Scaling Europe

Sebastian Johnson
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Every week Seb Johnson sits down with 5 of Europe's best builders and investors to talk about what's going on in European Tech. Prior guests include the founders of Lovable, Cleo, Voi an Zilch, as well as top VCs from 20VC, Index, Balderton and Creandum.

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    Jon Steinback, Co-Founder and CEO at Marker: BREAKING: Marker raised $13m Seed

    Marker just came out of stealth and raised a $13m Seed led by Index Ventures. Marker is an AI editor built to help writers develop their ideas and get feedback throughout the writing process.   Jon Steinback is Co-Founder and CEO of Marker. He and co-founder Ryan Bowman built it to support the whole writing process, from thinking through drafting to editing. The result is a modern word processor made for people who believe in the craft of writing.   The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk   Sponsors:   Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026   SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/   Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope   Timestamps:   0:00 - Introduction 0:20 - Marker's seed round and coming out of stealth 0:57 - What Marker actually is 1:41 - Who Marker is built for 3:33 - How Marker's product took shape 4:39 - Finding the balance between AI and human writing 6:52 - Why these investors backed Marker 9:20 - Jon's time at DeepMind 10:52 - How Marker will use the funding 13:04 - The goal behind coming out of stealth 14:33 - Marker's long-term vision

    16 min

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    Laura McGinnis, Partner at Singular: Growing Singular's London office to back UK founders

    Singular is a European early-stage venture capital firm investing from Seed through Series B, with portfolio companies including Aikido, Vibe, Basecamp and Spore.Bio.   Laura McGinnis is joining Singular as a Partner. She previously spent several years in venture at Balderton Capital. In London, she'll focus on building out the firm's presence and backing UK and Ireland founders earlier in their journey.   The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk   Sponsors:   Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026   SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope   Timestamps:   0:00 - Introduction 0:10 - Laura's move to Singular 0:58 - Why Singular appealed to her 2:22 - How the opportunity came together 3:33 - The type of founders Singular backs 5:31 - Moving from a large firm to a small, nimble team 8:21 - What success looks like in her first months 10:10 - Why Singular is doubling down on the UK and Ireland 13:33 - Finding an edge to meet founders earlier 15:38 - Advice for operators breaking into VC

    19 min

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    Sai Shivareddy, Founder and CEO at Nyobolt: Building the critical power infrastructure for the AI world

    Nyobolt is building fast energy storage systems for AI infrastructure, where data centres and robotics require far higher power density and faster charging than conventional technologies can provide. Sai Shivareddy is Founder and CEO at Nyobolt. The company spent years developing its technology before AI infrastructure created demand for it, and is now deploying its systems in robotics, with data centres as its next target market. The company recently raised a $60m Series C at a $1 billion valuation, making it one of the UK's newest unicorns. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:18 - Nyobolt's $60m Series C at a $1bn valuation 0:56 - What Nyobolt builds 2:52 - Real-world results and use cases 7:22 - Working with Symbotic 8:30 - Inside the Series C round 11:53 - Scaling manufacturing while growing fast 14:11 - Biggest bottlenecks to growth 18:40 - Raising hardware-focused venture capital 22:06 - Building a deep tech company from Cambridge

    24 min

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    Carla Gómez Cano, Co-founder at THEKER: Theker Robotics’ generalist robots automate any factory task

    THEKER Robotics builds robots that takes over the hardest physical labor inside heavy factories. Carla Gómez Cano is Co-founder at THEKER. Their robots that do manual, physical work, like moving packages, assembling parts and folding garments, and use smart software to handle any task or material on a single platform. The company recently raised an $85m Series A, one of the largest robotics rounds ever in Europe. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction0:12 - THEKER's $85m Series A0:54 - What THEKER's robots do today4:11 - Why THEKER skips pilots5:03 - Building a robotics company from Barcelona7:10 - Reconfigurable robots vs. humanoids10:02 - Biggest bottleneck: hiring13:01 - The robotics-as-a-service model16:14 - Biggest lesson: staying focused17:15 - What's next for THEKER

    19 min

  5. 1 juil.

