10 Sept · 18 min

Simon Schaefer, Co-initiator at EU-INC: EU INC unlocks the simplest way to fund and scale a company in Europe

Sebastian Johnsonhost Simon Schaeferguest

Simon Schaefer, Co-initiator at EU-INC: EU INC unlocks the simplest way to fund and scale a company in Europe

EU-INC is a grassroots initiative pushing to establish a unified corporate law framework across Europe. By creating a virtual "28th regime," the movement aims to eliminate fragmented national bureaucracy and simplify how tech startups are founded, scaled, and funded. Simon Schaefer is a co-initiator of EU-INC who has been driving the movement from the ground up. They just launched a new campaign to get its policy passed within the next 100 days. It's pushing for a single European legal structure that would let startups incorporate and scale across the EU without dealing with 27 different national systems. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/ Conveo: https://conveo.ai/ NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/ WWT: https://www.wwt.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:19 - Where EU Inc stands today 0:57 - How the EU process for passing this works 1:44 - Why the original proposal got watered down 3:44 - What's still up for negotiation 5:03 - Why EU Inc wants one shared company registry 7:06 - Pushback from notaries and trade unions 9:53 - Germany's resistance and the fight over insolvency rules 13:28 - Working with EU officials and politicians 16:16 - The moment EU Inc got its name from Brussels 17:44 - How people can help in the next 100 days