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AI agents are getting smarter but in enterprise operations, they’re still surprisingly ineffective. The reason isn’t model capability. It’s memory. That’s the core idea behind Interloom’s new announcement: a $16.5M seed round led by DN Capital to build what it calls a “memory layer” for enterprise AI. But beyond the headline, the company is tackling a deeper, more structural problem—how work actua...

A different way to think about building We spend a lot of time in venture talking about starting companies. Raising capital, building from zero, and scaling as fast as possible. It is the default narrative, the one most people absorb without ever really questioning. But there is another path that far fewer people consider. Buying an existing business and running it. What Unsung is about That is wh...

FYLD recently announced a $41 million Series B , with Partech backing the company to accelerate the transformation of large-scale infrastructure projects through AI. While much of the AI conversation has focused on software and knowledge work, FYLD is tackling a far more overlooked layer: the physical economy. As CEO & co-founder Shelley Copsey shared in a recent conversation with Andreas and Part...

What if biology had its own version of the internet—and AI could learn from it to design new medicines? That’s the ambition behind Basecamp Research . In a recent conversation with Andreas, co-founder Oliver Vince described the company in simple terms: “we’re trying to build ChatGPT, but for DNA.” While most AI models in biology rely on a narrow slice of existing data, Basecamp is doing something...

Zurich-based Rivia has raised a $15 million Series A led by Earlybird to accelerate its mission of transforming how clinical trials are run. At a time when trial data has become exponentially more complex and fragmented, Rivia is building a unified intelligence layer that structures data, applies scientific logic, and embeds AI agents directly into operational workflows. As co-founder & CEO Erik S...

Turbine Raises $25M to Bring “Virtual Cells” Into Drug Discovery Live announcement feat. Szabi Nagy , Founder and CEO of Turbine Budapest-based biotech company Turbine has raised a $25 million Series B round to accelerate the development of its AI-powered biological simulation platform. The round was led by Interactive Venture Partners and Bayer’s venture arm, with participation from existing inve...

In this episode of Upside , Dan Bowyer , Mads Jensen of SuperSeed and Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures unpack a week where geopolitics, AI arms races and Europe’s tech momentum took over the headlines. A new oil shock triggered by tensions around the Strait of Hormuz threatens global energy flows and raises the spectre of another inflation cycle with direct consequences for venture capital and star...

What happens when a 60-year-old frontline charity decides not only to support families but also to invest in startups? For more than six decades, Young Lives vs Cancer has supported children and families navigating cancer. Through its frontline workers embedded across NHS pathways, the organisation has developed a rare perspective on how paediatric cancer care actually functions: the clinical stru...

Europe’s climate transition is no longer only about emissions. It is increasingly about sovereignty. Industrial capacity, access to critical materials, and resilient supply chains are now national and continental priorities. Dr Lilian Schwich , Co-Founder & Co-CEO cylib , joins Carmel Rafaeli , Founding Partner at The Table , and our very own Andreas Munk Holm , for a deep dive into one of the mos...

Welcome back to Upside , where Dan Bowyer , Mads Jensen of SuperSeed and Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures go behind the headlines shaping European venture, geopolitics and technology. This week felt like multiple systems colliding at once. A war threatens one of the most important energy choke points in the world. AI companies are discovering that governments may have the final say over frontier mo...

This special episode is an inside look at AI music from three very different vantage points: the builder, the investor, and the industry insider. Andreas is joined by Sundar Arvind , CEO & Co-Founder at Mozart AI , building a collaborative generative audio workstation; Daniel Waterhouse , General Partner at Balderton Capital ; and Ash Pournouri , Co-Founder of Belong , entrepreneur, producer, and...

Industrial systems are responsible for 75% of global emissions , yet only a quarter of climate-focused VC money flows into them. Not because investors don’t care, but because these systems are hard. They’re interconnected. Capital-intensive. Slow-moving. Technically dense. And deeply under-innovated. Almanac Ventures is built to change that. In this episode of the EUVC Podcast, Andreas Munk Holm s...

Europe does not have a deep tech problem. It has a commercialisation problem . The last European companies to reach €100B+ market caps were SAP and ASML, both founded 40–50 years ago. If Europe wants a new generation of deep tech champions, venture capital alone won’t get us there. Customers have to step in. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Martin Schilling , former operator, invest...

