Tech.eu
523 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Tech.eu Podcast is a show discussing the most interesting stories from the European technology scene.
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An interview with Manuel Lemos from Enline
April 08, 2024 16:39 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBEnline is the winner of the EIT Venture Award for their vegetation and landslide predictive forecast programme. The company develops tech such as dynamic line rating and digital twins to help utilities get more out of their existing infrastructure.
An interview with Christer Bergquist from Altris AB
April 08, 2024 16:36 - 8 minutes - 8.24 MBAltris AB is the winner of the EIT Innovation Team Award for their sodium-ion batteries. The batteries enable high performance batteries to accelerate the energy transition, without increasing the cost to the environment or to customers. https://www.altris.se/
An interview with the founders of HiQ-CARB and Woamy, winners of the recent EIT 2024 awards
April 08, 2024 16:32 - 14 minutes - 13 MBWe talked with Mohamed Elamir and Dr. Andreas Bittner. Mohammad is the winner of the EIT Changemaker Award and co-founder of Woamy, which develops biodegradable plastic-free biofoam for protective packaging to replace harmful plastic foams. https://www.woamy.com/ Dr. Andreas Bittner is the winner of the Public Award winner from HiQ-CARB, a team that produces sustainable and resource-efficient nanomaterials for high-performance batteries. These materials enable faster-charging ele...
25 per cent of fintechs pitching top VC are AI-first startups
February 20, 2024 10:00 - 33 minutes - 77.7 MBAround 25 per cent of fintechs pitching a top VC for funding are AI-first startups, according to a top VC. Asked what per cent of fintechs pitching Breega, a European VC which backs UK savings and investment app Moneybox and UK card-consolidator Curve, are AI-first startups, Breega partner Benjamin Deplus said: “I guess in fintech, it. Is still pretty low.“I mean you have AI involved but it’s mostly for workflow automation. It's not the heart of the product.“I think that is the opp...
“Never too late and never too early” to launch a startup, says founder of one of Finland’s biggest fintech
February 13, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes - 74.7 MB“It’s never too late and it’s never too early” to launch a startup, according to the co-founder and co-CEO of Enfuce, the payment startup and one of Finland’s biggest fintech. Monika Liikamaa, co-CEO & co-founder of Enfuce, was speaking along with Michaela Berglund, CEO and founder of Feminvest, an events and education platform for women which has also launched an €8.8 million fund to invest in Nordic startups which are majority owned by women. The pair discussed the dearth of fem...
BUX CEO says he wants to protect neobroker from “too much" ABN AMRO influence
January 12, 2024 11:44 - 34 minutes - 78.3 MBThe CEO of a European neobroker startup recently acquired by Dutch financial services giant ABN AMRO says it’s his job to keep BUX protected from “too much influence from the larger organisation”. In the Tech.eu podcast, Yorick Naeff, BUX CEO, gives us the background to ABN AMRO’s purchase of BUX, announced in December last year. The Dutch giant was an early stage investor in BUX- most famous for offering commission-free trading to European investors- and the pair are also tech pa...
“There is no entrepreneurial gene”, says top VC and author of Start-up Century
November 29, 2023 13:35 - 28 minutes - 64.6 MB“There is no entrepreneurial gene, I don’t think,” says James Wise, partner at VC firm Balderton Capital and author of Start-Up-Century. He adds: “I don’t think it is in your DNA. But certainly, your upbringing and the role models you have around you do make a big difference.” Wise gives us the full skinny on his new book, Start-Up Nation, which offers a fresh look at the rise in entrepreneurship and startups and how they are changing the world of work as well as what the changing ...
Middle East conflict is “horrible” and could drive a new inflation scare, says Zopa boss
October 17, 2023 14:31 - 27 minutes - 63.8 MBThe Palestinian-Israeli conflict is “horrible” and will “continue to create concerns” across the world, including the investment community, according to Jaidev Janardana, CEO of UK fintech lender Zopa. The CEO pointed out that the Middle East was where the world gets a lot of its oil from. Janardana said: “What happens in the Middle East? It’s hard to predict. I am assuming there will be concerns about the conflict spreading and thus putting pressure on oil prices again, driving...
