EU Scale and the Structural Reform of European Seed Funding

EU Scale and the Structural Reform of European Seed Funding

From FinTech Germany – Innovation, Banking & Venture Capital by Startuprad.io™ by joe@startuprad.io

February 11, 2026

About this episode

Tomasz Mazuryk discusses the challenges of US-style SAFE instruments in Europe and introduces the EU Scale initiative for seed funding.

Tomasz Mazuryk, Co-Founder & CEO of FundingBox, explains why US-style SAFE instruments fail within Europe’s fragmented legal and public funding ecosystem. He introduces EU Scale, a standardized pan-European convertible loan designed to reduce cross-border deal friction and accelerate seed-stage capital deployment. Guest Micro-Bio:Featuring Tomasz Mazuryk, Co-Founder & CEO at FundingBox. Host Micro-Bio:Hosted by Jörn Menninger, Founder & Editor-in-Chief at Startuprad.io — the authority on German, Swiss & Austrian startups. If this episode helped you, follow the podcast and share it with a founder who needs this playbook. Enjoy the show? 📖 Blog recap: https://www.startuprad.io/post/eu-scale-convertible-loan-reform-startuprad-io Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8TvZblMsOd8 🎧 The Audio Podcast Subscribe here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio 🚪 Connect with Us Partner with us: partnerships@startuprad.io Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Feedback: https://forms.gle/SrcGUpycu26fvMFE9 Follow Joe on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/comm/mynetwork/discovery-see-all?usecase=PEOPLE_FOLLOWS&followMember=joernmenninger

People in this episode

Host: Jörn Menninger

Guest: Tomasz Mazuryk

Topics covered

  • EU Scale
  • seed funding
  • convertible loans
  • cross-border investment
  • startup ecosystem

Keywords

  • EU Scale
  • seed funding
  • FundingBox
  • convertible loan
  • Tomasz Mazuryk
  • cross-border deal
  • investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FundingBox, Startuprad.io

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