Best Europeans In Biotech Podcasts (2025)

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This Month in German, Swiss and Austrian Startups - December 2025 Deep Dive 23:55

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A decision-grade map of DACH execution signals for 2026: where regulation creates demand, where AI credibility is earned, and which business models are being repriced. This episode breaks down what actually changed in the DACH startup ecosystem heading into 2026. - Europe's AI advantage in regulated and industrial applications - Why integration and…

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E675 | Binh Tran, AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures): Building Boldly Across Borders 37:44

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Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we explore the lessons, frameworks, and insights shaping venture ecosystems across the globe. In this special Southeast Asia edition this week, David Cruz e Silva from EUVC and Ambika from Circle Capital sit down with Binh Tran from AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures) - a VC firm headquartered in Ho Chi Minh Ci…

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E674 | Michael Sackler, Supernode Global: Betting on the Tools We All Use Every Day 22:08

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If you’ve spent any time in European venture lately, you’ve probably noticed two things: Everyone says they “do AI now.” Almost nobody wants to touch consumer. That’s exactly where Michael Sackler and Supernode Global are leaning in. Michael started his career not in venture, but in film. He founded and ran Rook’s Nest Entertainment in London, prod…

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E673 | Matti Hautsalo, Nordic Science Investments: University Spin-outs, Multidisciplinary Bets & The Playbook to Scale Science in Europe 47:01

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Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we explore the lessons, frameworks, and insights shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. Today, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Matti Hautsalo, Founding Partner at Nordic Science Investments (NSI), a €60M early-stage fund dedicated to university spin-outs across the Nordics and Europe. With a team spanning t…

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DACH Startup Ecosystem 2026: AI Mega-Rounds, Dual Use & Europe's New Venture Stack

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The DACH startup ecosystem closed 2025 with unusually clear signals for 2026 — AI mega-rounds, defense-grade dual use, and a restructuring of Europe’s venture capital stack. What you’ll learn in this episode: – Why €3B AI valuations change Europe’s startup narrative – How dual use moved from story to category – What founders must understand about c…

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E672 | Stefan Roebel: Building Europe’s New Defense Tech Prime 46:02

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast. Today Andreas is joined by Stefan Roebel, Co‑Founder & CEO of ARX Robotics — one of Europe’s fastest-rising defense tech startups. From his 12 years in the German Armed Forces to leadership roles at Amazon, eBay, and Grover, Stefan has lived both sides: the military front line and the global business battlefield. N…

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A short update on our publishing schedule. A technical issue caused a brief pause — all content is safe, and we’re back to regular releases from here. 🚪 Connect with Us Partner with us: [email protected] Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Feedback: https://forms.gle/SrcGUpycu26fvMFE9 Follow Joe on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/c…

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E671 | Matthew Wilson (Jack & Jill) & Peter Specht (Creandum): AI Recruiting Agents, a $20M Seed & the New GTM Playbook 49:52

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This week on the EUVC Podcast, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Matthew Wilson, co-founder of Jack & Jill, and Peter Specht, General Partner at Creandum. Fresh off a $20M seed to take their AI recruiting agents global, they dig into how conviction is built in Europe, from founding insight to investor belief, and what it now takes to scale an agent-…

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E670 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads & Lomax 44:36

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠,⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠ and ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠⁠⁠ gather for a holiday-home special to cut through the noise around Europe’s tech, geopolitics and AI shifts. What begins as an innocent debate about whether DeepMind is “still a UK company” quickly…

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How Tumor-on-a-Chip Technology Is Transforming Cancer Treatment and Drug Testing

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What if the tools we use to test cancer drugs don’t behave like human tumors at all? That’s the question that pushed Ghazaleh Madani, CEO and co-founder of CanChips, to build one of the most compelling innovations in oncology today: tumor-on-a-chip platforms that replicate human tumor biology with unprecedented accuracy. In this episode, we explore…

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E669 | Harrison Rose, GoodFit: How AI Is Rewriting B2B Go-To-Market 48:39

