The UrbanTech VC

The UrbanTech VC

The go-to podcast for everything European UrbanTech.

Episodes

March 20, 2024 31 mins
Today we are happy to welcome Celeste, leader of EIT Community programs for startups in EIT Urban Mobility. She manages the Supernovas initiative, empowering women in entrepreneurship and investment, the New European Bauhaus Catalyser, an accelerator to promote companies that champion on sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusion, and the Jumpstarter, a competition that propels innovative ideas into validated businesses while foster...
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Today we are happy to welcome Jens Thumm, Co-Founder and CEO of Predium. Together with his Co-founders Mohamed Ali Razouane and Maximilian Korner, he has developed an intelligent operating system for decarbonizing real estate. It enables a simple and fast overview of the ESG performance of buildings, action plans for CO2 reduction, and automated reporting, offering a holistic solution for sustainable and profitable real estate comp...
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Today we are happy to welcome Ewa Lenart, CEO and Co-founder of Howie Systems, emerging startup located in Vienna that specializes in developing an AI-Copilot for the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) sector. The company aims to assist architects and engineers in efficiently navigating their past and present data, enabling them to reuse their past drawings and make more informed decisions for future projects.

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Today we are happy to welcome Sebastian Klingberg, Affordable Housing Professional and Surveyor at Savills UK in London. Sebastian undertakes valuations of housing stock in England and consults a wide range of stakeholders such as housing associations, charities, local councils and banks. He is passionate about all matters concerning the affordability and sustainability of housing and emphasises the need to think across sectors, di...
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Today, we're happy to welcome you to the hosts themselves as guests! Listen to 2bX‘s two GPs reflecting on the forth season of the Urban Tech Podcast, including learnings about their past guests, urban challenges and possible solutions. Enjoy being part of a very honest, personal and fun conversation between two co-founders and get to know their awesome dynamic.

In this episode you’ll learn:
  • It's crucial to proactively decide on ...
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Today we are happy to welcome Andreas Schweinar from Dorsch Groupe, a global engineering firm with 9000 employees. Throughout his career, Andreas has focused on high-volume international infrastructure projects, emphasizing business development, structural creation, unit integration, process standardization, and innovative business models

In this episode you’ll learn:
  • Applying cost to elements can speed up the transition to a mor...
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Dieter Kondek, a tech enthusiast turned entrepreneur, has left indelible marks in the high-tech industry. Dieter is Founder at Transatlantic Capital Partners, an Atlantic Family Office Investment Alliance, connecting Family Offices & UHNWI on both sides of the Atlantic. Dieter is Co-Founder @ Global Blockchain Ventures, a $50m Venture Fund invested in 43 blockchain companies including Inveniam Capital, Kraken, Coinbase, Google ...
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Today we are happy to welcome Alice Haugh, Built Environment Programme Manager at the Laudes Foundation in Amsterdam. Alice drives system-wide stakeholder collaboration that coordinates European policy makers, industry, finance, and communities to tackle the immense emission levels of the built environment and the direct social consequences. Additionally, she leads strategic design studios within several Architecture Master's cours...
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Today we have Angelos Chronis as our guest. Angelos is the CEO and Co-Founder of Infrared City GmbH as well as Senior Research Engineer at the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna and Senior Faculty at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. His work focuses on performative design, simulation, AI and data-driven design and optimization as well as interactive interfaces and AR/VR. He has developed various design ...
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Lieke is the founder of Telling - the design studio for mobility. As experts in usability, Telling helps teams build products that last. Telling understands user motivations and category rules. Services include UX research, design, design operations and strategy development - for digital and physical products and infrastructure. Telling starts with people. Always. Because human motivation endures while technology evolves. In additi...
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Today, we're happy to welcome you to the hosts themselves as guests! Listen to 2bX's two GPs reflecting on the third season of the UrbanTech VC Podcast, including learnings about their past five guests. In this episode on air for the first time: Martijn Balder, another 2bX and UrbanTech enthusiast - he is guiding through this episode today. Enjoy being part of a fun conversation between the two co-founders and Martijn and get to kn...
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Today we are happy to welcome Jonathan Müller, architect and managing director of Helix Plant Systems. He is passionate about green architecture and thinks vegetation on buildings will be an essential component of sustainable construction projects to cool urban centers and make them more resilient to the effects of climate change.

At HELIX, Jonathan supports the conception, planning, implementation and maintenance of greening facade...
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Today we are happy to welcome Elisabeth Oswald, partner at StadtLABOR, an innovation laboratory for sustainable and cooperative urban development. StadtLABOR looks for ways in which climate protection, resource conservation and innovation can be given greater consideration in construction projects and in the development of neighborhoods and districts.
As an architect, Elisabeth knows the scene in Graz, Vienna and belongs to the rare...
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Today we are happy to welcome Daniel Hanemann, CEO and Founder at wundertax, the tech startup he co-founded in 2016 and returned to as CEO in 2022. Daniel is a growth-oriented entrepreneur who has founded and built high-growth companies in six countries. He has ten years of international experience scaling businesses with a focus on technology, marketing, finance and venture capital. Daniel is passionate about sustainability, fitne...
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Today we are happy to welcome Nathalie des Isnards, founder of madamePee, the first mobile urinal designed by women. Nathalie's entrepreneurial project on societal innovation aims at bringing alternative and efficient sanitary solutions for women. Today she joins us to talk about inclusivity on European cities.

In this episode you’ll learn:
  • What ultramarathons and entrepreneurship have in common

  • Ratio of toilets in public spaces ...
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Today we are happy to welcome Richard, a business angel that have been investing in young companies and entrepreneurs in real estate-specific, commercial, organizational, and corporate law issues. Richard is focused in both classic real estate companies that build up existing portfolios, as well as innovative approaches and proptechs.

In this episode you’ll learn:
- Business Angel see upside of this current market investment → even m...
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Today, we're happy to welcome you to the hosts themselves as guests! Listen to 2bX‘s two GPs reflecting on the second season of the Urban Tech Podcast, including learnings about their past five guests, urban challenges and possible solutions. Enjoy being part of a very honest, personal and fun conversation between two co-founders and get to know their pure dynamic.


In this episode you’ll learn:


- that focus on gender is important &am...
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Today we are happy to welcome Lea Strohm, Co-Founder of Posmo Cooperative and Senior Analyst of Data and AI Ethics at Thomson Reuters. Lea is a data ethicist who's passionate about Digital Ethics & Sustainable Mobility.

In this episode you’ll learn:

- What this not-very-mainstream business model “data cooperative” really is

- What data ethic means and what is the role of an ethic counsel

- How to build a business around the key va...
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Today we are happy to welcome Natalia Rincón, Co-Founder & CEO at CHAOS, a location intelligence platform that provides urban forecasts and insights. Unlike existing visualizing tools and data platforms, CHAOS applies innovative technologies, like GIS, AI & Machine Learning. Natalia describes herself as a bold, tenacious, passionate professional focused in Smart Cities.

In this episode you’ll learn:
- that public & priva...
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Mobility New Designs and Society for Urban Mobility. She is a political entrepreneur, sustainable mobility expert, singer and speaker! Martha is part of the founding team of Young Leaders Academy (in partnership with URBAN FUTURE), a value-driven education and consulting collective by and for the next generation of sustainable urban development.

In this episode you’ll learn:

– what are different concepts & role models mobility w...
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