{"podcast":{"title":"Scaling Europe","slug":"scaling-europe-7780754","podcast_index_feed_id":7780754,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/108a8a74c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaling-europe","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44302379/44302379-1756114015030-846dc0246eba9.jpg","author":"Sebastian Johnson","episode_count":223,"summary":"Every week Seb Johnson sits down with 5 of Europe's best builders and investors to talk about what's going on in European Tech. Prior guests include the founders of Lovable, Cleo, Voi an Zilch, as well as top VCs from 20VC, Index, Balderton and Creandum.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T22:17:10.818712+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754"},"episode":{"title":"Laura McGinnis, Partner at Singular: Growing Singular's London office to back UK founders","slug":"laura-mcginnis-partner-at-singular-growing-singular-s-london-office-to-back-uk-founders","published_at":"2026-07-09T09:00:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754/laura-mcginnis-partner-at-singular-growing-singular-s-london-office-to-back-uk-founders","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaling-europe/episodes/Laura-McGinnis--Partner-at-Singular-Growing-Singulars-London-office-to-back-UK-founders-e3lr4e7","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/108a8a74c/podcast/play/122572679/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-8%2F427607400-44100-2-62545861a362e.mp3","summary":"Singular is a European early-stage venture capital firm investing from Seed through Series B, with portfolio companies including Aikido, Vibe, Basecamp and Spore.Bio. Laura McGinnis is joining Singular as a Partner. She previously spent several years in venture at Balderton Capital. In London, she'll focus on building out the firm's presence and backing UK and Ireland founders earlier in their journey. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: 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 0:10 - Laura's move to Singular 0:58 - Why Singular appealed to her 2:22 - How the opportunity came together 3:33 - The type of founders Singular backs 5:31 - Moving from a large firm to a small, nimble team 8:21 - What success looks like in her first months 10:10 - Why Singular is doubling down on the UK and Ireland 13:33 - Finding an edge to meet founders earlier 15:38 - Advice for operators breaking into VC","meta_description":"Singular is a European early-stage venture capital firm investing from Seed through Series B, with portfolio companies including Aikido, Vibe, Basecamp an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1166,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scaling-europe-7780754/episodes/laura-mcginnis-partner-at-singular-growing-singular-s-london-office-to-back-uk-founders/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754/laura-mcginnis-partner-at-singular-growing-singular-s-london-office-to-back-uk-founders.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}