The European VC

Welcome back to EUVC Live powered by Woven Capital at The Drop, where we bring you unfiltered conversations with the voices shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. In this episode, Alex Bakir , founding partner at Norrsken Evolve, takes the stage fresh off his latest fund close — but instead of talking about fundraising, Alex dives into the bigger picture: how competition, climate, and chaos are resha...

Welcome back to EUVC Live powered by Woven Capital at The Drop, where we bring you the candid conversations with the investors shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. In this episode, Nicole LeBlanc , Partner at Woven Capital , joins us on stage in Malmö to share why Toyota’s $800M global fund is doubling down on Europe. From talent pools and global mindsets to climate tech leadership, Nicole explains...

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, Mette Hoberg Tønnesen , CEO of The Link , joins Jeppe Høier , EUVC Corporates, for a candid conversation moderated by Andreas Munk Holm . Together they explore how corporate venture networks ca...

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 sits down with Mike Smeed , Managing Director of InMotion Ventures (the venture arm of Jaguar Land Rover), and Ida Christine Brun , Partner at Maersk Growth . Together, they dive in...

Welcome back to EUVC Live powered by Woven Capital at The Drop, where we bring you raw and unfiltered insights from Europe’s venture ecosystem. In this episode, Hampus Jakobsson - serial founder, angel investor, and one of the driving forces behind The Drop - takes the stage to share two big themes: his hard-earned lessons on corporate venturing, and how AI is set to reshape both energy demand and...

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 announcement of Ventech’s Fund VI , which has closed at €175M — the firm’s largest fund yet, with an impressive 95% LP re-up rate . To unpack it all, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Stephan Wirries , General Partner at...

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, Linn Clabburn , Head of CVC at Inter IKEA Group , and Destana Herring , Partner at Regeneration. VC , explore how corporates and VCs can partner with founders without overshadowing them. From a...

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, Thijs Povel , CEO of dealflow.eu , and Ekke Van Vliet , Investment Coordinator at the European Innovation Council (EIC) , sit down to discuss one of the biggest challenges in Europe’s venture e...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you behind-the-scenes conversations with the founders, corporates, and investors shaping Europe’s venture collaboration landscape. In this episode, Jeppe Høier sits down with Jesper Bang Olsen , Partner at BEAM , and Kerk Wichmann , VP of Corporate Strategy at Jungheinrich and Managing Partner at Uplift Ventures . Together, they unpack the rea...

Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast , where Dan Bowyer , Mads Jensen of SuperSeed and Lomax from Outsized Ventures unpack what’s happening in European tech and venture capital. This week: The UK lands $150B of US pledges and 120,000 Nvidia GPUs—can London turn its AI hype into substance? NATO on edge after Russian incursions across Poland and Denmark. Are we witnessing an...

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 speaks with Gina Domanig , Managing Partner at Emerald Technology Ventures , and Nicolas Sauvage , President of TDK Ventures , on what it really takes to design, launch, and e...

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 mainstreaming of stablecoin yield with David Sutter , CEO & Co-founder of OpenTrade , and Itxaso del Palacio , GP at Notion Capital . With $11M raised in just six months, transaction volumes already topping $200M, and gro...

Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast , where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. This week, Andreas sits down with Andy Budd , Venture Partner at Seedcamp , founder-turned-investor, and one of the earliest pioneers of UX design in Europe. Andy’s journey spans two decades of building and scaling—from creating one of the UK’s first CSS-based websites to foundin...

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. From governance models to internal alignment, they share the blueprint for how corporate venture arms can thrive beyond the 3.7-year industry average lifespan. The discussion ranges from financial vs. strategic...

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, Florian Noell , Partner at PwC , and Gina Domanig , Managing Partner at Emerald Technology Ventures , join Jeppe Høier to explore why limited partner (LP) investing is emerging as the smartest...

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 is joined by Florian Schweitzer , Founding Partner at b2venture , one of Europe’s longest-running VC funds — and one of the only firms to scale a structured angel investing model alongside institutional capital. They unpack how Florian built...

Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you the candid insights of Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors reshaping venture collaboration. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Petr Míkovec , Managing Director of Inven Capital , the CVC arm of ČEZ, one of Central Europe’s most conservative utilities. From nuclear power plants to climate tech bets, Petr...

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 Peter Aksel Villadsen ( GN Hearing ) and Helle Hee ( PwC ) to unpack the messy middle of post-merger integration : aligning strategy and governance, protecting talent...

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, Kasper Hulthin , serial founder now at Future Five (and co-founder of Peakon, Podio, and others), sits down with Heini Zachariassen , founder of Vivino , the world’s largest wine app and market...

In this EUCVC Summit Talks episode, Hermann Haraldsson , CEO of Boozt , unpacks the journey of taking a Nordic e-commerce scale-up from scrappy beginnings to a billion-dollar listed company. He discusses Boozt’s playbook for customer trust, operational discipline, and balancing growth with profitability. Hermann reflects on how corporate partnerships can (and can’t) accelerate scale, why governanc...

In a high-energy session that sparked nods across the room, Lucille and Marc tackled the shifting paradigms in the SaaS market—and made a compelling case for why vertical SaaS is quickly outpacing horizontal models. The Horizontal SaaS Dilemma Marc opened with a candid assessment of the current SaaS landscape. “What’s the flaw in the current market?” he asked. In his view, horizontal SaaS faces se...

Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) can be both a powerful ally and a cautionary tale for founders and financial VCs alike. At the EUVC Summit, Nicholas Sauvage of TDK Ventures took the stage to break down the CVC landscape — past, present, and future — and give practical advice for founders considering CVCs on their cap tables. CVCs: The Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood Nicholas challenged the au...

Tom Wehmeier of Atomico took the stage to present the Achievement of the Year Award , offering a touching reminder of the power of community, storytelling, and persistence in building Europe’s venture identity. Honoring the Builders Behind the Scenes Before diving into the award itself, Tom took a moment to pay tribute to the unsung heroes who make the EUVC Summit possible. Special thanks went to:...

“Europe Can Win in Applied AI — If We Play to Our Strengths” In one of the most focused and forward-looking sessions of the summit, Juliet Bailin of General Catalyst made a compelling case for why Europe is uniquely positioned to lead in applied AI —not by copying Silicon Valley, but by doubling down on what makes the continent distinct. Why Europe? Because We're Built for It Juliet opened with a...

At EUVC Summit 2025, one of the most anticipated sessions broke down a powerful data set: 100 of Europe’s breakout startups. This wasn’t theory—it was company-by-company insight , straight from interviews and bottom-up analysis. Yes, there were rogue slides. Yes, the crowd wanted to skip to the AI part. And yes, it delivered. 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧 Still Rule the Map ~75% of these startups are based in Germany, F...