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Accelerating computer vision on edge devices as a 'small, fast-growing Nvidia': Interview with Fabrizio Del Maffeo from Axelera AI
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תוכן מסופק על ידי EIC Scaling Club. כל תוכן הפודקאסטים כולל פרקים, גרפיקה ותיאורי פודקאסטים מועלים ומסופקים ישירות על ידי EIC Scaling Club או שותף פלטפורמת הפודקאסט שלהם. אם אתה מאמין שמישהו משתמש ביצירה שלך המוגנת בזכויות יוצרים ללא רשותך, אתה יכול לעקוב אחר התהליך המתואר כאן https://he.player.fm/legal.
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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תוכן מסופק על ידי EIC Scaling Club. כל תוכן הפודקאסטים כולל פרקים, גרפיקה ותיאורי פודקאסטים מועלים ומסופקים ישירות על ידי EIC Scaling Club או שותף פלטפורמת הפודקאסט שלהם. אם אתה מאמין שמישהו משתמש ביצירה שלך המוגנת בזכויות יוצרים ללא רשותך, אתה יכול לעקוב אחר התהליך המתואר כאן https://he.player.fm/legal.
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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1 Interview with Fabio Rosa, Co-Founder and Head of Research of Asgard Therapeutics 12:33
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הפעל מאוחר יותר הפעל מאוחר יותר רשימות לייק אהבתיIn 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.…
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In this episode, we sit down with Keith Sequeira , Head of the European Innovation Council Unit at the European Commission, during the Scale 100 Forum in Athens, Greece . Keith shares insights into the challenges and opportunities for European scale-ups, highlighting the role of the EIC Scaling Club in closing the scale-up gap. He discusses Europe's strengths as a scaling environment, the rise of promising sectors like quantum technology, and the exciting introduction of the first-ever EU Commissioner for Startups . Tune in to explore how Europe is evolving in the right direction to create global leaders and address major societal challenges.…
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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
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הפעל מאוחר יותר הפעל מאוחר יותר רשימות לייק אהבתיAt 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!…
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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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1 The Earlybird gets the interview: A chat with seasoned VC investor Christian Nagel 10:59
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הפעל מאוחר יותר הפעל מאוחר יותר רשימות לייק אהבתיDr. Christian Nagel is a co-founder and partner of Earlybird , a technology investment powerhouse with more than €2 billion under management. Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of tech companies, and has nestled itself among the largest and most experienced venture investors operating in Europe today. We caught up with Christian at the recent Tech Tour Growth50 Europe event in Paris, to gain some more insights into the firm's investment strategy and hypotheses. Aside from that 'VC elevator pitch', we delved into a number of topics, including what's hot in deep tech today, particularly attractive sectors (and geographies) for Earlybird, the ongoing pressure on the market, what is holding Europe back at the moment, and whether today is a good time to start a new company or not. Enjoy!…
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1 Veteran investor Anne Glover (Amadeus Capital) on Europe's chance to shine in deep tech 11:13
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הפעל מאוחר יותר הפעל מאוחר יותר רשימות לייק אהבתיAmadeus Capital Partners has been investing in technology-enabled products and services for nearly three decades. Founded by Anne Glover and Hermann Hauser in 1997, Amadeus has backed more than 190 companies and raised over $1 billion for investment to date. When we had a chance to sit down with Anne on the sidelines of the recent Tech Tour Growth 50 Europe event, we seized the opportunity to ask her some questions about the state of the European deep tech entrepreneurship and investment ecosystem(s). After sharing some facts and figures about Amadeus Capital, we talked about how to navigate the current investment downturn (and use it to your advantage as a founder), the ongoing maturation of the European tech scene, the issue with the late-stage funding gap in these parts and the political reality sometimes hindering growth. On top of that, we discussed where deep tech innovation tends to happen in Europe, the availability of relevant talent and capital clusters and network, what the European tech ecosystem(s) needs to reach the next level, skills development both on the company and the investor side, and much more.…
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1 The present and future of the EIT: An interview with longtime director Martin Kern 12:32
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הפעל מאוחר יותר הפעל מאוחר יותר רשימות לייק אהבתיAt the recent EIT Summit in Brussels, we sat down with the organisation's Director, Martin Kern , to discuss what's cooking over at the European Institute of Innovation & Technology . Kern, who's been part of the EIT leadership for almost a decade after a long career stint at the European Commission, told us more about the EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities (the so-called KICs), which are essentially Europe-wide networks centered around addressing a specific societal challenge, from sustainable energy to climate change, healthy food and green transport. Keen observers will have noted that this is not dissimilar to our approach in defining 10 market sector opportunities in the deep tech space. In the 14 years since it was started, the EIT has supported and helped grow more than 8,000 startups, and built up an innovation network with more than 2,400 partners from top business, research and education organisations across Europe. Kern discusses the work the EIT is doing in more detail. In the interview, we cover more ground, including the EIT Deep Tech Talent initiative that aims to train 1 million people in various deep tech areas, the European Solar Academy that was launched at the event, and the EIT's evolving relationship (and the difference) with the European Innovation Council (EIC). Also make sure to check out our interview with EIT Urban Mobility CEO Maria Tsavachidis !…
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1 Changing the fate of Europe through deep tech investments: Q&A with Jolt Capital's Jean Schmitt 7:05
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. Enjoy the listen!…
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1 A deep dive into the future with Exponential View's Azeem Azhar 20:56
