A comprehensive guide to personal cybersecurity, emphasizing the evolving threat landscape from mid-2024 to mid-2025, marked by unprecedented data exposures like the 16-billion credential "GOAT" leak. We highlight the shift in risk from corporate servers to individual user devices, largely due to infostealer malware. The document details major data breaches across various sectors, identifying common attack vectors such as supply chain vulnerabilities, insider threats, and the sophisticated evolu...
Jun 20, 2025•20 min
Two weeks ago, I was in New York for the Venture Intelligence day (organised by Vestberry) moderating a panel with some pretty savvy VCs — among them Left Lane Capital a spinoff from Insight Partners with $2B AuM, Galaxy Ventures with $1.5B AuM, and Angelini Ventures with $300M AuM. The topic? Platform 2.0 — how VCs are going beyond capital to actually support founders. We talked talent, playbooks, community, business development, growth — and what it really means to be ‘value-add’ in 2025. This...
Jun 19, 2025•35 min
An in-depth look at the complex and often turbulent relationship between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, focusing on its historical context and a significant public dispute in June 2025. We chart the evolution from initial skepticism and pragmatic advisory roles to periods of strong public support and financial contributions, culminating in a dramatic falling out over a legislative bill. We analyze the strategic use of their respective social media platforms, X and Truth Social, as battlegrounds for...
Jun 12, 2025•22 min
Salar al Khafaji - founder and CEO of Monumental. At Monumental they are developing a suite of autonomous, electric robots which can work around the clock so everyone can afford a high-quality house or apartment in a beautiful city or village. Last year they’ve raise a 23M Eur round from Hummingbird, Northzone, Plural and other investors with the mission to make construction primarily software-defined and work towards a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings are built within a single day with...
Jun 05, 2025•30 min
We provide an extensive overview of the global construction market, highlighting its significant economic impact and projected growth to over $16 trillion by 2030. We detail the substantial contribution of the construction sector to global GDP and employment, emphasizing its role as a key economic driver. We also focus on the European construction market, outlining its regional importance and growth, alongside the pervasive influence of technological innovation, including BIM, 3D printing, AI, a...
Jun 03, 2025•14 min
Trends – Artificial Intelligence - compiled by Mary Meeker "queen of the internet", Jay Simons, Daegwon Chae, and Alexander Krey of BOND. This episode reveals a data-driven picture of acceleration across multiple dimensions – technical, financial, social, physical, and geopolitical. You can find the full report here .
Jun 01, 2025•18 min
Jan-Hendrick Boelens co-founder and CEO of Alpine Eagle. Munich-based and backed by leading investors including General Catalyst and IQ Capital, Alpine Eagle is building the world's first air-to-air counter-drone system. Prior to Alpine Jan-Hendrick was chief engineer at Airbus, and CTO at Volocopter and Quantum Systems. During this episode we discuss how technology can help protect democracies in the face of global instability, why Europe needs and single defence market and the dependency on Ch...
May 29, 2025•39 min
An overview of the European defense market, excluding Russia, highlighting a significant and accelerated increase in investment driven by the changed geopolitical landscape, primarily following the conflict in Ukraine. We detail the current size and projected growth of defense spending by EU and key European NATO nations, emphasizing the commitment to and achievement of NATO spending targets as a percentage of GDP, with several countries exceeding the 2% benchmark. We also outlines the key drive...
May 28, 2025•19 min
Explore the transformative force of Artificial Intelligence (AI), outlining its historical evolution from foundational concepts to modern advancements like generative AI and large language models. We detail the primary drivers fueling AI's growth, including technological enablers like increased computing power and big data, as well as economic and societal factors. Furthermore, we analyze the vast opportunities AI presents across key industries such as healthcare, finance, and transportation, al...
May 25, 2025•20 min
Sebastian Hjarne - founder and CEO of Talentium. At Talentium they are building the search engine for talent and creating an end-to-end platform for hiring. €3.5m pre-seed round led by EQT ventures, with participation from some exceptional angels like Sebastian - the CEO of the giant Klarna, Joel - CEO of Sana Labs and Fredrik - CEO of Voi Technologies. During this episode we discuss about the how Talentium was built from the frustration of finding top talent in machine learning, the challenge w...
