Laura McGinnis, Partner at Singular: Growing Singular's London office to back UK founders

Jon Steinback, Co-Founder and CEO at Marker: BREAKING: Marker raised $13m Seed

Marker just came out of stealth and raised a $13m Seed led by Index Ventures. Marker is an AI editor built to help writers develop their ideas and get feedback throughout the writing process.   Jon Steinback is Co-Founder and CEO of Marker. He and co-founder Ryan Bowman built it to support the whole writing process, from thinking through drafting to editing. The result is a modern word processor made for people who believe in the craft of writing.   The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk   Sponsors:   Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026   SurrealDB: 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_scalingeurope   Timestamps:   0:00 - Introduction 0:20 - Marker's seed round and coming out of stealth 0:57 - What Marker actually is 1:41 - Who Marker is built for 3:33 - How Marker's product took shape 4:39 - Finding the balance between AI and human writing 6:52 - Why these investors backed Marker 9:20 - Jon's time at DeepMind 10:52 - How Marker will use the funding 13:04 - The goal behind coming out of stealth 14:33 - Marker's long-term vision

Laura McGinnis, Partner at Singular: Growing Singular's London office to back UK founders

Singular is a European early-stage venture capital firm investing from Seed through Series B, with portfolio companies including Aikido, Vibe, Basecamp and Spore.Bio.   Laura McGinnis is joining Singular as a Partner. She previously spent several years in venture at Balderton Capital. In London, she'll focus on building out the firm's presence and backing UK and Ireland founders earlier in their journey.   The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk   Sponsors:   Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026   SurrealDB: 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_scalingeurope   Timestamps:   0:00 - Introduction 0:10 - Laura's move to Singular 0:58 - Why Singular appealed to her 2:22 - How the opportunity came together 3:33 - The type of founders Singular backs 5:31 - Moving from a large firm to a small, nimble team 8:21 - What success looks like in her first months 10:10 - Why Singular is doubling down on the UK and Ireland 13:33 - Finding an edge to meet founders earlier 15:38 - Advice for operators breaking into VC

Sai Shivareddy, Founder and CEO at Nyobolt: Building the critical power infrastructure for the AI world

Nyobolt is building fast energy storage systems for AI infrastructure, where data centres and robotics require far higher power density and faster charging than conventional technologies can provide. Sai Shivareddy is Founder and CEO at Nyobolt. The company spent years developing its technology before AI infrastructure created demand for it, and is now deploying its systems in robotics, with data centres as its next target market. The company recently raised a $60m Series C at a $1 billion valuation, making it one of the UK's newest unicorns. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: 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_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:18 - Nyobolt's $60m Series C at a $1bn valuation 0:56 - What Nyobolt builds 2:52 - Real-world results and use cases 7:22 - Working with Symbotic 8:30 - Inside the Series C round 11:53 - Scaling manufacturing while growing fast 14:11 - Biggest bottlenecks to growth 18:40 - Raising hardware-focused venture capital 22:06 - Building a deep tech company from Cambridge

Carla Gómez Cano, Co-founder at THEKER: Theker Robotics’ generalist robots automate any factory task

THEKER Robotics builds robots that takes over the hardest physical labor inside heavy factories. Carla Gómez Cano is Co-founder at THEKER. Their robots that do manual, physical work, like moving packages, assembling parts and folding garments, and use smart software to handle any task or material on a single platform. The company recently raised an $85m Series A, one of the largest robotics rounds ever in Europe. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk [https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk] Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 [https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026] SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ [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_scalingeurope [https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope] Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:12 - THEKER's $85m Series A 0:54 - What THEKER's robots do today 4:11 - Why THEKER skips pilots 5:03 - Building a robotics company from Barcelona 7:10 - Reconfigurable robots vs. humanoids 10:02 - Biggest bottleneck: hiring 13:01 - The robotics-as-a-service model 16:14 - Biggest lesson: staying focused 17:15 - What's next for THEKER

Toby Mather, Co-Founder of Rig: BREAKING: Rig raised $2.8 Pre-seed

Rig just raised $2.8 pre-Seed led by Emerge Capital to build infrastructure that helps companies use their internal data with AI. The platform connects existing data systems so teams can build AI apps, workflows and agents more easily. Toby Mather is Co-founder of Rig. He says the biggest challenge is no longer building AI applications, but giving them secure access to the right internal context. Rig is designed to solve that problem by connecting data from across a business without teams having to stitch together dozens of systems themselves. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:12 - Rig’s $2.8 pre-Seed 0:48 - What Rig is building 1:37 - AI workflows in practice 3:56 - Why Toby started the company 6:37 - Why investors backed the round 8:29 - Lessons from building a second company 10:03 - Building an AI-native startup 11:37 - Hiring for speed and learning 14:11 - How AI is changing careers 17:06 - Toby’s view on vibe coding 19:34 - Priorities after the raise