personal conversations with the entrepreneurs and investors creating a future worth getting excited about
A comprehensive guide to personal cybersecurity, emphasizing the evolving threat landscape from mid-2024 to mid-2025, marked by unprecedented data exposures like... more
Two weeks ago, I was in New York for the Venture Intelligence day (organised by Vestberry) moderating a panel with... more
An in-depth look at the complex and often turbulent relationship between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, focusing on its historical context and a significant public dispute in June... more
Salar al Khafaji - founder and CEO of Monumental.At Monumental they are developing a suite of autonomous, electric robots which... more
We provide an extensive overview of the global construction market, highlighting its significant economic impact and projected growth to over $16 trillion... more
Trends – Artificial Intelligence - compiled by Mary Meeker "queen of the internet", Jay Simons, Daegwon Chae, and Alexander Krey... more
Jan-Hendrick Boelens co-founder and CEO of Alpine Eagle.Munich-based and backed by leading investors including General Catalyst and IQ Capital, Alpine Eagle is building... more
An overview of the European defense market, excluding Russia, highlighting a significant and accelerated increase in investment driven by the changed geopolitical landscape,... more
Explore the transformative force of Artificial Intelligence (AI), outlining its historical evolution from foundational concepts to modern advancements like generative AI and large language models.... more
Sebastian Hjarne - founder and CEO of Talentium.At Talentium they are building the search engine for talent and creating an... more
A comprehensive overview of the global recruitment market, describing its significant current size and projected growth, driven by factors like increased job... more
Jakob Sons is one of the co-founders and Managing Partners of Cansativa.Cansativa is building the largest medical cannabis platform in... more
An overview of the global medical cannabis market, highlighting its rapid growth driven by legislative reforms, increasing research, and patient acceptance. While... more
This overview analyzes David Allen's "Getting Things Done" (GTD) methodology, a widely recognized system aimed at achieving stress-free productivity by externalizing mental clutter.... more
Ioan Jacob is the CEO and Founder of FlowX.AI.The FlowX platform fundamentally changes how large banks build mission-critical products and... more
FT Partners Research published a March 2025 report outlining key FinTech trends to anticipate in the coming year, alongside a recap of 2024 FinTech deal activity.... more
W. Timothy Gallwey's Inner Game framework distinguishes between the conscious "Self 1" that instructs and judges, and the unconscious "Self 2" that performs. The core argument... more
Dirk Sahlmer - Head of origination at Saas.group.During this episode we discuss about how to prepare the exit of your... more
Tom Wehmeier - Partner and Head of Insights at Atomico the 1B Eur fund, founded by Niklas Zennstrom the famous... more
Daria Saharova Founding partner at WorldFund.Worldfund is a 300M Eur leading European Climate tech fund investing in startups that decarbonise... more
Christian Rebernik - co-founder and CEO of Tomorrow University.Tomorrow university is the first ed-tech scaleup to receive accreditation in Europe... more
Anna Brandt has close to 20 years experience in talent acquisition at some of the most iconic tech companies of... more
Winston Churchill's 1931 essay, "Fifty Years Hence," contemplates the rapid acceleration of human progress driven by science and technology. He notes the vast... more
Tatiana Shalalvand - Venture Investor at Kinnevik and leads the Nordic early-stage strategy.Kinnevik is a multi-billion-dollar investment firm writing checks... more
Pär-Jörgen Pärson - general partner at NorthZone, a 1B Eur multi-stage venture capital fund partnering with founders from Seed to... more
Vadim Fedotov, co-founder and CEO of Bioniq. Having raised a total amount of over $30M with backers like HV Capital... more
Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic.Valued at $60B, the company focuses on AI research and products that put safety at the frontier and... more
Max Junestrand - CEO and co-founder of Legora.They recently raised $35M from investors including Benchmark and Redpoint to empower exceptional... more
Daniel Keiper-Knorr - one of the co-founders and Managing partners at SpeedInvest, a leading European early stage VC. Daniel role... more
Ralph Stayer, CEO of Johnsonville Sausage, recounts his journey of transforming the company by empowering employees and distributing decision-making. Initially, Stayer... more
Casper Henningsen - co-founder and CEO of GetWhy - The Agentic AI for Consumer Research. At GetWhy they obsess over finding... more
James Regan, founder and CEO of Oriole Networks. Oriole Networks solves AI’s biggest challenges – speed, latency and sustainability. They use light,... more
John Rush - Bootstrapper of more than 20 projects with 6 of them with $400k ARR and previously a co-founder... more
Vay is one of Europe’s best funded startups in the mobility industry with almost $150M raised to date, from top... more
Anton Osika - co-founder and CEO of Lovable. With Lovable you can go from an Idea to app in seconds.... more
Walter Ballheimer - founder and CEO of Reflex Aerospace. The first venture backed satellite manufacturer in Europe. They have raised ~15m... more
Christian Vollmann - founder and CEO of Carbon One. Founded in 2022 they have raised approximately $14M to date with... more
