Security Sutra - Cybersecurity Startups and Venture Capital
Hosted by Jörn Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach and Joe Menninger and Joe and Joern Menninger and Jörn "Joe" Menninger · Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth
- 139
- Episodes
- 31
- Transcribed
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About Security Sutra - Cybersecurity Startups and Venture Capital
Security Sutra is Startuprad.io™’s podcast on cybersecurity startups, AI security, defense tech, digital resilience, cyber innovation, and venture capital in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader European startup ecosystem. Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show provides regular analysis and founder interviews on how cybersecurity founders, investors, CISOs, researchers, policymakers, and operators are building Europe’s next generation of cyber resilience and security companies. Each episode helps founders, investors, corporate security leaders, innovation teams, policymakers, and analysts understand where European cybersecurity innovation is heading — from startup funding and venture capital to AI-driven threat detection, cloud security, identity, zero trust, compliance, cyber insurance, defense tech, and critical infrastructure protection. Topics regularly covered include: • Cybersecurity startups in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Europe • Venture capital, startup funding, and cyber investment trends • AI security, threat detection, SOC automation, and incident response • Identity, access management, zero trust, and authentication • Cloud security, DevSecOps, software supply chain security, and application security • Data privacy, GDPR, compliance, and security regulation • Cyber resilience for fintech, industrial automation, IoT, and critical infrastructure • Defense tech, national security, cyber warfare, and European digital sovereignty • Cyber insurance, risk management, and board-level security strategy • Founder, investor, CISO, and operator intelligence from Europe’s cybersecurity ecosystem Security Sutra is designed for people building, funding, regulating, or analyzing Europe’s next generation of cybersecurity startups, AI security companies, defense tech ventures, and digital resilience platforms. The podcast 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/
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- Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth
- Category
- business · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Oct 2019
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
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31 of 139 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
E 781 — Why Europe Has No Big Tech: The Hub Gap
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E 778 — Quantum Systems, In-Q-Tel and Europe's Space Push
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E 781 — Why Europe Has No Big Tech: The Hub Gap
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. […]
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Jörn Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach and Joe Menninger and Joe and Joern Menninger and Jörn "Joe" Menninger host the show. Published by Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth.
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