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If you’re in B2B SaaS, you probably feel it already: the old way of “just hire more SDRs and send more emails” is broken. Everyone has the same tooling. Everyone is running the same sequences. Everyone is “personalising at scale” with the same prompts. Yet pipeline quality is down, efficiency is under scrutiny, and suddenly… go-to-market (GTM) desi…

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E668 | Sergey Jakimov, LongeVC: Impacting Lives Through Longevity & Health Investing 26:22

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This week, Andreas Munk Holm talks with Sergey Jakimov, Co-founder and Managing Partner at LongeVC, a leading longevity-focused venture fund backing breakthroughs in biotech, AI-driven drug discovery, and the science of healthy aging. From pre-seed biotech spin-outs to multi-hundred-million-dollar exits with Big Pharma, LongeVC is building the cate…

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The scramble for hydrogen in South Africa 32:13

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In this episode, Joana and Pascoe, co-directors of Corporate Europe Observatory's new documentary "The scramble for hydrogen in South Africa" talk about the process behind the making of the film. It's a more relaxed and informal episode than usual, where you can get to know the whole truth behind the making of the film, and how you can host your ve…

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E667 | Ole Lehmann: AI Solopreneurs, Crypto’s Unkept Promise & the Case for Building in Europe 53:31

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In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Ole Lehmann to explore the rise of the solopreneur movement, what AI unlocks for solo founders, and how blockchain may finally have its moment as the infrastructure layer for AI. Ole also unpacks his new initiative, Built in Europe, and why he’s betting on a future where ambitious company builders t…

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E666 | Charles Dunn & Ruth McKernan, SV Health Investors: Exit of the Year Winners and Biotech Company Builders 49:57

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Andreas Munk Holm opens the episode by introducing Charles Dunn, Principal at SV Health Investors, and Ruth McKernan, CBE and Operating Partner at SV Health, former CEO of Innovate UK. SV Health is a transatlantic healthcare specialist with a focus on company creation and full-spectrum biotech investing. Notable wins include the exit of SV-created …

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E665 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads & Lomax 45:57

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠,⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠, ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠⁠⁠, and Andrew Scott of 7percent Ventures to break down the real stories behind the headlines shaping European tech and venture. From Bending Spoons’ audacious European rollup strategy, to Brexit’s econ…

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German Startup Ecosystem 2025: AI Becomes Infrastructure & DeepTech Booms 34:00

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AI is no longer the shiny object. It’s becoming infrastructure. And that single shift is transforming the German startup ecosystem in 2025 faster than most founders expected. This month, the DACH region crossed a new threshold: AI is moving from hype into the industrial backbone of Europe — compute scarcity is now strategic, sovereign cloud has bec…

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E664 | Mikael Johnsson, Oxx: AI Hype, Real Productivity & How Not to Lose the Plot 34:32

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This week on the EUVC Podcast, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Mikael Johnsson, Co-founder & General Partner at Oxx, one of Europe’s leading specialist B2B software investors. Mikael has a very clear-eyed view on the current AI wave: he’s seeing valuation discipline slip, fundamentals being stretched, and a real risk that the market mistakes pilot…

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E663 | Leyla Holterud, Vintage Investment Partners: European Venture: Growth, Secondaries, and the Future of Vintage Investment Partners 45:02

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast. Today, we’re thrilled to feature Leyla Holterud, partner at Vintage Investment Partners. Many know Leyla from her years at StepStone, where she led venture growth across EMEA. Now, at Vintage, she’s helping deploy $4.3 billion from their global platform to double down on Europe, anchored by the f…

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E662 | Damian Cristian & Guy Conway, Rule 30: Building the First Fully Systematic VC 1:00:53

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast, your inside track on the people, models, and math reshaping European venture. This week, Andreas talks with Damian Cristian and Guy Conway, co-founders of Rule 30 - an AI research lab building what they claim is the world’s first fully systematic venture strategy. We go deep on the difference between “data-driven” …

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E661 | Jack Leeney, 7GC: The AI Supercycle, IPO Windows & Europe’s Missing M&A Flywheel 46:43

