Why Europe Can Build the Next Tech Giants

Europe didn’t fall behind because of a lack of talent, it fell behind because it failed to turn scientific breakthroughs into scaled companies.\nIn this talk, Alexandra Ntemourtsidou, Co-General Partner at Creator Fund, explains why Europe’s greatest advantage has always been its universities and why that advantage has historically been wasted.\nFrom Cambridge and Oxford to ETH and Imperial, Europe trains some of the world’s best scientists. Yet too often, those minds end up in finance, consulting, or academia, while the technologies they create never become global companies.\nAlexandra breaks down:\nWhy Europe consistently produces breakthroughs but not tech giants\nHow scientific talent gets lost before commercialization\nWhy going deep into labs, years before graduation, changes outcomes\nHow Creator Fund tracks and backs PhDs across Europe at scale\nWhat it takes to turn frontier science into global companies\nThrough real examples, from quantum sensing to drone delivery and deep tech exits, this talk shows how Europe can build the next generation of tech champions if it stops shelving ambition and starts scaling it.\nThis isn’t about missing talent.\nIt’s about unlocking it.\nEvent: Alpha Summit ’25\nSpeaker: Alexandra Ntemourtsidou, Co-General Partner at Creator Fund\nConnect with the speaker:\nAlexandra Ntemourtsidou – https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-ntemourtsidou-07a079115/\nSubscribe for more insights on European innovation, venture capital, and deep tech.