Project Europe CEO Kitty Mayo: ‘Harry Stebbings is like our head of state and I’m prime minister’

Project Europe CEO Kitty Mayo: ‘Harry Stebbings is like our head of state and I’m prime minister’

Author: Sifted April 8, 2026 Duration: 39:33
Last year, Kitty Mayo was catapulted into the public eye when she took the helm of Project Europe. The accelerator, launched to much fanfare by Harry Stebbings and about 200 entrepreneurs, has a bold mission: to support and invest in founders under the age of 25 to build Europe’s next €100bn companies. But, one year on, what’s it achieved? What’s been the most unexpected challenge? What will Kitty do differently with the second fund? And who’s really in charge? On this episode of th...

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