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Recent Episodes
February 11, 2026
EU CVC | E059 | Alex Dang, The Venture Mindset: How Corporates Can Beat VCs in the AI Race – The Venture Mindset in Action
<p>Welcome to another episode of the EUVC Podcast! Today, we’re diving into How Corporates Might just be able Beat VCs in the AI Race. Or maybe more importantly, how we can collaborate.</p><p>Our guest is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/leadingchange/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Alex Dang</strong></a>, co-author of the bestselling book <a href="https://thevcmindset.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth</a>. </p><p>Alex is a seasoned technology executive and innovation advisor with over two decades of experience. He was a product leader at Amazon, where he launched new businesses across e-commerce, supply chain, and AI; a partner at McKinsey, helping Fortune 500 companies build digital ventures; and today advises corporate leaders and investors on AI strategies, venture building, and applying VC principles to large organizations.</p><p>In this conversation, Alex shares provocative insights on why the venture mindset is now non-negotiable for corporates in the AI era, where incumbents hold hidden advantages over VCs, and how to avoid “innovation theater” while turning data, distribution, and scale into real venture wins.</p><p>Let’s jump in!</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Here’s what’s covered:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>01:56 </strong>| The Venture Mindset in one frame with nine principles from 20 years of Stanford VC research: uncertainty → portfolios → outliers</p></li><li><p><strong>03:44</strong> | The post-book update Alex wishes he had added time compression: “days, not weeks,” and the rise of the “one slice team”</p></li><li><p><strong>05:53</strong> | Venture mindset applied to AI </p></li><li><p><strong>07:34</strong> | Why “adding AI” is the wrong framing; start customer-backward, not tech-backward</p></li><li><p><strong>08:43</strong> | “AI theater”, innovation theater and press release strategies vs real product value</p></li><li><p><strong>11:19</strong> | The European corporate trap: regulation, consensus, and downside protection as the enemy of transformation</p></li><li><p><strong>11:56</strong> | The right AI rollout sequence with start in back office to learn and protect trust, then go customer-facing at scale</p></li><li><p><strong>15:21 </strong>| Why CVCs die after 3.7 years: incentives, leadership fear, and why corporate venturing fails structurally</p></li><li><p><strong>17:24</strong> | AI is now the world’s most democratized intelligence: everyone has the same tools; the gap is execution</p></li><li><p><strong>18:47</strong> | Where corporates fit in venture + startup ecosystems: strengths: data, distribution, enterprise scale</p></li><li><p><strong>20:38</strong> | When corporates should build in-house, when to partner, and why AI must become an internal muscle</p></li><li><p><strong>25:24 </strong>| Incentives drive behavior: why executives won’t take venture-style risks unless failure is structurally safe</p></li><li><p><strong>28:18 </strong>| AI-native teams and corporate reskilling among smaller, senior teams + digital workers replacing junior tasks</p></li><li><p><strong>35:24</strong> | What happens to the average corporate employee: tasks disappear, workflows evolve, but people still matter</p></li><li><p><strong>38:50 </strong>| If Alex were CEO: how to move a workforce into an AI-safe future and target 25% profit uplift through AI</p></li><li><p><strong>44:01</strong> | Most counterintuitive venture principle — “drop bad ideas fast” and why persistence is sometimes the wrong discipline</p></li><li><p><strong>46:05</strong> | What top CEOs are doing right now: coding with Claude, learning by building, and staying close to users</p></li><li><p><strong>49:00</strong> | The compounding effect: “what was impossible 6 months ago is normal today” and why constant feedback loops win</p></li></ul>
January 28, 2026
EU CVC | E058 | Axel Deniz, Bosch Business Innovations: Venture Building & How Corporates Can Power Europe’s Tech
<p>Welcome back to the EUVC Corporate Podcast. This week, Jeppe sits down with Axel Deniz, CEO of Bosch Business Innovations and Head of Venture Building at Bosch.Axel is building Bosch’s venture-building engine with a clear mandate: get Bosch technology out into the world, through founder-led spinouts, joint ventures, and seed rounds that can stand on their own with external investors. With ~80,000 active patents, 20 new patents per day, and 20,000 researchers globally, Bosch has the assets. Axel’s job is turning them into investible companies.🎧 Here’s what’s covered:02:30 Bosch’s unfair advantage: 80k patents, 20 patents/day, 20k researchers04:10 Horizon 2/3: building for 2030–2035 where incumbents can’t reach05:30 Hybrid execution: not all in-house, not all studio but a blended model06:25 Problem definition: Bosch theses + founders bringing problems from outside08:25 Stage gates: “get to no fast” + external validation early09:05 Gate #1: attracting “triple-A founders” before anything else10:35 Founder-led 80/20 vs joint ventures when tech risk is still high13:10 Venture market fit: choosing where to build is a venture builder superpower16:20 Founder acquisition: why mediocre pre-seed talent is the biggest risk23:05 Working with scale-ups: co-create instead of buying or minority investing24:15 University engine: 5–6 deep partnerships (Carnegie Mellon example)27:15 Biggest surprises: founder scarcity and portfolio restructuring complexity29:05 Axel’s advice to founders: don’t start deep tech from scratch30:30 Axel’s advice to VCs: don’t underestimate corporates’ learning curve32:00 Axel’s background: founder → Silicon Valley → PWC CVC → Bosch35:15 Career advice: no cookie-cutter route and trust your gut sometimes37:10 How founders can engage: programs + direct outreach on LinkedIn#EUVC #VC #VentureCapital #Investing #TheEuropeanVC #Podcast #Tech #Startup</p>
January 14, 2026
EUCVC | E057 | Emil Eifrem, Neo4j: Building the AI Infrastructure Layer: Neo4j’s $100M Bet
Jeppe Hoier interviews Emil Eifrem, Neo4j CEO, about Neo4j's $100M investment in AI infrastructure, graph technology's role in AI, and Europe's position in the AI platform shift.
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