London a fintech “behemoth”, says Plaid leader
October 10, 2023 09:09 - 30 minutes - 70 MBLast month, Singapore-based Nium announced that it had chosen London as its European HQ while US fintech Plaid has dual European headquarters in London and Amsterdam. The two executives discuss the virtues of their international fintechs having European headquarters and why they chose the cities they are located in. Sandhofer says: “London is proving to be one of the best ecosystems for fintechs overall.” Lambert says: “The two top priorities for us are, one, being very, very cl...
Ten years ago VC funds in Sand Hill Road wouldn’t “even fly to Los Angeles”
September 05, 2023 09:05 - 24 minutes - 56 MBLucas Timberlake, general partner at Fintech Ventures Fund, the US VC that has a focus on fintech and insurtech, and Ricardo Schäfer, early-stage investor and partner at Revolut backer Target Global, discuss the differences between European VC and US VC funds while also offering insights into the European fintech market. Timberlake, though, says the most prominent difference is between US West Coast VCs and US East Coast VCs, which are more aligned to European VCs. Timberlake says...
Scandinavian tech giants like Spotify and Klarna "have fostered a new generation of entrepreneurs”
August 23, 2023 15:50 - 19 minutes - 44 MBScandinavia is home to some of the most celebrated tech companies in recent years: Skype, Spotify, and Klarna. Cities like Stockholm and Copenhagen are also home to a new generation of startups creating waves across Europe. In this podcast, we talk to Henrik Rosvall, chief operating officer of Stockholm-based climate fintech Doconomy and Emil Stigsgaard Fuglsang, co-founder and chief operating officer at Matter, the Copenhagen-based sustainability insights fintech. We discuss the ...
“No one should be a denied a bank account”, says Politically Exposed Persons expert amid Farage bank account row
July 28, 2023 09:07 - 20 minutes - 46.2 MBThis week the seldom talked about world of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) came into the spotlight after Nigel Farage claimed the banks did not want him as a customer due to him being a PEP. The row between Farage and NatWest bank has already accounted for the heads of the CEOs of NatWest and Coutts, the prestigious private bank for the wealthy it owns, and looks set to rumble on. In this podcast, we chat with a PEP expert Alia Mahmud, who is the Regulatory Affairs Practice Lea...
A decade in, what's next for UK-born digital identity verification software scale-up Onfido? CEO Mike Tuchen spills the beans
July 26, 2023 08:22 - 26 minutes - 61.5 MBFounded in London back in 2012, Onfido has become one of the global leaders in the digital identity verification and authentication services. We caught up with Mike Tuchen, who joined the company almost three years ago after stints as CEO of companies like Rapid7 and Talend, and was brought on board to lead the scale-up and supercharge global growth. Started with merely $30,000 in seed funding a decade ago, Onfido has raised more than $200 million in funding to date, and currently...
Dronamics CEO Svilen Rangelov on building the first cargo drone airline in the world (out of Bulgaria)
July 20, 2023 11:04 - 21 minutes - 50.3 MBBulgarian cargo drone manufacturer Dronamics today extended its pre-Series A funding round to raise €2 million euro from private investors exclusively via SeedBlink, the Romania-based crowdfunding platform. A few months back, the company raised $40 million right before completing the first successful flight of its flagship aircraft, the Black Swan. As the deep tech firm gears up to close a Series A round, Dronamics wants to build on the momentum by commercialising its drone. We c...
Big moves in AI, Getir exits Spain, how US companies fare in Europe, and Henry Philipson from ESG_VC
June 30, 2023 13:56 - 19 minutes - 45.2 MBUp this week: The AI wars are heating up: During London Tech Week Prime Minister Rishi Sunak set the goal of establishing the UK as the global home of artificial intelligence. This week OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, announced that it would open its first international office in London, and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis went on record stating that his engineers are building an AI system dubbed Gemini that will be more capable than that of OpenAI. All the while Stability AI, ...
