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EU-Startups Podcast

Thomas Ohr
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The official Podcast of EU-Startups.com - the leading online magazine about startups in Europe.

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Latest Episodes

Interview with Julian Ellis Brown, CEO & co-founder of Ponda

**Key Points

• Ponda’s mission was sparked by a bold idea: materials should restore, not deplete, their environments, with wetlands as the ideal starting point for this vision.

• BioPuff ... more

Interview with Janne Hietala, CEO of Kelluu

Key Points

• Janne’s journey into airships, autonomy, and aerial data

• Why Kelluu chose airships over drones and satellites, and their unique advantages

• Modernising the concept of airships for cutting... more

Interview with Frédéric Mazzella, founder of BlaBlaCar

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• The origin of BlaBlaCar stemmed from a personal travel challenge, but it quickly evolved into a vision for sustainability and resource consciousness.

• BlaBlaCar’s mission today ba... more

Interview with Dr Emil Kendziorra, CEO of Tomorrow.bio

Key Points

• The pivotal moment when Emil decided to dedicate his life to cryopreservation and biostasis, leaving behind a career in cancer research.

• The necessity of a European-based cryopre... more

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Frédéric Mazzella
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Episode: The Christmas Trip that Built BlaBlaCar
Emil Kendziorra
Cryopreservation entrepreneur and founder of Tomorrow.bio
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Episode: The Startup Freezing Humans For Tomorrow
Tyler Edwards
CEO and co-founder of Overmind
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Episode: From MI6 to Startups
Pieterjan Bouten
Founder and Managing Partner of Entourage (venture studio and VC)
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Episode: From 0 to $100M ARR
Ahti Heinla
CEO and co-founder of Starship Technologies
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Episode: From Skype to Delivery Robots
Patrick Andrae
Co-founder and CEO of HomeToGo
HomeToGo
Episode: The Travel Startup that Beat Covid
Jordi Romero
Co-CEO and co-founder of Factorial
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Episode: How Factorial Became Barcelona's HRTech Unicorn
Rupa Popat
Founder and Managing Partner of Araya Ventures
Araya Ventures
Episode: Why Female Founders Are Still Overlooked
Jan Oberhauser
Founder and CEO of N8n (automation platform)
N8n
Episode: Europe's Journey to Tech Autonomy

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3.8 out of 5 stars from 5 ratings
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    So useful for venture industry and for me (Russian tech scout)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Николай Бабин
    Russia6 years ago

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Consistent emphasis on real-world impact and scalable ideas.
Guests offer practical, actionable lessons for building and funding.
High-quality conversations about AI, regulation, and European ecosystems.
Great for venture professionals seeking Europe-focused startup insights.

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The Startup Freezing Humans For Tomorrow
Q: What are the three milestones that define progress in cryopreservation from a business and biotech perspective?
First, achieving a strong financial model with many signups; second, demonstrating viability in animal models (rats/mice) as a precursor to human application; third, achieving true revival capability from cryostasis, which is the ultimate but decades-out goal.
The Startup Freezing Humans For Tomorrow
Q: Why did you pivot to cryopreservation and start Tomorrow.bio?
Because it represents a long-term, high-impact path toward extending life, and previous startups taught him how to build and scale, but this field uniquely aligns with his personal motivation to live longer and improve preservation quality and accessibility.
The Christmas Trip that Built BlaBlaCar
Q: What challenges does Europe face in scaling a platform like BlaBlaCar?
Europe lacks a single market, making expansion across 27 countries resource-intensive due to different languages, payments, and regulations; a unified regulatory framework and cross-border simplifications would help scale more efficiently.
The Christmas Trip that Built BlaBlaCar
Q: Why is BlaBlaCar focused on ground transport and not flights?
Flying would require a different model and many OTAs already handle flight comparisons; BlaBlaCar aims to optimize ground mobility by integrating carpooling, buses, and trains in one app, rather than entering the flight space.
The Christmas Trip that Built BlaBlaCar
Q: How did BlaBlaCar begin and what was the initial goal?
The idea started from a personal need to get home for Christmas when trains were full. Seeing empty seats in cars and the inevitability of waste sparked the concept of linking drivers with empty seats to travelers, sharing costs and reducing waste.

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This show concentrates on European startups, venture funding, AI, HR tech, and open, regulation-conscious tech stack stories. Episodes frequently center on founder journeys, platform strategies, and the intersection of Europe's funding environment with global trends, often highlighting how open ecosystems, compliance, and responsible AI shape product strategy and GTM. Noteworthy angles include European sovereignty in tech, AI-enabled enterprise solutions, and sustainability-driven business models, making it useful for listeners who want practical, Europe-focused insights for building or funding tech ventures.

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1. Frédéric Mazzella
2. Emil Kendziorra
3. Tyler Edwards
4. Pieterjan Bouten
5. Ahti Heinla
6. Patrick Andrae
7. Jordi Romero
8. Rupa Popat

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