Scale SEE Podcast

Most founders think great products sell themselves. They don't. In this episode, we sit down with Milan Vesković-one of Europe's most experienced sales leaders in the space of Insurance. Milan's career:→ Head of Sales at Generali Serbia→ Global Chief Sales Officer at Wefox (largest Insurtech in Europe) – helped grow the company 4x→ Co-founder of Overmind, Getlife, and SuperAgent→ Advis...

Today's guest is Branko Džakula — cybersecurity executive, entrepreneur, and founder behind multiple startups including Secfix , Skenify , and The Security Company . Over the last 15 years, Branko has advised organizations like Telenor, Air Serbia, and Etihad Airways , served as CISO across multiple European companies, and helped businesses navigate cybersecurity, compliance, and risk at scale...

Today’s guest is Leonard Eldić — founder of SaaStanak, the largest SaaS community in Central and Eastern Europe, and the man behind one of the most high-signal SaaS conferences in the region — built by the sea. Through SaaStanak, Leonard has worked closely with hundreds of SaaS founders, operators, and investors — giving him a front-row seat into what actually works when scaling B2B SaaS… and what...

accelerator formats coming out of Southeast Europe.20 founders. 20 days. A yacht from Greece to Croatia. Live challenges, investor judging, and a €300,000 investment prize. But this isn’t just a show. Founder Games is building a new model that combines capital, content, and competition — and is already expanding globally through partnerships in the UAE and Brazil. In this episode, we cover:Why she...

Today’s guest is Vedran Bajer - General Manager Adriatic at Wonderful, an AI startup that recently raised $150M and reached unicorn status, building deeply localized AI agents for enterprises across chat, voice, and email. But Vedran’s story didn’t start in AI.He spent over a decade at Google, leading partnerships and business development across EMEA and APAC, before becoming Country Manager of Mi...

Today’s guest is Luka Prelevic — Managing Director of Hellas Direct, one of Europe’s fastest-growing Insurtech companies, generating $300M+ in ARR in 2025 and on track toward unicorn status. But Luka’s journey didn’t start in startups. From working at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, to practicing law alongside his father, earning a Master’s degree at Bocconi University, founding a student consu...

Today’s guest is Aleksandar Stojanovic, CEO of Refine Skills — a startup he built from a research paper into a fast-growing HR tech company landing 5+ enterprise clients in less than 6 months. Aleks started with an academic insight: corporate trainings don’t work because they are too long, inefficient, and disconnected from how people actually learn. His solution? A 6-minute micro-learning model d...

Today's guest is David F. Calabrese, a serial founder, who has scaled multiple 7 and 8 figure business. After being successful in his media company, he started working for PE backed companies and helping them with Growth and Marketing. One of those companies was Marketo, where David served as Head of Digital Experience, and was part of the exit to Adobe for $5B, after which he served as Head of Di...

Our first guest will be Goran Stevanovic! He co-founded PS Tech, grew it to 300+ people, and sold to Endava. After 7 years scaling Endava across Europe, he’s now a partner at South Central Ventures backing Southeast European founders. Can’t wait to share his story! 💡