Podcast

Scouting for Growth

Author: Sabine VanderLinden
Feed episode count: 233
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Summary

There are over 180,000 FinTech ventures out there today. My team tracks 7.3 million of them across markets every single week. But the number that matters isn’t the one that’s growing. It’s the one that isn’t. Only 25% of these ventures have secured funding and meaningful backing. The other 75% aren’t just looking for capital. They’re looking for access, credibility, and partnerships with the institutions that can turn a great product into real-world impact. This is Scouting for Growth. I’m Sabine VanderLinden. I lead Alchemy Crew Ventures, and I built the Venture-Client Model for regulated industries... the model where a growth venture earns a corporation as its customer before a VC writes the cheque. When that sequence works, it changes the equation for everyone: founders, corporates, and the investors watching from both sides of the table. Each episode, I bring a founder, an operator, or an institutional leader to the table for the conversation that usually happens behind closed doors: about how corporates really think, how capital really flows, and what it actually takes to build, grow, and scale in a world where the boundaries between FinTech, InsurTech, HealthTech, and AI are…

Episodes

Jul 30, 2026 · not_requested

Carlos Falcón: Rebuilding the Insurance Core for AI, Venture Scouting and the Frontier Firm

Duration seconds: 1605
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Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested

Reggie Townsend: Making Responsible AI Irresistible

Duration seconds: 5776
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Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested

Dale Diamond: When a $25K Claim Becomes a $7M Verdict or More

Duration seconds: 4545
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Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested

Willem Paling: From Messy Middles to Autonomous Agents and the Race for Trust at Scale

Duration seconds: 2814
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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Patrick Van Deven: The Frontier Firm's Moat isn't Data. It's The Layer that Governs It.

Duration seconds: 2604
Source: https://sabinega.podbean.com/e/patrick-van-deven-the-frontier-firm-moat-isnt-data-it-is-the-layer-that-governs-it/

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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

Brad Wetherall: AI Search, Agentic AI, and How Corporations Must Adapt to Digital Discovery

Duration seconds: 3434
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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

The App Era Is Over: Wallet-Native Insurance & the Agentic Frontier — Marc Lampe × Ernesto Suarez Talk Collaboration

Duration seconds: 4354
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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

David Daiches: Inside INSHUR — From Manhattan Uber Rides to Insuring Autonomous Fleets

Duration seconds: 3840
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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Alan Martin: Why Insurers Who Invest in Wellness Win — The Healthcare Innovation Playbook still works

Duration seconds: 4109
Source: https://sabinega.podbean.com/e/alan-martin-why-insurers-who-invest-in-wellness-win-%e2%80%94-the-healthcare-innovation-playbook-still-works/

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

Xavier Lestrade: From Insurance to Personalized Care Pathways: The New Blueprint for Growth

Duration seconds: 1602
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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

From Org Charts to Work Charts: What the MIT Frontier Firm Paper Means for Insurance, Finance & Risk

Duration seconds: 1631
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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

The Risk Intelligence Gap: How Exposure Data Deficiency Is Reshaping Property Underwriting

Duration seconds: 2526
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Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested

Trust Is the Operating System of the Agentic Enterprise

Duration seconds: 2753
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Mar 26, 2026 · not_requested

The Capacity Gap

Duration seconds: 1047
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Mar 12, 2026 · not_requested

Florian Graillot: How Intelligence on Tap and Agent-Human Teams Are Redesigning Risk

Duration seconds: 3710
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Mar 5, 2026 · not_requested

Karl Grandl: The Intelligent Experience Layer Re-Architected

Duration seconds: 2370
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Feb 26, 2026 · not_requested

Manish Shah: The Intelligent Core — How AI Is Redefining Insurance from the Inside Out

Duration seconds: 3664
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Feb 19, 2026 · not_requested

Gil Arazi: Redesigning Insurance Through Prevention, Risk, Growth, and Trust

Duration seconds: 2730
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Feb 12, 2026 · not_requested

The Frontier Firm Playbook: How Leaders Are Building Agentic Enterprises at Scale

Duration seconds: 1644
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Dec 25, 2025 · not_requested

Sangha Penesetti: Reinventing Enterprise’s Future Through Flexible Work

Duration seconds: 1672
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Dec 18, 2025 · not_requested

Marinela Profi: Building the Trust Frontier or How Agentic AI Is Redefining Enterprise Decision-Making

Duration seconds: 2741
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Dec 4, 2025 · not_requested

Andrei Craciunescu: Redesigning Insurance for the AI-Powered Startup Era

Duration seconds: 2142
Source: https://sabinega.podbean.com/e/andrei-craciunescu-redesigning-insurance-for-the-ai-powered-startup-era/

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Nov 27, 2025 · not_requested

Rob Schimek: Redesigning for a Connected Future

Duration seconds: 2465
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Nov 20, 2025 · not_requested

Trust-by-Design: Lessons from the AI Frontier

Duration seconds: 1090
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Nov 13, 2025 · not_requested

Stephen Brittain: Why Venture-Client Models Are Rewriting the Rules of Corporate Innovation

Duration seconds: 4402
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