Scaling Europe

Andreas Klinger: "If one of my portfolio companies IPO'd in Europe there's a non-zero chance I would sue them" 😂 The local stock markets are too small. Europe can't complain about not having tech giants worth $100bn+ when we have nowhere to list them. If Andreas wasn't laser focused on EU–INC solving the problem of joint listings in Europe would be his top priority. Anyone want to partner up with Scaling Europe and launch EU-IPO?

This week Olivier Godement, the French Operator who is Head of Product at OpenAI, came on the Scaling Europe show. Olivier spent over 8 years at Stripe before joining OpenAI 2.5 years ago to lead the Platform product at OpenAI. He is one of Europe's top operators. Today OpenAI and the UK Government announced rolling out ChatGPT to civil servants as well as UK data residency. This gives British customers and developers the option to store their data in the UK to help meet local data protection preferences or requirements. Seb Johnson 📊 interviewed Olivier Godement to discuss the news as well as: 🔥 Enterprise adoption of AI in the US vs Europe 🔥 How OpenAI prioritises its product roadmap 🔥 The launch of the new OpenAI browser, Atlas Olivier is one of the leading European operators at OpenAI so it was amazing to chat all things AI, tech and Europe. Check out the full interview by searching "Scaling Europe - Olivier Godement" on Youtube or Spotify. The Scaling Europe show is sponsored by one of Europe's leading fintechs, Checkout.com, and Gathr which helps startups find & compare vetted service providers in minutes. #openai #atlas

Fuse Energy is having an absolutely remarkable year: 🔥 Hit $300m of revenue run rate 🔥 Became a unicorn 🔥 One of the fastest growing tech companies in Europe Just yesterday it was announced as LinkedIn's top UK startup. Seb Johnson 📊 asked Alan Chang what it takes to win. He was crystal clear: "The way you win is executing better than anyone else" Execution and speed are what makes great companies, great. Paula Hübner Wehmeyer and I interviewed Alan Chang on the Scaling Europe show where we discussed: 🔥 The early days at Revolut and how that shaped his journey as a founder 🔥 How theyve grown 7x YoY for two years in a row 🔥 Why they decided to go full stack in energy 🔥 Expansion to the US Search "Scaling Europe - Alan Chang" on Youtube or Spotify to find the full episode. The Scaling Europe show is sponsored by Checkout.com and Gathr.

What value does Harry Stebbings bring to the cap table of a 20VC portfolio company? One of the challenges of raising in San Fransisco as a British company is that none of the VCs will have heard of you. When Harry invested into Fyxer AI at their Series A he promised that this wouldn't be the case for Fyxer. When Richard kicked off the fundraising process for their Series B he cold-emailed 30 GPs in SF. 100% of them replied 🤯 And that's because they had all heard of Fyxer AI through Harry Stebbings. That's REAL value-add. As a result the team closed their $30m Series B in just 9 DAYS. Amazing stuff from Richard, Archie and Matthew 👏 Paula Hübner Wehmeyer and I interviewed Richard Hollingsworth on the Scaling Europe show. You can find the full episode by searching "Scaling Europe - Richard Hollingsworth" on Youtube and Spotify. The Scaling Europe show is sponsored by Checkout.com and Gathr.

Meet the Founder: Gauthier Van Malderen of Perlego, who raised $75m to build the Spotify for textbooks! Perlego, founded in 2017, is a subscription-based digital library that offers unlimited access to over one million educational titles. It's used by hundreds of educational institutes and was set up by Gauthier after experiencing firsthand the prohibitive cost of textbooks during university, which literally EVERYONE experiences. When I was at university there was a blackmarket of second hand textbooks, which was just ridiculous. Paula Hübner Wehmeyer and Seb Johnson 📊 interviewed Gauthier Van Malderen on the Scaling Europe show where they discussed: 🚀 The future of education and how AI will impact it 🚀 Building small LLMs trained solely off academic literature 🚀 Raising $75m from top investors and much much more! Check out the full episode by searching "Scaling Europe - Gauthier Van Malderen" on Youtube of Spotify. The Scaling Europe show is sponsored by Gathr and Checkout.com.

