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.

  1. 1d ago

    Margarethe Böhme, Managing partner at Wave Ventures: Wave is Europe’s largest Gen Z-run VC firm

    Wave Ventures is a Nordic venture firm that invests in young founders right from the start. It's now on its third and biggest fund at €10m, and people who built some of the region's unicorns are among its backers. Margarethe Böhme is Managing Partner at Wave Ventures. The firm started at Slush in Helsinki in 2016 as Europe's first student-run fund, and everyone on the team is under 25. From the very first investment, they connect each company with the people who can help it grow. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/ Conveo: https://conveo.ai/ NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/ World Wide Technology: https://www.wwt.com/ Dust: https://dust.tt/ AWS Startups: https://aws.amazon.com/startups/ Civo: https://www.civo.com/ Junior: https://www.myjunior.ai/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction1:01 From Slush to a €10m fund3:51 Pitching investors on the next generation4:56 Running a fund at 235:59 Why the team rotates every two years7:21 Giving founders more than they give up9:41 The advantage of being young11:16 Hiring for agency12:58 Advice for a career in venture14:38 The rise of the new Nordics16:33 Taking the model across Europe18:37 Building pan-European teams

  2. 4d ago

    Thore Graepel, CEO & Co-Founder at Metis Reasoning: AI needs to reason like a scientist before we can trust it

    Metis Reasoning just launched with a white paper on building AI that reasons the way a scientist does. Its answers come with the evidence and steps behind them, so people can check exactly how it got there. Thore Graepel is CEO and Co-Founder at Metis Reasoning. The system works through a question the way a researcher would, coming up with possible answers and checking each one against evidence before deciding. The team has already built the first version, and scientists are now testing it on PhD level questions. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/ Conveo: https://conveo.ai/ NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/ World Wide Technology: https://www.wwt.com/ Dust: https://dust.tt/ AWS Startups: https://aws.amazon.com/startups/ Civo: https://www.civo.com/ Junior: https://www.myjunior.ai/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:15 Launching Metis Reasoning 1:04 What reasoning really means 2:45 Separating knowledge from reasoning 5:45 What Move 37 teaches us 8:54 Why AI moved to language models 11:07 The trust problem with today’s AI 13:23 How Metis Reasoning works 16:09 Reasoning beyond games 17:54 Using language models to check evidence 19:57 Prototypes and robotic

  3. Oct 23

    Yinon Costica, Co-Founder and VP of Product at Wiz: Wiz’s AI agents protect companies from cyber attacks around the clock

    Wiz keeps the cloud systems of thousands of companies safe, and it has kept running as its own business since Google bought it earlier this year. It just launched Scan for Good, which uses its AI agents to find weak spots in critical services like hospitals and national archives before anyone can exploit them. Yinon Costica is Co-Founder and VP of Product at Wiz. Hackers are using AI to find security holes, so businesses need AI on their side to get to them first. Wiz is now building towards security that runs around the clock, with agents finding and fixing problems within minutes. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/ Conveo: https://conveo.ai/ NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/ WWT: https://www.wwt.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction0:14 What AI has in common with the move to cloud3:12 How customers are reacting5:24 Red, blue and green agents7:34 Deciding what to build next10:28 Life inside Google12:46 The launch of Scan for Good16:10 What the red agent found20:29 Attackers vs defenders27:14 Getting ready for AI threats30:13 Security that never switches off31:50 Finding and fixing problems in minutes

  4. Oct 22

    Carlos Trenchs Sainz de la Maza, Co-Founder at Masia: BREAKING: Masia closed first €18m fund

    Masia just closed its first fund at €18m, backed by more than 70 founders, tech leaders and investors from Barcelona. It invests in startups with ties to the city at the very earliest stage, and connects them with some of the best funds from around the world. Carlos Trenchs Sainz de la Maza is Co-Founder and Chairman at Masia. The city now has a growing number of founders who have already built and sold companies, and funds from across Europe come every week looking for the next ones. Masia just opened Masia House in the city centre to bring this community together, with space for visiting investors to stay and work. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/ Conveo: https://conveo.ai/ NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/ WWT: https://www.wwt.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction0:23 What Masia actually does1:38 Why Barcelona is at a turning point4:19 Raising the €18m fund from 70 investors6:36 Startups Masia has backed9:11 Opening Masia House11:19 Venture as a people business13:09 Keeping the second fund small15:17 Getting returns back earlier16:06 What he learned from backing other funds

