Podcast · 251 episodes
Scaling Europe, page 7
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 7
Meet Tyler Edwards: The former MI5 and GCHQ agent who just raised £2m for his AI systems!Tyler Edwards (Overminds) announces exiting semi-stealth with a seed round and product launch for “runtime security” for agentic AI.11 Feb 2026 · 19 min · 13 chapters
Max Buchan, CEO at Valarian: Building infrastructure to secure critical systemsMax Buchan, CEO of Valarian, discusses building dual-purpose secure infrastructure for running sensitive subsystems in the field or cloud, with emphasis on defense-driven data sovereignty and…9 Feb 2026 · 19 min · 12 chapters
Hannah Payette Peterson, Co-MD at Nucleate Berlin: Why Europe struggles to turn science into startupsHannah Payette Peterson discusses why Europe struggles to turn science into startups and what Berlin can do about it, centered on a planned 24-hour bio and AI hackathon in late February.6 Feb 2026 · 19 min · 10 chapters
“Great founders don’t have an exit plan”: Carmen Alfonso Rico, founder at Cocoa.Carmen Alfonso Rico, founder at Cocoa, explains her thesis for backing “killers with a heart” and why great founders don’t need an exit plan.6 Feb 2026 · 1 h 8 min · 31 chapters
Duco van Lanschot: Co-Founder and CEO at Duna announcing a $30m Series A!Duco van Lanschot, co-founder and CEO of Duna, announces a $30m Series A led by CapitalG, with continued participation from Index Ventures, Puzzle Ventures, and other backers.5 Feb 2026 · 21 min · 10 chapters
Fintech Cleo hits $350m ARR and returns to the UK: An interview with Barney, the Founder and CEOClio (AI fintech) founder Barney discusses Clio’s growth to $350m ARR, profitability, and its return to the UK with a new “autopilot/self-driving money” feature.5 Feb 2026 · 18 min · 7 chapters
An interview with Yann de Vries on raising a €1bn Growth Fund for European Deep Tech!Yann de Vries announces Kimbara, a new European deep-tech growth fund targeting the Series B/C “funding gap” (after lab de-risking, before global scale).5 Feb 2026 · 24 min · 11 chapters
How Attio 3x'ed its customers in the last year, with CEO Nicolas SharpAttio’s CEO Nicolas Sharp discusses launching “Ask Attio,” an AI layer that can reason over and take actions using CRM context (emails/calls/calendar plus product data, data-warehouse data, web…4 Feb 2026 · 21 min · 12 chapters
Mick Hodgins, GM EMEA at Notion, on scaling Notion in Europe and building with AIMick Hodgins, newly appointed GM EMEA at Notion, discusses scaling Notion in Europe, Notion’s AI/agent roadmap, and go-to-market strategy moving upmarket.4 Feb 2026 · 20 min · 6 chapters
Joe McDonald, Co-founder and CEO of tem: Fixing the $900bn problem in energytem (Joe McDonald) is building “Stripe for energy” transaction infrastructure to cut electricity transaction fees and enable more direct business-to-generator deals.3 Feb 2026 · 25 min · 10 chapters
Gabe Pereyra, Harvey, and Ilya Fushman, Kleiner Perkins: How law firms went all-in on AI.How Harvey, an AI legal-tech startup, convinced law firms to “go all-in” on AI, and how Kleiner Perkins thinks about vertical AI in Europe.2 Feb 2026 · 17 min · 10 chapters
"How we bootstrapped €5k into a €100m exit": Sevan Marian: Co-founder & CEO at FleetFleet’s announcement of a private equity minority deal valuing the company at €100M, after bootstrapping €5k into a €100M exit/valuation.1 Feb 2026 · 19 min · 7 chapters
Vidu Shanmugarajah, GP at Google Ventures, on backing Synthesia from Series B to a $200m Series EGoogle Ventures partner Vidu Shanmugarajah explains why Google Ventures doubled down on Synthesia, leading its $200m Series E after investing since Series B, and discusses what Google Ventures looks…30 Jan 2026 · 20 min · 7 chapters
Kanishka Narayan MP: Minister for AI and Online Safety, on how the UK can win in AI!UK government strategy to “win” in AI via a nationwide upskilling push, responsible adoption, and partnerships that spread AI benefits beyond major cities.29 Jan 2026 · 14 min · 7 chapters
How we grew and scaled to a $32bn exit in 5 years (Josh Reiner, VP of Wiz)How Wiz scaled to $32bn exit in 5 years by rapidly growing cloud security adoption, and how Josh Reiner built Wiz’s EMEA go-to-market.26 Jan 2026 · 19 min · 11 chapters
Synthesia CEO on turning down a $3bn acquisition offer and instead raising at a $4bn valuationVictor Ruppepelli (Synthesia CEO) discusses Synthesia’s Series E: $200M raised at a $4B valuation, why they turned down a rumored $3B acquisition offer, and how the company plans to keep scaling via…26 Jan 2026 · 38 min · 19 chapters
BREAKING: 2150 has raised its second fund closes reaching €500m in assets under management!2150, a climate/sustainability-focused tech venture fund, announces its second fund close (€210m) and total AUM of just over €500m (about $500m).26 Jan 2026 · 24 min · 11 chapters
Chaz Englander: Co-Founder and CEO At Model ML on how he raised $75m 6 months after their seedChaz Englander, co-founder/CEO of Model ML, discusses building a workflow automation AI product for financial services, raising $75M about 6–12 months after a $12M seed, and how user-led iteration…23 Jan 2026 · 24 min · 10 chapters
Bar Winkler, Co-founder and CEO of Wonderful on how they raised a $100m Series ABar Winkler, co-founder/CEO of Wonderful, explains how the company launched in early 2024, raised a $100m Series A in August, and is scaling agentic AI for enterprise transformation via a fast,…22 Jan 2026 · 20 min · 12 chapters
Andreas Klinger announcing his new $15m Fund!Andreas Klinger announces his new Europe-focused frontier tech fund, raised $20m total for 200–500k first-check hardware/robotics/automation investments, plus his approach to sourcing, diligence, and…20 Jan 2026 · 29 min · 12 chapters
Maor Sason: Cofounder and CEO at Appcharge on how they're taking on Apple and Google!Episode features Maor Sason, cofounder and CEO of AppCharge, interviewed by Seb Johnson on Scaling Europe.19 Jan 2026 · 21 min · 12 chapters
Madeline Lawrence: Chief Growth officer at Aikido announcing their $60m raise at a $1bn valuation!Scaling Europe interviews Madeline Lawrence, Chief Growth Officer at Aikido, about Aikido’s $60M Series B at a $1B valuation (Europe’s fastest cybersecurity unicorn), growth strategy, go-to-market,…14 Jan 2026 · 23 min · 12 chapters
Edgar Vicente: Founding Partner of Enzo Ventures on raising a fund in your 20sEdgar Vicente (Enzo Ventures) discusses why Southern Europe needs more founder-friendly, early-stage VC, how Enzo Ventures raised its first fund, and what it offers pre-seed founders.5 Jan 2026 · 21 min · 12 chapters
Peter Wood: Founder and CEO of the Graduate guide on getting acquired as a 24 year old and building his second!Peter Wood (UCL history graduate, founder of The Graduate Guide) discusses how his student podcast became a business and was acquired by the Apprentify group.19 Dec 2025 · 48 min · 20 chapters