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Oliver Molander, Founding General Partner of Inception Fund: Europe needs to build indispensable technology.
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- Scaling Europe
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- Jun 2, 2026
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Summary
European investors are moving faster, while global funds are becoming increasingly active across the Nordics. As competition for the best founders intensifies, technical talent is attracting more attention than ever at the earliest stages. Oliver Molander is Founding General Partner of Inception Fund, which recently expanded to €30 million. Drawing on his experience as both a founder and investor, he believes technical founders build the biggest outcomes, and that Europe should focus on creating indispensable technologies rather than simply talking about sovereignty. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:18 - Why Inception Fund was created 1:42 - Backing technical founders at inception 2:25 - Why European investors need to move faster 4:17 - The rise of a new generation of European funds 5:25 - Working with Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia and Lightspeed 7:08 - Building the LP base behind Inception Fund 9:31 - Convincing LPs to back a first-time fund manager 12:02 - Why Inception invested in Recursive 15:42 - Stockholm, Finland and the future of Nordic tech 20:52 - EQT and the €5 billion European scale-up fund 22:20 - Why Europe should focus on indispensability, not sovereignty