Colin Hanna - Partner at Balderton Capital. Balderton is multi-stage venture firm with over twenty years of expertise in aiding European... more
George Henry - General Partner at LocalGlobe - the seed fund which is according to Dealroom figures, EMEA’s most successful... more
Lukas Saari - CEO and Co-founder of Tandem Health. Tandem is building an AI co-pilot for healthcare practitioners. Their first... more
Florian Brand co-founder and Co-CEO of ATAI Life Sciences. ATAI was founded in 2018 and is a global, listed, biopharma company... more
Michael Lazarenko, founder and CEO of Embedd. With Embedd they provide a unified framework so that all the components coming... more
Alexandre Momeni - Partner at General Catalyst. Alex specialises in healthcare and AI and has been instrumental in bringing some of... more
Robert Jäkle is a Partner at Visionaries Club. Visionaries is a leading European early-stage VC fund with offices in London and... more
Aleksander Larsen is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and COO of Sky Mavis, the company behind the popular crypto game Axie Infinity... more
Annie Duke is a Special Partner focused on Decision Science at First Round Capital Partners, a seed stage venture fund. Annie... more
Oliver Holle - co-founder, CEO and Managing Partner at SpeedInvest, a leading European early-stage VC. Starting in 2011 as an angel... more
Carmen Alfonso Rico - founder and GP of Cocoa VC. Cocoa is a VC fund investing between $250k-$500k angel checks at... more
Bernt Øivind Børnich - co-founder and CEO of 1X, an AI and robotics company producing androids to benefit society and... more
Our guest today is Kaushik Subramanian, partner at EQT Ventures, investing primarily in product-led technology businesses. From offices in Stockholm, London,... more
Julius is a certified coach and has coached over 150 entrepreneurs backed by Atomico, a16z and Creandum among others, has... more
Dr. Nicole Paulk is the CEO and founder of the viral gene therapy startup Siren Biotechnology. Prior to being a founder... more
Bharat Vasan, Partner and COO at The Production Board. Bharat is overseeing the consumer technology portfolio and actively invests in,... more
Bjarne Kveim Lie - Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Verdane. Verdane invests in technology companies with equity tickets between... more
James Currier - Founding Partner at NfX. James is a five-time Founder, an angel investor in DoorDash, Lyft, and Patreon, and... more
Zeynep Yavuz - Partner at General Catalyst. General Catalyst, has $28bn assets under management and is one of the world’s best... more
Chris Smith - Managing Partner of Playfair. (brought to you by Seedrs) Playfair is a generalist fund with a contrarian approach... more
Rex Woodbury - founder and Managing Partner of Daybreak, an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City. (brought... more
Kirsty Grant - Managing Director at Seedrs - Europe’s leading private investing platform. Under her leadership, Seedrs has become the most... more
Mark Kugel - co-founder and co-CEO of Yuri. (brought to you by Seedrs) At Yuri they are sending payloads to space... more
Ciao ragazzi e ragazze, I am here with Francesco Sciortino - co-founder and CEO of Proxima Fusion (brought to you... more
Mikkel Skarnager - co-founder and CEO of the stealth startup Spektr. (brought to you by Brevo and Seedrs) Mikkel is a... more
Fredrik Cassel - General Partner at Creandum. Creandum is a venture capital advisory firm with offices in Stockholm, San Francisco, London,... more
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Antoine Moyroud - Partner at Lightspeed. Lightspeed is a venture capital firm focusing on multi-stage investments in the enterprise, consumer, and health sectors.... more
Andre Retterath - Partner at Earlybird Capital, Lead of the EagleEye platform used for data driven sourcing and writing the... more
Michel Elings is the founder of Vev. Michel, has a history of delivering successful products with over 100 million users... more
Jakob Sons is the co-founder of Cansativa. Cansativa is building the largest cannabis platform in Europe and are offering the... more
Our guest today is Andreas Helbig - Partner at Atomico. Atomico is the venture capital firm founded by the Niklas Zennstrom,... more
Our guest today is Kajetan von Armansperg, Co-CEO of Leapsome. Leapsome is an all-in-one platform for people enablement. They combine the... more
Nathan Benaich is a General Partner at Air Street capital a investment firm investing in AI startups. When asking around... more
Alex MacCaw is the founder and CEO of Reflect app. The note-taking tool that allows you to take notes the... more
David is the founder and CEO of The Production Board, a holding company that builds and invests in businesses that... more
Lina Chong is a Partner at Target Global. Target Global is one of the leading European venture capital investors with more than... more
Koen Thijssen, founder and CEO of Insify. At Insify they modernize the insurance market for Europe’s small and medium companies. Prior... more
Stef van Grieken is the co-founder and CEO of the biotech company Cradle. Based between Delft and Zurich, Cradle’s machine learning... more
Our guest today is Eric Lagier - founding Partner at byFounders. byFounders is an early-stage venture fund backed by a collective... more
Our guest today is Filip Dames - Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures. Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led... more
Our guest today is Sabina Wizander - Partner at Creandum. Creandum is a venture capital advisory firm with offices in Stockholm,... more
Our guest today is Sabina Wizander - Partner at Creandum. Creandum is a venture capital advisory firm with offices in Stockholm, San Francisco,... more