{"podcast":{"title":"Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth","slug":"startuprad-io-europe-s-voice-on-startups-vc-innovation-growth-6611780","podcast_index_feed_id":6611780,"rss_url":"https://startupradio.podcaster.de/startupradio.rss","website_url":"https://www.startuprad.io/post/knowledge","image_url":"https://files.pdcstrcdn.de/a/thjidd/i/614498/f/580a669d-72e3-42cd-9a63-946baf45b8c8-square-big.jpg","author":"Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth","episode_count":378,"summary":"Startuprad.io™ is Europe’s English-language podcast for startups, venture capital, innovation, and growth. Hosted by Joe Menninger, Startuprad.io™ provides regular analysis and in-depth interviews with founders, investors, venture capitalists, operators, policymakers, and ecosystem builders shaping Europe’s startup economy. The show covers European startups, venture capital trends, startup funding, fintech, AI startups, deep tech, climate tech, B2B SaaS, scale-ups, innovation policy, and the startup ecosystems of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader European market. Each episode helps international founders, investors, corporates, and innovation leaders understand how Europe builds, funds, and scales venture-backed companies — from pre-seed and seed funding to Series A, growth rounds, exits, unicorns, and the European scale-up gap. Topics regularly covered include: • European startups and startup ecosystems • Venture capital and startup funding in Europe • German startups, Austrian startups, and Swiss innovation • AI startups Europe, fintech Europe, deep tech Europe, and climate tech Europe • B2B SaaS, enterprise startups, and venture-backed growth companies • European s…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T12:22:11.940775+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/startuprad-io-europe-s-voice-on-startups-vc-innovation-growth-6611780"},"episode":{"title":"Europe's Scale-Up Gap Isn't Capital — It's Demand","slug":"europe-039-s-scale-up-gap-isn-039-t-capital-it-039-s-demand","published_at":"2026-06-18T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/startuprad-io-europe-s-voice-on-startups-vc-innovation-growth-6611780/europe-039-s-scale-up-gap-isn-039-t-capital-it-039-s-demand","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/startuprad-io-europe-s-voice-on-startups-vc-innovation-growth-6611780","url":"https://www.startuprad.io/post/capital-architecture-europe-venture-finance-scale-up-gap","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/https://at.pnrcdn.com/c/thjidd/i/1671503/e/c5e4bd45-b165-4909-b176-954f5fefc528/f/E3_The_Demand-Side_Bottleneck_sound.mp3?v=1785207610&awCollectionId=at-qii23&awEpisodeId=at-qii23-060071d2997ab77729c30f1d288432f08a555548&episodeUuid=c5e4bd45-b165-4909-b176-954f5fefc528&origin=feed","summary":"Europe doesn't lack venture capital. It lacks the architecture to move it from innovation to scale. Inside the institutional mechanism behind the European scale-up gap — fund-size math, the Series B cliff, KfW Venture Capital Barometer data, and why the Capital Markets Union is the keystone reform everything else depends on. The third episode of The European Scale-Up Question, Startuprad.io's flagship 8-part analytical series on why Europe builds great companies but loses them at scale. READ THE COMPANION BLOG POST https://www.startuprad.io/post/capital-architecture-europe-venture-finance-scale-up-gap PRIOR EPISODES IN THE SERIES • E1 — European Scale-Up Gap: Why Startups Don't Become Tech Giants — https://www.startuprad.io/post/european-scale-up-gap-why-startups-dont-become-tech-giants • E2 — Fragmentation: Europe's Hidden Growth Tax — https://www.startuprad.io/post/fragmentation-europes-hidden-growth-tax Enjoy the show? 📖 Blog recap: https://www.startuprad.io/post/demand-without-deployment-europe-startup-procurement-scaling-gap Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JfSDMR4-l7U 🎧 The Audio Podcast Subscribe here: https://youtu.be/-w0OWbMVLHI 🚪 Connect with Us Partner with us: partnerships@startuprad.io Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Feedback: https://forms.gle/SrcGUpycu26fvMFE9 Follow Joe on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/comm/mynetwork/discovery-see-all?usecase=PEOPLE_FOLLOWS&followMember=joernmenninger © Startuprad.io®","meta_description":"Europe doesn't lack venture capital. 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