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Changing the fate of Europe through deep tech investments: Q&A with Jolt Capital's Jean Schmitt
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On the sidelines of the recent Tech Tour Growth 50 Europe event, we caught up with Jean Schmitt, Managing Partner at Jolt Capital, a growth capital investor in European B2B deep tech companies.
Having been part of the predecessor programme of the EIC Scaling Club, Jean shared his views on the evolving deep tech scale-up creation and financing landscape in this part of the world, which barriers he considers are holding back the European tech ecosystem(s), and how they could potentially be overcome.
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On the sidelines of the recent Tech Tour Growth 50 Europe event, we caught up with Jean Schmitt, Managing Partner at Jolt Capital, a growth capital investor in European B2B deep tech companies.
Having been part of the predecessor programme of the EIC Scaling Club, Jean shared his views on the evolving deep tech scale-up creation and financing landscape in this part of the world, which barriers he considers are holding back the European tech ecosystem(s), and how they could potentially be overcome.
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In this interview, Stephan van Sint Fiet, CEO of Vivici, shares how the Dutch startup produces real dairy proteins without animals through precision fermentation. Headquartered in Delft, Vivici has taken its lab-developed whey protein, beta-lactoglobulin, to full industrial food-grade scale, now commercially available in the United States. Backed by a seasoned leadership team and now raising a Series A round, Vivici aims to scale globally and secure regulatory approvals in Europe and Asia. With a focus on nutrition, sustainability, and functionality, Vivici is redefining how the world consumes protein no cows, no compromises.…
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In this interview, Alberto Bucci, CEO of Jolt Solutions, shares how the company is revolutionizing green hydrogen production with advanced electrochemical coatings for electrolyzers. Based in Spain, Jolt Solutions has developed a scalable, cost-effective, and highly durable coating technology that improves stability, efficiency, and mass production for electrolyzers—key to unlocking the future of clean hydrogen. With a €6.5M Series A investment, the company has built a pilot production line capable of producing 20,000 square meters of electrodes, making it one of the few companies in the world with such capabilities. Now scaling towards TRL 9, Jolt is seeking strategic partnerships and industry synergies to expand its applications beyond hydrogen.…
In this interview, Matthijs Soede, CEO and Co-Founder of Battolyser Systems, explains how their unique hybrid electrolyzer-battery technology is revolutionizing the clean hydrogen and energy storage industry. Combining iron-nickel battery chemistry with hydrogen production, Battolyser enables renewable energy storage and on-demand hydrogen generation, making it a game-changer for the energy transition. With a megawatt-scale demonstration unit launching in Rotterdam, and a new product generation in development, the company is scaling fast to help Europe achieve energy independence and decarbonization. Backed by venture debt from the European Investment Bank, Battolyser is on a mission to create an integrated clean energy system for a sustainable, low-cost future.…
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In this Tech.eu interview, Matthew Schmidt, Head of Partnerships at Sakowin, discusses how the company is pioneering methane plasmalysis to produce clean hydrogen and solid carbon, offering an energy-efficient alternative to electrolysis. With five times the energy efficiency and zero CO2 emissions, Sakowin is helping industries decarbonize at scale. Having raised €11M+ in funding and now opening a €25M round, the company is expanding across Europe and the US, securing pilot projects and regulatory support. As a participant in the EIC Scaling Club, Sakowin is focused on connecting with investors, navigating regulatory frameworks, and attracting top talent to accelerate its mission.…
In this interview, Benjamin Lager, CEO of Protealis, shares how his company is revolutionizing sustainable protein production in Europe. With a mission to localize soybean cultivation, Protealis tackles major global challenges—sustainability, farmer resilience, plant-based food security, and Europe’s protein import dependency. By developing climate-adapted soybean varieties and microbial inoculants for nitrogen fixation, the company is making soybean cultivation viable in European climates while reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers. With six soybean varieties already on the market, Protealis is now transitioning from an R&D-driven company to a commercial scale-up, aiming to disrupt the protein supply chain with high-tech breeding solutions.…
