Benjamin Small, partner manager at Superscript, discusses his background in FX brokerage, how Superscript is creating value for VCs and tech firms, and all things partnerships! Lucas and Ben discuss the key success factors of a partnership, how partnerships differ depending on who they are e.g. high-net worth advisor vs. influencer and Ben provides a few key tips for people hoping to get into partnerships.
James D'Mello discusses how he manages investor relations in his role as Head of Strategic Partnerships at Fuel Ventures. James and Lucas discuss the different types of VC funding available for founders (tranched and up-front), the type of due diligence that investors conduct on funds and their portfolio companies, as well as the process behind building a funnel and network.
Clara Probert and Pauline Li, co-founders of Madonna Capital, share their stories and how they came together to focus on bridging the gender funding gap. Female founders receive between 1-2% of VC funds in the UK each year, slightly behind the US, leaving both markets with a long way to go. Clara, Pauline and Lucas discuss how Madonna Capital helps prepare founders to be investor ready, post-transaction support in the form of fractional advisory and Madonna Capital's roadmap for 2023. Madonna Ca...
Ahmet and Lucas discuss private equity from sourcing deals to engaging advisors during the due diligence process and the different reasons companies would consider it as a source of funding as opposed to other methods such as venture capital, listing on an exchange and taking loans from banks. They also dive into different use cases for private equity in developed and emerging markets. Dr. Ahmet Erelcin has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry, having held multiple roles a...
Firat Gonen discusses all things data science, and his journey from completing his PhD to founding his own startup, leading data at Turkish super app Getir, Allianz and Vodafone. Firat and Lucas dive into the importance of commercial acumen for data scientists and data acumen for commercial teams, the different types of coding languages that exist, why real-time data isn't always achievable and the emerging influence of ChatGPT.
John Ryan, Founder of Gigable, discusses his story of building a two-sided marketplace for merchants and gig economy workers in order to bring cost transparency to the industry. John and Lucas cover problems faced by restaurants who lose on average £1 per order with aggregators, couriers not knowing how much they'll make in a shift and how viral growth helps lower the CAC:LTV ratio.
Pedro Pinto, VP of Growth at Soldo, discusses his key takeaways from a tech career focused on growth at Revolut, Neat, Huddle and Box. Lucas and Pedro discuss product led growth, localisation strategies and full funnel acquisition.
Dennis Helderman, co-founder of easyHire, discusses how to prepare for a funding round, the benefits of crowdfunding and easyHire's strategic position in the European rental market. easyHire's franchisees represent £70 million of equipment assets, a number which they are hoping to grow as a result of increasing the number of franchisees they work with across Europe. Dennis and Lucas also discussed key system infrastructure updates, such as the super CRM and AWS migration pre-fundraise, in order ...
Joanna Wlazlak, Head of Platform at Element Ventures (an early-stage B2B fintech-focused VC), discusses the history and importance of the platform role in creating value post investment for portfolio companies through process improvements, partnership development and gathering data insights. Joanna previously spent over ten years working in and with startups and her previous experience includes investing and supporting cyber security and deep tech companies.
Ken and Lucas discuss ways that startups and corporations collaborate together, and the excitement and challenges that come with it. Ken is Partner/ co-founder at Progressive Acceleration where he helps brands across all sectors (inc. P&G, Mercedes, GSK) to successfully partner with best in class start-ups, in order to accelerate, test and to unlock new growth. He is also the co-author of The Startup Lexicon book, which provides definitions and stories behind more than 200 words and phrases ...
Howard and Lucas discuss legal considerations during fundraising, trends within the tech industry and how the VC space has grown over the years. Howard is a a corporate transactional partner at Fladgate LLP, with a particular focus on UK and European venture capital.
Tom is a Principal at Fuel Ventures, an early-stage software fund investing in SaaS, Marketplaces and Platforms. In this video, he walks us through his learnings and experience as a founder, B2B sales operator and VC, alongside some useful tips for early-stage founders and those looking to get into VC.
Dan Day discusses his story of bootstrapping Invisible Artists out of Sydney, its global expansion and overcoming the pandemic. Invisible Artists design, animation & visual effects to collaborate with clients, from concept to delivery, producing work that stands out, is elegant and different.
Michael is co-founder and CEO of Aurem, a workplace savings platform that’s changing how expatriates in the UAE achieve their financial goals from their first job to retirement.
Ayelen Denovitzer, co-founder and CEO of Solvo, walks us through her years at Revolut, her start up journey and the crypto market. Solvo brings a solution to the crypto curious keeping simplicity, transparency and trust at its core.
Cyrus Tchahardehi is co-founder and CEO of Sleepyhead Program a start-up that retrains people suffering from long-term insomnia to sleep. With a rare direct to consumer position in the digital therapeutics space, Sleepyhead Program has already helped treat over 2,000 sufferers in the 18-months since they started.
Snackr is the mobile ordering platform for sports and entertainment venues. Snackr was founded in 2019 by Perth-based entrepreneur and massive sport fan, Matt Lim. The idea came to Matt after missing Optus Stadium’s first streaker while waiting in line for drinks. Snackr increases revenue, smooths the demand curve, improves staff utilisation and provides bespoke marketing opportunities - all in the name of delivering a market-leading event experience! Matt Lim is CEO & Co-Founder of Snackr. ...
Matt Barrie discusses how Quiver is disrupting the e-commerce delivery market. Quiver's technology enables merchants to offer instant, emissionless deliveries to online shoppers - meaning that a customer can shop online and receive their goods within the hour, while also maintaining their customer preferences across different merchants.
Andy Mosson discusses his views on institutional crypto infrastructure and adoption as Head of Sales at Bitpanda Pro, a European digital asset exchange made for experienced traders, finance professionals and institutions that offers exchange and OTC product offerings. Prior to Bitpanda Pro, Andy spent close to a decade at JP Morgan in both product management and sales roles within their electronic trading business, providing listeners with insights into his journey from traditional finance to cr...
Daniel Sawko discusses how Ship Shape's free investor search engine opens up access to founders, and the journey to date. Shipshape.vc is an investor search engine that indexes investors and their investments like Google indexes websites.
Jon Ostler, UK CEO of the personal finance comparison site, finder.com , shares his thoughts on the current fintech landscape, how he grew Finder to be the UK's fastest growing comparison site and some top tips about running a successful business that he has learned throughout his career.
Matt Hicks, VP of Global Sales at Vertice, discusses the challenges that businesses managing multiple SaaS contracts face; from unused licenses, to businesses paying hefty premiums relative to their competitors, and the lack of price transparency in the SaaS world.
Juan Andrade discusses Rebank's cross-channel marketing strategy, driven completely by non-marketers and their innovative experiments such as calculators, advice sessions, communities.
Joe David discusses the Nephos Group and how accountants provide strategic advice to clients during times of economic uncertainty.
James Ruthven & Sach Vara discuss the M&A Deal Platform and how it helps business owners optimise their multiples while exiting their businesses.
Daniel Cronin discusses how Integrated Finance makes key banking infrastructure available to fast growing startups.
Dennis Helderman discusses easyHire's story, growth opportunities during times of economic uncertainty and the benefits of scaling via a franchise model.
James Campbell from the Walmer Group discusses changes to R&D tax relief, innovation funding in the UK and provides tips for founders to raise investment during difficult market conditions.
Juan Andrade discusses how Rebank's data led banking layer unlocks key metrics such as cash balance, runway spending analytics and automated spend categories.
Mintus launched in April 2022 as an alternative investments platform, democratising access to assets such as blue chip fine art. Dr. Vedat Mizrahi discusses building and growing Mintus and alternative assets in our first episode.
