{"podcast":{"title":"Scouting for Growth","slug":"scouting-for-growth-4686831","podcast_index_feed_id":4686831,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/sabinega/feed.xml","website_url":"https://sabinega.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21959862/c84aea4ad531642db775e0d7782c8f77.jpg","author":"Sabine VanderLinden","episode_count":233,"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…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T16:17:45.012213+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831"},"episode":{"title":"The App Era Is Over: Wallet-Native Insurance & the Agentic Frontier — Marc Lampe × Ernesto Suarez Talk Collaboration","slug":"the-app-era-is-over-wallet-native-insurance-the-agentic-frontier-marc-lampe-ernesto-suarez-talk-collaboration","published_at":"2026-05-28T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831/the-app-era-is-over-wallet-native-insurance-the-agentic-frontier-marc-lampe-ernesto-suarez-talk-collaboration","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831","url":"https://sabinega.podbean.com/e/the-app-era-is-over-wallet-native-insurance-the-agentic-frontier-%e2%80%94-marc-lampe-%c3%97-ernesto-suarez/","audio_url":"https://cohst.app/pdcst/6K4Q1I/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ks3wdipycr8e45bk/The_App_Era_Is_Over_Wallet-Native_Insurance_the_Agentic_Frontier_Marc_Lampe_Ernesto_Suarez_25V26_SAS_Jimmybe9b1.mp3","summary":"Insurance is not failing because it lacks technology. It fails when customers cannot access help at the exact moment they need it. In this episode of Scouting for Growth, Sabine VanderLinden speaks with Marc Lampe, Co-founder and CEO of Miss Moneypenny Technologies, and Ernesto Suarez, Founder and CEO of Gigasure, about why wallet-native insurance could become one of the industry’s most practical customer experience innovations. Marc’s company powers Wallet Studio, a digital wallet platform trusted by brands including Zurich, ERGO, and SIXT. Ernesto is building Gigasure, a digital-first travel MGA designed for customers who expect instant, mobile-first service with minimal friction. Together they created the GigaCard—a digital insurance wallet card that gives customers immediate access to policy details, claims, emergency contacts, travel notifications, and future personalised services. The early results are compelling. Within four months, nearly 60% of customers had added the GigaCard to their mobile wallet, with more than 50,000 cards issued. Ernesto also shares Censuswide research showing that 88% of customers struggle to find their insurance documents when they need to make a claim. That insight exposes one of insurance’s biggest customer experience gaps. Too often, customers must search for emails, locate PDFs, find claims numbers, repeat information, and wait for assistance—precisely when they are already stressed. Travel insurance makes this challenge even more visible because claims often happen during delayed flights, lost baggage, medical emergencies, or unexpected disruption abroad. Marc argues that a digital wallet is far more than a document repository. It becomes a real-time engagement layer that can serve as: * Instant policy access * A seamless claims e…","meta_description":"Insurance is not failing because it lacks technology. 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