Podcast · 251 episodes
Scaling Europe, page 6
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 6
Encord has just raised a $60m Series C: An interview with Co-CEO and Co-founder Eric LandauEncord (London-based) announces a $60M Series C led by Wellington Management, totaling $110M funding, and discusses why “physical AI” is driving demand for Encord’s universal data layer for training…26 Feb 2026 · 29 min · 18 chapters
Diyala D'Aveni, CEO at Vento: Italian founders building global companiesRebranding Italian Tech Week into “Wave by Vento” to shift from an Italy-only tech narrative to a Europe-wide movement; plus how Vento builds Italy-focused global companies and measures event impact.26 Feb 2026 · 20 min · 13 chapters
An Interview with Danyal Akarca, Co-founder at Callosum & Suraj Bramhavar, Programme Director at AriaARIA’s Scaling Inference Lab and why AI compute must evolve from today’s homogeneous, closed stacks to heterogeneous, modular “systems of models” that co-evolve hardware and software for cheaper,…26 Feb 2026 · 36 min · 18 chapters
Tom Wehmeier, Partner | Head of Intelligence at Atomico: Europe has a culture of lifting everyone upTom Wehmeier (Atomico) discusses “State of European Tech” as a crossroads moment: Europe’s momentum is rising (more unicorns, higher enterprise values, accelerating execution), but global competition…25 Feb 2026 · 19 min · 9 chapters
An interview with Luke Harries, Growth / Engineering at ElevenLabsLuke Harries (ElevenLabs Growth) explains how ElevenLabs grows its enterprise business and how “growth systems” work, including go-to-market channels, metrics, and culture.25 Feb 2026 · 12 min · 5 chapters
Eric Liaw, General Partner at IVP: European founders should enter US earlierEric Liaw (IVP) discusses why European founders should enter the US earlier, how IVP invests, and what he looks for in European startups—especially in AI application layers.25 Feb 2026 · 18 min · 12 chapters
Jarek Kutylowski, CEO and founder at DeepL: Why DeepL wouldn’t settle for “good enough” AI.Jarek Kutylowski, CEO/founder of DeepL, discusses how DeepL built “good enough” translation into a “quality-first” AI business, why general-purpose AI makes specialization more important, and how…24 Feb 2026 · 19 min · 11 chapters
Ritesh Singhania, Co-founder and CEO at Zango: Building AI agents for complianceZango’s AI-native compliance infrastructure for financial services, focused on regulatory compliance work that’s traditionally consultant- and people-driven.23 Feb 2026 · 22 min · 12 chapters
Karl Gilbert, CEO & Co-Founder of Raylo on raising £150m, generating £50m of revenue and £10m profitRaylo’s subscription model for electronics (flexibility + affordability) and how it’s scaled to profitability, raised £150m, and is expanding internationally.23 Feb 2026 · 21 min · 11 chapters
Lars Rasmussen: Cofounder of Google Maps and PanatheneaLars Rasmussen discusses his career (Google Maps, Google Wave, angel investing) and why he’s helping build Panathena, a student-run innovation festival in Athens meant to accelerate Europe’s startup…23 Feb 2026 · 25 min · 12 chapters
Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder at ElevenLabs: $11bn valuation and $330m ARRMati Staniszewski, co-founder/CEO of ElevenLabs, discusses the company’s rapid growth (crossing $10B valuation to $11B; $330M ARR), fundraising (Sequoia half a billion after a $2M pre-seed and $9M…23 Feb 2026 · 8 min · 5 chapters
Richard Anton, General Partner at Oxx: Europe has everything but capitalRichard Anton (Oxx) argues Europe is well-equipped for the current AI adoption cycle but lacks late-stage “scale-up” capital, largely due to low European pension-fund allocation to venture.19 Feb 2026 · 21 min · 12 chapters
Albert Malikov - CEO of Stacks, announcing their $23m Series A!Albert Malikov, founder and CEO of Stacks (monthly close automation), announces a $23m Series A led by Lightspeed with General Catalyst, Equity Ventures, and S16 VC doubling down.19 Feb 2026 · 20 min · 10 chapters
Benedikt Nolte, Co-founder and CEO at Plato: Announcing their $14.5m seed after 10x growth last yearPlato, an AI “operating system” for wholesale distribution, announces a $14.5m Atomico seed after 10x growth in the prior year; plans for scaling in DACH, then pan-Europe and the US.19 Feb 2026 · 21 min · 8 chapters
SurrealDB has raised a $23m Series A Boost: An interview with the two founders!SurrealDB founders Toby and Jamie discuss the SurrealDB 3.0 release and a new $23M Series A extension (bringing the A2 total to $38M).17 Feb 2026 · 22 min · 12 chapters
Ruben Miessen Co-founder and CEO at LegalFly: 8x ARR Growth in One YearLegalFly’s AI “legal operating system” for in-house legal procurement teams, focused on automating commodity transactional legal work end-to-end (not just advice or Q&A).17 Feb 2026 · 19 min · 11 chapters
Carl Pei, CEO at Nothing: Building a smartphone company is nearly impossible ant Nothing did itCarl Pei (Nothing) explains why consumer hardware—especially smartphones—is so hard, how Nothing built a design-led full-stack company in Europe, and how AI will change the smartphone OS and future…17 Feb 2026 · 19 min · 10 chapters
"How to thrive as an employee in the AI era": Euan Blair, Founder and CEO at MultiverseHow employees can thrive in the AI era, and how Multiverse equips workers through on-the-job AI and data upskilling.17 Feb 2026 · 47 min · 36 chapters
Eric Queathem, Co-founder at Velocity: Building the first platform for global CFOs and treasurers.Velocity’s mission to build the first global stablecoin platform for CFOs and treasurers, unifying fiat and stablecoin operations with liquidity, compliance, and treasury integration.16 Feb 2026 · 22 min · 10 chapters
Hakob Astabatsyan, Co-Founder and CEO at SynthFlow: Driving Double-Digit ROI with AI WorkflowsHakob Astabatsyan (SynthFlow) discusses building enterprise voice AI for contact centers, moving beyond “single-digit ROI” use cases (IVR/FAQ/appointment scheduling) toward “double-digit ROI”…13 Feb 2026 · 26 min · 11 chapters
Gui Gomes and Joao Alves: Bleap is building a fintech completely on the blockchainGui Gomes (Guy) and Jiao (Joao) Alves/Gomes discuss Bleep, a fintech “completely on the blockchain,” and how it aims to replace traditional fintech ledgers with non-custodial blockchain…13 Feb 2026 · 22 min · 11 chapters
Matt Miller: Founder & Managing Partner, Evantic Capital in his FIRST interview since leaving SequoiaMatt Miller (Evantic Capital) discusses his first interview since leaving Sequoia and explains Evantic’s “Legends” model: a community of 150 founders/builders/investors across the US and EMEA (50/50)…12 Feb 2026 · 46 min · 21 chapters
Ashley Montanaro: Co-founder and CEO at Phasecraft: Turning quantum theory into softwareAshley Montanaro, co-founder/CEO of Phasecraft, explains how quantum algorithms and quantum software aim to deliver “quantum advantage” on today’s early quantum computers, without waiting for future…12 Feb 2026 · 22 min · 9 chapters
Lukas Saari, Co-founder and CEO of Tandem Health: Tackling admin in healthcareTandem Health’s AI medical assistant that reduces clinician admin by generating medical notes/documentation, enabling more patient time and better care quality; scaling the company across 10…11 Feb 2026 · 16 min · 8 chapters