BREAKING: UK Government and OpenAI announce a new partnership on data sovereignty AND agree to roll out ChatGPT to the civil service! I SPOKE TO OpenAI TO GET ALL THE DETAILS Today OpenAI and the UK Government have announced: 🤖 UK data residency, which gives British customers and developers the option to store their data in the UK to help meet local data protection preferences or requirements. 🤖 Civil Service ChatGPT Enterprise rollout - 2,500 Ministry of Justice civil servants will be given access to ChatGPT Enterprise to help boost efficiency. This means civil servants can start to use ChatGPT in a way that meets local data sovereignty requirements. I interviewed Olivier Godement, the Head of Product for Platform at OpenAI, to discuss the news as well as: 🔥 Enterprise adoption of AI in the US vs Europe 🔥 How OpenAI prioritises its product roadmap 🔥 The launch of the new OpenAI browser, Atlas Olivier is one of the leading European operators at OpenAI so it was amazing to chat all things AI, tech and Europe. Check out the full interview by searching "Scaling Europe - Olivier Godement" on Youtube or Spotify. The Scaling Europe show is sponsored by one of Europe's leading fintechs, Checkout.com, and Gathr which helps startups find & compare vetted service providers in minutes. Want to stay in the loop for all things European Tech? Subscribe to my Scaling Europe newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/d54jdWXP

You know it's a new world we're living in when AI agents are now doing funding announcements. Huge congrats to Matthew Wilson and Saaras Mehan on the $20m round led by Creandum. Jack and Jill has done amazingly well since launching this year. Seb Johnson 📊 sat down with Matthew and Jack (one of their agents) to chat about the fundraise, expanding to the US and much more. For the full episode search "Scaling Europe - Matthew Wilson" on Youtube or Spotify. The Scaling Europe show is sponsored by Gathr and Checkout.com.

BREAKING: UK AI startup Jack and Jill raises a WHOPPING $20m led by Creandum! The startup has built two conversational AI agents - Jack and Jill, to fix recruitment. Jack helps candidates find the perfect job while Jill helps companies find the perfect candidate. The company was founded in 2025 by CRACKED serial entrepreneurs: 🔥 Matthew Wilson - Founder of Omnipresent 🔥 Saaras Mehan - YC backed founder of Kular It's already seen INSANE success: 🚀 49k candidates have spoken to Jack 🚀 000s of companies are using Jill to help them source candidates Today it's announced raising a WHOPPING $80m seed led by Creandum with participation from DIG Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Ada Ventures, firedrop, Repeat Ventures, Episode 1 Ventures, Playfair and over 75 high-profile angel investors, including Nico Rosberg! That is one TOP TIER roster of investors. Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing both Matthew Wilson and Jack - the AI agent. It was the first time I've interviewed an AI agent which was VERY FUN. Jack and I discussed: 🔥 The BIG news 🔥 What Jack does at the company and what he likes vs doesn't like 🔥 Working with Matt Whereas, Matt and I discussed: 🔥 How they raised from Creandum and some top tier angels 🔥 Plans for US expansion 🔥 Lessons learnt as a three-time founder This one was SO fun. Check out the full episode by searching "Scaling Europe - Matthew Wilson" on Youtube or Spotify. Amazing stuff - congrats to the team 👏 The Scaling Europe show is sponsored by Gathr and Checkout.com. Want to stay in the loop for all things European Tech? Subscribe to my Scaling Europe newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/d54jdWXP

The Scaling Europe show has a brand new sponsor - Mark Shepherd's Gathr! 🚀 LETS GO Mark and I have had similar journeys having built a community before launching a business. For Mark it started with London Tech & PE Drinks. While running these events he kept hearing the same problem crop up - Founders didn't know which providers to turn to or use when it came to setting up and scaling their business. That's why he founded Gathr, the platform which helps startups find & compare vetted service providers in minutes, saving them time and money. This is PERFECT team and company to partner with as it's a problem I've faced first hand and know that so many of my followers face. I have over 10k founders who follow me on here so if you're one of them and any of this resonates check out their website and have a look. Thrilled to be partnering Mark and thanks to Harry for helping to get this partnership up and running!