Scaling Europe

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  Laura Connell, Partner at Atomico: Deep tech is reshaping Europe’s growth stage funding 05.10.2026 23хв

  Atomico is one of Europe's best known venture firms, backing tech companies from their early days all the way to going public. Europe now produces as many new tech companies as the US, and a lot of them will need big funding rounds as they grow.Laura Connell is a Managing Partner at Atomico, where she works with founders at the growth stage. More investors from the US, Asia and the Middle East are now backing these companies, while Europe's own growth funds are still too small to take a big share of the biggest rounds.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:08 Laura's role at Atomico0:45 How Europe's growth stage has changed4:03 Why outcomes are getting bigger6:06 What growth investing means now9:46 Backing The Exploration Company11:37 Investors from outside Europe14:10 Why Europe needs bigger growth funds15:17 Her article on AI infrastructure17:46 What she looks for in founders20:10 From brain research to investing
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  Siadhal Magos, Co-founder & CEO at Metaview: BREAKING: Metaview Raised $60M Series C 30.09.2026 22хв

  Metaview just raised a $60m Series C led by Insight Partners, only a year after their previous round, bringing total funding to $110 million.Siadhal Magos is Co-founder and CEO of Metaview, which has grown from a tool for making sense of hiring conversations into a full set of AI agents for recruiting. They just launched their newest agent, fillmore, which finds and reaches out to candidates and books them into meetings. It takes on the time-consuming parts of hiring, so recruiters can focus on the people they want to hire.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:09 The new $60m Series C0:29 What changed since the Series B2:27 Millions of hiring conversations4:33 Plans for the new funding6:37 Launching fillmore9:38 Could AI make 10x recruiters12:08 Why recruiting is high stakes15:06 Early results from fillmore17:40 How to tell if hiring is going well20:31 How fast Metaview hires
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  Alex Higginbottom, Founder at Zenithon AI: BREAKING: Zenithon AI raised $10m 30.09.2026 19хв

  Zenithon AI just raised $10m from Backed, Lunar, Seraphim, MMC, SOSV and others. It's building AI that runs complex physics simulations a million times faster than today's tools, so engineers can test far more designs before building anything.Alex Higginbottom is Founder at Zenithon AI. With the new funding, his team is training larger AI models and getting them into the hands of their first customers in fusion and chipmaking. Both fields have trillions of possible designs to explore, which is where that speed matters most.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:13 What Zenithon AI does0:46 Leaving a PhD to start a company3:19 Working with fusion companies5:24 A million times faster6:40 Where the product is today9:01 What won investors over10:28 Where the money goes12:18 From researcher to founder16:13 What's next17:06 Using it for chipmaking18:33 The bigger mission
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  Oliver Vince, Co-Founder at Basecamp Research: BREAKING: Basecamp Research raised $140m Series C 23.09.2026 23хв

  Basecamp Research just raised a $140m Series C led by S32. It's teaching AI to read and write DNA, using huge amounts of genetic data it collects all over the world. It has been working with NVIDIA and Anthropic on its models, and both have now come in as investors too.Oliver Vince is Co-Founder at Basecamp Research, which is using this AI to design new medicines for cancer, rare genetic diseases and infections. The next step is getting the first ones to patients, which he expects within the next couple of years.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:21 What Basecamp Research does1:17 The new $140m Series C1:57 The Eden models and the Trillion Gene Atlas4:13 Why NVIDIA and Anthropic invested5:35 Why they want investors who are realistic and optimistic7:56 Which diseases it could help first10:10 How close they are to treating patients14:03 Drug company or pharma partner15:19 A different approach from other AI biology companies19:46 What could make it fail21:42 Scepticism from traditional pharma
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  Hugo da Silva, CEO at Morphotonics: Morphotonics raised over €40m Series B 23.09.2026 17хв

