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Pathfounders, with Mike Butcher, covers the tech startup and venture ecosystem.

  1. London-based Outpost raises $17.5M to fix global trade

    3D AGO

    London-based Outpost raises $17.5M to fix global trade

    Cross-border commerce has never been larger, but for companies trying to sell internationally, it has rarely been more complicated. London-based Outpost has raised a $17.5 million Series A round to help companies sell across borders without building an expensive patchwork of legal entities. CEO Will Mahon-Heap unpacks his strategy with Mike Butcher, Founder & Editor of Pathfounders.

    12 min
  2. With $50M, Isembard hopes to bring manufacturing back to Europe

    3D AGO

    With $50M, Isembard hopes to bring manufacturing back to Europe

    Component manufacturing is a trillion-dollar-a-year market, but in Europe it’s an area dominated by small, often family-run businesses that are rapidly dwindling as the owners retire. Isembard is a UK startup that manufactures high-precision components, operating both its own, and franchisee factories. Following its $50 million Series A funding, Mike Butcher of Pathfounders caught up with Alexander Fitzgerald, Isembard Founder and CEO.

    16 min
  3. Can Jónsson steady the NATO innovation ship?

    4D AGO

    Can Jónsson steady the NATO innovation ship?

    Dr Ari Kristinn Jónsson has just stepped into the newly created role of President of the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), the €1 billion venture fund backed by 24 NATO countries to invest in technologies that strengthen defence, security, and resilience across the alliance. Pathfounders caught up with him to unpack how he plans to steady the NIF ship after a turbulent period. Correction: In the video, we say Dr Ari Kristinn Jónsson replaced Klaus Hommels at head of NIF. Hommels has Klaus stepped into a new advisory role at the Fund’s Geopolitical and Strategic Advisory Council, focused on providing the NIF with guidance on industrialisation and scaling challenges. Dr Jónsson's role as President is a new one, and he will be reporting to the NIF Board.

    27 min
  4. Qevlar AI raises $30M to bring AI to cybersecurity

    4D AGO

    Qevlar AI raises $30M to bring AI to cybersecurity

    Qevlar AI says it can deploy AI to turn alerts about cybersecurity attacks into data that was previously invisible. Pathfounder’s Mike Butcher speaks to Ahmed Achchak, Qevlar AI Co-Founder and CEO, and Damien Henault, partner with Forgepoint Capital, about how AI is changing cybersecurity.

    23 min

  5. MAR 4

    Geopolitical tensions mean dual-use and 'sovereign tech' are here to stay, say investors

    Speaking at the inaugural Pathfounders London Mixer — the first in a series — a panel of VCs and experts tackled the thorny subjects of the white-hot era of AI, what’s next for deeptech, and the future of so-called ‘sovereign’ technologies — all amid the background of, at times, quite chaotic geopolitical tensions. The panel also identified a new generation of AI-native entrepreneurs, operating in palpably different ways from the generation that came before them. Featuring: •⁠ ⁠Sitar Teli, Managing Partner, Connect Ventures •⁠ ⁠Alex van Someren, recently exited as the UK's Chief Scientific Adviser for National Security and former VC •⁠ ⁠⁠Manjari Chandran-Ramesh, Amadeus Capital Partners, Partner in the Early Stage Fund focusing on AI, Robotics and Quantum •⁠ ⁠⁠ Ana Barjasic, Connectology, European Innovation Council

    39 min
  6. Interview with Diyala D'Aveni of Vento: Can Italy surf the AI wave?

    FEB 24

    Interview with Diyala D'Aveni of Vento: Can Italy surf the AI wave?

    Can Italy surf the new AI wave with the new “Wave” conference? Vento CEO and partner Diyala D'Aveni unpacks this and more with Pathfounders Founder & Editor, Mike Butcher.

    12 min
  7. Pathfounders Interview: Yaroslav Azhnyuk, founder/CEO, The Fourth Law

    FEB 21

    Pathfounders Interview: Yaroslav Azhnyuk, founder/CEO, The Fourth Law

    Pathfounders Interview: Yaroslav Azhnyuk, founder/CEO, The Fourth Law

    27 min
  8. Pathfounders Interview: Pierre Festal on Kembara's billion euro growth fund

    FEB 20

    Pathfounders Interview: Pierre Festal on Kembara's billion euro growth fund

    Spain-based Mundi Ventures recently launched the Kembara Venture Fund to address this with a €750 million first close, and the ultimate target of a billion euros. Partner Pierre Festal joined Pathfounders to unpack what this means for European deeptech.

    28 min
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