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This week, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Jack Leeney, co-founder of 7GC, the transatlantic growth fund bridging Silicon Valley and Europe and a backer of AI giants like Anthropic, alongside European rising stars Poolside and Fluidstack. From IPOs at Morgan Stanley to running Telefónica’s US venture arm and now operating a dual-continental fund, …

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Werner Lanthaler 🇦🇹 | Biopharma AI, CDMO, Antibody Optimization | E48 59:34

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E660 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads, Lomax & Robin 1:13:06

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠,⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠, ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠⁠⁠, and this week’s special guest Robin Haak break down the real stories behind the headlines shaping European tech and venture. Robin joins us as the founder of Robin Capital, an early employee at Smar…

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E659 | Max Kufner, Again & Jan Miczaika, HV Capital: Turning CO₂ into Chemicals and Building Europe’s Deep-Tech Playbook 50:55

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, your trusted inside track on the people, deals, and dynamics shaping European venture. This week, Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Max Kufner, Co-Founder and CEO of again, and Jan Miczaika, Partner at HV Capital. again is one of those rare European deep-tech stories that blends academic brilliance,…

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E658 | Martin Scherrer, Redstone VC: CVC Secondaries Without Burning Bridges 42:08

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Corporate venture capital isn’t just having “a bit of VC on the side.” Done well, it’s a strategic lens on the future. Done badly, it’s a short-lived pet project with a half-life of 3.7 years and a trail of confused founders and annoyed co-investors. In this episode, we sit down with Martin Scherrer, Partner & Head of Managed Funds at Redstone, alo…

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E657 | Jan Lozek, Future Energy Ventures (FEV): From Corporate Carve-Out to Climate Capital 46:36

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Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we explore the lessons, frameworks, and insights shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. Today, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Jan Lozek, Co-Founder and Managing Director and Founder of Future Energy Ventures (FEV), the Berlin-based climate-tech investor born from the carve-out of E.ON’s corporate venture a…

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At What Cost? The EU’s Race for Critical Raw Materials in the Global South 18:37

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In this episode, Isabela Franco and Lora Verheecke from Counter Balance unpack the EU’s growing push for critical raw materials and its implications for the Global South. They discuss the Global Gateway, the Critical Raw Materials Act, the use of public funds to “de-risk” private investments and the lack of meaningful participation for impacted com…

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European Tech Sovereignty: The November 2025 DACH Startup News Briefing 22:25

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Europe's startup narrative is changing fast — from apps and valuations to sovereignty, infrastructure and resilience. In this month's DACH Startup News, we unpack the moves that made European tech sovereignty the defining theme of 2025. What you’ll learn: – Why sovereign cloud is becoming foundational for startups and enterprise buyers – How AI, ro…

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Camel Startups: How Capital-Efficient Founders Scale in the DACH Region 19:36

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What if you could build a startup that survives downturns, grows profitably, and never depends on constant fundraising? That’s the core of the camel startup strategy — and in this episode, STS Ventures investor Stephan Schubert breaks it down with 25+ years of operator-investor experience. From founding OnVista in the early internet era to backing …

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Thomas Lingelbach, Valneva | Vaccines, Lyme Disease | E47 44:27

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Valneva now has three commercialized vaccines, and a Lyme disease candidate in Phase 3. Philip quizzes CEO Thomas Lingelbach about everything. They also discuss the current political turbulence with vaccines, especially in the US, and how it is impacting the industry.⭐️ ABOUT THE SPEAKERA veteran in the development of more than ten vaccines, Thomas…

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E656 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads & Lomax 47:25

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer⁠,⁠ Mads Jensen⁠ of ⁠SuperSeed⁠, ⁠Lomax Ward⁠ of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠⁠⁠ dissect the stories reshaping European venture, from Helsinki’s Slush takeover to China’s rising leverage, TPU vs GPU battles, the UK’s AI money wave, and why immigrants found half the unicorns in th…

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E655 | Dave Bailey, FounderCoach.com: From Founder to Coach - Competence, Curiosity & Scaling European Tech 1:00:13

