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Europe has the technology.

The bigger question is whether Europe has the capital to keep it. In this episode of the Protect Europe Podcast, Colin Brown sits down with Martin Davis, co-founder of EDT Ventures, to explore the intersection of venture capital, emerging technology, national security and European strategic autonomy.

Martin’s journey has taken him from 11 years in the military, through software and financial services, into venture capital and ultimately into defence and national security investing. Today, EDT Ventures is building around a very specific gap in the European market: later-stage capital for technology businesses with both commercial and national security applications.

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Finland is undisputedly world-class in certain industries, and two of these have just been combined in a way I find fascinating:

1) Building huge commercial ships 
2) Deploying nuclear power

So what does the future look like if Finland can build nuclear-powered shipping?

Join me and AP from SeAtom to find out. The future is bright: nuclear-capable shipping.

and if you want to dive deeper on global shipping then checkout our Category Leaders episode on Maersk

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Andrew Turner CBE is on career two.

To be fair, his first career was pretty impressive. Flying jets at 18, rising through the ranks of the RAF, and undertaking combat missions across a huge number of campaigns and towards the end, a lot of government work. But that is history. Impressive history, but over.

Career two with Saibre Capital could be even more interesting. Join Andrew, Ruy Pinto and myself as we dive into Quantum and why we need to be bold or be overridden! 

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Mattipekka Kronqvist could never be described as boring!

His superpower is to reach deep into University research labs and distil just the right technology to meet a capability he sees in the real world.

This episode is unique not because of the companies we talk about but because the range of related problems that MPK is solving. 

Dive in. You will not be bored! 

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In this Protect Europe Podcast, Colin Brown interviews Oskari Jaakkola, the co-founder of Cactos, a modern energy company focused on providing affordable electricity and energy storage solutions to industrial users. Oskari discusses the company’s vertically integrated approach, the challenges of the electricity market, and the importance of their infrastructure fund in providing financing to clients. He shares insights into the company’s growth, pivotal decisions made in its early days, and the team’s background. The conversation also touches on the future of energy consumption and the role of technology in managing electricity costs.

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In this episode of PEP Colin Brown goes deep in conversation with Carsten Schmickler, Managing Director of Europipe 

This conversation delves into the intricacies of pipe production, emphasizing the rigorous quality control measures in place to ensure safety and reliability, particularly in critical infrastructure like the North Stream gas supply. The discussion highlights the importance of minimizing production steps while maximizing inspection checks to prevent catastrophic failures.

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🔋 Battery Chemistry
🕵 AI agents networking
⛴️ Boats across Norwegian Fjords
💰 Building a factory to produce essentially “a white powder”!

We have everything and more in this week’s Protect Europe Podcast (PEP) with Anders Teigland the CEO of TioTech a Norwegian based company who are on a mission to electrify everything by manufacturing titania (titanium dioxide) nanomaterials.

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In this week’s Protect Europe Podcast (PEP), Colin Brown interviews Paula Laine CEO of Safegrid.
They discuss the company’s mission to enhance the operation and maintenance of energy infrastructure through advanced fault detection and predictive maintenance technologies.