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Scaling Europe

OnStage Demo Day 2026

2026-06-03 · 16 company · 5 thematic
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jocelyn

Former maths teacher and high school vice principal who entered data annotation via freelance work, founded Po Dexter Labs to fix broken annotation workflows, raised seed led by Episode 1.

den hendren

Founded Council to build a self-maintaining context layer for legal AI, achieving 5x revenue growth in 120 days, profitability, and three acquisition offers from major legal AI companies.

jean

Former deep tech VC investor and repeat climate entrepreneur, co-founded Bubble Robotics with NASA robotics expert Patricia to build autonomous underwater workforce for offshore wind and security.

fazan

Founded Labake to create a foundational data layer for life science labs that captures records directly from the physical world, solving the structural gap in research traceability.

sam

Founded Tailgas to deploy modular biogas upgraders using proprietary simulation tools that are 10x faster and cheaper, targeting UK energy independence and net zero goals.

gwen

Leads a team of Cambridge engineers and physicists with 50 years combined experience building materials intelligence for physical AI via compound encoders on camera systems.

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