Bolt 🩷's Starship, a Code Red, an iron fist at the EIB, AI a-plenty, Tech City, and it's Pollen season
June 23, 2023 13:22 - 39 minutes - 91.3 MBShhhh. Can you hear it? Listen in. Very carefully. Yes, yes, that's the unmistakable sound of an ecosystem that's staring down a summer full of iced tea and days by the lake. Or, is that just me? Either way, due to popular demand stemming from her appearance at our Summit just last month, we're welcoming Earlybird Venture Capital's Marieke Gehres to the show today where she brings a unique opinion to this week's news. We're talkin': - Finally, Bolt + Starship have ‘shipped’! - B...
Argentinian tech giant Globant plans to double down on Europe: A chat with Fernando Matzkin, who's leading the charge
June 20, 2023 11:54 - 24 minutes - 57 MBFounded two decades ago, Argentinia-born Globant has become a technology partner for some of the world's leading organisations. Increasingly, it's looking at Europe to expand its business and grow its now 28,000-strong workforce. Globant may not be a household name in the global tech field, but arguably it should be. Founded in Buenos Aires by four friends back in 2003, the software development giant went public in 2014 and currently has a market cap just south of $8 billion, brin...
🎙️ The global startup ecosystem report, fun times for fintech, one big seed round, the EU votes to regulate AI, a16z opens up shop in The Big Smoke
June 16, 2023 14:51 - 34 minutes - 79.4 MBIn case you weren't paying attention, a whole boatload of activity happened across the European tech scene this week. So much so that we had trouble whittling down what to discuss and what to let slide. In discussion: - The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2023 (GSER 2023) - German autonomous trucking company FERNRIDE announces it has raised $31 million in Series A funding. - Venture capital firm Molten Ventures has written down its holding in Revolut by 40%, adding to the fintec...
From 'body leasing' to 'friendshoring': Romania's Accesa demonstrates the value-add in IT partnerships
June 15, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutes - 63.3 MBAcquired by Germany-based Ratiodata in November 2020, Romania-born tech solutions giant Accesa is a perfect example of how 'IT outsourcing' has evolved in the last 20 years. Accesa CEO Andrea Marliere explains. Accesa is a leading technology services company headquartered in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), with offices in Zurich, Oradea and Munich. Over the past 16 years, the company has managed to establish itself as an employer of choice for IT professionals. Today, the company offers a ...
🎙️Generative AI is an “absolute game-changer” and will be as revolutionary as email, say experts, but they caution it will take time for firms to reap the benefits
June 13, 2023 08:42 - 34 minutes - 79.4 MBThe fintech industry- and the business world- is grappling with generative AI, which experts say has the potential to revolutionise financial services. Spearheaded by the rival of ChatGPT, fintechs are being wooed by generative AI’s potential to transform their way of working, from back to front office. In this podcast, we chat with Alexandra Mousavizadeh, an economist who benchmarks banks’ adoption of AI and Christian Trummer, the co-founder and CTO of crypto company Bitpanda, abo...
Checking in with 'climate fintech' scale-up Doconomy: An interview with CEO Mathias Wikström
June 12, 2023 10:29 - 22 minutes - 51.7 MBWe caught up with Mathias Wikström, CEO of Sweden's Doconomy, to learn more about its platform to measure climate and social impact in the financial services industry. The Stockholm-based scale-up, which recently acquired fellow Swedish financial wellbeing fintech Dreams Technology for an undisclosed sum, last raised funding back in September 2021. We asked Wikström what's been up with the business since, if fresh financing will (need) to be raised, and learned more about how the ...
🎙️Moving at angel speed without the traditional VC formality: Solo GP Sarah Drinkwater and her new £10 million fund
June 09, 2023 14:33 - 26 minutes - 60 MBOn this Drive at Five editione speziale the omnipresent community builder/angel investor/and now Solo GP, Sarah Drinkwater sits in to discuss her newly announced fund, Common Magic. Tune in, turn it up, and start taking notes, because this week we're talking: - What is a Solo GP fund? - Angel speed, less structure, more access. - Nightclub term sheets. - Traditions to keep, traditions to change. - Sarah has raised one-third of a targeted £10 million. - Investing in 30 to 35 startu...
