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5월 13일

Ro Gupta (Woven Capital): How Toyota uses corporate venture to win in AI and robotics

Most corporates struggle to move fast enough for AI and robotics. Toyota’s answer is corporate venture. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier speak with Ro Gupta, CEO and Managing Director of Woven Capital, Toyota’s growth-stage venture fund focused on mobility, AI, automation and climate technology. They discuss how Toyota uses CVC to identify frontier technologies, work with startups and think decades ahead. Ro shares how Woven Capital functions as agile “speedboats” around Toyota’s industrial “supertanker”, scanning for strategic opportunities across AI, robotics, mobility, manufacturing and infrastructure. Highlights Why Toyota invests through both “inside-out” and “outside-in” models How Woven evaluates AI, robotics and the future of labour Why strategic engagement matters more than passive investing How Toyota balances long-term thinking with venture-speed execution Why Europe is becoming increasingly important for Toyota’s innovation strategy Timestamps (00:00) Ro Gupta’s founder background and move into Toyota (04:00) Startup operators vs corporate insiders in CVC (10:00) Toyota’s multi-fund venture strategy (15:00) The “supertanker and speedboats” framework (18:00) AI hype cycles and long-term industrial strategy (23:00) AI, robotics and advanced manufacturing themes (27:00) What Woven Capital looks for in startups (30:00) What founders expect from CVC investors (33:00) How Woven collaborates with traditional VCs (35:00) Europe’s role in Toyota’s future strategy (39:00) Toyota’s next 100-year opportunity (44:00) The “build, move and connect” framework Subscribe to EUVC, the home of European tech, for more insights: https://www.eu.vc/subscribe
4일 전

This Week in European Tech: Is AI’s spending boom creating real value or hiding bigger risks?

AI infrastructure investment continues to accelerate, but the gap between technical progress and sustainable returns is becoming harder to ignore. In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed, Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures and Andrew J Scott of 7percent Ventures, discuss volatile tech markets, the economics behind data centre expansion and why stronger AI models do not always translate into meaningful automation. Highlights Why AI and tech stocks are experiencing sharper volatility than the wider marketWhether today’s infrastructure spending can produce sustainable returnsNvidia’s expanding role in financing the AI ecosystemWhy engineering, not model capability, may now be the main bottleneckWhat AI is revealing about post-quantum securityHow sovereignty is reshaping technology supply chainsThis week’s standout deals across nuclear energy, robotics, defence and quantum computing
5월 21일

Sebastian Mallaby (The Infinity Machine): Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and Europe’s AI future

Demis Hassabis, Co-Founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, refused to leave London, challenged Google on AI safety and helped lead DeepMind back into the AI race. Sebastian Mallaby, author of The Infinity Machine and The Power Law, joins Andreas Munk Holm to discuss the founder psychology of Demis, the story behind DeepMind and why Europe may be entering a new era in technology. The conversation explores DeepMind’s fundraising journey, the Google acquisition, the merger with Google Brain, AI safety, sovereign technology and why Demis remains sceptical of parts of Silicon Valley culture despite operating at the centre of it. Timestamps (00:00) Why Demis Hassabis matters(01:12) Why DeepMind could not raise from European VCs(07:35) The Peter Thiel chess story(11:00) What DeepMind reveals about European venture(14:42) Why Europe’s tech ecosystem is accelerating(18:20) European sovereignty, defence tech and AI(21:20) DeepMind’s sale to Google and tensions over AI safety(29:40) The founder psychology of Demis(41:35) Google’s ChatGPT moment and Gemini’s comeback(45:05) Demis’ critique of Silicon Valley(50:45) Europe’s AI sovereignty problem(54:05) Final thoughts and Sebastian’s new bookSubscribe to EUVC, the home of European tech, for more insights.
2023. 07. 18.

EUVC #194 Fred Destin, Stride.VC

Today we are happy to welcome Fred, Founder and Partner at Stride. Stride is investing out of Fund II with a total £123M AUM (Fund I was £100M) with an established portfolio of 25 companies per fund and notable investments including Triver, Conceivable.Life, TechWolf and Hofy. At Stride, Fred focuses on late seed in London and Paris, in companies that "reinvent the UX of the world" by going deep on the areas founders care about: strategy, brand, culture, talent, leadership and fundraising.
7월 24일

This Week in European Tech: Can the UK restore growth and stay competitive in AI?

What would it take to get the UK economy moving again without losing ground in AI and technology? In this episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures to discuss what the UK’s new government should prioritise, from lowering industrial energy costs and reforming planning to cutting regulation and encouraging more pension capital to back productive UK assets. They also examine possible US restrictions on Chinese open-source AI models, the Hugging Face breach, Alphabet’s rising AI infrastructure spending and Tesla’s bets on Robotaxi and Optimus. In addition, the conversation covers capital concentration in European venture, PayPal acquisition rumours, Travis Kalanick’s Atoms and the week’s major deals, including CuspAI, Arrakis and Delivery Hero. Highlights What the UK’s new government should do to restore growthHow regulation, planning and energy costs are holding back investmentWhether pension capital should be encouraged to back more UK assetsPossible US restrictions on Chinese open-source AIWhat the Hugging Face breach shows about AI and cybersecurityAlphabet’s growing AI infrastructure spendTesla’s Robotaxi and Optimus strategiesWhy venture funding is becoming more concentratedThe week’s major deals, including CuspAI, Arrakis and Delivery Hero
7월 4일

This Week in European Tech: Has the West become too risk-averse?