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הפעל מאוחר יותר הפעל מאוחר יותר רשימות לייק אהבתיAzeem Azhar has had a rich career as a journalist, entrepreneur, author, speaker, analyst, consultant, but now bills himself as an 'independent academic'. These days, he's perhaps best known for Exponential View , which offers weekly deep dives on AI and breakthrough technologies to a vast audience of investors, C-suite execs and global leaders who like to be challenged on thinking about the future. More than a newsletter, Exponential View has become a platform and community for those who are keen to learn about the exponential technologies that are shaping tomorrow. We caught up with Azeem on the sidelines of the recent DLD Conference in Munich, where he delivered a fast-paced talk on how to better understand the past, present and future of the digital transformation. For a summary of Azeem's presentation, and some additional insights on deep tech and the current technological transition we're in, have a listen to the interview and make sure to sign up for the Exponential View newsletter for much more of this! And while you're at it, you should subscribe to our monthly newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn and X if you aren't already.…
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1 Moving on up: EIT Urban Mobility CEO Maria Tsavachidis on how to make cities more liveable thanks to sustainable mobility 17:09
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הפעל מאוחר יותר הפעל מאוחר יותר רשימות לייק אהבתיWe recently attend the EIT Summit in Brussels, where we had a chance to catch up with Maria Tsavachidis , CEO of EIT Urban Mobility , one of the organisation's so-called KICs. What is a KIC, you ask? As the EIT explains on its website , the acronym stands for "Knowledge and Innovation Communities" and they are essentially Europe-wide networks centred around addressing a specific societal challenge; from sustainable energy to climate change to healthy food and green transport. EIT Urban Mobility is among the earliest such communities, started in January 2019 to "encourage positive changes in the way people move around cities in order to make them more liveable places". EIT, which is a body of the European Union, provided co-funding of up to €400 million for the period 2020 to 2026 to make some moves (pun intended). In the interview, Tsavachidis provides some further background on EIT Urban Mobility and its raison d'être , the size of the problem that needs tackling and the three main initiatives that it's outlined to do so, examples of interesting startups and partners it's working with, and much more!…
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1 Making clean, scalable fusion power plants a reality: An interview with Proxima co-founder and CEO Francesco Sciortino 13:37
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הפעל מאוחר יותר הפעל מאוחר יותר רשימות לייק אהבתיWe had a very interesting conversation with the co-founder and CEO of clean energy scale-up Proxima Fusion at the recent DLD Conference in Munich, and fortunately for you we recorded it! Have a listen to this interview with Francesco Sciortino , whose deep tech company aims to build an entirely new generation of fusion power plants, using QI stellarators. Proxima Fusion is the first-ever spin-out company from the Max Planck Society Institute for Plasma Physics, which happens to have built and operates the most advanced stellarator on the planet, W7-X. Research over the past decade or so has now set the stage for the Munich scale-up to leverage modern optimisation tools and design capabilities, and accelerate fusion. To achieve that, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Tesla and Google X scientists and engineers have already joined the Germany-based company, and Proxima Fusion last year raised €7.5 million in a round led by Plural and UVC Partners and joined by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the Wilbe Group. Have a listen to the interview to learn more about why Germany is fertile ground for innovation in the field of stellarators, how the design of a new generation of - continuous - fusion power plants could (and should) be accelerated in the current and next decade, and how the technology can be scaled in (and for) the future. Sciortino also talks about the need to build an ecosystem around fusion power, why Proxima has recently applied to receive funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator, his insights on the public and private funding landscape in Europe and on the availability of and access to key talent in this part of the world.…
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1 Making media moves: Insights from The Innovator founder (and EIC Scaling Club Council Member) Jennifer Schenker 6:47
On the sidelines of the recent Tech Tour Growth 50 event in Paris, we recorded a short but sweet interview with Jennifer Schenker , founder and editor-in-chief of The Innovator , which she describes as a "pan-European publication with global aspirations". Having covered the European technology sector for 30+ years, the veteran journalist started The Innovator in late 2016 to cover digital transformation and sustainability, educating its readers - mostly senior executives at large corporates and SMEs - on how tech will impact their businesses. In the interview, Schenker notes that she's always been impressed with Europe's scientific and technological excellence, but frustrated at how little of that gets commercialised and turned into scale-ups, let alone global tech leaders. Acknowledging the progress that has been made of late by deep tech-focused accelerators and programs, the EU institutions and how universities are starting to work with startups and scale-ups, Schenker posits that the growing funding gap is an enormous issue hampering further growth. Schenker recently joined the EIC Scaling Club as Council Member to make an active contribution to levelling up the European tech ecosystem(s), and discusses in the interview how media companies can add value to our programme as stakeholder members. Do you also want to be part of the EIC Scaling Club? Express your interest in becoming a member , or sign up as a mentor (before 13 March).…
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1 The next step in immersive computing: An interview with Timo Toikkanen, CEO of Finnish mixed-reality scale-up Varjo 11:47
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הפעל מאוחר יותר הפעל מאוחר יותר רשימות לייק אהבתיOn the sidelines of the recent Tech Tour Growth 50 Europe event in Paris, we had a chance to sit down with Timo Toikkanen , an early investor and advisor to, and these days chief executive officer of Finland-based professional mixed reality company Varjo . Toikannen talks about the origins and early, R&D-focussed years of the deep tech scale-up, lessons learned on the road to commercialisation, and the ongoing transition into a period of finding solid product-market fit and scaling the business in various verticals. Varjo's CEO also talks about making contrarian technology and business choices that turned out to be the right ones, the heated competition with giants like Apple and Meta through focus and specialisation. Keep listening after that, though, because Toikannen also talks about Europe's potential to build global, category-leading deep tech companies. Spoiler alert: he is skeptical about it. Enjoy the listen!…
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