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast — and today, a special Venture Beyond edition. Joining Mike Reiner of 432 Legacy and Andreas is Dave Bailey — one of Europe’s most in-demand founder coaches, the brain behind FounderCoach.com, and a voice shaping how CEOs grow into their role. Dave’s journey has been anything but linear: from co-founding startups li…

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AI Agents Are the New Attackers — Inside the Identity Security Platform Built for 2025 40:41

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What if the biggest cyber risk inside your company wasn’t malware — but identity? In this episode, I sit down with Santhosh Jayaprakash, founder & CEO of UnoSecur, to unpack one of the fastest-moving transformations in cybersecurity: the rise of identity as the new perimeter. Attackers don’t break in anymore — they log in. And with AI agents, LLM w…

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E654 | Adrian Locher, Merantix Capital: AI Studios & the Future of Venture Building 50:18

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Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today, we’re joined by Adrian Locher, co-founder and GP at Merantix Capital, the Berlin-based AI venture capital firm and venture studio that’s just planted its flag in London. Known for building and investing in AI-first companies…

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E653 | Elisabeth Schrey, Deep Tech & Climate Fonds (DTCF): DeepTech & Climate Fonds 42:11

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A billion-euro bet on Europe’s most uncertain frontiers: climate, deep tech, and industrial transformation. Can government-backed funds catalyze global champions—or do they risk crowding out private capital? Dr. Elisabeth Schrey leads the Deep Tech & Climate Fonds (DTCF), a €1B investment vehicle co-financed by Germany’s Future Fund and ERP Special…

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E652 | Lea Strumberger, KfW Capital: How one of Europe’s Largest Public LP Thinks About Opportunity Funds 39:27

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring together Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today we dive into one of the most under-discussed — yet increasingly important — topics in European venture: Opportunity Funds. Joining Andreas Munk Holm is Lea Strumberg…

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Marc de Garidel, Abivax 🇫🇷 | Ulcerative Colitis, Inflammation | E46 53:40

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When Abivax released stunning phase 3 results for ulcerative colitis, its 600% stock price surge froze Euronext for 45 minutes. Philip meets Abivax CEO Marc de Garidel in Vienna, Austria, to go behind the scenes of a remarkable biotech turnaround. Marc discusses the processes involved in executing the phase 3 trial that beat even Abivax’s own phase…

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E651 | This Week in European Tech: Exit Taxes, AI Reality Checks & The New Tech Sovereignty Race 53:10

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Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where ⁠Dan Bowyer, ⁠Mads Jensen of ⁠SuperSeed⁠, and ⁠Lomax Ward of ⁠Outsized Ventures⁠ unpack the headlines reshaping European venture. This week, the trio dives into the UK’s blink-and-you-miss-it exit tax, China’s rising open-source AI threat, hyperscaler accounting drama courtesy of …

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#20 No cows were harmed in the making of this episode ft. Qorium 50:53

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In this episode of the BioCircular Loop podcast, host Melina Gerdts discusses the advancements in the European circular bioeconomy, focusing on cellular agriculture and lab-grown leather. She interviews Michael Newton, CEO of Qorium, a Dutch startup pioneering lab-grown leather production. They explore the differences between European and American …

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E650 | Patrick Odier (Lombard Odier & Building Bridges) & Enrique, Chi Impact Capital: Three systemic plays to underwrite now 47:33

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast, where we explore the frameworks moving European venture, finance, and policy. Two weeks after Building Bridges 2025 in Geneva, Andreas Munk Holm and Enrique, Chi Impact Capital sit down with Patrick Odier — Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lombard Odier and Chair of Building Bridges — to get practical on financ…

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The AI Agents That Give Craftsmen Their Weekends Back | PlanCraft's €38M Story 38:52

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What if AI could give craftsmen their time back? In this episode of Startuprad.io, host Jörn Menninger sits down with Julian Wiedenhaus, CEO and Co-Founder of PlanCraft, to explore how AI agents and voice interfaces are reshaping Europe’s construction sector. From a family carpentry shop to a €38 M Series B, PlanCraft built an AI-first SaaS that he…