EU-Startups Podcast

In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Nikita Miller, Chief Product Officer at Perk, formerly TravelPerk, to discuss the company’s evolution into an AI-native travel and spend management platform and its global ambitions. Nikita joined Perk in September 2025 as the Barcelona-founded scale-up was expanding beyond travel into spend and expense management, integrating acqui...

Interview with Jekaterina Romanova, founder & CEO of PrintyMed For today’s podcast, produced in association with the Women TechEU scheme, we sit down with Jekaterina Romanova, CEO and co-founder of Latvian biotech startup PrintyMed, to discuss biomimetic spider silk, its medical potential, and the challenges of scaling deep-tech innovation in Europe. The Women TechEU scheme...

Interview with Tom Wehmeier, Partner and Head of Intelligence at Atomico For today's podcast we sit down with Tom Wehmeier, Partner and Head of Intelligence at Atomico, to discuss European technology, the firm’s investment philosophy, and the influential State of European Tech report. Tom reflects on his unconventional route into venture capital. Before joining Atomico, he wor...

Interview with Lena Hackelöer, founder & CEO at Brite Payments In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Lena Hackelöer, founder & CEO at Brite Payments, to explore the company’s growth, the future of European payments, and the challenges facing fintech founders. Lena shares how Brite has evolved from a Swedish startup founded in 2019 into a leading pay-by-bank pro...

Tim Schumacher, Managing Partner at World Fund

Key Points

The evolution of saas.group from its first acquisition to a global platform of independent SaaS brands, driven by a founder-friendly ethos and a focus on niche, revenue-focused businesses. The critical role of cultural alignment and shared values in successful acquisitions, ensuring smooth integration and long-ter...