Campus To Capital
Episodes
#19 Robert Habeck - Former German Vice Chancellor on Europe’s Future, AI, Energy Demand, War & Leadership
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The past years reshaped Europe more than any decade since the end of the Cold War: war returned, energy systems fractured, AI accelerated, and politic...
#18 Kim Rants - Founder & CEO of Alice.tech (YC W25) on AI-Powered Learning, Hypergrowth & the Launch of Alice 2.0
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you turn study stress into study success - for millions of students worldwide?In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Kim Rants,...
#17 Dr. Herbert Pohl - Founder & CEO of Deutsche Erdwärme on Geothermal Energy, Project Risk & the Economics of the Energy Transition
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you decarbonize a country’s heat supply from the ground up?In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Herbert Pohl, Founder &...
#16 Joseph Pinto - CEO of M&G Investment Management on AI, ESG & Leading in a Changing Investment Landscape
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How is technology reshaping the future of asset management?In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Joseph Pinto, CEO of M&G Investm...
#15 Bastian R. Larsen - Founder & CEO of BlackWood Ventures on AI-Driven VC, Community Capital & Europe’s Startup Edge
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered how venture capital can scale smarter with technology and community?In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Bastian R. La...
#14 Laurits Bach Sørensen – Co-Founder of Nordic Alpha Partners on Economic Sustainability, Hard-Tech & “Changing the Math”
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered how to scale real-world innovation without the hype?In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Laurits Bach Sørensen, Co-Fo...
#13 Fiona Korwin-Pawlowski - Chief Strategy & Programs Officer at Project CETI on the Future of Research, AI & Interspecies Communication
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you ever wonder how interspecies communication really works?In this episode of Campus To Capital, we speak with Fiona Korwin-Pawlowski, Chief Stra...
#12 Andreas Schwarzenbrunner – General Partner at Speedinvest on Industrial Tech, European Innovation & Building in a New Era of Venture
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Andreas Schwarzenbrunner – General Partner at Speedinvest and one of Europe’s leading voice...
#11 Ruben Benjamin – Becoming and being an Artist: From Engineering to Emotion
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Ruben Benjamin – a German visual artist whose sculptural, three-dimensional works are collect...
#10 Jonas Gjørup Larsen – CFO at Bitpanda on Scaling Fintech, Strategic Partnerships & Financial Leadership in a Tokenized World
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 10 of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Jonas Gjørup Larsen, CFO at Bitpanda, to explore what it takes to build resilient financial stru...
#09 David Höhl – How to Launch a Hedge Fund: From Personal Capital to Public Markets
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with David Höhl, Co-Founder and CEO of Phoenix Alpha Capital – a newly launched hedge fund focuse...
#08 Eddie Opara – Partner at Pentagram on Building Identity, Balancing Autonomy & Designing with AI
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Campus to Capital, we sit down with Eddie Opara, Partner at Pentagram and one of the most influential figures in contemporary desig...
#07 Torsten Slok – Chief Economist at Apollo Global Management on How Tariffs, Inflation & Rates Are Shaping Capital Markets
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Torsten Slok, Chief Economist at Apollo Global Management and one of the most respected macro t...
#06 Jonas Deichmann – Extreme Athlete on Mental Endurance, Solo Adventures, and What Business Can Learn from Sport
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Campus To Capital, we speak with Jonas Deichmann, world record-breaking extreme athlete, motivational speaker, and bestselling auth...
#05 Simon Schmincke – General Partner @ Creandum on Scaling StartUps, Backing FinTech Leaders, and the Future of Venture Capital
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Campus To Capital, we speak with Simon Schmincke, General Partner at Creandum — one of Europe’s leading early-stage venture cap...
#04 Joakim Bruchmann – YC-Backed FinTech Founder & Ex-Goldman Sachs Trader on Democratizing Retail Investing
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Joakim Bruchmann, CEO and Co-Founder of Pluto.market. Joakim's journey spans from trading at Go...
#03 Noah Leidinger – Finance Podcaster, Venture Capitalist and Bestselling Author on Disrupting Financial Media [DE]
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disclaimer! This episode is a special episode – it's in German - all of our future episodes will be in English.In this episode, we sit down with Noa...
#02 Magnus Resch – Yale Professor, Art Market Economist & Entrepreneur on Cracking the Art market
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Magnus Resch, serial entrepreneur, professor at Yale, and one of the world’s leading experts on the art market. We...
#01 Christian Kromann - Board Member @ Deutsche Börse on AI, Fintech and Financial Services
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is presented by Timeless Investments.In our first Campus To Capital episode, we speak with Christian Kromann, former CEO of SimCorp and n...