Episodes

Jan Hugenroth, an ex-Mckinsey consultant turned entrepreneur, is building a no-code solution that allows organizations to automate the remaining manual processes that exists today outside of project management and ERP tools. They have attracted seed inve

TourRadar is the leading online marketplace for travellers to compare and book multi-day tours in over 200 countries. In this podcast, Travis talks about customer management during the crisis, managing stress, and his thoughts on the impact of Google to

I really enjoyed talking to Stephan. He has such an interesting and diverse background having been an investment banker, an entrepreneur, a CEO, past Chairman of European Venture Finance Network, advisor to various organizations Said Business School to n

Akoni is an early pioneer in creating cash management solutions and a white-label platform for the SMB segment. Felicia is well known in the Fintech space with over 20+ years in the industry and has been recognized by the industry …

In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeff Kofman, CEO, and founder of Trint, who before founding Trint was an Emmy award-winning network television news foreign correspondent and war correspondent with ABC, CBS, and CBC News. …

Industrial IoT is a trillion-dollar market. And yet, there is very little VC investment going into it in the UK. I sat down with Piers Corfield to learn more about his journey building Dashboard; the struggles he had raising money …

My guest today is Marzio Schena who is the CEO and Co-founder of ANote Music, the European marketplace for investing in music royalties. Investors often invest in alternative class of assets to diversify their holdings. Sounds like a good idea, …

I had an interesting conversation with Melanie Aronson who moved to Sweden as a documentary filmmaker and ended up starting a company (Panion) to build a community engagement platform. I was curious to understand how she translated her background for …

In this episode, I caught up with Antti Vihavainen, co-founder and CEO of Puro.earth. Puro is a Finnish startup that provides a marketplace for reversing climate change by trading CO2 removal certificates. With Stripe, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and other

I sat down with a Stephan Ekhberg, Swedish entrepreneur best known for his pioneering work in the online travel industry to learn more about his journey from being a DJ in Sweden to founding one of the successful online travel …

Another fantastic and wisdom-filled interview with Jonathan Cherki, founder and CEO of Contentsquare. Contentsquare is a global leader providing experience analytics for over 700 clients, including American Express, Best Buy, Dell, Ikea, LVMH, T-Mobile

My guest this week is Jon Edvald who is the CEO and co-founder of garden.io, makers of an open-source Kubernetes development and testing platform. During his 12+ years in software development, Jon has held engineering leadership roles with Clue and …

My guest today is Michelle Milbourn. With over 20 years of executive search and recruitment experience, Michelle has successfully placed candidates in over 140 VC and private-equity-backed European headquartered companies. She shares her experience of w

My guest today is Samer Salty who is the Founder and Managing Partner of Zouk Capital. Samer has over 30 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, and technology. In this episode, I talk to Samer about his passion …

My guest today is Ciaran O’Leary, co-founder and general partner of BlueYard Capital, an early-stage VC focused on transformational technology with a big focus on fostering innovation across Europe. In this episode, Ciaran talks to me about the importance

This episode is a little different. It focuses on a vertically-focused Silicon Valley Fintech company, Hearsay Systems, that expanded to Europe. In this episode, Chris Andrew, Hearsay’s Chief Product Officer, talks to me about how and when they decided t

Adrien Nussenbaum, co-founder and US CEO of Mirakl on: Big Trends in Retail and Ecommerce; Evolution of Buyer Behaviour and Growing a business to $100M ARR

In this episode, I sat down with Olivier Maire - VP of Sales for France and Europe for One2Team. Olivier is a seasoned veteran when it comes to establishing businesses in Europe. He has spent the last 15 years in …

Hjalmar Gislason is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of startup experience. His latest startup, Grid, is re-imagining how companies communicate complicated spreadsheet data and models. In our conversation we talked about everything from how he

My guest today is Javier de la Torre who is the founder and Chief Strategy Officer of CARTO - a company considered today as one of the pioneers in the Location Intelligence field. In this episode we covered a lot …

This is a show about startups in Europe. It is for startups in Europe or those looking to expand into Europe.