The European Startup Show Anita Moorthy

Sammy Rubin, co-founder, and CEO of YuLife, the fastest and one of the most exciting insurtech in the UK. Last summer, Yulife raised $70 million in one of the largest Series Bs raised by an insurtech startup in Europe.
Sammy describes Yulife as the world’s first lifestyle insurance company which brings together life insurance, well-being & rewards in one simple app. In this episode, I talk to Sammy about his philosophy and approach to building a different kind of startup, one that prioritizes people and well-being along with growth.

Itxaso del Palacio, Partner at Notion Capital, shares tips on how to build a go-to-market engine for scale with examples from the 100s of successful SaaS and Cloud companies Notion Capital has backed over the years including Tradeshift, CurrencyCloud, GoCardless, Unbabel, and more.

Louisa Murray, COO of Railsbank. Louisa joined Railsbank as the fourth employee in 2017, and built the sales function from scratch. In this episode, we will talk about the rise of embedded finance, making the fintech industry more accessible to women and lessons learnt in building and scaling a fast-growing fintech company.

Krijn De Nood - CEO & Co-founder at Meatable talks about his journey from Mckinsey to Meatable, why alternative proteins are key to solving some of the world’s biggest problems and the strategies they have adopted to succeed in this space. Founded in 2018, Meatable is an innovative, Dutch food company aiming, to deliver, at scale, the new natural: cultivated meat that looks like, tastes like, and has the nutritional profile of traditional meat.

Ranjan Singh, co-founder, and CEO of HealthHero talks about his growth and strategy of serving multiple markets and multiple business markets through acquisitions.

I am delighted to have Rob Moffat, Partner at Balderton Capital on the show today. Rob has been a partner at Balderton since 2015. He focuses mainly on fintech and insurtech but he also has experience in games, marketplaces, and SaaS. We covered a lot in this discussion including - his views on the European startup landscape and where the opportunities lie, the future of NFTs, web3, gaming, and fintech trends. We also spoke about organizational design and how to think about that as you move from Series A to Series B.