Best CVC Podcasts (2025)

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Inside CVC: Kristin Slanina and Shifting Gears on Discomfort, Mobility, and Leading Transformation 47:57

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Engineer, board director, and Shifting Gears author Kristin Slanina joins Inside CVC for a candid conversation on what it really takes to lead transformation in an industry that’s been “five years away” from disruption for more than a decade. Kristin shares how discomfort became one of her greatest teachers, what she learned building Ford’s origina…

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E658 | Martin Scherrer, Redstone VC: CVC Secondaries Without Burning Bridges 42:08

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Corporate venture capital isn’t just having “a bit of VC on the side.” Done well, it’s a strategic lens on the future. Done badly, it’s a short-lived pet project with a half-life of 3.7 years and a trail of confused founders and annoyed co-investors. In this episode, we sit down with Martin Scherrer, Partner & Head of Managed Funds at Redstone, alo…

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Industry Education, What Does The Future Hold? 33:25

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Over the past decade, education and training for home service contractors—especially in the chimney industry—has grown dramatically. In fact, some now see the sheer volume of available training as overwhelming, with both live and on-demand options flooding the calendar. So what does the future of industry education look like?In this episode of The …

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E660 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads, Lomax & Robin 1:13:06

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠,⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠, ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠⁠⁠, and this week’s special guest Robin Haak break down the real stories behind the headlines shaping European tech and venture. Robin joins us as the founder of Robin Capital, an early employee at Smar…

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E659 | Max Kufner, Again & Jan Miczaika, HV Capital: Turning CO₂ into Chemicals and Building Europe’s Deep-Tech Playbook 50:55

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, your trusted inside track on the people, deals, and dynamics shaping European venture. This week, Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Max Kufner, Co-Founder and CEO of again, and Jan Miczaika, Partner at HV Capital. again is one of those rare European deep-tech stories that blends academic brilliance,…

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E657 | Jan Lozek, Future Energy Ventures (FEV): From Corporate Carve-Out to Climate Capital 46:36

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Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we explore the lessons, frameworks, and insights shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. Today, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Jan Lozek, Co-Founder and Managing Director and Founder of Future Energy Ventures (FEV), the Berlin-based climate-tech investor born from the carve-out of E.ON’s corporate venture a…

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E656 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads & Lomax 47:25

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠,⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠, ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠⁠⁠ dissect the stories reshaping European venture, from Helsinki’s Slush takeover to China’s rising leverage, TPU vs GPU battles, the UK’s AI money wave, and why immigrants found half the unicorns in th…

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E655 | Dave Bailey, FounderCoach.com: From Founder to Coach - Competence, Curiosity & Scaling European Tech 1:00:13

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast — and today, a special Venture Beyond edition. Joining Mike Reiner of 432 Legacy and Andreas is Dave Bailey — one of Europe’s most in-demand founder coaches, the brain behind FounderCoach.com, and a voice shaping how CEOs grow into their role. Dave’s journey has been anything but linear: from co-founding startups li…

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E654 | Adrian Locher, Merantix Capital: AI Studios & the Future of Venture Building 50:18

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Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today, we’re joined by Adrian Locher, co-founder and GP at Merantix Capital, the Berlin-based AI venture capital firm and venture studio that’s just planted its flag in London. Known for building and investing in AI-first companies…

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E653 | Elisabeth Schrey, Deep Tech & Climate Fonds (DTCF): DeepTech & Climate Fonds 42:11

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A billion-euro bet on Europe’s most uncertain frontiers: climate, deep tech, and industrial transformation. Can government-backed funds catalyze global champions—or do they risk crowding out private capital? Dr. Elisabeth Schrey leads the Deep Tech & Climate Fonds (DTCF), a €1B investment vehicle co-financed by Germany’s Future Fund and ERP Special…

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E652 | Lea Strumberger, KfW Capital: How one of Europe’s Largest Public LP Thinks About Opportunity Funds 39:27

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring together Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today we dive into one of the most under-discussed — yet increasingly important — topics in European venture: Opportunity Funds. Joining Andreas Munk Holm is Lea Strumberg…

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E651 | This Week in European Tech: Exit Taxes, AI Reality Checks & The New Tech Sovereignty Race 53:10

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer, ⁠Mads Jensen of ⁠SuperSeed⁠, and ⁠Lomax Ward of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠ unpack the headlines reshaping European venture. This week, the trio dives into the UK’s blink-and-you-miss-it exit tax, China’s rising open-source AI threat, hyperscaler accounting drama courtesy of …

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Inside CVC: The Playbook Problem: Yaron Flint on Fixing Innovation From the Inside 33:48

