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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast where we connect and champion the people building European venture. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with two pillars of Italy’s modern tech ecosystem: Giovanni Daprà , CEO & co-founder of Moneyfarm , one of Europe’s leading digital wealth management platforms Paolo Gesess , co-founder & GP at United Ventures , one of Italy’s premier early-stage...

In this episode, Andreas sits down with Michael Sackler , founder of Supernode Global , to unpack the thesis behind Supernode’s Fund II: backing application-layer software with great UI/UX — the tools people actually use every day at home and at work — at a time when most European funds avoid consumer and default to “AI-infra everything.” Michael shares how his background in film shaped his view o...

Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast where we dive deep into the craft of building and backing venture-scale companies in Europe. Modern software doesn’t fail quietly. It fails on Black Friday. It fails while the CFO is in a board meeting. It fails when your biggest customer is mid-way through a critical workflow. And when it does, there’s one brutal reality: The data is there but nobody has time to i...

Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast , where we explore the lessons, frameworks, and insights shaping venture ecosystems across the globe. In this special Southeast Asia edition this week, David Cruz e Silva from EUVC and Ambika from Circle Capital sit down with Binh Tran from AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures ) - a VC firm headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, backing tech founders across Vietnam, Southe...

If you’ve spent any time in European venture lately, you’ve probably noticed two things: Everyone says they “do AI now.” Almost nobody wants to touch consumer. That’s exactly where Michael Sackler and Supernode Global are leaning in. Michael started his career not in venture, but in film . He founded and ran Rook’s Nest Entertainment in London, producing and executive producing 12 feature films, i...

Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast , where we explore the lessons, frameworks, and insights shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. Today, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Matti Hautsalo , Founding Partner at Nordic Science Investments (NSI) , a €60M early-stage fund dedicated to university spin-outs across the Nordics and Europe. With a team spanning tech transfer, research, founding, VC, and inves...

Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast. Today Andreas is joined by Stefan Roebel , Co‑Founder & CEO of ARX Robotics — one of Europe’s fastest-rising defense tech startups. From his 12 years in the German Armed Forces to leadership roles at Amazon, eBay, and Grover, Stefan has lived both sides: the military front line and the global business battlefield. Now, he’s combining that experience to tackle...

This week on the EUVC Podcast , Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Matthew Wilson , co-founder of Jack & Jill , and Peter Specht , General Partner at Creandum . Fresh off a $20M seed to take their AI recruiting agents global, they dig into how conviction is built in Europe, from founding insight to investor belief, and what it now takes to scale an agent-native company with speed, precision, and...

Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠,⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠ and ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠⁠⁠ gather for a holiday-home special to cut through the noise around Europe’s tech, geopolitics and AI shifts. What begins as an innocent debate about whether DeepMind is “still a UK company” quickly spirals into a tour of sovereign AI strategy, the...

If you’re in B2B SaaS, you probably feel it already: the old way of “just hire more SDRs and send more emails” is broken. Everyone has the same tooling. Everyone is running the same sequences. Everyone is “personalising at scale” with the same prompts. Yet pipeline quality is down, efficiency is under scrutiny, and suddenly… go-to-market (GTM) design has become a first-class strategic problem. Few...

This week, Andreas Munk Holm talks with Sergey Jakimov , Co-founder and Managing Partner at LongeVC , a leading longevity-focused venture fund backing breakthroughs in biotech, AI-driven drug discovery, and the science of healthy aging. From pre-seed biotech spin-outs to multi-hundred-million-dollar exits with Big Pharma, LongeVC is building the category-defining fund at the frontier of life exten...

In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Ole Lehmann to explore the rise of the solopreneur movement, what AI unlocks for solo founders, and how blockchain may finally have its moment as the infrastructure layer for AI. Ole also unpacks his new initiative, Built in Europe , and why he’s betting on a future where ambitious company builders thrive without moving to the U.S. Here’s what’s co...