  Morphotonics just raised over €40m Series B to build the machinery behind AI smart glasses and data center optics.Hugo da Silva is CEO of Morphotonics, and they make equipment that imprints microscopic displays onto AI smart glasses, combining high precision with mass manufacturing scale. The new funding will go toward delivering their next-gen equipment and growing across Asia.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:21 What Morphotonics actually do1:38 The new €40m Series B4:31 Moving into AI data centers7:50 Building local teams in Asia10:22 Shipping fast vs spending 10 years on perfection12:25 Why they are turning away new customers13:58 When will 500 million people wear smart glasses15:57 Main bottlenecks to mass scale
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  Neil Daly, CEO of Skin Analytics: Helping detect skin cancer using a phone 21.09.2026 18хв

  Skin Analytics has built AI technology that can spot skin cancer from a photo, and health systems use it to check patients faster and catch more cases early. Earlier this year, it got approval across Europe to check for skin cancer using just a smartphone camera, with no doctor needed to review each case. It has already found more than 25,000 cancers across the NHS.Neil Daly is Founder and CEO of Skin Analytics. His goal is to make sure no one dies from skin cancer, because caught early enough, it's almost always curable.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:15 What Skin Analytics actually does1:00 How Neil started the business in 20122:21 How the AI boom changed adoption4:04 The smartphone-only breakthrough and European clearance8:11 What the smartphone clearance unlocks11:24 How patients and clinicians have reacted12:54 The mission and the numbers behind it16:35 What's next for Skin AnalyticsSkin Analytics helps detect skin cancer using a phone
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  Gustav Bang, Co-founder & CEO of Complir: BREAKING: Complir raised $11m Seed 16.09.2026 16хв

  Complir just raised an $11m Seed led by General Catalyst, with new and existing investors joining the round, just eight to nine months after its pre-seed round. They are growing rapidly and the revenue has grown 40% month over month for the last six months.Gustav Bang is Co-founder and CEO of Complir. It helps retailers and brands sell physical products anywhere in the world, handling the compliance work that would otherwise fall on the retailer itself.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:07 The $11m Seed round and what Complir does1:14 Building the product inside Flying Tiger's offices4:00 Quadrupling revenue at YC6:43 Lessons from Legora and picking bold bets8:53 Why General Catalyst led the round11:10 Becoming the compliance layer for global commerce12:37 Expanding into the UK and Germany14:14 The pivot to enterprise and the path to a Series A
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  Matt Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO of Jack & Jill: BREAKING: Jack and Jill raised $40m Series A 15.09.2026 21хв

  Jack and Jill just raised a $40m Series A led by Air Street Capital with Madrona joining the round, and participation from existing investors. This brings total funding to $60m, just ten months after their $20m Seed. Revenue has grown 40x since the seed round.Matt Wilson is Co-Founder and CEO of Jack & Jill. They are two AI agents, where Jack works for the person looking for the next step in their career, while Jill works for the company hiring. When they agree it's a good match, the candidate is introduced directly to the decision maker instead of filling in an application. The new funding will go toward growing the business further across the US.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:13 What Jack and Jill actually do2:37 The new $40m Series A and who's backing it4:03 Expanding into San Francisco and New York7:24 A founder success story from Entrepreneurs First8:53 Why Nathan Benaich joined the cap table11:14 Raising engineer pay to £360,00014:14 Balancing high pay with mission-driven hires15:50 How US pay is reshaping London hiring18:13 What makes ex-founders great engineers20:12 What's next for Jack and Jill
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  Gianni Cuozzo, Founder & CEO at Exein: BREAKING: Exein raised $270M at a $1.7B valuation 15.09.2026 20хв

  Exein just raised $270m at a $1.7bn valuation. The round was led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, European Investment Bank Group ETCI, KfW Capital and T.Capital, with involvement from previous investors.Gianni Cuozzo is Founder and CEO of Exein. It builds on-device security software for connected systems, running on everything from coffee machines to satellites. The company has grown 400% year on year for the past three years, and it's now become one of Europe's most valuable private cyber security companies.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Introduction0:37 Announcing the $270m round0:51 Why Exein is moving into physical AI3:57 Running on 2 billion devices5:27 The growth behind the new valuation5:53 The trends driving that growth8:56 Who backed the round11:49 Expanding into San Francisco14:14 Why physical AI is the next battlefield17:50 Building a global business from Rome
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  Lukas Saari, Co-Founder & CEO of Tandem Health: BREAKING: Tandem Health raised $100M Series B 14.09.2026 21хв