  5. Oct 19

    Omer Kaplan, Co-Founder & CEO at ZyG: Helping e-commerce brands scale faster with AI agents

    It’s easy to start selling online today, but growing an e-commerce brand into a much bigger business is still really hard. ZyG takes over the work of scaling for brands with great products, and its AI agents run everything from marketing to customer support. Omer Kaplan is Co-Founder and CEO, and they just launched ZyG Score to help online brands see their growth potential. Brands selling over $1 million a year can apply, and those with a high score are invited to become scale partners. As partners, they can let ZyG handle the scaling and spend their time on making great products. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk Lovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/ Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/ WWT: https://www.wwt.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:15 Where the idea came from 2:16 What holds brands back from growing 4:14 Taking on the whole job of scaling 5:24 The new ZyG Score 11:53 Testing 500 brands 15:39 The business model 17:57 Smaller companies getting bigger with AI 20:43 Taking the luck out of building a brand 25:56 Advice for founders 30:00 Shopping with AI agents

  6. Oct 14

    Nicolas Sharp, Founder & CEO of Attio: BREAKING: Attio powers 1.6 billion API calls a month

    Attio just launched a new version of its CRM built for a world where AI agents do more and more of the work. Attio now handles 1.6 billion API calls a month, with usage growing 50% every month. Nicolas Sharp is Founder and CEO of Attio. Agents now handle the busy work, from routing leads to prepping calls, while sales teams spend more of their time with customers. In its first year on Attio, the typical customer sees 2.5 times more deals without adding to the team. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/ Conveo: https://conveo.ai/ NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/ WWT: https://www.wwt.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction0:13 Attio's new version built for agents1:17 How fast agent use is growing1:52 What the agents are actually doing4:12 Software turning into infrastructure5:52 Paying for all that computing power7:56 What changes for sales teams10:45 Using Attio inside other apps13:17 What will keep Attio ahead15:40 Making it easy for anyone to set up17:44 Building from London

  7. Oct 8

    Raffi Kamber, General Partner & Co-Founder at Singular: Europe has unique talent for building AI and science companies

    Singular is a Paris and London based venture firm backing some of Europe's most exciting early stage companies, from Basecamp Research to Aikido. Raffi Kamber is General Partner and Co-Founder at Singular. Europe is especially strong at combining AI and science, and a new generation of researchers is now starting companies of their own. Singular has made this one of its biggest bets and helps turn the research into businesses, and it's now growing its team in London to find more of them. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/ Conveo: https://conveo.ai/ NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/ WWT: https://www.wwt.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:19 Backing Basecamp Research 3:17 Europe's edge in AI and science 4:58 Helping researchers become founders 9:11 Why Singular is betting on London 11:33 Vibe's sale to Walmart 13:27 What an early win means for Singular 14:29 Thinking about a third fund 15:57 Staying open to any industry 18:08 Running their own firm 19:27 Competing with bigger funds

  8. Oct 5

    Laura Connell, Partner at Atomico: Deep tech is reshaping Europe’s growth stage funding

    Atomico is one of Europe's best known venture firms, backing tech companies from their early days all the way to going public. Europe now produces as many new tech companies as the US, and a lot of them will need big funding rounds as they grow. Laura Connell is a Managing Partner at Atomico, where she works with founders at the growth stage. More investors from the US, Asia and the Middle East are now backing these companies, while Europe's own growth funds are still too small to take a big share of the biggest rounds. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/ Conveo: https://conveo.ai/ NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/ WWT: https://www.wwt.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction0:08 Laura's role at Atomico0:45 How Europe's growth stage has changed4:03 Why outcomes are getting bigger6:06 What growth investing means now9:46 Backing The Exploration Company11:37 Investors from outside Europe14:10 Why Europe needs bigger growth funds15:17 Her article on AI infrastructure17:46 What she looks for in founders20:10 From brain research to investing

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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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  • Creator
    Sebastian Johnson
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    257
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Sebastian Johnson
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    Scaling Europe

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