Sabine VanderLinden

Activate Innovation Ecosystems | Tech Ambassador | Founder of Alchemy Crew Ventures + Scouting for Growth | Chair, Board Member, Advisor | Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow-Bayes Business School

I don't just talk about innovation, AI, workforce or digital transformation— I build the bridges that make things real.

As Founder & Venture-Client Partner of Alchemy Crew Ventures, I run global R&D + Adoption Labs that connect Fortune 500 insurers and corporates with the most brilliant tech ventures on the planet. Think of us as the “fast lane” between startup brilliance and enterprise adoption. My themes include FinTech/ InsurTech and deploying AI at scale responsibly. 

What this looks like in numbers:
📍 Accelerated 160+ ventures and sourced 55,000+ startups worldwide
📍 Invested in 35+ early stage startups
📍 Delivered exits like FitSense → Zurich (2018), MyFutureNow → L&G (2019), and Tia Tech → Sapiens (2020)
📍 Created Insurer-led Acceleration and Scaleup programs that turned pilot purgatory into scalable commercial success

But the real story? I help founders land their first million-dollar client, build authentic personal brands, and help corporates cut through the noise to adopt tech that drives real growth.

My world revolves around:
📍 Venture Clienting 2.0 & Corporate Innovation Frameworks
📍 AI (ethics, adoption, emerging risks)
📍 Climate Resilience, Risk Futures & Sustainability Transformation
📍 The Future of Work (where humans + tech thrive together)

Beyond Alchemy Crew:
📍 Co-editor of the bestselling INSURTECH Book
📍 Wrote forewords for the Future of Insurance and Momentum
📍 Lecturer on Corporate Venturing at Bayes Business School
📍 Board + advisory roles across VCs, Scaleups (The CareVoice), foundations (Women to Watch), standards (ACORD Solutions) & global insurers
📍 Top 10 Business Podcast "Scouting for Growth" 
📍 Recognized with 10+ awards, including Most Influential CEO – Insurance Corporate Ventures (2024/2025)

My channels beyond LinkedIn:
x.com: @SabineVdL
instagram: @sabinevdlofficial
Medium: @sabine_vdl
Podcast: Scouting for Growth and Beyond Tech Frontiers
Newsletter: alchemycrew.ventures

What drives me?
Creating value where others see friction.
Turning hype into measurable outcomes.
And making sure technology becomes a force for good, not just another buzzword.

Award List (10+): Insurance Times-Tech & Innovation Awards Winner (2018), Grant Thornton-Face of a Vibrant Economy (2018), Business Insurance-Women to Watch Honoree (2019), Corporate Vision-Venture Validation Firm of the Year (2021), Finalist Women in Insurance Perseverance Award (2021), Awarded Perseverant Company to Watch in (2021), ACORD Awards (2020/2023), Most Influential CEO-Insurance Corporate Ventures (2024/2025).

Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer & Venture Partner

Delivering venture labs that accelerate, industrialize and democratize the way tech ventures engage with corporations. These labs apply acceleration, co-creation, and commercialization techniques to de-risk the way insurers and financial institutions collaborate, grow, and scale their venture-led growth initiatives.

Also, systematizing for a select group of growth ventures the way their engagement with corporations.

You can find out more 👉🏽 https://alchemycrew.com/

🌟 As we stand on the edge of a new year, it's clear the last 12 months weren't about smarter dashboards or louder chatbots. 💫

They were about a fundamental shift in what AI can do.

Our journey with SAS into Trustworthy #AgenticAI has been a revelation. Across every conversation, case study, and poll, the same powerful signals emerged—pointing to a future where AI doesn't just analyze. It acts. Human-led and agent operated. 

If you missed parts of the series, this thread connects it all. If you've been with us the whole time, this is the blueprint for what comes next.

The 5 Big Takeaways:

🤖 Action over analysis. Intelligent decisioning is already stopping fraud and rerouting claims in real-time. Decisions in motion—not data on a screen.

🔒 Trust through transparency. Governance and human oversight aren't optional. They're the entry ticket.

🧠 Smarter AI from synthetic data. It's how AI learns faster, safer, and in ways real-world data never could.

👫 Human + AI = Dream Team. The most powerful applications are human-in-the-loop. AI handles speed and scale. Humans provide judgment and ethics.

🚀 Autonomy is here—prepare now. Leading companies aren't asking if Agentic AI matters. They're asking how fast they can operationalize it responsibly.

Agentic AI will reshape organizations. The question is: who can deploy it with confidence? Which of these five insights resonates most with your 2026 strategy?

Happy New Year 2026.

