeshed’s FCA-authorized AI-native commercial insurance broker for UK SMEs, aiming to reduce broker admin and address underinsurance via real-time data monitoring and proactive coverage gap alerts.28 Aug 2025 · 20 min · 12 chapters
Issie James, Cofounder at OnstageOnStage’s twice-yearly European demo day—how it scales to ~350 VC partners, ~2,000 applications, and ~20–25 pitching founders—plus trends in VC interest (especially AI), OnStage’s SPV/angel…28 Aug 2025 · 22 min · 13 chapters
Brian Walker, Founder at RevelRevel builds a “sim-ready” digital twin/data library for embodied/physical AI, focused on humanoid robots.28 Aug 2025 · 25 min · 9 chapters