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Innovation inside large companies often runs on instinct, scattered pilots, and wishful thinking. Yaron Flint joins us to explain why so many corporates still lack a true playbook — and how a more structured approach can turn chaos into clarity. Listeners will hear Yaron discuss: Why he wrote Innovative Business Development and the gap he saw acros…

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What Are You Waiting For? 16:32

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All too often, we sit on our hands—even when we know action is needed. Maybe it’s implementing a new process, addressing an underperforming team member, or making a long-overdue change. Sometimes it’s simple procrastination. Other times, we delay because we anticipate the change will be painful or uncomfortable.But waiting often makes things worse.…

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E650 | Patrick Odier (Lombard Odier & Building Bridges) & Enrique, Chi Impact Capital: Three systemic plays to underwrite now 47:33

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast, where we explore the frameworks moving European venture, finance, and policy. Two weeks after Building Bridges 2025 in Geneva, Andreas Munk Holm and Enrique, Chi Impact Capital sit down with Patrick Odier — Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lombard Odier and Chair of Building Bridges — to get practical on financ…

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E649 | Mariette Roesink, Curie Capital: Backing Life Sciences, Unicorns & Zero Bankruptcies 26:45

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, your trusted inside track on the people, deals, and dynamics shaping European venture. This week, Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Mariette Roesink, Co‑Founder of Curie Capital. Named after Marie Curie, the fund backs breakthrough life science technologies with a mission to both deliver outsized re…

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What Advice Would You Give Your Younger Self? 14:45

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Think about it: if you could travel back in time, what advice would you give your younger self? And more importantly—are you living by that advice today?Life is full of hard-earned lessons. We all pay tuition through our experiences, missteps, and growth. The person you are today has been shaped by those very moments. So what’s the one piece of adv…

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E648 | This Week in European Tech: The Baltics, Bureaucracy & Building Boldly 1:00:47

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠,⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠, ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠⁠, and this week’s guest Jone Vaituleviciute, Managing Partner at ⁠Firstpick⁠ VC, unpack the forces shaping venture across Europe and the Baltics. This week’s conversation bridges Lithuania’s booming ea…

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Inside CVC: Resilience Over Sovereignty: Philipp Mueller on Europe’s Strategy for a Disrupted World 29:31

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In this episode, Philipp Mueller, Vice President, Public Sector at DriveLock and Co-Founder of the European Resilience Summit Series, joins Inside CVC to explore why resilience — not sovereignty — is becoming Europe’s defining strategy in an age of constant disruption. He shares how leaders can rethink governance, investment, and collaboration arou…

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E647 | Kristaps Ronis, ION Pacific: The Rise of Structured Secondaries in Venture 45:06

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast — where we go deep with the people shaping European venture. Today, David sits down with Kristaps Ronis, Partner at ION Pacific, a global secondaries investor (HQ in LA, presence in Europe & Asia) focused on Series B+ tech and a specialty that’s getting hotter by the month: structured secondaries. Kristaps runs ION …

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E646 | Alper, Agave Games & Enis Hulli, e2vc: Pivoting Models & Building Global Gaming Success from Turkey 49:16

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Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today we dive into the world of gaming with Alper Oner, Co-founder of Agave Games, and Enis Hulli, General Partner at e2vc. Agave has taken the gaming world by storm with its hit “Find the Cat” …

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How VC Fund of Funds (FoF) Work 20:18

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This video explains how a VC Fund of Funds (FoF) works. It explains how we raise LP capital from investors, how cash is paid into the fund and how cash is paid back to LPs. I explain how the management fees and carry work, how this compares to a classic VC fund that invests directly in startups, how the risk is lower, how the payments back to LPs a…

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How Venture Capital Funds Work 19:21

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This video / episode is NOT for my usual audience, but explains how venture capital works to someone who is new to VC. We recently had new LPs invest in our VC funds, and they were not clear about how VC differs from a hedge fund. They were not clear on how they pay their cash into the fund, how the management fees and carry / performance fee work,…

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E645 | Seb Agertoft, Evolution & Mike Reiner, 432 Legacy: Venture beyond: Trauma vs Purpose 51:59

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast, where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today we zoom in on the inner game with Seb Agertoft, former product leader turned executive coach and Partner at Evolution, a collective of ~80 coaching and leadership-development partners across t…

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E644 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads, Lomax & Andrew – AI Moratoriums, Market Cooldowns & the Politics of Progress 48:48

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠,⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠, ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠ and ⁠Andrew J Scott⁠ of ⁠7percent Ventures⁠, and Lomax unpack the forces shaping European venture capital. This week’s conversation spans the spectrum, from AI moratoriums and political overreach to fu…

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Inside CVC: The 16% Problem: Andy Binns on Why Corporations Struggle to Scale Innovation 30:43