  Tandem Health just raised a $100m Series B led by the Scale-up Europe Fund, managed by EQT. Its AI medical assistant handles clinical documentation and admin work for doctors, from transcribing patient visits and drafting medical notes to handling referrals, coding, and prescriptions.Lukas Saari is Co-founder and CEO of Tandem Health. The company has grown from three co-founders to about 230 people in three years, and now works with over 10,000 care organisations across 14 European countries. With the new funding, they'll deepen their work with care providers and build a full AI-native operating system for clinics.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 Intro and the new $100m Series B0:38 Where the round came from and what it unlocks2:04 Selling AI tools into Europe's biggest healthcare providers3:51 Why clinicians are actually pushing for this5:27 A day in the life with Tandem's AI7:32 The four levels of clinic automation9:59 Growing from 3 founders to 230 people in 3 years13:01 Why Europe's fragmented healthcare system is a strength16:34 Why no US competitor has come to Europe17:55 What the $100m will fund next18:47 Stockholm's founder community and momentum
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  Christoph Klink, GP at Antler: Europe's funding gap is also its biggest opportunity 10.09.2026 21хв

  Antler just released a new report recently on the state of European tech. It shows the biggest companies scaling faster and raising more money than ever, while funding for new companies at the earliest stages keeps shrinking.Christoph Klink is General Partner at Antler, an early stage venture firm. To him, the funding gap is one of the best opportunities in venture right now. Plenty of good companies can't get funded, and that's exactly where new investors could step in.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:42 - Two sides of European tech right now1:54 - Europe's early stage funding gap3:43 - Why new early stage investors have dropped6:14 - Rocket ships reaching unicorn status in under 3 years7:04 - Jets and juggernauts explained9:54 - How juggernauts raise much bigger rounds13:11 - Why investors are backing Europe's deep tech bets15:00 - London's growing share of Europe's biggest companies16:13 - Europe's startup hubs spreading beyond the biggest cities18:03 - Why Europe's funding gap is also its biggest opportunity
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  Simon Schaefer, Co-initiator at EU-INC: EU INC unlocks the simplest way to fund and scale a company in Europe 10.09.2026 18хв

  EU-INC is a grassroots initiative pushing to establish a unified corporate law framework across Europe. By creating a virtual "28th regime," the movement aims to eliminate fragmented national bureaucracy and simplify how tech startups are founded, scaled, and funded.Simon Schaefer is a co-initiator of EU-INC who has been driving the movement from the ground up. They just launched a new campaign to get its policy passed within the next 100 days. It's pushing for a single European legal structure that would let startups incorporate and scale across the EU without dealing with 27 different national systems.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:19 - Where EU Inc stands today0:57 - How the EU process for passing this works1:44 - Why the original proposal got watered down3:44 - What's still up for negotiation5:03 - Why EU Inc wants one shared company registry7:06 - Pushback from notaries and trade unions9:53 - Germany's resistance and the fight over insolvency rules13:28 - Working with EU officials and politicians16:16 - The moment EU Inc got its name from Brussels17:44 - How people can help in the next 100 days
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  Jack Miller and John Daley, Co-Founders of HelmGuard AI: BREAKING: Helmguard raised $7.3M Seed 09.09.2026 23хв

  HelmGuard just raised a $7.3m Seed round led by Infinity Ventures and Frontline. Its AI agents handle a company's security and compliance work automatically, checking everything all the time instead of relying on manual paperwork and periodic reviews.John Daley and Jack Miller are HelmGuard's co-founders, John as CEO and Jack as CTO. It took them just nine months to hit a million dollars in run rate with a three-person team.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:20 - HelmGuard's $7.3m seed round0:45 - What HelmGuard's platform does1:15 - John's eight years at Palantir2:24 - Jack's background in AI research5:48 - How HelmGuard reacts to new model releases8:45 - HelmGuard's work with Callosum12:27 - HelmGuard's plans for the new funding14:12 - Why legacy security platforms can't keep up15:54 - What the OpenAI incident means for AI oversight20:57 - How the OpenAI incident changed HelmGuard's thinking
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  Zeynep Yavuz-Willson, Partner at General Catalyst: GC is an early stage investor and AI transformation firm 08.09.2026 34хв