#BusinessTransformation #FutureOfWork #Leadership

SAS - The 5 Big Takeaways

As the festive cheer of Christmas settles into a quiet hum, I find my thoughts drifting back to a truly magical experience on Faena Beach. 

You will find there on the beach Es Devlin’s breathtaking installation, “Library of Us,” that offers the most profound gift of the season: perspective.

Imagine a towering, mirrored library, shaped like a pyramid, rising from the sand. Inside, 2,500 books stand as silent storytellers, their spines a kaleidoscope of color against the endless blue of the Miami sky. The structure itself is a masterpiece, its reflective surfaces blurring the lines between the tangible and the infinite, the sky and the sea.

At the heart of this installation appeara a quote from Jorge Luis Borges: 

“I am not sure that I exist actually. I am every book I’ve ever read.” 

“Library of Us” is a physical embodiment of this idea, a testament to the fact that we are all, in essence, a collection of the stories we’ve absorbed, the perspectives we’ve encountered, and the lives we’ve touched.

In these quiet moments after Christmas, a time for reflection and connection, this installation feels particularly poignant. It provides an invitation to see the world through the eyes of others, to find connection in our shared human story, and to recognize the beauty in our collective diversity. 

We have to admit that this is a powerful reminder that even with our differing points of view, we can coexist in harmony, much like the thousands of books in that library on the Feana Beach.

As we step into the new year, let’s carry the spirit of the “Library of Us.” 

It’s a reminder to stay open, to listen, and to remember that every person we meet is a library of stories waiting to be read. 


What a beautiful way to begin a new chapter.

Credit: Art

🌟 The ground just shifted beneath the world of risk! And most leaders missed it.  Here is why...💫

Did you see this? Last week, Munich Re began insuring AI model errors for mortgage lenders. While this certainly demonstrates that AI is becoming a more prominent emerging risk in our lives, it also signals a seismic shift: the #AgenticFrontier is no longer a theoretical future—it has arrived.

For years, we've talked about transformation. Yet Boston Consulting Group (BCG)'s data shows a stark reality: while 78% of P&C insurers are “dabbling” with AI in the claims process, only 4% have successfully scaled it. Imagine what this means across the insurance operations and the overall enterprise.

The rest are caught in the “pilot trap,” a sinkhole for laggards.
The gap between the talkers and the doers has become a chasm. The 4% are fundamentally redesigning their businesses around AI.

This is no longer about whether you'll embrace #agenticAI. It's about how you'll lead the transformation. For corporate leaders, the mandate is clear. For founders, the 18-month enterprise sales cycle is now optional for those who can provide de-risked, insured solutions.

Here is the playbook for those ready to move from ambition to action:

1️⃣   Stop the science projects. Pick one end-to-end process—claims, underwriting, finance, customer support—and commit to a complete, AI-driven redesign. The real ROI is in redesigning the unglamorous, high-impact back-end operations, not bolting AI onto broken workflows.

2️⃣   De-risk your transformation. AI error insurance is now a board-ready mandate. Use it to turn AI from a high-risk experiment into a scalable, enterprise-grade asset.

3️⃣   Reframe the protection gap as an innovation mandate. The same creativity used to insure algorithms must be turned toward insuring humanity against Nat Cat/ extreme weather risks and other systemic risks. This is the largest market opportunity of the next decade.

The uninsurable world is a choice, not a necessity. The leaders of 2026 will be those who use the tools of the agentic frontier to rewrite the rules of risk.

What is the most fundamental “gap” you see in your organization’s AI strategy right now? Please share...

Is it the tech, the talent, or the trust?

And enjoy this week's newsletter. 👏🏽

#CapacityGap #TrustbyDesign

The Week That Changed Everything Last week, while most of us were winding down for the holidays, the ground shifted beneath the world of risk. Munich 

Open article: The Frontier Is Here: Your Top 10 Insurance Trends for 2026 by Sabine VanderLinden • 10 min read

The Frontier Is Here: Your Top 10 Insurance Trends for 2026

I could not resist! Even dogs know: transformation takes teamwork, patience… and a lot of kneading. 🐾🍞

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a 2026 filled with ideas that rise beautifully—especially the bold ones.

🎄 Three days before Christmas is a funny time to talk about Agentic AI.
But it’s actually the perfect one. 👇🏽

Because right now, leadership teams aren’t buying tools. They’re quietly asking a more complex question:

“What do we trust our AI to do in 2026?”

Over the past weeks, one message kept surfacing — across exec conversations, real use cases, and your feedback:

👉🏼  Agentic AI only scales when trust is designed in.
➡️  Not later.
➡️  Not after the experiment or going into implementation.
➡️  From day one.

