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What if the better environmental solution is also the better business? Michael Smith , General Partner at Regeneration. VC , argues that regeneration is about building products and systems that waste less, use resources better and outperform what they replace. He explores why we may have a design problem rather than a consumption problem, how corporate supply chains can drive change and why the am...

A corporate investor should offer more than capital. The strongest CVCs connect startups with corporate expertise, industrial capabilities and valuable networks. That is the approach of Marc Thom , Head of Henkel Ventures , who accepted the Corporate Venture Capital of the Year award at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show. The award recognises Europe’s leading CVC arm based on investment activity, i...

Exotec ’s journey from an early-stage warehouse robotics company to France’s first industrial unicorn, now valued at $2bn+, reflects what IRIS looks for in applied deep tech: differentiated technology, a clear market need and founders who understand both. In this EUVC episode, we are joined by Julien-David Nitlech , Managing Partner at IRIS , to explore why Exotec initially seemed too early, what...

Europe’s deep tech companies will not become global leaders by copying traditional venture playbooks. They need specialist investors who can tackle commercialisation, manufacturing and supply chain bottlenecks from the earliest stages. After accepting the Newcomer of the Year award on behalf of Ruya Ventures at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026, Founder and Managing Partner Rick Hao explains:...

Hampus Jakobsson , General Partner at Pale blue dot , explains how Founders and investors can balance careful planning with decisive action when doubt takes over. Through the true story of polar explorer Ann Daniels and his “swimming with sharks” framework, he explores: Why planning without action keeps you stuck Why speed without direction wastes energy How extraordinary people act before certain...

The next wave of AI will not be driven by larger general-purpose models alone. It will be verticalized, grounded in the physical world, and trained on reality-grade 3D data. In this EUVC episode, host Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Michael Brehm (General Partner and Founder at Redstone ), Ben Scheidt (Partner at Redstone ) and Franz Tschimben (Co-Founder of ALLSIDES ). They explore why one-size-fit...

A great venture exit is not necessarily the biggest headline transaction. The better test is whether it returns meaningful capital while allowing the company to keep building. Balderton Capital ’s exit from Dream Games offers one model. CVC acquired the VC investors’ stakes, creating liquidity for early backers while Dream Games continued building the Royal universe and pursuing its ambition to cr...

Eric Lagier shares his perspective on stage following byFounders ’ recognition as Emerging Manager of the Year 2025 at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026. The award recognises a rising fund manager across financial performance, firm building, impact, diversity, transparency and fairness. Eric is a Founding Partner at byFounders with more than 20 years of operational experience across Silicon V...

Ricardo Sequerra Amram⁠ takes the stage following ⁠Point Nine⁠ after Point Nine was named Firm of the Year 2025 in the sub-€200 million category at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026. The award takes a holistic view of a venture firm, considering financial performance, firm building, founder and LP value creation, impact, diversity, transparency and fairness. Ricardo is a Partner at Point Nine...

China is moving quickly in physical AI and humanoid robotics. For Europe, the bigger question is not simply whether it can match Chinese hardware, but whether it should try to compete on the same terms at all. In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer ⁠ and ⁠ Mads Jensen ⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed discuss what China’s progress in robotics means for European companies, where Europe may still h...

Staffan Helgesson takes the stage following Creandum being named Firm of the Year 2025 (>€200M AUM) at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026. The award goes beyond returns, recognising how a VC performs across the full stack: portfolio outcomes, founder support, LP value creation and contribution to the ecosystem, from backing emerging sectors to setting standards on transparency, diversity an...

Camilla Dolan , General Partner at Eka Ventures , joins a conversation following Eka being named Impact Leader of the Year 2025 at the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026. The award recognises exceptional positive impact alongside strong financial performance, with impact intention, measurement and reporting integrated throughout the investment process. The recognition follows the close of Eka’ $10...

What happens when AI agents begin doing more than following instructions and start actively deceiving the people around them? In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed are joined by Sion Evans , Managing Director at VenCap , to discuss a new AI security test where models created fake identities, tried to manipulate an open-source maintainer and at...

Sonali De Rycker , Partner at Accel , is inducted into the EUVC Hall of Fame 2025 in this awards presentation from the EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2026. The award recognises individuals who have shaped European venture over more than a decade through the founders they backed, the firms they helped build and the ideas they advanced. Sonali joined Accel in 2008 and invests across consumer internet...

AI infrastructure investment continues to accelerate, but the gap between technical progress and sustainable returns is becoming harder to ignore. In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen  of  SuperSeed ,  Lomax Ward  of  Outsized Ventures  and  Andrew J Scott  of  7percent Ventures , discuss volatile tech markets, the economics behind data centre expansion a...

When software can be built and copied faster than ever, what still makes a consumer product stand out? Episode #4 of Consumer Tech Napkin, produced in partnership with True , explores how strong teams create an edge through user love, distribution, experimentation, learning loops and human judgement. Host Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Neil Tanna , Co-Founder and CEO of Howbout , Graham Paterson ,...

Many talented professionals never realise there are investors willing to back them to buy and run an established small business, even if they have never been a CEO or worked in that sector before. In this episode of Unsung , host ⁠Will Maunder-Taylor⁠ speaks with ⁠Pascal Wittet⁠ and ⁠Sandy Farmer⁠ , Co-Founders of ⁠Orca Equity Partners⁠ , the UK’s first and most active fund of search funds.  They...

What would it take to get the UK economy moving again without losing ground in AI and technology? In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures to discuss what the UK’s new government should prioritise, from lowering industrial energy costs and reforming planning to cutting regulation and encouraging more pensio...

In the 100th episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures and Andrew J. Scott of 7percent Ventures . Two years after the show began, they reflect on how much the technology and venture landscape has shifted. They compare the surge in AI funding, hyperscaler investment and trillion-dollar technology companies in the US...

AI is giving attackers cheaper, faster ways to target organisations at scale. On the defensive side, security teams are starting to replace rigid playbooks with AI systems that can investigate incidents, adapt to new attack paths and support faster response. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Ahmed Achchak , Co-founder and CEO of Qevlar AI , and Réza Malekzadeh , General Partner at Par...

Europe’s AI position is being tested from every direction: Chinese open-weight models are gaining usage, Nvidia could become even more central to the stack and Europe still has gaps across power, chips, data centres and model capacity. In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures to discuss the AI power s...

Corporate venturing works best when investing is only one part of the model. To drive real transformation, corporates need to build, partner and invest in ways that reinforce each other. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Alex Manson , CEO at SC Ventures by Standard Chartered and author of Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained , alongside Jeppe Høier , EUVC’s in-house corporate expert. Toge...

What happens when a society becomes too afraid to take risks? In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech , Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures to discuss whether the West's growing aversion to risk is holding back innovation, capital allocation and long-term competitiveness. Together, they explore UK technology policy, AI infrastructur...

Great consumer teams still start with the customer. AI is changing the speed, tools and team structures around them, but the fundamentals of building enduring consumer companies remain remarkably consistent. In Episode 3 of the Consumer Tech Napkin series, produced in partnership with True Global, ⁠Andreas Munk Holm⁠ speaks with ⁠Rishabh Kaul⁠ (Venture Partner at ⁠Hoxton Ventures⁠ ), ⁠Mike Martin⁠...

The next chapter for UK technology may depend as much on capital markets as company building. In this episode of This Week in European Tech , Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed are joined by Neil Shah , Director, Tech Sector Specialist at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) . They discuss what it will take to unlock more capital for UK technology, from pension reform and IPOs to public markets...