Judith Dada, general partner at Visionaries Club: 'I'm deeply troubled by what lies ahead for Europe'

Europe's in a state of emergency — but when will we all wake up and recognise that? That’s the question posed on this week’s episode of the Sifted Podcast by Judith Dada, general partner at European VC Visionaries Club, newsletter author, mother and setter-upper of numerous side projects. Judith started her career in venture almost a decade ago at La Famiglia, the Germany-based early-stage investor, which later went on to merge with US megafund General Catalyst. She’s now come full circle, joining forces with La Famiglia founding partner (and fellow former Sifted podcast guest) Rob Lacher at Visionaries. Visionaries’ portfolio includes plenty of companies that are on a tear right now — Lovable, Black Forest Labs, N8n, Solve Intelligence and Tandem Health — and their thesis, that Europe is in a fantastic position to shape the next wave of disruption in business, seems more relevant than ever. Amy and Judith sit down to discuss whether legacy SaaS companies can survive in this AI era, why Europe is in “a state of emergency” and what we can do about it, and when Visionaries will raise a new fund. Sign up to Sifted's daily newsletter: Check out Judith's newsletter: This episode was sponsored by HSBC Innovation Banking.

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Judith Dada, general partner at Visionaries Club: 'I'm deeply troubled by what lies ahead for Europe' is an episode from Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast by Sifted.

This episode is 53:32 long.

This episode was published on Feb 19, 2026.

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