Europe’s startup ecosystem is maturing quickly, with firms like Revolut, Lovable, and Legora demonstrating that world-class expertise companies might be constructed and scaled on the continent. Whereas the US stays the dominant power in venture-backed software program as residence to the biggest markets, the deepest capital swimming pools, and probably the most formidable exit tradition, a rising variety of European founders are selecting to construct at residence.
Edward Keelan is a Associate at Octopus Ventures, certainly one of Europe’s largest and most lively enterprise capital corporations, the place he has spent over 16 years main the B2B software program and enterprise AI fund. His portfolio spans seed by way of Sequence C, with a deal with European founders constructing in AI, vertical SaaS, and enterprise software program. This long-view expertise provides him a uncommon perspective on what it takes to construct enduring expertise firms in Europe.
On this episode, Edward joins Elena Boroda to debate what separates nice founders from the remaining, how AI is reshaping the software program panorama and threatening established gamers, the state of the European startup ecosystem and what it must compete globally, and what engineers and founders must be fascinated by because the business enters a brand new period.
Elena Boroda focuses on GTM for developer instruments and AI startups, with expertise in observability and constructing instruments for MCP servers. She is predicated in Berlin.
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