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In this episode of Inside CVC, hosts Steve Schmith and Philipp Willigmann speak with Andy Binns, co-founder and Managing Director of Change Logic, and co-author of Corporate Explorer and the forthcoming Corporate Explorer Fieldbook. Andy has spent his career helping CEOs, boards, and innovation leaders at companies like Analog Devices, RELX, and UN…

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E643 | Sebastian Peck, KOMPAS VC: Europe’s Industrial Tech Moment: Decarbonisation, AI & the Risk Appetite Gap 49:40

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This week on the EUVC Podcast, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Sebastian Peck, Partner at KOMPAS VC, Europe’s leading specialist in industrial tech and the decarbonisation of manufacturing and the built world. KOMPAS VC is an early- and growth-stage venture capital firm backed by leading corporates, focused on transforming how the world builds, mo…

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2025 Graduation Special from RMA Sandhurst 32:41

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This special edition podcast goes behind the scenes of our 2025 Graduation Ceremony for Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and direct candidates which took place at the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on Friday 24 October. The event was presided over by our Chairman, The Lord Lingfield, in celebration of the remarkable achievements of this y…

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E642 | Lucanus Polagnoli & Stephanie Urbanski, Calm/ Storm: Digital Health, Not Hype - Building, Backing & Staying Calm Through the Cycle 49:47

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today we’re joined by Lucanus Polagnoli (Founding Partner & CEO) and Stephanie Urbanski (Managing Director) of Calm/Storm — a specialist early-stage fund backing software-only digital health across Europe. Fresh off the close of Fund II, we di…

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E641 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads, Lomax & Andrew – AI, Robots & Regulation 1:00:26

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Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where our good friends Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen, Lomax Ward, and Andrew Beebe (Managing Director at Obvious Ventures) dig into the headlines shaping Europe’s venture, policy, and tech future. This week, the crew dives deep into automation and AI’s real-world impact: Amazon’s plans to replace half a milli…

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Inside CVC: Defending Europe’s Miracle: Gerald Knaus on the Future of Peace, Prosperity, and Democracy 34:01

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In this powerful episode of Inside CVC, Steve and Philipp are joined by Gerald Knaus, founding chairman of the European Stability Initiative and author of The European Miracle and Its Enemies. Knaus reflects on how post-war Europe built an unprecedented framework of peace, democracy, and economic cooperation—and why that “European miracle” is now u…

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The Value Of Morning Meetings 14:09

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Whether you call it a morning meeting, a power meeting, or a Mojo meeting, one thing is certain: companies that hold short, focused meetings every day—and sustain them—consistently move farther and faster than those that don’t.These daily meetings build leadership, sharpen skills, boost morale, and strengthen company culture—all essential ingredien…

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E640 | Stephen Chandler, Jessica Bartos & Stephanie Opdam, Notion Capital: Scaling European Growth Companies with Founder Quality & AI Insight 50:47

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Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we explore the lessons, frameworks, and insights shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. Today’s episode marks a major milestone for Notion Capital - the launch of its new Growth Fund, designed to back Europe’s most ambitious B2B software founders beyond Series B. Today, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Steph…

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E639 | Alexandre Mars, Blisce: From Serial Entrepreneur to Impact VC — Rethinking Freedom, Purpose & Europe’s Tech Future 41:35

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today, we’re joined by Alexandre Mars, the French entrepreneur and philanthropist behind Blisce, one of Europe’s pioneering B Corp-certified venture funds. From bootstrapping his first business at 17 to building and selling …

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E638 | Matti Rönkkö, Kiilto Ventures: Family Capital, Industrial Know-How & Sustainable Built World 36:11

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This week, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier sit down with Matti Rönkkö, Managing Director of Kiilto Ventures, the venture arm of Finnish family-owned Kiilto. From Rocket Internet to running a corporate-backed, family-owned venture arm, Matti shares how Kiilto Ventures blends family capital, industry know-how, and VC pace to back startups in the su…

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E637 | Anders Kjær, PSV Hafnium: Building Denmark’s First Deep Tech Fund & the New Nordic Innovation Advantage 45:17

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In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Anders Kjær, General Partner at PSV Hafnium, Denmark’s first dedicated deep tech fund. Together, they explore the evolving role of technical founders, the Nordic research-industrial complex, and how early-stage deep tech capital needs to work differently to unlock tomorrow’s transformative companies. H…

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E636 | This Week In European Tech with Dan, Mads, Lomax and Ben Prade 46:11

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Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where our good friends Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen from SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward from Outsized Ventures and Ben Prade, investor & operator at Bullhound Capital (the investment arm of GP Bullhound), for an unfiltered look at Europe’s venture reality: fundraising pain, secondaries-as-a-service, A…

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Inside CVC: Disability as an Innovation Superpower: Pete Horsley on Building Remarkable Futures 44:15