  General Catalyst has built one of the most active investment theses in Europe around artificial intelligence transforming massive service industries like law, property management, accounting, and insurance. Their portfolio features companies tackling this shift from different angles, including Legora selling software directly to law firms and Dwelly scaling through hands-on growth in real estate.Zeynep Yavuz-Willson is a Partner at General Catalyst, where she focuses on early-stage investing across Europe. Before venture she worked in private equity and operating roles, and she says learning from founders is still her favourite part of the job.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/ukLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction1:06 - Why General Catalyst is betting on AI transforming services4:04 - Why Dwelly was worth the risk despite being burned before8:39 - Which other service industries General Catalyst is watching11:08 - Why customer trust is becoming the real advantage in AI13:50 - The rest of the AI stack, open source and data20:35 - Why concentrated industries adopt AI faster than fragmented ones26:31 - How General Catalyst's capital model is changing28:51 - Is General Catalyst still a venture firm30:46 - How the venture industry has changed since 2020
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  Quddus Pativada and Dominic Raab, Founder and Founding advisor of Index Law: BREAKING: Dominic Raab joins Index Law 04.09.2026 19хв

  Dominic Raab, the former UK Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary, has just joined IndexLaw as a founding advisor.IndexLaw helps businesses and individuals handle legal work, review contracts, and build legal strategies using artificial intelligence. The platform automates routine tasks while connecting users with real lawyers for final review.Quddus Pativada is founder and CEO , and Dominic Raab is a founding advisor at IndexLaw. They believe AI can make legal help simple and put people directly in control of their own legal matters.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeuropeLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:21 - What IndexLaw is building1:06 - Dominic Raab's new role at IndexLaw3:18 - The personal story behind IndexLaw's founding6:00 - How IndexLaw differs from Harvey and Legora9:14 - Why the legal industry is ripe for disruption11:54 - The UK's unusually open rules for legal AI14:17 - Dominic's day-to-day role as advisor15:18 - How Quddus and Dominic's partnership began17:56 - IndexLaw's goals for the next 18 months
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  Gabriel Le Roux, Co-founder & CEO at Primer: Primer gives companies more control over how they accept customer payments 03.09.2026 21хв

  Primer gives merchants one place to manage and optimise every part of their payments. Through a single integration, businesses can connect payment providers, payment methods, and fraud tools, then control how payments are routed and processed. By bringing payment data and AI-powered intelligence together, Primer helps businesses reduce failed payments, lower costs, and expand into new markets.Gabriel Le Roux is Co-founder and CEO at Primer. He believes that as payments get more automated and complex, merchants need one connected system with full data behind it.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeuropeLovable: https://lovable.dev/Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:13 - What Primer does1:15 - Primer's new $100m round3:38 - Why Primer built its AI agent, Companion6:52 - How customer research shaped Companion9:45 - Companion's surprising adoption11:59 - How culture shapes Primer's approach to selling16:16 - Primer's plans to double down on the US18:02 - Why Primer has been data-driven from day one
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  Erik Bernhardsson, CEO of Modal: Modal powers cloud infrastructure for AI 02.09.2026 34хв

