How to design a global company around Europe’s strengths

A global technology company can build its defining advantage in Europe without finding every ingredient here.

The strategic choice is where each capability should sit. Europe offers concentrated scientific talent, leading universities and technical ecosystems. The capital and appetite required for rapid scaling may be stronger elsewhere.

Headquartered in London, with offices and labs in Boston, Basecamp Research is designed around that reality. Co-Founder Oliver Vince argues that Europe has a structural edge where AI meets biology, chemistry, materials, quantum and fusion.

The company draws on that scientific depth while building roughly half its team in the US, where Oliver sees greater willingness to finance ambitious outcomes before the full path has been proved.

This model places scientific talent and risk capital where each is strongest. It also presents a challenge for Europe: without sufficient scale-up capital, the region risks producing breakthrough science while the companies built from it shift their centre of gravity elsewhere.

At the EUVC Summit 2026, Oliver joined Lorenzo Cerchiof Singular, to discuss biological data, AI and how to build a frontier company across markets.

Their conversation leads this week’s edition, supported by further perspectives on building from European strengths. We then turn to the latest developments, events and funding activity across Europe’s tech and venture ecosystem.

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David & Andreas

Connect talent, R&D, customers, manufacturing and capital across the markets best equipped to provide them.

• AI, European style
  See how Europe’s scientific talent, domain expertise and proprietary data can support globally competitive AI companies.

• Connecting Asia and Europe to build the next generation of deep tech
  Use Asian manufacturing, supply chains and partnerships to overcome European scaling constraints.

• What it takes to build a quantum unicorn in Europe
  See how IQM kept its research and critical infrastructure in Europe while accessing global capital and customers.

Assess where its structural advantage sits, what it must access elsewhere and whether those connections create resilience or dependence.

• Europe’s original first check investor Seedcamp raises $320 million
  See how Seedcamp connects European founders with US capital, customers and technical talent.

• Ruya Ventures: Newcomer of the Year 2025
  Assess how specialist investors use global manufacturing, supply-chain and commercial networks to scale European deep tech.

• Björn Tremmerie, European Investment Fund: Tech sovereignty, DPI realities & Europe’s venture evolution
  Examine where global capital strengthens European companies and where dependence creates strategic risk.

Meet the people building what comes next in media

Join us and beehiiv during Web Summit week to meet journalists, editors, publishers, creators, media founders, investors and media technology builders.

We’ll explore:

• How publishers and creators can own their audience

• How great editorial work becomes a sustainable business

• How media companies can grow beyond content through data, products and community

Tuesday, November 10, 5:00–7:00 PM at Maze in Lisbon. No panels or presentations, just valuable conversations with people building the next generation of media businesses.

See where AI markets are moving

Looking for a clearer view of the markets taking shape beneath the AI headlines?

Explore the growing collection of market maps and analysis by Synaptic on EUVC, covering topics such as AI hardware and inference, agentic commerce, physical AI, open-source models, AI agents, productivity tools and fintech.

Synaptic is a data intelligence platform for private investors, supporting the investment process from deal sourcing to portfolio management.

These resources can help you understand market dynamics, assess adoption barriers and identify the technologies, bottlenecks and business models worth tracking.

Profitability requires hard decisions

Acting sooner can turn a downturn into a turning point. Edouard Gouin, Co-Founder and CEO of Convelio, explains how the company responded to a roughly 25% art-market contraction by resizing its team, rebuilding its model and reaching its first fully profitable quarter.

Why Europe’s own capital isn’t backing its growth

Europe has deep pools of capital, yet too little reaches the companies driving its future growth. Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen of SuperSeed and Karim Palant of UK Private Capital explore the barriers holding it back, alongside shifts in AI infrastructure, cybersecurity and the UK investment landscape.

Quantum requires a full-stack approach

Quantum companies often need to build the infrastructure they depend on. Jan Goetz, Co-Founder and CEO of IQM Quantum Computers, explains how IQM built a full-stack quantum unicorn from Finland with global capital.

• Intuitivo raises €1.35m Seed to expand into Brazil

• Beyond Vision raises over €28m to scale autonomous drones

• Enact Intelligence raises $30m for force-aware robots

We tracked 50+ rounds this week. See the latest deals →

Corporate AMA with Markus Federle, Tholus Capital & MISSION 2044 | October 29, Online

EUVC Summit & Awards Show 2027 | April 21, London