In this interview, Maxime Lemiere, Head of Corporate Development at Cailabs, explores how optical ground stations are solving critical challenges in satellite communications, including spectrum congestion, security threats, and low data rates as satellite numbers surge. He explains how Cailabs’ advanced laser technology enables high-speed, highly secure data transmission by mitigating atmospheric turbulence, ensuring reliable satellite-to-ground communication. Maxime shares insights into Cailabs’ recent breakthroughs, such as a world-first stable optical link demonstration in collaboration with the French Defense Innovation Agency, and discusses the company’s strategic vision for growth.…
In this interview, Fabio Rosa , Co-Founder and Head of Research at Asgard Therapeutics , discusses their groundbreaking cancer therapy, AT108 , which reprograms cancer cells into immune cells. Asgard has raised €30 million in Series A funding and is preparing for clinical trials by 2027 . With strong scientific validation and key publications, the company is now focused on partnerships, production scaling, and investor relations to drive its innovative therapy forward.…
Introducing one of the EIC Scaling Club Cardiovascular Therapies group members – Anaconda Biomed, a Barcelona-based scale-up revolutionizing stroke treatment with its cutting-edge technology. Their mission statement is ambitious yet simple: to provide the best thrombectomy system to health care professionals. And since its foundation, Anaconda Biomed has been on track to accomplish just that. Listen to the interview with the company's Co-Founder and Managing Director, Dr Ofir Arad, and Chief Medical Officer, Hendrik Lambert.…
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1 Interview: EISMEA Director Jean-David Malo takes stock of the EIC's achievements to date, and challenges ahead 17:28
At the recent EIC Summit , we caught up with Jean-David Malo , Director of EISMEA , the European Commission’s executive agency for the European Innovation Council and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It was a timely encounter, coinciding with the release of the EIC Impact Report 2023 , which highlighted that the total value of the overall portfolio of EIC-supported companies has now reached almost €70 billion ( download the PDF here ) and our own unveiling of the first 48 deep tech scale-ups to be supported by the EIC Scaling Club from earlier this week. We asked him about the purpose of the annual EIC event, which was part of the fifth edition of the European Research and Innovation Days . and some of the key take-aways for him both in terms of the impact report and the learnings from meeting several hundreds of stakeholders on-site in Brussels. Malo didn't shy away from highlighting the things that can be improved and accelerated within the EIC itself, while also taking stock of the achievements to date. Of course, we couldn't resist asking him about the EIC Scaling Club as well, to give more colour on why this initiative fits into the overall E(I)C plans. Enjoy!…
1 Accelerating computer vision on edge devices as a 'small, fast-growing Nvidia': Interview with Fabrizio Del Maffeo from Axelera AI 9:11
The EIC Scaling Club team sat down with Fabrizio Del Maffeo on the sidelines of the recent Tech Tour Growth 50 Europe event in Paris. As the co-founder and CEO of Axelera AI , Del Maffeo kicked off the interview pitching his company as a 'small, fast-growing Nvidia'. That's intriguing enough on its own, but the entrepreneur of course told us a bit more about the backstory of Axelera AI, and what the team is busy building over in its HQ in Eindhoven and its many other offices located all across Europe. In essence, Axelera AI is developing a powerful and efficient AI-native hardware and software platform to accelerate computer vision on edge devices (such as cars, computers, medical devices and whatnot). As a capital-intensive business, the company has raised close to $65 million in funding according to Dealroom , and is also backed by the European Innovation Council through the EIC Accelerator program . Del Maffeo also talked about the importance of the EIC (and the EIC Scaling Club) for the European (deep) tech ecosystems, the ability to find enough talent to hire in Europe, events that bring innovators and investors together in person, and what keeps him up at night. Enjoy the interview!…
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