May 22, 2025•29 min
A comprehensive overview of the global recruitment market, describing its significant current size and projected growth, driven by factors like increased job vacancies and technological advancements. We segment the market by staffing type (temporary dominating), recruitment channel (online leading), end-user industries (IT & Telecom prominent), and service types (RPO and Executive Search growing). The research also highlight key drivers such as SME growth and evolving workforce dynamics whil...
May 21, 2025•10 min
Jakob Sons is one of the co-founders and Managing Partners of Cansativa . Cansativa is building the largest medical cannabis platform in Europe and are offering the most desirable products and brands yummy. In 2022, they've raised the 15 million round from Snoop's dog, Casa Verde, and they generated 35M Eur in Revenue in 2024 and projected 90M Eur in 2025. During this episode, we'll discuss Jakob's transition from being a lawyer to founding a medical marijuana startup together with his brother, ...
May 15, 2025•49 min
An overview of the global medical cannabis market, highlighting its rapid growth driven by legislative reforms, increasing research, and patient acceptance. While North America currently leads, Europe, particularly Germany, is identified as a major growth engine due to recent law changes significantly boosting patient access and imports, despite challenges like reimbursement, physician education, and supply chain complexities. The analysis details market size variations, evolving product prefere...
May 13, 2025•14 min
This overview analyzes David Allen's "Getting Things Done" (GTD) methodology , a widely recognized system aimed at achieving stress-free productivity by externalizing mental clutter. The episode explains how GTD addresses cognitive overload and unmanaged commitments through a trusted external system , contrasting it briefly with other approaches like Alice Boyes' work. It details the five core stages of GTD —Capture, Clarify, Organize, Reflect, and Engage—along with key techniques like the "Next...
May 02, 2025•13 min
Ioan Jacob is the CEO and Founder of FlowX.AI . The FlowX platform fundamentally changes how large banks build mission-critical products and modernize applications systems and infrastructure. They are the first-ever multi-agent AI platform bringing enterprise-grade AI that is robust and safe to use for large financial services organizations. Ioan has been working together with the same core team of founders and engineers for over a decade, having a previous successful exit together. In 2023 Flow...
Apr 30, 2025•47 min
FT Partners Research published a March 2025 report outlining key FinTech trends to anticipate in the coming year, alongside a recap of 2024 FinTech deal activity. The report offers insights on AI, crypto, and the IPO market. Key trends highlighted include the rise of AI agents, expanding crypto infrastructure, the resurgence of B2C FinTech, and increasing consolidation within the sector. The analysis also spotlights opportunities in emerging markets, the impact of the great wealth transfer on We...
Apr 25, 2025•25 min
W. Timothy Gallwey's Inner Game framework distinguishes between the conscious "Self 1" that instructs and judges, and the unconscious "Self 2" that performs. The core argument is that internal interference, primarily from Self 1, hinders optimal performance by causing tension and self-doubt. The Inner Game methodology focuses on techniques to quiet Self 1 through non-judgmental awareness, focused attention, visualization, and trust in Self 2. Ultimately, the aim is to achieve harmony between the...
Apr 23, 2025•16 min
Dirk Sahlmer - Head of origination at Saas.group . During this episode we discuss about how to prepare the exit of your company to get the best deal, how to focus on sustainable growth if you are a VC backed founder and you are considering an exit, and we cover top 3 mistakes founders make when selling their business Ciao!
Apr 21, 2025•46 min
Tom Wehmeier - Partner and Head of Insights at Atomico the 1B Eur fund, founded by Niklas Zennstrom the famous founder of Skype, one of the first tech breakthroughs from Europe, and Yoram Wijngaarde - Founder and CEO of Dealroom - the source of record and insights on startups. During this episode we discuss how well did tech Europe do in the last 10 years and why so many people were bashing Europe despite positive facts and trends, we discuss what we did well and what we can do better, and the c...
Apr 10, 2025•58 min
Daria Saharova Founding partner at WorldFund . Worldfund is a 300M Eur leading European Climate tech fund investing in startups that decarbonise the global economy. They support startups from early to growth stage, focusing on Energy, Food and Agriculture, Manufacturing, Buildings, and Mobility. During this episode we discuss how Climate change isn't theoretical—it's already disrupting supply chains, insurance markets, and infrastructure and The cost of inaction is becoming far greater than the ...
