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Founders

Founder profiles on Europa Now: the people signing the risky side of the term sheet.

The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Jekaterina Romanova, founder & CEO of PrintyMed

Founders

Spider Silk and Scaling Deep Tech: Inside PrintyMed's Mission to Revolutionise Medical Materials

Jekaterina Romanova, CEO of Latvian biotech firm PrintyMed, discusses how biomimetic spider silk could transform regenerative medicine, the role of European funding in deep-tech ventures, and the regulatory hurdles facing innovation.

The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Lena Hackelöer, founder & CEO at Brite Payments

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Building Pan-European Payments: Lena Hackelöer on Brite's Journey Beyond Borders

The founder and CEO of Brite Payments discusses how her Swedish fintech scaled to 27 markets, why European payment sovereignty requires more than ideology, and the persistent challenges women face in raising capital for tech ventures.

The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Tim Schumacher, General Partner at World Fund

Founders

Tim Schumacher on Building a Founder-Centric SaaS Platform and Scaling Climate Tech

The co-founder of saas.group and General Partner at World Fund discusses how his acquisition platform has grown to 18 independent brands across 30 countries while maintaining founder autonomy and pursuing climate impact.

MANTRA Choker iOS jewellery app shown on a display stand, a project from the studio led by Vii Studio co-founders Vidzhai Hukasian and Viru Gukasian

Founders

Two brothers, two jobs: the Vii Studio co-founders Vidzhai Hukasian and Viru Gukasian

One brother leads on product vision, the other on operations. Europa Now looks at how that partnership has shaped Vii Studio, a design and development studio that started out as NiceWeb in 2010 and whose designers, developers and marketers now work remotely.

Interview: DataSnipper CEO Vidya Peters on unicorn pressure, AI breakthroughs, EU vs US startup mindset, and Europe’s ‘secret weapon’

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DataSnipper's Vidya Peters on scaling Europe's AI unicorn: speed meets discipline

The CEO of Europe's fastest-growing enterprise SaaS firm discusses balancing unicorn expectations with operational rigor, why European startups have a hidden advantage, and what she'd tell her Day 1 self.