{"name":"Scouting for Growth","short_name":"Scouting for Growth","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are over <strong>180,000 FinTech venture</strong>s out there today.</p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">My team tracks <strong>7.3 million of them</strong> across markets every single week.</p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the number that matters isn't the one that's growing. It's the one that isn't.</p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Only 25%</strong> of these ventures have secured funding and meaningful backing.</p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The other 75%</strong> aren't just looking for capital. They're looking for access, credibility, and partnerships with the institutions that can turn a great product into real-world impact.</p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is <em>Scouting for Growth</em>. I'm Sabine VanderLinden. I lead Alchemy Crew Ventures, and I built the Venture-Client Model for regulated industries... the model where a growth venture earns a corporation as its customer <em>before</em> a VC writes the cheque. When that sequence works, it changes the equation for everyone: founders, corporates, and the investors watching from both sides of the table.</p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each episode, I bring a founder, an operator, or an institutional leader to the table for the conversation that usually happens behind closed doors: about how corporates really think, how capital really flows, and what it actually takes to build, grow, and scale in a world where the boundaries between FinTech, InsurTech, HealthTech, and AI are dissolving by the month.</p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This isn't theory. Our conversations should bring you <strong>the strategy, the tactics, and the hard-won clarity </strong>from people who control capital and collaboration.</p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you're navigating this ecosystem — as a founder, an operator, or a leader — this conversation is for you.</p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen in. Challenge what you thought you knew. And join us.</p>","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/21959862/c84aea4ad531642db775e0d7782c8f77_300x300.jpg","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}