Apr 03, 2025•29 min
Christian Rebernik - co-founder and CEO of Tomorrow University. Tomorrow university is the first ed-tech scaleup to receive accreditation in Europe that offers bachelors, masters and MBA programs reimagining education starting from first principles. Previously, Christian was the CTO of several multibillion Euro companies like N26, Scout24 and Awin Global. During this episode we discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of building in regulated environments, how brand and positioning are par...
Mar 26, 2025•46 min
Anna Brandt has close to 20 years experience in talent acquisition at some of the most iconic tech companies of our generation like Uber, Zalando, Mollie and N26 to name a few. She is the co-founder of Invested a consulting and investment firm and she is a Venture Partner with EQT Ventures, Insight Partners and Fidelity. During this episode we discuss about the importance of marrying business strategy with organisational design, why hiring A-players without context doesn't really work, and the t...
Mar 20, 2025•44 min
Winston Churchill's 1931 essay, " Fifty Years Hence ," contemplates the rapid acceleration of human progress driven by science and technology. He notes the vast improvements in living standards and the potential for future scientific breakthroughs, particularly in energy. However, Churchill cautions that humanity's moral and spiritual development has not kept pace with its material advancements. He expresses concern about the immense power that future societies will wield and the potential for b...
Mar 16, 2025•13 min
Tatiana Shalalvand - Venture Investor at Kinnevik and leads the Nordic early-stage strategy. Kinnevik is a multi-billion-dollar investment firm writing checks from 5M to a 100M Euro, from early-stage to post-IPO, and even into the public markets. They invested in the likes of TravelPerk, Spring Health, Pleo, and Zalando to name a few. During this episode we discuss about Kinnevik's capabilities to invest from the early stages to post IPO, why a money is not enough for a VC to impress a founder a...
Mar 13, 2025•23 min
Pär-Jörgen Pärson - general partner at NorthZone , a 1B Eur multi-stage venture capital fund partnering with founders from Seed to Growth. Across Europe and the US. With more than 20 years of VC experience, PJ is a legend in the VC industry and has led the investments in some of the greatest startups coming out of Europe like Spotify, now listed on the NYSE and valued at $123B, the online classifieds giant Avito, sold to Naspers for $ 2.7 billion and the payments company iZettle, sold to PayPal ...
Mar 06, 2025•44 min
Vadim Fedotov, co-founder and CEO of Bioniq . Having raised a total amount of over $30M with backers like HV Capital and Cristiano Ronaldo - Bioniq is changing the world of personalized health with a data-driven wellness platform that’s redefining how we approach our health. From playing professional basketball to leading one of the fastest-growing e-commerce giants, Groupon, across 48 countries, Vadim has never shied away from a challenge. In this episode, we’re going to explore Vadim’s journey...
Feb 27, 2025•37 min
Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic. Valued at $60B, the company focuses on AI research and products that put safety at the frontier and it is the company behind Claude. Dario Amodei's essay, "Machines of Loving Grace," explores the potential positive impacts of advanced AI, despite the risks. He believes AI's upside is vastly underestimated and details how it could revolutionize biology, neuroscience, economic development, peace, and the nature of work. Amodei anticipates AI accelerating progr...
Feb 23, 2025•18 min
Max Junestrand - CEO and co-founder of Legora . They recently raised $35M from investors including Benchmark and Redpoint to empower exceptional lawyers everywhere through collaborative AI. With a team of engineers and lawyers from Google, Microsoft, McKinsey, and top law firms, Legora curently serves several thousands users across 200 clients in 15 countries, including some of the world's largest and most prestigious law firms. The team has scaled from 10 to 60 in 9 months – and they have opene...
Feb 21, 2025•31 min
Daniel Keiper-Knorr - one of the co-founders and Managing partners at SpeedInvest , a leading European early stage VC. Daniel role is capital formation, capital markets and investor relations. Starting in 2011 as an angel fund, today Speedinvest is a 1B euro European powerhouse investing in startups at the earliest phases. With 5 specialized investment teams with 40+ investment managers they offer founders a deep understanding of their space and a broad network in their target industries. Some o...
Feb 20, 2025•25 min
Ralph Stayer, CEO of Johnsonville Sausage, recounts his journey of transforming the company by empowering employees and distributing decision-making. Initially, Stayer felt burdened by the need to control every aspect of the business, leading to disengaged employees and missed opportunities. He recognized the need to shift from an authoritarian style to one where employees embraced responsibility. Stayer describes the challenges of implementing changes to the systems and structure within the com...
Feb 13, 2025•26 min