🎙️ Sex, Money, Creative Equity, Travel, AI, and Jeff - the Drive at Five - Episode 35
June 02, 2023 14:34 - 39 minutes - 90.6 MBWith the team finally recovered from anything and everything that was the Tech.eu Summit, we're back guns a-blazin'. This week we're talkin': - Sex tech - it's not what people think it is. - Quinky is a company that's developing an app providing sex education through gamification for Gen-Z’s - "We are after all the IP branch of the oldest industry in the world – Sex’ and ‘Social permission and the confidence to ask for what they want in the bedroom because that transcends to the b...
🎙️ Founder and CEO of Dutch challenger bank bunq reveals possible new funding round, profitability landmark and rubbishes claims he’s a bad boss
June 01, 2023 11:46 - 37 minutes - 85.7 MBNiknam set up bunq in 2012, inspired to reinvent banking in the wake of the financial crisis. Today, bunq is one of the most well-known challenger banks across Europe, with millions of users across the Netherlands, Germany, France, and other European contrives. Next up, it is launching in the US market, a tough nut to crack where other European fintechs have struggled. In this podcast, Niknam, a serial entrepreneur who set up his first company when he was just 16, offers his ins...
🎙️ The Drive at Five - The Tech.eu Summit wrap up, Flink holds Getir at bay, and AI believe in miracles
May 26, 2023 14:11 - 27 minutes - 62.4 MBAlright meow, listen up, because we've got a whole lotta content to recap and a whole lotta people to thank. If you missed us in Brussels earlier this week, you missed a day full of networking, great talks, and a party that saw music selections by our very own resident DJ, Mr. Robin Wauters. Meow, to those of you who've already asked - we haven't set the date for next year, but if I know my bosses, they'll be kicking off some superwickedcrazy early bird ticket sales sometime soon....
🎙️ The Drive at Five - The Tech.eu Summit, pet tech, Revolut, Seedcamp, fake tans, and the AI of the Tiger
May 19, 2023 14:55 - 37 minutes - 84.8 MBIt's all happening man! The Tech.eu Summit is coming up next week, and on a personal note, I can't wait to see and meet and have a beer with each and every one of you. No seriously, buy me a drink, I'll show you. It's been a crazy week and the editorial team is in fine spirits, give a listen to this one folks! Up this week: - Cate throws us a bone and fills us in on what's waggin' in the world of pet tech - BASF business incubator Chemovator has opened its door to startups outsid...
🎙️ The Drive at Five - The European EV revolution, the Baltics beyond borders, Kubernetes, Aiii carumba, and more than just groceries?
May 12, 2023 14:23 - 34 minutes - 79.9 MBShould anyone tell you that preparing for an event is a piece of cake, run. Run far and fast. In case you don't know what I'm alluding to, it's crunch time here at Tech.eu as we gear up for our annual Summit in just 12 days' time. We've got an incredible roster of speakers lined up, and I personally can't wait to geek out on the quantum computers and space tech panels I'll be hosting. But the news cycle is a never-ending beast and it's been a busy week. Let's get you up to speed: ...
🎙️ The Drive at Five - TIER, Getir, AI oh my! and updates on the Tech.eu Summit
May 05, 2023 14:47 - 29 minutes - 68.1 MBAaaaaand we're back! Due in part to the Tech.eu editorial staff being here there and everywhere last week, the Drive at Five took a breather, but to make up for the absence Nick Stevens sits in to provide a comprehensive rundown of what went down in the world of AI this week and what the implications are. But that's not all: 02:21 - Sky News reports that European e-scooter giant Tier Mobility is working with bankers at Qatalyst Partners to explore their options for a potential mer...
🎙️ The Drive at Five - Valuations are in freefall, Rovio gets acquired, Kate's affordable EV's, and de-spamming the spam
April 21, 2023 14:53 - 19 minutes - 44 MBHey, you did it! You made it through another week, but did you catch all the European tech news that's fit to print? If the answer is no, well you've come to the right spot. Now kick off those shoes, grab an icy (or steaming) beverage of your choice, and let us get you up to speed on everything that went down. Note: Please take care when removing said shoes, as it's generally frowned upon at the pub, in the tube, and can be a safety hazard whilst driving. Up this week: 01:08 - ...
