Upside Special - The Inside Track Of European Venture in 2025

The real stories behind the headlines affecting European Venture.

This week Mads, Lomax, Andrew and I are all out and about at various conferences and events speaking with European LPs and GPs about our ecosystem - themes and trends for 2025 and beyond, how we grow, how we go toe-to-toe. The pitfalls, the breaks and beyond.

Interviews with:

Jone Vaituleviciute from First Pick
Francesco Perticarari from siliconroundabout.ventures
Charlotte Palmer from Integra Global Advisors
Mike Sigal from Sigal ventures
Dan Smith from Repeat Ventures
Antonio Miguel from Maze Impact
Ozge Oz from QNBEYOND Ventures
Philipp Herkelmann from EU Inc
Andreas Klinger from EU Inc and Prototype

Timestamps:

00:00 Introducing Dragons with Andrew Scott
07:40 Lomax goes toe-to-toe with Silicon Valley
13:05 Jone from First Pick and her Lithuanian adventures
15:15 Francesco from SiliconValley Ventures on 2025 deep tech opportunities
16:36 Oz from QNB and his one big ask
17:12 Charlotte from Integra - what to look for in emerging managers
19:50 Mike Sigal breaks down the European capital challenge
24:20 Dan from Repeat on renewed LP positivity
25:22 Antonio from Maze on Trump crushing Impact - or is he?
26:35 Mads with EU Inc founders Andreas and Philip - Why Europe why now