Let’s Talk About Tech

Berthold Baurek-Karlic welcomes Andreas Mühlberger, Strategic Partner Manager at Infineon, to Let’s Talk About Tech for a conversation about how Europe’s largest semiconductor company works with startups. From co-innovation and venture clienting to the realities of scaling hardware, they explore what it really takes to industrialize technology in Europe.

They discuss why 25% of Infineon's global R&D happens in Austria, what it means to produce 8 billion chips a year in Villach, why a 300-millimetre wafer has to be thinner than a human hair, and how the co-innovation program gives startups access not just to Infineon's products but to its 60,000 experts.

Mühlberger also breaks down the four ways a startup can end up working with Infineon, from customer to business partner to IP licensing to supplier, explains how the startup challenge selected 12 European and 6 Asian teams out of 104 applicants from 29 countries, and shares his perspective on why Europe produces world-class research but keeps losing the industrialization stage to the US and Asia.

 

Guest Speaker: Andreas Mühlberger ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasmuehlberger/

Infineon Co-Innovation Program: https://www.infineon.com/partners/startups

📅 The demo day takes place on 6 October in Graz, alongside the EBS Con electronics conference: https://www.infineon.com/partners/startups/humanoid-robotics

Investors interested in joining can get in touch with Venionaire Capital.

 

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital:

🌐 Website: https://www.venionaire.com

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

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In this episode of Let's Talk About Tech, host Philipp Sakuler sits down with Peter Stolcz, Director of B2B Sales at AMINA, to explore what actually separates regulated crypto providers now that almost all of them offer the same baseline of trading and custody.

They discuss how the conversation with financial institutions has shifted since 2020, when banks would not open an account for a crypto company at all, what separates AMINA's Swiss banking entity from its MiCA-licensed Austrian subsidiary, why Austria became the European entry point for the first crypto banking group to hold a MiCA CASP licence, and why settlement design, connectivity and business continuity matter more than the service list. Recorded live at Vienna Blockchain Week 2026.

 

Guest Speaker: Peter Stolcz ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-csaba-stolcz/

AMINA: https://aminagroup.com

 

Moderator: Philipp Sakuler ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-sakuler/

Venionaire Capital:

🌐 Website: https://www.venionaire.com

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

 

DISCLAIMER

AMINA Bank AG is a Swiss licensed bank and securities dealer with its head office and legal domicile in Switzerland. It is authorized and regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. The information provided in this interview is provided solely for educational purposes; it is not an advertisement nor a solicitation or an offer for any of AMINA Bank AG’s services nor to buy or sell any financial investment or to participate in any particular investment strategy.

In this episode of Let's Talk About Tech, host Philipp Sakuler sits down with Maurice Mureau, Co-Founder and CEO of HODL Group, to explore how institutional capital is moving into digital assets with HODL's regulated investment funds.

They discuss why the allocator conversation has shifted from "is this even an asset class?" to "how much volatility do I want to own", how HODL's ZK Fund targets 12–18% annually regardless of market direction, why the equity-to-token venture model faded, and where custody still blocks institutional entry. Mureau also breaks down why he left a five-star-rated traditional fund career for digital assets, and shares his perspective on stablecoins in remittances, decentralization as an underrated feature, and what the industry will realise it underestimated five years from now. Recorded live at Vienna Blockchain Week 2026.

 

Guest Speaker: Maurice Mureau ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-mureau/

HODL Group: https://www.hodlgroup.com

 

Moderator: Philipp Sakuler ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-sakuler/

Venionaire Capital:

🌐 Website: https://www.venionaire.com

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

 

⚠️ Disclaimer

This episode is provided for general information and entertainment purposes only. It does not constitute investment advice, financial, tax or legal advice, an investment recommendation, or an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any financial instrument, fund or digital asset. The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Venionaire Capital. Any figures or performance data mentioned are as stated by the speaker and have not been independently verified by Venionaire Capital. Digital assets are highly volatile and you may lose the entire amount invested. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Always seek advice from a licensed professional before making any investment decision.

In this episode of Let's Talk About Tech - Vienna Blockchain Week 2026 Edition, host Philipp Sakuler sits down with Ariel Navarro, CEO of Whale Capital, to explore how digital assets are maturing into an institutional asset class, from 26 years inside traditional finance at Banco Santander, Citibank and Allfunds, to building algorithmic strategies that navigate crypto market cycles.

They discuss why institutional investors remain cautious, what MiCA does and does not solve for Europe, where tokenization is actually gaining traction versus where it is still conference talk, and why valuing a protocol still looks more like venture capital than equity analysis. Navarro also breaks down why he expects the vast majority of tokens to disappear, and shares his perspective on derivatives, 100x leverage, self-regulation, and what the industry is quietly building during the bear market.

Guest Speaker: Ariel Navarro ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-navarro/

Whale Capital: https://whalecapital.digital

 

Vienna Blockchain Week: https://viennablockchainweek.org

 

Moderator: Philipp Sakuler ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-sakuler/

 

Venionaire Capital:

🌐 Website: https://www.venionaire.com

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

In this episode of Let's Talk About Tech, host Berthold Baurek-Karlic sits down with Albert Quehenberger, founder of AQ Forensics and Austria's first certified cryptocurrency forensic investigator, to explore the world of crypto forensics, from tracing stolen Bitcoin and unmasking scams to freezing criminal funds across a global network. They discuss how Albert went from two decades in the Austrian Armed Forces and intelligence to losing six Bitcoin and building a forensics practice, why "privacy coins" leave more traces than people think, and how investment, romance, and Ponzi scams actually unfold on-chain. Quehenberger also breaks down the Global Crypto Defenders Alliance, what DAC8 and CARF mean for money-mule networks, and shares his perspective on why even the largest institutions — as the Bybit hack showed — can never be fully safe.

 

Guest Speaker: Albert Quehenberger ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-quehenberger-6791a3174/

AQ Forensics: https://www.aq-forensics.com

 

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ https://www.baurek-karlic.at

Venionaire Capital:

🌐 Website: https://www.venionaire.com

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/