🚗 French electric car maker Kate CEO Matthias Goldenberg reveals the company's secret sauce 🚗
April 20, 2023 06:56 - 20 minutes - 47.6 MBIt’s not every day that we hear of a new automotive startup. Automotive accessories, parts, innovations, sure, but a full-blown tyres-to-top, bumper-to-bumper creation? Not so much. But in less than three months since announcing the acquisition of another French EV specialist, one that’s built upon the legacy of the Mini Moke, a lesser-known cousin to the iconic British Motor Corporation builds, the Mini, Kei-car inspired auto builder Kate announces today that it’s secured €7 milli...
🎙️ The Drive at Five - All the European tech news fit to talk about. This week.
April 14, 2023 14:17 - 25 minutes - 58.6 MBLive and direct from the Tech.eu newsroom, it's been a short week, but topics abound. This week we're talkin': 00:57 - Spotted Zebra raised a seed round of $1.8 million for its workforce platform. Fiona sees this as great news for the skills gap sector, as the 'zebras are 'powering the shift to skill-based organisations’. 01:24 - Lithuania’s SME Finance added another €100 million to its pot thanks to London-based Fasanara Capital. 01:45 - Czech Republic has a new investment fund f...
🎙️ The Drive at Five - Your weekly European Tech recap
April 06, 2023 14:58 - 21 minutes - 49.9 MBUp this week: 01:10 - Tech startup tackles Ireland's housing crisis by connecting buyers with vacant properties. 08:27 - Quantexa raises a $129 million round at a $1.8 billion valuation. 09:37 - Acorns has acquired GoHenry. 11:49 - Parisians have voted to ban rental electric scooters in their city. 12:32 - Fitfck, the dating app for ‘fit as’ singles, launches with an OnlyFans connection. 15:53 - Hyperjob raises €435k to bring marketing tactics to the recruitment process. 17:14 - El...
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Fiona Alston, Cate Lawrence, and Dan Taylor - Episode 27
March 31, 2023 14:08 - 23 minutes - 54.3 MBAs to be expected, lots of wheeling and dealing this week with a news cycle that was ringing off the hook. To put it mildly, if we discussed everything that happened this week, this show would run well into the wee hours of the morning. Up this week: 01:10 - No Label Ventures - the new VC Firm for immigrant founders 02:55 - Ireland has a new sustainability accelerator programme and everyone's invited 06:25 - Norway’s 1X raised $23.5 million in OpenAi-led round, and is working its ...
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Fiona Alston, Cate Lawrence, Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 26
March 24, 2023 15:06 - 24 minutes - 56.8 MBWell alright, alright, alright. Spring has sprung and what would a week without a little controversy be? This week we're looking at Hedonova and Carbonomy, or not, the JET and some not-so-nice labour actions, ridiculous funding round names, SerenityNow, DeepDrive's neck breaker of a new EV drivetrain, and Ferrari getting h4x0r3d, again. And one more thing: a Neobanks Report to end all neobanks reports. Keen listeners will recognise that we've taken a staple of the show and moved it...
The EUROe with Membrane Finance CEO and co-founder Juha Viitala and Maki.vc's Partner Paavo Räisänen
March 24, 2023 10:52 - 27 minutes - 62.3 MBDigital currencies. Love 'em, hate 'em, or ambivalent about 'em, the financial instruments are here to stay. But for all the volatility that we've seen in the markets, where exactly does Europe stake its claim in the ecosystem? And what's the deal with MiCA? I sat down with Membrane Finance co-founder and CEO Juha Viitala, and Maki.vc Partner Paavo Räisänen to find out. In this episode: 02:19 - Intros and who and what Membrane Finance is, and why it matters. 03:25 - What's the bi...