  Modal gives AI startups the computing power they need to run their products, and a safe way to run code their AI writes on its own. Its revenue has grown 5x this year and is now closing in on $1bn annually, backed by a recent $355m raise to keep up with demand.Erik Bernhardsson is CEO at Modal. He's certain AI startups will keep needing more computing power than anyone expects, and that demand is contributing to Modal's growth.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: ⁠https://surrealdb.com/⁠Airwallex: ⁠https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope⁠Lovable: ⁠https://lovable.dev/⁠Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:21 - What Modal does0:57 - Modal's $355m round and revenue growth1:51 - How Modal forecasts and buys computing power ahead of demand3:40 - Why most of Modal's growth comes from AI-native startups7:04 - Modal's biggest use cases: inference, sandboxes and coding models9:07 - The shift toward cheaper Chinese and open-source AI models12:21 - Modal's expansion into London and Stockholm19:44 - What Erik learned building Spotify that he's applied at Modal23:14 - The one part of the job Erik still can't delegate27:19 - Why Erik expects capital efficiency to matter again33:32 - Modal's path to $1bn in annual revenue
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  Hendrik Van Hove, Co-founder of Conveo: BREAKING: Conveo raised $50M Series A 02.09.2026 25хв

  Conveo just raised a $50m Series A from DST Global, Balderton Capital, Visionaries, 6 Degrees Capital and Y Combinator, bringing its total funding to $55.8m.Conveo helps large companies understand what their customers want, using AI to run the research and get the findings to the teams that need them. The company has grown from 12 to 80 people in less than a year.Hendrik Van Hove is Co-founder of Conveo. He believes the real value of AI for big companies comes from pairing it with people, and that's the part most competitors miss.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:Chargebee: ⁠https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026⁠SurrealDB: ⁠https://surrealdb.com/⁠Airwallex: ⁠https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope⁠Lovable: ⁠https://lovable.dev/⁠Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/Conveo: https://conveo.ai/NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/WWT: https://www.wwt.com/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:13 - Conveo's new $50m Series A0:24 - The investors behind Conveo's round1:53 - What Conveo builds4:03 - Customers like Google and Unilever5:06 - Why investors backed Conveo over rivals6:52 - Conveo's case for pairing AI with people12:04 - What Conveo got wrong early on15:34 - How Conveo won its first major clients18:16 - Conveo's plans for the new funding19:14 - Why Conveo is building a new category
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  Danyal Akarca, Co-founder at Callosum: BREAKING: Callosum raised $100m Seed 20.08.2026 36хв

  Callosum just raised $100m led by Atomico, Plural and DCVC. It's one of the largest seed-stage rounds in UK history, coming just five months after Callosum came out of stealth. Callosum builds software that lets AI run across many different types of chips at the same time, making it faster, cheaper and more capable.Danyal Akarca is Co-founder at Callosum. He believes AI can only have a real economic impact once it becomes cheaper and faster to run, and that's exactly what Callosum is built to do.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeuropeLovable: https://lovable.dev/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction1:09 - Callosum's approach to AI infrastructure5:56 - How Callosum's technology works for customers8:48 - Callosum's new $100m round12:33 - How Callosum built partnerships with chip companies like Cerebras17:14 - Why Callosum wasn't built just to make chips work together20:03 - What the $100m will fund next24:54 - Why cost is becoming as important as speed for AI buyers28:03 - Who Danyal thinks will win the AI stack over the next three years33:03 - Why London has become a serious AI hub
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  Thomas Bigagli, EMEA Partner at Plug and Play Ventures: Europe needs bigger and faster capital to keep startups home 18.08.2026 20хв

  Plug and Play Ventures invests in startups across Europe and runs a platform connecting them with large corporate partners. It has grown from a family office into an institutional investor with nine funds, and now runs 65 offices with more than 700 people worldwide.Thomas Bigagli is EMEA Partner at Plug and Play Ventures. He believes Europe already has the talent and ideas, and just needs investors willing to move faster and write bigger checks to keep its best startups from leaving.Sponsors:Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeuropeLovable: https://lovable.dev/Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:28 - What Plug and Play's EMEA role involves2:29 - How Europe's startup landscape has changed3:20 - Why deep tech is such an exciting opportunity right now5:05 - Where Europe's hardware and deep tech hubs are emerging6:07 - Plug and Play's early bets in Lithuania and Italy9:56 - The one question every founder gets asked12:32 - Why more European founders are thinking globally15:52 - US investors' growing presence in Europe17:15 - Why European VCs still move slower than American ones18:41 - The European firms closing the gap