The European VC

This week, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier sit down with Matti Rönkkö , Managing Director of Kiilto Ventures , the venture arm of Finnish family-owned Kiilto . From Rocket Internet to running a corporate-backed, family-owned venture arm, Matti shares how Kiilto Ventures blends family capital, industry know-how, and VC pace to back startups in the sustainable built environment . They dive into po...

In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Anders Kjær , General Partner at PSV Hafnium , Denmark’s first dedicated deep tech fund. Together, they explore the evolving role of technical founders, the Nordic research-industrial complex, and how early-stage deep tech capital needs to work differently to unlock tomorrow’s transformative companies. Here’s what’s covered: * 01:30 Why PSV Hafnium Wa...

Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast , where our good friends Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen from SuperSeed are joined by Ben Prade , investor & operator at Bullhound Capital (the investment arm of GP Bullhound), for an unfiltered look at Europe’s venture reality: fundraising pain, secondaries-as-a-service, AI’s power hunger, China’s “dark factories,” and how Europe unlocks the capital to comp...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we spotlight Europe’s corporate venture leaders, founders, and academics shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this episode, Francesco Di Lorenzo , Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School , takes the stage to share fresh research on the state of corporate venture capital (CVC) in the Nordics. From Sweden to Denmark, Francesco explor...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Christian Tang-Jespersen , Partner at San Francisco–based ACME , and Claus Gregersen , CEO of the 275-year-old evergreen investor Augustinus Fabrikker , explore what global ambition really mean...

Anne C. Fleischer , Global VP of Consumer Engagement & New Business Models at Novo Nordisk , and Henrijette Richter , Managing Partner at Sofinnova Partners , join Andreas Munk Holm on stage at the EUCVC Summit 2025 to explore how corporates and VCs are shaping the next wave of health innovation. From personalized treatments powered by AI, to the crucial role of data rights and trust in scaling di...

Corporate venture capital has become a $100B+ force in tech. Charlie Hayward from Global Corporate Venturing unpacks what’s really driving the trend: which sectors are heating up, where CVCs make a difference, and how Europe stacks up under capital constraints and geopolitical pressure. Here’s what’s covered: * 00:00 – Setting the stage: CVC as a $100B+ global force * 01:00 – Why corporate venture...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Marcus Behrendt , Managing Director at BMW i Ventures , and Nicole LeBlanc , Partner at Woven Capital (Toyota’s global growth fund), join Andreas Munk Holm to explore the shifting landscape of...

Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today, we’re joined by Alexey Plesakov and Alexander Lis from Social Discovery Ventures (SDV) — a quietly influential, globally active investment firm deploying capital across the US and Europe. Born out of the bootstrapped success of Social Discovery Group (the company beh...

Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where our good friends Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen from SuperSeed are joined by Lomax from Outsized Ventures for an unfiltered discussion with Nicholas Nelson , Founding Partner of Archangel , the world’s only next-gen, defense-only VC. From Helsing’s $11B valuation and the rise of Europe’s “neo-primes” to the drone wall on NATO’s eastern flank and the...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you the voices shaping Europe’s venture and corporate collaboration landscape. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Tanja Lind Melskens , Head of Corporate Strategy and M&A at Terma , Denmark’s tier-one defense technology group. As Europe re-arms and defense spending surges, Tanja shares how startups, corporates, and investors must r...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Crispin Leick , Managing Director of EnBW New Ventures , Georg Reifferscheid , Head of Climate Tech Ventures at REWE Group , and Jeppe Høier . Together, they expl...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you ground-level conversations with the founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping Europe’s innovation future. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Nadia Carlsten , VP at DCAI , and Bjarke Ruse Sejersen , CEO of Go Autonomous , to explore how Europe is putting AI hype into practice. From Denmark’s launch of the Gefion supe...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Sead Bajrovic of Water Impact Partners and Gijs de Bruin of PureTerra Ventures take the stage to unpack one of the most overlooked challenges in climate investing: water . From scarcity and pol...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Jeppe Høier speaks with Bodil Sidén , Founding Partner at Kost Capital , and Marika King , Head of PINC , the venture arm of Paulig . Together, they explore how Europe can reinvent food systems...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this episode, Samuli Sirén , Managing Partner at Redstone , joins Andreas Munk Holm to explore how data-driven deal sourcing is reshaping venture capital. Redstone has spent nearly a decade building SOPHIACI...

Welcome back to EUVC Live in Malmö , where we bring you unfiltered conversations and reflections from the people shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. As the day closed, Andreas Munk Holm , co-founder of EUVC, took the stage for the final word - a reflection on where real power comes from and what Europe’s venture community must do next. Throughout the day, speakers discussed sovereignty, collaborat...

Live from EUVC Live at The Drop, Nick de la Forge , Founding Partner at Planet A Ventures , took the stage to share insights from an eye-opening field trip through China’s climate and hardware startup ecosystem. Nick’s story begins with a simple question: what if we’re wrong about China’s advantage? — and ends with a humbling realization of just how fast and how efficiently the world’s largest man...

Welcome back to EUVC Live in Malmö , where we bring you unfiltered conversations with the voices shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. In this session, Danijel Visevic , Founding Partner at World Fund , takes the stage with a powerful message: Europe’s strength has always been its ability to turn crisis into collaboration — and it must do so again. Danijel traces Europe’s journey from the coal and s...

Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today we dive into the corporate venturing journey of Georg Reifferscheid , Head of Climate Tech at REWE Group , one of Europe’s largest retailers with €94B in revenue and 350,000 employees. With supermarkets, discount brands, travel agencies,...

Welcome back to EUVC Live in Malmö , where we bring you unfiltered conversations with the voices shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. In this session, Jamie Rowles , Partner at Regeneration VC , takes the stage to explore Europe’s role in the global climate transition — and why consumer climate tech might just be the continent’s hidden superpower. Regeneration VC is a transatlantic early-stage fund...

Welcome back to EUVC Live at Malmö, where we bring you unfiltered conversations with the voices shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. In this episode, Rokas Pečiulaitis , Founder & Managing Partner at Contrarian Ventures , joins Andreas on stage to unpack one of the most fundamental questions in climate and deep tech: why the technology of today becomes the infrastructure of tomorrow. Rokas takes us...

Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC podcast, where our good friends Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen from SuperSeed in a discussion with Andrew J. Scott , Founding Partner at 7percent Ventures , cover recent news and movements in the European tech l...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this episode, Jeppe Høier sits down with Simon Boas Hoffmeyer , Global Head of Sustainability & ESG at Carlsberg , and Kasper Hulthin , serial entrepreneur and investor at Future Five (co-founder of Kost , P...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Hampus Jakobsson , General Partner at Pale Blue Dot , one of Europe’s leading climate-focused funds. With shifting U.S. politics, renewed uncertainty around cli...