So as we close the year, here’s a practical recap — the checklist enterprises should take into 2026:

📌 1. Explainability is non-negotiable: If you can’t explain a decision, you can’t defend it to regulators, customers, or your own board.
📌 2. Clear autonomy boundaries beat “AI optimism”: Define exactly what AI can decide, when humans intervene, and how edge cases escalate.
📌 3. Human fallback is a strategic feature, not a failure: The most resilient systems assume exceptions and design graceful handoffs to experienced humans.
📌 4. Ethics isn’t a policy, it’s a process: Regular, diverse review of autonomous decisions keeps bias and blind spots from compounding.
📌 5. Continuous monitoring protects trust: Drift, anomalies, and unintended behavior don’t announce themselves. You have to watch constantly.

This is why I keep saying:

Don’t build GenAI foundations on quicksand. The organisations that will lead in 2026 won’t be the ones with the flashiest demos.  They’ll be the ones who can let AI act responsibly.

My question for you, as we head into the holidays: Which of these five will be your biggest focus in 2026 — and why?

👇 Drop it in the comments. Let’s compare notes before the year resets.

#AgenticAI #TrustedAI #SASViya

Mauro Giacchetti

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Come COUNTRY MANAGER ITALIA, il mio ruolo consiste nello sviluppare e gestire una rete di contatti aziendali e digitali per promuovere i servizi di IMage by 4x4 International in Italia. Il mio obiettivo principale è aumentare la visibilità dell'azienda e identificare nuove opportunità di business e partnership, collaborando con clienti e stakeholder per offrire soluzioni personalizzate. Partecipo a eventi, conferenze e iniziative di networking per promuovere i nostri servizi e raggiungere un maggior numero di clienti e partner.

Inoltre nel ruolo specifico com Linkedin Stratgist , sarà mia cura :

1. Sviluppare e implementare strategie di marketing LinkedIn personalizzate per migliorare la visibilità del marchio, fomentare l'engagement dei clienti e aumentare la generazione di lead per i clienti italiani. 
2. Condurre ricerche di mercato approfondite per identificare tendenze emergenti e opportunità potenziali nel mercato italiano. 
3. Collaborare con team multidisciplinari per progettare e realizzare campagne LinkedIn efficaci che si allineino con gli obiettivi commerciali dei clienti. 
4. Creare e mantenere relazioni solide con gli stakeholder chiave, tra cui clienti, partner e influencer del settore, per rafforzare la posizione dell'azienda sul mercato.

COUNTRY MANAGER ITALIA | SPECIALISTA IN STRATEGIA E POSIZIONAMENTO LINKEDIN

Hermes University

LinkedIn è il più grande social network professionale al mondo con 707 milioni di utenti, nel quale sono annoverati tutti i dirigenti delle compagnie Fortune 500.
La rete italiana conta 16 milioni di iscritti, circa il 65% dei lavoratori attivi, di cui 2 milioni di influncers di alto livello e oltre 1 milione di professionisti con ruolo decisionale nel loro settore produttivo.

Solo pochi professionisti hanno scoperto il grande potenziale della rete per la ricerca e il networking, utilizzarla sapientemente produce visibilità, attività, credibilità e aiuta concretamente a stabilire rapporti commerciali molto più proficui e ricorrenti. Gli attori economici progrediscono sempre più nelle piattaforme social, LinkedIn rappresenta il social network in cui è possibile trovare le migliori condizioni per lo sviluppo di strategie di marketing correlate.

Il corso forma Social Media Manager, i quali al termine del percorso formativo potranno lavorare accanto a professionisti alto-spendenti e nelle imprese di qualsiasi settore economico. Ciascun modulo prevede anche le attività di laboratorio digitale, per offrire ai corsisti la fruibilità di una formazione non solo teorica.

Il percorso formativo consente di acquisire le conoscenze e le competenze specifiche per svolgere le professioni più richieste dal mercato digitale quali Social Media Manager, Product o Web Marketing Manager e Media Planner.

1' Corso Universitario Linkedin Social Media Manager 

In qualità di Brand Ambassador , avrò altresì il compito di promuovere ed illustrare lo spirito dell’università, i suoi corsi, la sua gestione innovativa e la possibilità per aziende e liberi professionisti di avvalersi del nostro brand per far conoscere e "riconoscere" la propria eccellenza.Hermes University è Università Popolare membro della Confederazione Nazionale delle Università Popolari Italiane, in breve CNUPI, la quale ha personalità giuridica riconosciuta dal Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca con opportuno Decreto Ministeriale del 21/05/1991 e pubblicato nella Gazzetta Ufficiale delle Leggi dello Stato al n. 203 in data 30/08/1991. In virtù di tale riconoscimento la CNUPI è un ente vigilato dal MIUR.