Babbel CEO Arne Schepker on 'real' language learning, failing forward after a botched 2021 IPO, the AI hype cycle, and more
March 22, 2023 15:09 - 18 minutes - 42.4 MBProviding one of the biggest language learning platforms on the planet, Berlin-based veteran tech scale-up Babbel has only raised a little over $30 million to date. An IPO attempt in 2021 failed to materialise, but that doesn't leave the company desperate for funding - at all. We saw down for a good (remote) chat with CEO Arne Schepker to learn more about its current status, and future plans. Babbel, the edtech company behind the eponymous popular subscription-based online language...
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Fiona Alston, Cate Lawrence, Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 25
March 17, 2023 15:12 - 27 minutes - 63.7 MBPost-SVB drama, this week might just go down as the week that the world woke up to AI, as GPT-4 dropped, Microsoft and Google unleashed the beast, and people both cheered and feared. Up this week: 01:38 - GPT-4, Microsoft, and Google, oh my!. 02:55 - Climate Policy Radar and GPT-4. 04:16 - Tech.eu's collective thoughts on AI. 06:47 - is SXSW best in show and best in entertainment, media, and content winner PentoPix killing creativity? Cate finds out. And explains Cocaine Bear. 11:...
What's the deal with deal flow in European tech? A data-driven interview with Orrick experts
March 16, 2023 10:17 - 27 minutes - 63.1 MBInternational law firm Orrick has analysed 500+ transactions it closed for European clients last year, with an aggregate value of more than $12 billion, and released a very comprehensive report based on all that useful data. We caught up with the firm's partner Jamie Moore, and Raph Crouan, who is Orrick's Managing Director for 'Tech Clients' in Europe, to learn more. You can and should check out the report proper, but both gentlemen did a great job summarising the main findings o...
Zooming in on European tech VC and LP trends with Target Global's Pedro Barros
March 15, 2023 11:28 - 17 minutes - 39.2 MBWe caught up with Pedro Barros, Partner and Head of Fundraising & Investor Relations at Target Global, the pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management. Last Friday was an interesting day to talk to Pedro Barros, a Partner at multi-billion euros VC firm Target Global who's in charge of fundraising and investor relations at the investment company, as the SVB saga started unfolding. So of course the first questions were about Silicon V...
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 24
March 10, 2023 15:24 - 18 minutes - 42.1 MBThe overarching, and still developing story of what's going on at Silicon Valley Bank has overshadowed pretty much every piece of news that came out this week. And perhaps many more stories to come. But as we watch events unfold ... Up this week: 00:25 - Moody's downgrades Silicon Valley Bank, stock price falls 60%, and all hell breaks loose. 05:03 - International Women's Day: European tech startups – a long way off gender pay equality, UK Women tech founders are taking a bigger s...
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 23
March 03, 2023 14:59 - 16 minutes - 37.2 MBAnd that's a wrap on February this week folks! While it might be cold and grey out of doors, as expected, it's hunting season and the M&A activities have been off the charts, this week in particular. Up this week: 01:38 - German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon is to buy GaN Systems of Canada for $830 million in cash. 02:12 - Helsinki's cash flow management SaaS Nomentia was acquired by Inflexion for a rumoured €300 million. 02:20 - Milan’s Nexi to purchase 80 percent of Sabade...
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Dan Taylor, Robin Wauters, and special guest Dima Shvets - Episode 22
February 24, 2023 15:20 - 22 minutes - 51.7 MBOn the one-year anniversary of the Russo-Ukrainian war Tech.eu has dedicated our coverage to the Ukrainian ecosystem. In addition to this week's news recap, we heard from Reface co-founder and CEO Dima Shvets about how the company has survived and is growing. Up this week: 00:31 - Interview with Dima Shvets of Reface 14:40 - Lay-offs at Zalando and Ericsson 16:43 - Quantum Motion computes new UK record with £42 million raise 19:02 - Robin's 'quick' rundown of a whole lotta other n...
A deeper look inside the Not Optional campaign with Dominic Jacquesson
February 14, 2023 14:17 - 18 minutes - 41.7 MBSpearheaded by Index Ventures and supported by more than 700 CEOs, the Not Optional campaign is spurring policymakers across Europe to reform outdated rules and regulations that limit employee ownership. We recently reported on new analysis by Not Optional which found that over the past six years, the 2017 average of 12 percent of European employee ownership has climbed to 16 percent. Not quite the 20 percent still enjoyed across the pond, but a 4 percent increase is better than a...
