Scouting for Growth

About Scouting for Growth

There are over 180,000 FinTech ventures out there today. My team tracks 7.3 million of them across markets every single week. But the number that matters isn't the one that's growing. It's the one that isn't. Only 25% of these ventures have secured funding and meaningful backing. The other 75% aren't just looking for capital. They're looking for access, credibility, and partnerships with the institutions that can turn a great product into real-world impact. This is Scouting for Growth. I'm Sabine VanderLinden. I lead Alchemy Crew Ventures, and I built the Venture-Client Model for regulated industries... the model where a growth venture earns a corporation as its customer before a VC writes the cheque. When that sequence works, it changes the equation for everyone: founders, corporates, and the investors watching from both sides of the table. Each episode, I bring a founder, an operator, or an institutional leader to the table for the conversation that usually happens behind closed doors: about how corporates really think, how capital really flows, and what it actually takes to build, grow, and scale in a world where the boundaries between FinTech, InsurTech, HealthTech, and AI are dissolving by the month. This isn't theory. Our conversations should bring you the strategy, the tactics, and the hard-won clarity from people who control capital and collaboration. If you're navigating this ecosystem — as a founder, an operator, or a leader — this conversation is for you. Listen in. Challenge what you thought you knew. And join us.

Publisher

Sabine VanderLinden

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Dec 2021

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

235 of 246 episodes have a transcript.

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   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Manjit Rana: Moving at the Speed of Trust

   Host interviews Manjit Rana, Executive Vice President at Clearspeed, exploring how insurers can establish trust at the speed of automated decisions to improve customer experience and efficiency.

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   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Prof Gianvito Lanzolla: Strategy in the World of Data and AI

   Host interviews Professor Gianvito Lanzolla, exploring how AI reshapes business strategy and competitive advantage through data context and adaptive governance.

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   17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Agentic Distribution: AI Can Find the Customer. Can You Keep Them?

   Host [Host Name] explores how AI-driven agentic distribution transforms customer acquisition and retention, offering actionable strategies for leaders to adapt.

Inside a recent episode

Manjit Rana: Moving at the Speed of Trust

Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Now, it means the vast majority of people can just sail straight on through. The important thing is the metal detector has no idea who you are. It doesn't know my history, it doesn't know my background, doesn't even know if I'm male or female, doesn't know my ethnic background, nothing. It's simply looking for one thing, one type of risk, and that's purely metal. But imagine I walk through it and it beeps and tells the security guy, hey, like there's something around manager's right wrist that you need to check. And the guy looks at my wrist and goes, but there's nothing on your wrist. Oh, yeah, sorry. […]

Who has been a guest on Scouting for Growth

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

• Manjit Rana
• Gianvito Lanzolla
• Kevin Maney
• Denise Garth
• Bárbara Fernández

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

11,700

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

481 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100

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

Quality

92

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

99

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