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Startups to explore
Explore all startupsSatispay
Italian mobile payments network offering a wallet for peer-to-peer transfers and merchant payments.
Trade Republic
German fintech stock broker: 1M+ users, commission-free trading, low minimum investment for all retail investors.
Mistral AI
French AI company developing open-source large language models and enterprise AI solutions challenging big tech incumbents.
Celonis
Global leader in process mining and execution management: $13B valuation, 1,400+ enterprise customers, mission to optimize every business process with AI.
Vinted
Vinted is Europe's secondhand fashion marketplace founded in Vilnius in 2008: free C2C seller model generating revenue from buyer commissions, shipping, and premium services. 26 active markets, €813M revenue in 2024, €5B valuation.
n8n
Open-source workflow automation platform: self-hosted alternative to Zapier and Make, adopted by 10K+ enterprises globally.
European ecosystems
All ecosystemsBerlin
The creative and tech hub of Germany, known for its vibrant culture and a strong concentration of fintech and SaaS startups.
Paris
Europe's second hub for investment: AI, deeptech and fintech drive an ecosystem that has scaled rapidly in recent years.
London
Europe's largest tech hub: global capital of fintech, AI and deep tech, with access to the best talent and capital on the continent.
Recent podcast episodes
All episodesNopan, Prolo, NextGO Epi — €7,2 milioni nei pagamenti, £4,2 milioni per l'edilizia e €2 milioni nei semiconduttori — Daily News 14 luglio 2026
Nopan porta a €7,2 milioni il capitale raccolto per ottimizzare i pagamenti tramite conto e wallet; Prolo raccoglie…
Helsing — $1.8 billion for European defence AI at an $18 billion valuation — Daily News July 13, 2026
EP60 — Deep Tech Files — Proxima Fusion: Europe tries to ignite a star
Proxima Fusion raised €411 million from investors including Google and RWE at a €2.4 billion valuation.
The frameworks behind European
startup stories
302 episodes showed you how they grow. IdeaLedger explains with which tools: 10 frameworks with real examples from Satispay, Klarna, Wise.
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The Italian podcast on the European startups that matter
Scalable analyses Europe's most successful startups — from new unicorns to fast-growing scaleups — through founder and operator interviews, deep dives into business models, and weekly commentary on the most significant funding rounds. Every episode is designed for people working in the startup world: those who build, those who invest, and those who want to understand how European venture capital really works.
With over 260 published episodes, 1,800 companies analysed and case studies on Satispay, Vinted, Trade Republic, N8n, Bending Spoons and dozens of other companies, Scalable is the reference point in Italian for anyone who wants to stay updated on the European startup ecosystem — from seed rounds to the path towards unicorn status.
How Scalable works
Podcast
Each episode tells the story of a European startup: how it was founded, what problem it solves, and what strategies it used to grow.
Startup Intelligence Hub
The site features structured profiles of the main European startups: business models, competitive positioning, strategies and insights for founders and operators.
Startup ecosystems
We analyse the main European tech hubs to understand why some cities manage to generate so many innovative startups.