Julien Fredonie, Honda Xcelerator Ventures: Europe isn’t fragmented. It’s a deep tech circuit board.

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Julien Fredonie discusses Europe's interconnected deep tech ecosystem and the importance of corporate venture capital in scaling innovation.

Europe isn’t a collection of isolated hubs. It’s an interconnected system where talent, capital and industry come together to build deep tech. That's the perspective Julien Fredonie⁠ , Program Lead for Europe and Africa at ⁠Honda Xcelerator Ventures⁠ , shared on our latest episode hosted by Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier . They spoke about why Europe’s deep tech moment is real, how the pipeline of founders is improving and why corporates are key to scaling hardware innovation. They also explore the rise of specialised investors and where CVCs still get team evaluation wrong. Key highlights Europe’s deep tech moment is structural, not hype Global investors have shifted from doubt to active allocation Founder quality is rising through education and support systems CVCs are critical to scaling deep tech companies CVCs miss critical signals when evaluating deep tech teams Timestamps (00:00) Europe as a deep tech “mesh”, not fragmented (04:00) Julien’s role and investment scope at Honda Xcelerator Ventures (08:00) Why Europe’s deep tech moment is happening now (12:00) Education strength and rise of deep tech founders (16:00) Team composition: diversity and complementarity (20:00)…

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Hosts: Andreas Munk Holm, Jeppe Høier

Guest: Julien Fredonie

Topics covered

• deep tech
• Europe
• investment
• hardware innovation
• corporate venture capital
• founder development

Keywords

• deep tech
• Europe
• investment
• CVC
• founders
• hardware
• innovation
• education
• team evaluation

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Organizations: Honda Xcelerator Ventures

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