Europe's Scale-Up Gap: Why Startup Capital Isn't the Problem

Podcast: Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth · Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth

Opublikowano: 2026-06-04

Europe doesn’t lack startup capital — it lacks the architecture to move capital from innovation to scale. In this scale-up series episode, Joe Menninger explains why the gap bites at Series B and beyond: a thin institutional LP base, too few billion-euro funds (11 vs 137 in the US), and the “dry powder” that can’t actually lead a €100M round. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Founders keep losing ownership to US growth capital at the exact moment they scale. This is the mechanism — LP patterns →...