Europe’s banking stack wasn’t built for high-growth digital operators. Not for D2C brands spending six figures a month on Meta. Not for agencies juggling multiple revenue streams. And not for founders who want real-time clarity without stitching together six tools and burning a weekend on reconciliation. In this episode, Andreas sits down with Theo Cesarini , CEO & co-founder of Incard , and Thoma...

Welcome back to another episode of Upside where Dan Bowyer , Mads Jensen of SuperSeed and Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures go behind the headlines shaping European tech, capital, and power. This week felt like three worlds colliding: Nvidia posts another monster quarter and the market shrugs. Ukraine , four years into war, is quietly becoming Europe’s most important defence manufacturing and innova...

What exactly are LPs buying when they allocate to venture today and do they still believe in it? In this episode, Andreas sits down with Max Bray and Juliet Bailin , both Venture Partners at Kindred Capital VC to unpack what’s really happening beneath the fundraising headlines. Max brings the raw perspective of trying to raise a first-time fund in 2025 with unicorn-founder GPs, strong angel track...

AI can already automate close to 50% of knowledge work. Sahil Patwa believes the real opportunity isn’t building another SaaS tool. It’s acquiring entire industries and transforming them from within. In this episode, Andreas sits down with Sahil Patwa , General Partner at Tenet — Europe’s first inception-stage investment firm dedicated to AI-powered rollups. Tenet just launched and has already mad...

Clinical trials take, on average, 12 years and billions in capital before a drug reaches a pharmacy shelf. Pedro Coelho thinks that the timeline can be cut in half. In this episode, our very own Andreas talks with Pedro Coelho , founder & CEO of Biorce , fresh off closing a $52M Series A led by DST , with long-time backer Norrsken continuing its support. Pedro is Portuguese, built Biorce out of Ba...

Climate isn’t “over.” But building in climate has entered a new chapter, defined by shifting regulation, politicized narratives, buyer confusion, and a market that funded dozens of overlapping platforms. In this episode, Andreas and co-host Carmel Rafaeli , Founding Partner at The Table , sit down with Lubomila Jordanova , Co-founder & CEO of Plan A , just weeks after Plan Ajoined forces with Digi...

In a market where “AI fund” can mean almost anything, Lumo Labs is unusually specific: digital deep tech , deployed early , and anchored in one of Europe’s densest innovation clusters— Eindhoven , home of Philips’ legacy and the High Tech Campus (“smartest square kilometer” energy). In this EUVC pitch episode, Andreas sits down with Andy Lurling , founder & GP of Lumo Labs , to unpack how an entre...

Welcome back to another episode of Upside where Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed go behind the headlines shaping European tech, capital, and power. This week we’re joined by Eyal Malinger , co-founder of Resurge Growth Partners , to unpack a genuinely strange week in global tech. China unveils humanoid robots that look disturbingly battlefield-ready. Anthropic tries to draw moral lines in d...

Introduced by Andreas Munk Holm , this EUVC Live at GoWest series spotlights the thought leadership of policymakers, institutional investors, GPs, corporates, and public capital leaders around one defining question: How does Europe mobilize its own capital to secure its technological future? Across the sessions, one theme emerges repeatedly: Europe does not lack talent. It does not lack innovation...

Introduced by Andreas Munk Holm , this EUVC Live at GoWest series spotlights the thought leadership of policymakers, institutional investors, GPs, corporates, and public capital leaders around one defining question: How does Europe mobilize its own capital to secure its technological future? Across the sessions, one theme emerges repeatedly: Europe does not lack talent. It does not lack innovation...

Introduced by Andreas Munk Holm , this EUVC Live at GoWest series spotlights the thought leadership of policymakers, institutional investors, GPs, corporates, and public capital leaders around one defining question: How does Europe mobilize its own capital to secure its technological future? Across the sessions, one theme emerges repeatedly: Europe does not lack talent. It does not lack innovation...

Introduced by Andreas Munk Holm , this EUVC Live at GoWest series spotlights the thought leadership of policymakers, institutional investors, GPs, corporates, and public capital leaders around one defining question: How does Europe mobilize its own capital to secure its technological future? Across the sessions, one theme emerges repeatedly: Europe does not lack talent. It does not lack innovation...