European Startup Pulse

About European Startup Pulse

European Startup Pulse is Startuprad.io™’s recurring startup intelligence briefing covering European startups, venture capital, startup funding, AI, and the future of Europe’s innovation economy. Hosted by Joe Menninger, the podcast provides regular analysis of startup ecosystems, scale-ups, venture capital trends, tech policy, founder economics, and innovation markets across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader European startup landscape. From AI startups and fintech to deep tech, climate tech, B2B SaaS, venture-backed startups, and European scale-up challenges, European Startup Pulse delivers high-signal insights for founders, investors, operators, policymakers, and innovation leaders navigating Europe’s fast-changing startup economy. Topics regularly covered include: • European startups and startup ecosystems • Venture capital and startup funding in Europe • AI startups Europe and deep tech Europe • European scale-ups and the scale-up gap • Startups and innovation hubs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) • Tech sovereignty and digital infrastructure • Startup policy and innovation economics • Founder, investor, and operator intelligence across Europe This is not a generic founder interview podcast. European Startup Pulse is designed as a recurring intelligence feed for people building, funding, and analyzing Europe’s innovation economy. European Startup Pulse is part of the Startuprad.io™ network — Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth. 🔍 Explore the European Startup Knowledge Graph: https://www.startuprad.io/post/knowledge 🤖 Explore our AI / LLM visibility hub: https://www.startuprad.io/llm 🤝 Partner with Startuprad.io™: https://www.startuprad.io/become-a-partner 🌍 Discover all Startuprad.io™ links: https://linktr.ee/startupradio 💌 Subscribe to our startup intelligence newsletter: https://startupradio.substack.com/ 📰 Read show notes, founder interviews, and startup analysis: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/

Publisher

Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jun 2022

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

9 of 31 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   E 781 — Scale Up Europe: Why Strong Hubs Don't Connect

   Jörn "Joe" Menninger interviews industry experts on why Europe's strong startup hubs struggle to connect, hindering scale-up potential.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Aleph Alpha, KfW & the Ownership Test: Europe’s Q3 2026

   Host Christiane Seidenberg interviews industry experts about Europe's Q3 2026 funding landscape, exploring capital inflow and ownership decisions driven by infrastructure and international investment.

3. 

   15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   SAFE & the European Defence Fund: Europe’s Eligibility Gate

   Joe Menninger explains how the European Defence Fund's eligibility rules create a significant access constraint for startups seeking funding.

Inside a recent episode

E 781 — Scale Up Europe: Why Strong Hubs Don't Connect

Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Then they built a benchmark. The links you would expect between hubs, given how big each hub is. The index measures how closely the real links follow that benchmark. One is a perfect fit. Zero means no relationship at all between the real network and the expected one. It is not a percentage of links achieved. Here is the most important comparison in this episode. When European scientists in different hubs publish together, Europe's network score is 0.76 against America's 0.81. Close. When European investors in different hubs pattern together, europe falls to 0.4 against america's 0.68 and europe's hubs are physically closer to each other than america's so physical distance alone does not explain it what separates munich from zurich is not the train ride it is a border a currency a tax system an employment law and separate patent and company registries That last point matters. […]

Who has been a guest on European Startup Pulse

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mykola Myksymenko
• Thomas Jarzombek
• Thomas Kösters

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,687,393

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

27

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