As we close the chapter on 2025 and look ahead to what 2026 may bring, we’ve released a special Tech.eu podcast episode that does something a little different.
Instead of our journalists alone unpacking the biggest stories of the year, we turned to what you read most in 2025 — and invited the founders and investors behind those headlines to share their perspectives on the moments that shaped Europe’s tech and innovation landscape, and the forces they believe will define the year ahead.
From defence tech and deeptech to venture capital, regulation, and Europe’s ambitions for global scale, the conversation brings together voices from across the ecosystem to reflect on what really mattered in 2025 — and what is now coming into focus for 2026.
Watch or listen:
🎙 Hosts
- Cate Lawrence, Senior Journalist, Tech.eu
- John Reynolds, Journalist, Tech.eu
🎙Guests
- Ricardo Mendes, TEKEVER
- Andreas Klinger, co-initiator of the EU-INC, former CTO, investor, and entrepreneur
- Simon Schaefer, Founder of Factory, angel investor, President at Allied for Startups, and co-initiator of the EU-INC
- Filip Dames, Founding Partner, Cherry Ventures
- Jevgeni Kabanov, President, Bolt
- Gilles Retsin, co-founder of AUAR
- Riam Kanso, CEO, ConceptionX
- Jed Rose, Partner, Antler
Some of the stories you read most in 2025
- TEKEVER becomes the latest unicorn in Europe's defencetech industry
- Inside Antler’s "Day Zero" strategy: backing founders before the first round
- Cherry Ventures launches $500M in funds to propel Europe’s first trillion-dollar company
- One year on from Draghi report: Europe’s innovation future hangs on the 28th Regime
- Conception X launches angel syndicate for Europe’s deeptech PhDs h
- Bolt sounds alarm over Lyft's €175M FREENOW acquisition: “We’re the last European
- Construction tech startup AUAR raises £5.1M to expand robotic micro-factories
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