Oliver Molander, Founding General Partner of Inception Fund: Europe needs to build indispensable technology.

European investors are moving faster, while global funds are becoming increasingly active across the Nordics. As competition for the best founders intensifies, technical talent is attracting more attention than ever at the earliest stages.Oliver Molander is Founding General Partner of Inception Fund, which recently expanded to €30 million. Drawing on his experience as both a founder and investor, he believes technical founders build the biggest outcomes, and that Europe should focus on creating indispensable technologies rather than simply talking about sovereignty.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here:https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europeChargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeuropeTimestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:18 - Why Inception Fund was created1:42 - Backing technical founders at inception2:25 - Why European investors need to move faster4:17 - The rise of a new generation of European funds5:25 - Working with Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia and Lightspeed7:08 - Building the LP base behind Inception Fund9:31 - Convincing LPs to back a first-time fund manager12:02 - Why Inception invested in Recursive15:42 - Stockholm, Finland and the future of Nordic tech20:52 - EQT and the €5 billion European scale-up fund22:20 - Why Europe should focus on indispensability, not sovereignty