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Scaling Stateside
Scaling Stateside is a podcast dedicated to helping UK and European venture-backed tech founders successfully navigate US market expansion. Hosted by David Rose and Matt Oxley from USXP (US Expansion Partners), the show addresses the critical knowledge gaps that exist for founders entering the US market for the first time. Scaling Stateside - founding partners : USXP and Wilson Sonsini. supporting partners : HSBC Innovation Banking, Frazier & Deeter, Carta, Dealroom, London & Partners.
Episodes
Scaling StatesideTwo Series B Term Sheets. Then Carta Called | James Sutton, Avantia Law
James Sutton founded Avantia Law in London in 2019 to combine AI with legal services, years before ChatGPT. Among its customers 10 to 20, about half were…
Scaling StatesideFrom Zero Revenue to the US: Onfido's CFO on Getting Expansion Right | David Clarke
David Clarke joined Onfido as CFO in 2018, when the company had zero revenue and knew the US was the prize, home to around half of its global market. Before…
Scaling StatesideHow a German SaaS Moved 70% of Its Revenue to the US | Tomas Fandrich, quantilope
Dr. Thomas Fandrich co-founded quantilope in Hamburg and led its US expansion from 2018. Today around 70% of company revenue is American. In this episode: how…
Scaling StatesideHow to Raise From US VCs as a European Founder — Marc Cohen, Investor, Unbundled VC
Marc Cohen built AI systems, traded for banks, and then ran a fund with one thesis: only back UK tech companies going after the US market. In this episode: the…
Scaling StatesideWhat European Founders Get Wrong Before Expanding to the US | Stephan Dietrich (Neolane, Adobe) | part 2
In Part 2 of our conversation, Stephan Dietrich moves to the other side of the table. After building Neolane and selling it to Adobe for around $600 million…
Scaling StatesideHow a French Founder Sold to Adobe for $600M (On a $6M Budget) | Stephan Dietrich (Neolane, Adobe)
Stephan Dietrich built Neolane in Paris, entered the US with a $6M round, and sold the company to Adobe for around $600 million. In this episode of Scaling…
Scaling StatesideGeorgina Nelson: From Leveraged Finance Lawyer to a Billion-Rating Founder
From psychology to leveraged finance law to scaling a billion-rating startup across continents – Georgina Nelson holds nothing back. Georgina is the founder of…
Scaling StatesideWhy European Founders Are Afraid to Sell the Future (And How to Fix It) | Deep Tech Investor Matt Wichrowski | Fly Ventures Partner
In this episode of the Scaling Stateside podcast, David Rose and Matt Oxley sit down with Matt Wichrowski, Partner at Fly Ventures — a first-check VC built for…
Scaling StatesideScaling Stateside — 10 Episodes In: What We've Learned & Where We Go Next
David and Matt sit down to reflect on Season 1 of Scaling Stateside — 10 episodes of real conversations with founders who've expanded to the US and VCs who are…
Scaling StatesideRaising a Series A in 2026: What US Investors Actually Want | Daniel Glazer | Wilson Sonsini
Are you a UK or EU founder trying to raise venture capital in the US? You might be pitching the wrong numbers. In this episode of Scaling State Side, David…
Scaling StatesideHow a UK Founder Got A16Z to Fly to London (And Invest) | Riya Grover | Sequence
In this episode of Scaling Stateside, David Rose and Matt Oxley sit down with Riya Grover, the serial entrepreneur behind the food-tech startup Feeder…
Scaling StatesideThe Founder Multiverse: 60 VC Rejections, An Adobe Exit, and the Appetite to Dominate | Alex Packham
In this episode of Scaling Stateside, David Rose and Matt Oxley sit down with Alex Packham, the mastermind behind ContentCal (acquired by Adobe) and the…
Scaling StatesideHow US VCs Actually Think (If You’re a European Founder)
In this episode of Scaling Stateside, David Rose and Matt Oxley sit down with Luke Pappas, Partner at NEA, to unpack how US venture capital really thinks and…
Scaling StatesideSCALING STATESIDE - Episode #6 with Onfido Founder Husayn Kassai
From £12K seed round in the UK to 520-person company and successful US exit. Husayn Kassai, founder of Onfido, shares his complete journey of building an…
Scaling StatesideScaling Stateside Podcast - Episode 5 US Expansion from the Other Side with Daniel Glazer, Wilson Sonsini
Episode Summary In this episode, David and Matt sit down with Daniel Glazer, a New York lawyer who made the reverse transatlantic journey to help UK and…
Scaling StatesideScaling Stateside Podcast Episode #4 with Maria Palma, General Partner at Freestyle Capital
In this episode, hosts David Rose and Matt Oxley sit down with Maria Palma, General Partner at Freestyle Capital, to discuss the US venture capital landscape…
Scaling StatesideScaling Stateside Podcast - Episode 3: Stephen Whitworth, CEO of Incident.io
Episode Overview Join hosts David Rose and Matt Oxley from USXP as they dive deep into the US expansion journey with Stephen Whitworth, CEO and co-founder of…
Scaling StatesideScaling Stateside Podcast - Episode 2: Ali Mitchell, Founder to VC Journey and US Expansion Insights
Episode Overview Join hosts David Rose and Matt Oxley as they dive deep with Ali Mitchell, founder-turned-VC and Managing Partner at Odyssey Ventures. Ali…
Scaling StatesideScaling Stateside Podcast - Episode 1: Matt Oxley's US Expansion Journey with Opal
Scaling Stateside Podcast - Episode 1: Matt Oxley's US Expansion Journey with Opal Episode Overview Welcome to the very first episode of Scaling Stateside!…
Scaling StatesideScaling Stateside Podcast - Episode 1 Trailer: Matt Oxley's US Expansion Journey with Opal
David Rose sits down with his business partner and co-host Matt Oxley to explore Matt's incredible 10-year US expansion journey with Opal. From selling…