Laura Connell, Partner at Atomico: Deep tech is reshaping Europe’s growth stage funding

<p>Atomico is one of Europe&#39;s best known venture firms, backing tech companies from their early days all the way to going public. Europe now produces as many new tech companies as the US, and a lot of them will need big funding rounds as they grow.</p><p><br></p><p>Laura Connell is a Managing Partner at Atomico, where she works with founders at the growth stage. More investors from the US, Asia and the Middle East are now backing these companies, while Europe&#39;s own growth funds are still too small to take a big share of the biggest rounds.</p><p><br></p><p>The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: <a href="https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk">https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sponsors:</p><p><br></p><p>SurrealDB: <a href="https://surrealdb.com/">https://surrealdb.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Airwallex: <a href="https://www.airwallex.com/uk">https://www.airwallex.com/uk</a></p><p><br></p><p>Lovable: <a href="https://lovable.dev/">https://lovable.dev/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Parloa: <a href="https://www.parloa.com/">https://www.parloa.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Conveo: <a href="https://conveo.ai/">https://conveo.ai/</a></p><p><br></p><p>NatWest: <a href="https://www.natwest.com/">https://www.natwest.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>WWT: <a href="https://www.wwt.com/">https://www.wwt.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p><br></p><p>0:00 Introduction<br>0:08 Laura&#39;s role at Atomico<br>0:45 How Europe&#39;s growth stage has changed<br>4:03 Why outcomes are getting bigger<br>6:06 What growth investing means now<br>9:46 Backing The Exploration Company<br>11:37 Investors from outside Europe<br>14:10 Why Europe needs bigger growth funds<br>15:17 Her article on AI infrastructure<br>17:46 What she looks for in founders<br>20:10 From brain research to investing</p>