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In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Christian Weiss, founder of Heal Capital.

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In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Michelle You, co-founder and CEO of Supercritical. We dove into the crazy world of carbon removal, different offsets you can by on the market, greenwashing, and the rocky road towards net zero.

Here are some things we’ve discussed:

• The story of Supercritical
• £2 million is a big pre-seed round
• The conventional offsetting world is infuriating
• The tech industry generates more emissions than aviation
• A tour of the carbon offsetting industry

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In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Sara Wallin, CEO at Chalmers Ventures, which is ranked as one of the best startup incubators in the world and one of the most active early-stage investment firms in Sweden. 

Here are some things we’ve discussed:

• Why the mission of Chalmers Ventures may be the most important in Sweden
• The success of the Nordics in research commercialisation
• How to boost the entrepreneurial culture in academia
• From IP protection to startup offices on campus
• How do European universities catch up with US counterparts in terms of commercialisation?

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In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Karola Kassai, founder of KassaiLaw. We've talked about the main regulatory challenges of startups in Europe, the most common legal mistakes entrepreneurs make, and much more.

This episode is sponsored by KassaiLaw, a startup law firm with an entrepreneurial mindset. Embracing the startup culture, KassaiLaw said goodbye to outdated arrangements and processes — they are here with a new perspective to break down the borders of the legal industry and reshape the way law firms collaborate with their clients.

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In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Paddy Cosgrave, CEO and co-founder of Web Summit. Europe's largest tech conference of this year begins today — and we sat down with the man who's running the show to discuss the latest and learn about what to expect. 

Here are some things we’ve discussed:

• What to expect from this year's Web Summit?
• Whistleblowing, climate tech, NFT, and crypto
• Are there too many VCs?
• How an event company becomes a software company
• “Crazy” branding decisions outside Europe
• 100,000 people at next year's Web Summit

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In today's episode, listen to an interview with Gerard Grech, founding chief executive at Tech Nation, formerly known as Tech City, recorded by our editor Robin Wauters. 

Here are some things we’ve discussed:

• How did the pandemic influence the UK ecosystem?
• The host of startup programmes by Tech Nation
• Zeroing in on Net Zero
• What's next for the UK tech scene?
• The success of the Tech Nation Visa

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In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Jonas Gyalokay, co-founder and chairman of Airtame, recorded at TechBBQ 2021. If you've ever been to a meeting room where the person presenting is struggling to connect their laptop to the screen or projector, you understand the pain that this startup is trying to remove. 

Here are some things we’ve discussed:

• Scratching your own itch as the best way to launch a startup
• B2B focus as a way to hide from the Eye of Sauron
• Life after stepping down as the CEO of a startup you've founded

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In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Ragnar Sass, co-founder of Pipedrive, a very active angel investor, and co-founder and CEO of Salto Network. The conversation with Robin Wauters took place in Lviv, at the IT Arena conference. 

Here are some things we’ve discussed:

• Angel investor activity
• Startup co-growing centres
• An ode to the startup ecosystem in Ukraine
• The next emerging underdog from CEE
• Challenges for Estonia
• Startup valuations are going nuts
• What makes a startup pitch work

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In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Robert Lacher, founding partner of Berlin-based VC firm Visionaries Club. The firm is backed by an impressive list of founders of successful European startups, including Flixbus, Getyourguide, HelloFresh, and many others. 

Here are some things we’ve discussed:

• The firm in a nutshell
• Angel investing → La Famiglia → Visionaries Club
• How to build “the best product for founders”
• Why do you need to disrupt the VC ecosystem?
• Is the unicorn race getting out of hand?
• Berlin ecosystem these days
• Anti-portfolio examples

…and much more!

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In today's episode, listen to an interview with Christian Wiens, co-founder and CEO of the insurtech company Getsafe. This is a timely one — the company has just announced an extra $63 million in funding, expanding its Series B round to $93 million. So, we took this opportunity to talk about this new capital injection, as well as Getsafe as a company and the insurtech landscape across Europe.

Here are some things we've discussed:

• Why a mechanical engineer founded an insurtech startup
• Millions of dollars to get an insurance license
• Who insures the insurer?
• What data can an insurer collect and use?
• How Wirecard scandal made it harder to get an insurance license in Germany
• Is your frontend connected to your backend?
• Insurtech comes in waves
• The insurtech landscape in Europe

…and much more!

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