    Toby Mather, Co-Founder of Rig: BREAKING: Rig raised $2.8 Pre-seed

    Rig just raised $2.8 pre-Seed led by Emerge Capital to build infrastructure that helps companies use their internal data with AI. The platform connects existing data systems so teams can build AI apps, workflows and agents more easily. Toby Mather is Co-founder of Rig. He says the biggest challenge is no longer building AI applications, but giving them secure access to the right internal context. Rig is designed to solve that problem by connecting data from across a business without teams having to stitch together dozens of systems themselves. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:12 - Rig’s $2.8 pre-Seed 0:48 - What Rig is building 1:37 - AI workflows in practice 3:56 - Why Toby started the company 6:37 - Why investors backed the round 8:29 - Lessons from building a second company 10:03 - Building an AI-native startup 11:37 - Hiring for speed and learning 14:11 - How AI is changing careers 17:06 - Toby’s view on vibe coding 19:34 - Priorities after the raise

    22 min

  6. 29 juin

    Jonathan Godwin, CEO at Orbital: Orbital raised $50m Series B

    Orbital recently raised a $50m Series B led by Plural to scale its AI platform for developing advanced materials. Jonathan Godwin is Co-founder and CEO at Orbital Industries. The company is using AI to discover a new GPU cooling material for data centres, with plans to apply the same technology to hardware and manufacturing across sectors such as semiconductors, energy and aerospace. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:20 - Orbital’s $50m Series B 1:50 - Discovering a new GPU cooling material 3:45 - The long-term vision for AI industrials 5:50 - Raising deep tech before the AI boom 8:20 - Why Plural backed Orbital 11:20 - The Orb open-source model 14:05 - Why Orb is open source 15:15 - Why Orbital builds hardware, not just AI models 20:40 - Building a mission-driven company

    21 min

  7. 24 juin

    Seltz raised $12.5M seed: Antonio Mallia, CEO at Seltz

    Seltz just raised a $12.5m Seed as it launches its first product and looks to build a new generation of web infrastructure for AI. Antonio Mallia is Founder and CEO at Seltz. The company is building for a world where AI agents become a new type of web user, requiring a completely different way to access information online. Instead of returning a list of links, Seltz is rebuilding the entire search stack so agents can access trustworthy, citable information and run hundreds of queries in parallel to complete tasks independently. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:25 - $12.5m Seed announcement 1:15 - Why AI needs a different type of web search 3:20 - Why Seltz rebuilt the entire stack 5:00 - Why investors backed the company 7:20 - Building a research-heavy team 11:50 - Early traction and customer use cases 15:40 - The next 12 months 16:25 - Rethinking retrieval for AI agents 18:30 - Running hundreds of queries in parallel

    20 min

  8. 22 juin

    Will Bennett, Principal at Seedcamp: BREAKING: Seedcamp closed $220M + $100M Funds

    Seedcamp just closed $220M + $100M funds as it looks to support European founders from their first cheque through to later stages of company building. The new $220M core fund will continue backing early-stage companies, while the $100M select fund allows Seedcamp to double down on breakout portfolio companies from Series B onwards. Will Bennett is Principal at Seedcamp. He believes the definition of pre-seed is changing rapidly, with founder profiles becoming increasingly diverse and companies achieving more at an earlier stage. As more founders move to the US earlier in their journey, Seedcamp is expanding its presence there to help companies build customer, talent and investor networks. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:25 - Seedcamp’s $220M + $100M funds 1:40 - Why the funds are getting bigger 2:30 - Why Seedcamp launched a select fund 3:50 - European founders moving to the US 6:30 - How founder profiles are changing 8:15 - What pre-seed means today 10:00 - Defence and frontier technologies 13:00 - What founders get from Seedcamp 15:20 - Building a stronger US presence 19:30 - The secret behind Seedcamp’s success

    21 min
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Every week Seb Johnson sits down with 5 of Europe's best builders and investors to talk about what's going on in European Tech. Prior guests include the founders of Lovable, Cleo, Voi an Zilch, as well as top VCs from 20VC, Index, Balderton and Creandum.

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