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Disability is often seen through the lens of charity — but what if it’s actually one of the greatest drivers of innovation? In this episode of Inside CVC, hosts Steve Schmith and Philipp Willigmann speak with Pete Horsley, founder of Remarkable, a global accelerator for disability technology startups. From Sydney, Pete shares why inclusion isn’t ju…

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E635 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Francesco Di Lorenzo, Copenhagen Business School: Nordic CVC Insights 14:40

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we spotlight Europe’s corporate venture leaders, founders, and academics shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this episode, Francesco Di Lorenzo, Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, takes the stage to share fresh research on the state of corporate venture capital (CVC) in the N…

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E634 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Christian Tang (Acme) & Claus Gregersen (Augustinus Fabrikker): Global Ambition in an Age of Sovereignty 10:01

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Christian Tang, Partner at San Francisco–based Acme, and Claus Gregersen, CEO of the 275-year-old evergreen investor Augustinus Fabrikker, expl…

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What Is The Next Step? 18:46

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A father and his young son were traveling on horseback when a dense fog rolled in, limiting their vision to just a few feet ahead. The son said, “I can’t see where we’re going.” The father replied, “Can you see your next step?” The boy answered yes, and the father said, “Then just take it one step at a time.”That’s the theme of this episode of The …

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E633 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Anne C. Fleischer (Novo Nordisk) & Henrijette Richter (Sofinnova Partners): Innovation in Health 8:55

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this episode, Anne C. Fleischer, Global VP of Consumer Engagement and New Business Models at Novo Nordisk, joins Henrijette Richter, Managing Partner at Sofi…

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E632 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Charlie Hayward, Global Corporate Venturing: The Data Behind the $100B CVC Wave 9:41

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Corporate venture capital has become a $100B+ force in tech. Charlie Hayward from Global Corporate Venturing unpacks what’s really driving the trend: which sectors are heating up, where CVCs make a difference, and how Europe stacks up under capital constraints and geopolitical pressure. Here’s what’s covered: 00:00 – Setting the stage: CVC as a $10…

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E631 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Marcus Behrendt, BMW iVentures & Nicole LeBlanc, Woven Capital: What is next in the European Automotive industry 11:02

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Marcus Behrendt, Managing Director at BMW i Ventures, and Nicole LeBlanc, Partner at Woven Capital (Toyota’s global growth fund), join Andreas …

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E630 | Alexey Plesakov and Alexander Lis, Social Discovery Ventures (SDV): Betting Across Borders & Global Play on European VC 31:43

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today, we’re joined by Alexey Plesakov and Alexander Lis from Social Discovery Ventures (SDV) — a quietly influential, globally active investment firm deploying capital across the US and Europe. Born out of the bootstrapped …

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E629 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads, Lomax and Nicholas Nelson 1:00:26

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With: Nicholas Nelson (Archangel) • Dan • Lomax • MadsTL;DW• Defence-first wins on capability and returns; primes are partners and channels.• Helsing: buys platforms/revenue for access; layers AI—different from Anduril’s buy-TRL-tech + scale model.• Beyond drones: biggest gap/opportunity is tactical EW.• Procurement: more fast lanes (SOF, pilots); …

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Inside CVC: Gina Kline: Redefining Disability as Innovation 40:42

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What if the greatest untapped driver of innovation isn’t found in Silicon Valley, but in the lived experience of people with disabilities? In this episode of Inside CVC, Steve Schmith and Philipp Willigmann sit down with Regina “Gina” Kline, founder of Enable Ventures and a pioneer at the intersection of civil rights and impact investing. From her …

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Sunday Sessions: How to Share Jesus - Session 4 47:47

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In this final session of our How to Share the Jesus series in Sunday Sessions, Tony Scialabba talks about "Multiplying the Message." He shares his own testimony of inviting Jesus to be his forgiver and leader, and he teaches us how to not only share the gospel, but also train others to do the same thing. To view the slides for this series, visit: h…

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E628 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Tanja Lind Melskens, Head of Corporate Strategy; M&A, Terma & Andreas: Defense, Disruption & Dual-Use: Europe’s Next Frontier in Innovation 8:38

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you the voices shaping Europe’s venture and corporate collaboration landscape. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Tanja Lind Melskens, Head of Corporate Strategy and M&A at Terma, Denmark’s tier-one defense technology group. As Europe re-arms and defense spending surges, Tanja share…

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E627 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Crispin Leick, EnBW New Ventures; Georg Reifferscheid, REWE Group & Jeppe Høier: Fueling the AI Age: Europe's Energy Imperative 8:41

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Crispin Leick, Managing Director of EnBW New Ventures, Georg Reifferscheid, Head of Sustainability Ventures at R…