Hermes University opera con criteri di valutazione di Terza Missione, ossia l’insieme delle attività con le quali le università interagiscono direttamente con la società e il proprio territorio di riferimento, sia attraverso azioni di valorizzazione economica e il trasferimento delle conoscenze, sia attraverso attività ed eventi di ordine culturale, sociale e di divulgazione della scienza.

La Terza Missione delle università si affianca alle due missioni “tradizionali”, ovverosia insegnamento e ricerca.

Brand ambassador

Docente Formatore presso il Dipartimento di Economia e Sviluppo.
Hermes University è Università Popolare membro della Confederazione Nazionale delle Università Popolari Italiane, in breve CNUPI, la quale ha personalità giuridica riconosciuta dal Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca con opportuno Decreto Ministeriale del 21/05/1991 e pubblicato nella Gazzetta Ufficiale delle Leggi dello Stato al n. 203 in data 30/08/1991. In virtù di tale riconoscimento la CNUPI è un ente vigilato dal MIUR.

Docente di Facoltà

Moondo

Editorialista della Rubrica "Easy Linkedin" il LInkedin facile per le cose Difficili .Moondo è un giornale online con 1,2 MLN di lettori unici/anno e 1,8 MLN di pagine viste. 
Una piattaforma di approfondimento, confronto e condivisione di conoscenza.

Editorialista

Easy Formazione 

Creatore del Corso Easy linkedin e Easy linkedin Web.
Formatore Aziendale , progetto Easy Linkedin In Company.

LinkedIn Expert 

FIWE

Responsabile comunicazione marketing

Treccani Accademia

Docente e creatore del corso LINKEDIN SALES NAVIGATOR

Docente di facoltà

Herbalife

Gestisco e formo una rete di 900 distributori indipendenti in Italia ed in Europa.

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Intesa Sanpaolo

Agente in attività finanziaria , per i prodotti Prestiti personali , Credito al Consumo Retail e Businnes, Cessione del Quinto dello Stipendio Leasing .
Creazione rete commerciale con 37 Agenti Monomandatari , gestione 5 uffici commerciali operativi con una clientela complessiva di 12.000 clienti Annui.
Esperienza nei prodotti Credito al Consumo Auto /Finalizzato , Carte di credito ; Prestiti contro Cessione del Quinto , Leasing ( Targato, Strumentale,Nautico, Immobiliare , Movimento terra, Elettromedicale )

Agente Monomandatario Intesa San Paolo personal Finance 

Centro Leasing Banca

Agente plurimandatario , con 5 Uffici operativi , nel 2010 rileviamo la Filiale Centro leasing banca di Perugia.
Zona di competenza Umbria Lazio , coordinamento 3 risorse Back office e 23 collaboratori esterni .
Esperienza Maturata nel Leasing strumentale , Leasing autoveicoli , Leasing Immobialiare , Leasing Fotovoltaico , Finanziamenti ad aziende .

Agente

LeasePlan Italia Spa

Agente con mandato diretto per la promozione del Noleggio a Lungo termine di autoveicoli e autoveicoli commerciali.
Gestione di 2 uffici operativi con 3 risorse Amministrative e 15 Sub Agenti , oltre 500 vetture in flotta .
Esperienza in veicoli speciali , veicoli con allestimento e trasporti refrigerati .

SELECTION and recruitment of commercial networks for the SPORT WELLNESS sector. Financial Advisor, Linkedin Trainer |Networker PRO


Hi, and thank you for taking the time to read my BIO.

I help companies to create and train their sales network in every commercial sector.

I help companies and professionals to use the most powerful of social media in the B To B LinkedIn ..

// I have created a sales network in the financial sector, specialized in credit distribution with 40 agents and an average of 12,000 customers per year

// I have trained more than 60 Financial Agents in 18 years of activity

// My first startup - founded in 2015 - financial services consulting sector has 340 clients

// In just 18 months I recruited 56 Partners - Sports Sponsorship Sector.

// In 6 years of activity I have created a network of 700 Independent Distributors - Wellness Sector

// In 12 months, I reached 500,000 people on LinkedIn

// Since 2015 I have trained more than 150 Salespeople and / or Sales Reps with the Easy LinkedIn system

// In 2018 I participated as Speaker in the Effective Sales Training course with 200 people

Do you want to talk about How to create a Commercial Network / Marketing / Sales / Easy LinkedIn or tell me about your business? Write to me privately, or by email mauro.giacchetti@gmail.com, ..... don't be shy.

 I cold write to 3 interesting people every week.

To the ugly ones? They don't answer me.

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