Duration: 25:30
🧾 Analytical Summary
Europe’s tech scene is reshaping policy and capital to compete in the AI era: a new EU startup/scaleup strategy (incl. a “28th regime”), a bigger European Innovation Council (EIC) fund, and pushes to mobilize pension funds—while founders must still build mafias and think global from day one.
🇪🇺 What’s changing
- EU Startup & Scaleup Strategy: ~28 initiatives; 28th regime to form an EU‑wide company without 27 duplications.
- EIC to expand (proposed €35B), with large coinvestor networks to 4× EU money.
- Pension/sovereign capital mobilization (e.g., NL) to feed VC/PE.
🧩 What’s still missing
- Too few EU tech giants; weak commercialization from universities; corporate future‑focus gap.
🕸️ What works
- “Mafias” (PayPal/Skype/Spotify effects) compound talent, capital, and know‑how—replicable in EU hubs (e.g., Estonia’s 14 unicorns).
🧠 Viewpoint: Odoo Perspective
Policy tailwinds help, but impact comes when founders, talent, and capital form durable ecosystems around winning products.
🏢 Viewpoint: Competitors
The 28th regime and EIC scale‑up are promising. Investors will watch execution speed, ease of cross‑border hiring, and regulatory predictability.
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