Andy Goldstein: Europe's VC Needs a Mindset Reboot

Andy Goldstein — Managing Director Europe at VU Venture Partners and a German Accelerator co-founder — argues Europe's venture capital scene needs a mindset reboot to close the transatlantic scaling gap. With Jörn “Joe” Menninger.

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Why this episode matters: Venture capital is the engine behind scaling, and its European wiring is the story here. Andy's transatlantic view explains why DACH founders raise and scale differently.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why European startups scale slower than US peers
• The transatlantic investment divide, explained
• Andy Goldstein on the mindset European VC needs
• What holds back DACH scale-ups and fundraising
• How a new VC mindset could unlock growth

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