Andreas Munk Holm opens the episode by introducing Charles Dunn , Principal at SV Health Investors , and Ruth McKernan , CBE and Operating Partner at SV Health, former CEO of Innovate UK. SV Health is a transatlantic healthcare specialist with a focus on company creation and full-spectrum biotech investing. Notable wins include the exit of SV-created EyeBio to Merck & Co for up to $3bn includi...

Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast , where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠ , ⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠ , ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠ ⁠⁠, and Andrew Scott of 7percent Ventures to break down the real stories behind the headlines shaping European tech and venture. From Bending Spoons’ audacious European rollup strategy, to Brexit’s economic hangover, to the existential challenges...

This week on the EUVC Podcast , Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Mikael Johnsson , Co-founder & General Partner at Oxx , one of Europe’s leading specialist B2B software investors. Mikael has a very clear-eyed view on the current AI wave: he’s seeing valuation discipline slip, fundamentals being stretched, and a real risk that the market mistakes pilot-driven excitement for lasting enterprise v...

Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast. Today, we’re thrilled to feature Leyla Holterud , partner at Vintage Investment Partners . Many know Leyla from her years at StepStone, where she led venture growth across EMEA. Now, at Vintage, she’s helping deploy $4.3 billion from their global platform to double down on Europe, anchored by the firm’s new London office. With a strategy spannin...

Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast, your inside track on the people, models, and math reshaping European venture. This week, Andreas talks with Damian Cristian and Guy Conway , co-founders of Rule 30 - an AI research lab building what they claim is the world’s first fully systematic venture strategy. We go deep on the difference between “data-driven” (hygiene) and decision-driven (engine), why label...

This week, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Jack Leeney , co-founder of 7GC , the transatlantic growth fund bridging Silicon Valley and Europe and a backer of AI giants like Anthropic , alongside European rising stars Poolside and Fluidstack . From IPOs at Morgan Stanley to running Telefónica’s US venture arm and now operating a dual-continental fund, Jack shares how 7GC reads the AI supercycle ,...

Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast , where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠ , ⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠ , ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠ ⁠⁠, and this week’s special guest Robin Haak break down the real stories behind the headlines shaping European tech and venture. Robin joins us as the founder of Robin Capital , an early employee at SmartRecruiters , angel in 100+ companies, inclu...

Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, your trusted inside track on the people, deals, and dynamics shaping European venture. This week, Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Max Kufner , Co-Founder and CEO of again , and Jan Miczaika , Partner at HV Capital . again is one of those rare European deep-tech stories that blends academic brilliance, industrial execution, and venture pace . Born...

Corporate venture capital isn’t just having “a bit of VC on the side.” Done well, it’s a strategic lens on the future. Done badly, it’s a short-lived pet project with a half-life of 3.7 years and a trail of confused founders and annoyed co-investors. In this episode, we sit down with Martin Scherrer , Partner & Head of Managed Funds at Redstone , alongside our own CVC lead Jeppe Høier , to unp...

Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast , where we explore the lessons, frameworks, and insights shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. Today, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Jan Lozek , Co-Founder and Managing Director and Founder of Future Energy Ventures (FEV) , the Berlin-based climate-tech investor born from the carve-out of E.ON’s corporate venture arm . With a 50-company track record and a new €...

Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast , where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠ , ⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠ , ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠ ⁠⁠ dissect the stories reshaping European venture, from Helsinki’s Slush takeover to China’s rising leverage, TPU vs GPU battles, the UK’s AI money wave, and why immigrants found half the unicorns in the Western world. This week’s episode ranges f...

Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast — and today, a special Venture Beyond edition. Joining Mike Reiner of 432 Legacy and Andreas is Dave Bailey — one of Europe’s most in-demand founder coaches, the brain behind FounderCoach.com , and a voice shaping how CEOs grow into their role. Dave’s journey has been anything but linear: from co-founding startups like Delivery Hero, to a stint in venture capital,...

Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today, we’re joined by Adrian Locher , co-founder and GP at Merantix Capital , the Berlin-based AI venture capital firm and venture studio that’s just planted its flag in London. Known for building and investing in AI-first companies from the ground up, Mirantix operates at the in...