What happens when a society becomes too afraid to take risks? In the latest episode of This Week in European Tech, Mads Jensen and Dan Bowyer of SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward of Outsized Ventures to discuss whether the West's growing aversion to risk is holding back innovation, capital allocation and long-term competitiveness. Together, they explore UK technology policy, AI infrastructure, trade tensions, enterprise AI adoption and defence investing, alongside a broader discussion about capital allocation, competitiveness and where the next generation of technology winners will come from. Highlights Is the West becoming too risk-averse?What a new UK government could mean for technologyWhy AI is becoming a geopolitical assetThe next phase of enterprise AI adoptionHow trade tensions are reshaping technology marketsWhy the biggest venture winners are rarely obvious earlyWhat Quantum Systems says about investing ahead of the market————— Love Tomorrow Summit - July 23, 2026, Tomorrowland, Belgium The Impact Circle Investor Lounge - July 24, 2026 EUVC is curating the investment stage. Register here. ————— Timestamps (00:00) Introduction(01:00) News roundup(05:00) Burnham's Britain and the future of UK growth(10:00) Has the West become too risk-averse?(21:00) AI, governments and strategic control(35:00) AI markets: rotation, not collapse(43:00) Trade tensions, tariffs and Europe's dilemma(55:00) Why AI still needs humans(01:01:00) Deal of the week: Quantum Systems(01:04:00) Deal of the week: EquiLibre(01:05:30) What to watch next week
2022. 10. 12.

#03 The use of public spaces – a restaurant owner’s view - Fabio Haebel, CIRCUS

Today we are happy to welcome Fabio Haebel, Founder and CXO of CIRCUS, a ghost kitchen operator. We will be talking about public spaces in urban areas, not the obvious topic for a Michelin star chef and entrepreneur, right? Tune in for more insightful ideas from this amazing guest. In this episode you’ll learn: – Why everyone should have an experience officer – Why the use of public spaces is major issue all over the world and what are the implications of moving big companies to the outskirt of cities – How sustainability can play a key role in new projects of public funding – How it is possible to bring classic restaurant food without opening an actual classic restaurant, using ghost kitchens
2022. 09. 28.

#02 Transformation of cities – an urban planner’s view - Tanja Potezica, City of Amsterdam

Today, we're happy to welcome you to Tanja Potezica, an urban planner and researcher with a focus on long-term strategic planning, spatial-economic development and questions around the social vitality of cities. The last few years she has worked for the Municipality of Amsterdam in the R&D department with the most important work being the Metropolitan Plan Amsterdam 2050. In this episode you will learn: - The strategy for innovation districts and why developing research is vital for neighbourhoods - The current urban challenges and why stakeholders involvement can help solve them - The role a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) has within a Municipality
2024. 04. 17.

#30 Lessons Learned Season V - Katharina Lind & Mark Harré with Gregory Brenninkmeyer, 2bX

In today’s episode Mark Harré & Katharina Lind jump on the guests’ seats, making room for Gregory Brenninkmeyer, chairperson of 2bX’ Investment Committee to act as host. Listen to the GPs reflecting on the fifth season of the UrbanTech VC Podcast, including learnings about their past five guests. Enjoy being part of a fun conversation between the two co-founders and get to know 2bX‘ pure dynamic. In this episode you’ll learn:The importance of aligning your pitch with your vision for authenticityThe value of investing in relational business versus transactional businessThe understanding that changes require repetition and don't occur instantly
2023. 01. 25.

#04 Julia Morrongiello, ZeroHash

Today, we're happy to welcome you to Julia Morrongiello, an ex VC, turned operator, turned angel investor. She is the Head of Growth Europe for Zero Hash, a crypto-as-a-service provider whose clients include the likes of Stripe, Moonpay, Curve and Interactive Brokers. Julia spent most of her career working as a VC investor at Point Nine and GFC and now continues to invest in fintech and crypto as an angel and scout for Accel. Since starting her career as an angel investor a little over a year ago, she's invested in 10 companies and 1 VC fund. In this episode you’ll learn: - Julia’s journey from VC to Operator to Angel & the value it brings to her both professionally and personally - How investing in women can be a better investment on both the hard and soft metrics - Why angel investing is the most giving hobby in the world! - Reflections on power law investing, upside maximization and why you can only get as much as you give - The importance of paying attention to unconscious biases and how to create processes that protect you This episode is sponsored by Vauban. Vauban makes it easy to launch your angel syndicate or VC Fund, check them out at www.vauban.io/euvc

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Ro Gupta (Woven Capital): How Toyota uses corporate venture to win in AI and robotics

This Week in European Tech: Is AI’s spending boom creating real value or hiding bigger risks?

Sebastian Mallaby (The Infinity Machine): Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and Europe’s AI future

EUVC #194 Fred Destin, Stride.VC

This Week in European Tech: Can the UK restore growth and stay competitive in AI?

This Week in European Tech: Has the West become too risk-averse?

#03 The use of public spaces – a restaurant owner’s view - Fabio Haebel, CIRCUS

#02 Transformation of cities – an urban planner’s view - Tanja Potezica, City of Amsterdam

#30 Lessons Learned Season V - Katharina Lind & Mark Harré with Gregory Brenninkmeyer, 2bX

#04 Julia Morrongiello, ZeroHash

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