Going the distance with GetYourGuide with Johannes Reck
February 13, 2023 14:26 - 32 minutes - 75.3 MBGetYourGuide, the Berlin scale-up that enables people to book excursions and tour guides worldwide through an online marketplace, has a few difficult years behind it, in large part because of the global coronavirus pandemic and its extreme effects on global travel. But, co-founder and CEO Johannes Reck tells me in a recent video interview, there's a profound belief within the company that the best years for the travel tech unicorn are still to come. With close to $900 million in f...
Every end is a new beginning: Tech Nation CEO Gerard Grech
February 08, 2023 14:55 - 23 minutes - 54.5 MBTech Nation will reach the end of its journey on 31 March, and after that it will be up to Barclays Eagle Lab to provide similar, perhaps complementary services to the UK tech community's startups and scale-ups. We had an interesting chat with Tech Nation's CEO, Gerard Grech, on the impending closure, how it came to pass, and what happens next with regards to the non-profit's activities, its team, and, of course, himself personally. Grech explained why Tech Nation was unable to co...
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Dan Taylor and Cate Lawrence - Episode 21
February 03, 2023 15:45 - 25 minutes - 58.8 MBUp this week: 03:00: Scaling startups showcase cutting-edge Industrial tech at the Sixth Sense Summit 09:10: The end of an era as Tech Nation to cease operations as of March 31st 17:33: Robots aren't representing us in court but here are 7 legal tech startups transforming the legal system 21:56: In no way boring, spacetech startup The Exploration Company lands €40.5 million And this doesn't even dive into our conversation about dongles, being left-handed, the Mac Mini M2 vs. the M...
A primer on sustainable venture capital investing with Elodie Broad (Balderton) and Kristine Nagle (Your Impact House)
February 01, 2023 15:14 - 33 minutes - 76.6 MBTech.eu caught up with sustainability advisor Kristine Nagle and Elodie Broad, the recently appointed Head of Impact and ESG at Balderton Capital, to have a chat about what 'sustainability in VC' actually means, whether 'greenwashing' is a thing in that industry as well, and how investment firms can (should?) approach the implementation of ESG strategies internally and with their portfolio companies. If your prefer, you can also watch the double interview straight on YouTube. And ...
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 20
January 27, 2023 15:03 - 19 minutes - 44.6 MBAfter an extended holiday break, the Drive at Five is back! Helping to celebrate its return, Dan and Robin are joined by Cate and Callum this week where we call tech support, discover who the founder of the Bauhaus school was, talk about death (or however you want to call it after your heart stops beating), Walt Disney, qubits, and how supply chain problems can tarnish a brand and lead to (potentially) a closing up of shop. Robin covers: Layoffs sadly. Callum digs into: Tech.eu...
“Short-term bearish, long-term bullish” - Dissecting the state of the European Tech ecosystem with Daniel Glazer, Managing Partner at Wilson Sonsini
December 14, 2022 10:42 - 17 minutes - 41.2 MBTech.eu had a chance to sit down with Daniel Glazer, managing partner of the London office of American tech law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, as he was passing through Brussels. Glazer has been in the tech game for a while, knows a thing or two about what a crisis looks like, and shared his views on how he thinks the general market downturn and economic crisis will affect the European tech ecosystem in the short and long run. We discussed the current (worrying) state of t...
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 18
December 09, 2022 15:40 - 23 minutes - 53.2 MBAs the phrase goes, the best-laid plans of mice and men, just minutes after Robin and I finished recording this week's edition of the Drive at Five, Getir's acquisition of Gorillas broke. Needless to say, this would have been a topic we would have addressed, but in lieu of audio, you can find our coverage of the story here. Up this week: 🏴 Atomico, Atcomio, and Atomico. As the London-based VC firm released its mammoth State of European Tech 2022 report, Tech.eu broke down s...