On the podcast this week we welcome Nick Telson. Nick is a Co-Founder at trumpet, podcast host at Pitch Deck and an Investor at Horseplay Ventures. Nick successfully exited his business Design My Night in 2019, many of you may know them if you've booked a restaurant or bar in London. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen ...
Jun 29, 2022•47 min•Ep. 45
On the podcast this week we welcome Brent Murri. Brent is a Principal at M13 where he leads early-stage investments in consumer technology companies. Brent joined M13 from Battery Ventures where he focused on growth-stage enterprise software investments. Prior to Battery, he worked in strategy & business development for Samsung NEXT, where he developed and executed strategies around Samsung’s consumer software and services initiatives. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on invest...
Jun 23, 2022•48 min•Ep. 44
On the podcast this week we welcome Suki Fuller. Suki is a Founder of Miribure, Co-Founder & Senior Vice President of DC Analytics and Storyteller for Group of Humans. She is a fierce supporter of intelligence, ethical tech, #SafetyTech, Security, Privacy and Surveillance. Her eclectic 19-year career within strategic intelligence and technology has taken her from the US Department of Defense to teaching students in China. She currently resides in London, where she is an intrinsic part of the...
Jun 16, 2022•55 min•Ep. 43
On the podcast this week we welcome Alex Macdonald. Alex is a serial entrepreneur and Angel Investor. He is the Co-Founder of Velocity Black, a concierge reimagined for the digital age, which has raised over $30m in venture capital. He has been angel investing at pre-seed and seed stage for 8 years in the UK and US, and runs a syndicate. Alex recently founded his second business. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders...
Jun 09, 2022•43 min•Ep. 42
On the podcast this week we welcome Samira Ann Qassim. Samira is an early-stage investor in market-making female-led startups. She founded Pink Salt Ventures in 2019 to capitalise on the untapped potential of female-led technology. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget to sign-up for the n...
Jun 01, 2022•44 min•Ep. 41
On the podcast this week we welcome David Miles. David is a Senior Investment Manager at Foresight Group, sustainability-led alternative assets, and SME investment manager. Foresight partners with promising SMEs across all sectors and deal stages having supported nearly 300 companies. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen...
May 23, 2022•23 min•Ep. 40
On the podcast this week we welcome Ulyana Shtybel Co-founder of HighCastle, a cap table, and deal management platform and Co-founder of Enkidu, a Swiss nonprofit platform for charities. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget to sign-up for the newsletter to keep up to date with Nothing Ven...
May 16, 2022•38 min•Ep. 39
On the podcast this week we welcome Gautam Sahgal CEO of Perkbox, in conversation with our own Aarish Shah. Perkbox helps companies care for, connect with and celebrate their employees - no matter where they are globally. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget to sign-up for the newsletter ...
May 05, 2022•25 min•Ep. 38
On the podcast this week Aarish talks to Nii Cleland, CEO, and Co-Founder of Flair. Flair is a racial equity technology company helping organisations measure and demonstrate their progress in building racially equitable cultures. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget to sign-up for the new...
Apr 28, 2022•24 min•Ep. 37
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Mariano Gonzalez Vasconcelos. Mariano is Founder and General Partner at MGV Capital Group. MGV invests in Fintech, Consumer Technology, and Enterprise Software across the US and Mexico. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple...
Apr 21, 2022•29 min•Ep. 36
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Renana Ashkenazi. Renana is a General Partner at Grove Ventures, a leading Israeli early-stage, deep technology fund established by Dov Moran. Prior to joining Grove Ventures, Renana worked at Applied Materials, a global technology leader, in various product and technical management positions. Her previous position was as an engineering fellow at the Center for Innovation in Global Health Technologies at Northwestern...
Apr 13, 2022•26 min•Ep. 35
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Jonathan Sun. Jonathan is the founder of Horizan VC, a UK-based alt VC working to bring the Convertible Income Share Agreement to the UK (now known as the Convertible Future Earnings Agreement. Prior to getting into VC, Jonathan was a former Edtech founder, ran community events for Othership, Product-Hunt, Techstars, and Guide Group, and also attended the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Washington...
Apr 05, 2022•32 min•Ep. 34
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Anthony Rose. Founder of Seedlegals, Anthony discusses getting BBC iPlayer on track and Seedlegals, which let's face it you've probably used! As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget to sign-up for the newsletter ...
Mar 30, 2022•41 min•Ep. 33
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Tania Mulry. Tania discusses Steamwork Ventures and their investment thesis, her background in investment banking, product development, marketing, and a lot more! As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget to sign-u...
Mar 23, 2022•30 min•Ep. 32
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Alex Leigh. Alex discusses The Tippy Top his support community for entrepreneurs and his role as Senior Investment Executive at the Development Bank of Wales (DBW). As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget to sign...
Mar 17, 2022•34 min•Ep. 31
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Patrick Ryan Co-Founder of Odin. Odin is an investment platform and community for people building the future. We are starting by making it 10x cheaper and easier to launch and invest in syndicates, SPVs & funds. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventu...
Mar 10, 2022•48 min•Ep. 30
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Marvyn Harrison Chief Growth Officer at BELOVD Agency amongst other things, author, speaker, radio presenter. The list goes on. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget to sign-up for the newsletter to keep up to ...
Mar 02, 2022•31 min•Ep. 29
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Melissa Snover CEO and Founder at Nourish3d and Script3d. Melissa shares her considerable insight as a founder and adviser in this episode, it's a must-listen for founders. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem. Bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget...
Feb 22, 2022•29 min•Ep. 28
In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with David Hickson. David is part of the Founders Factory founding team. A serial operator & founder, he has over 20 years of experience spanning five different tech companies, four of which as a co-founder or on the founding team and which have reached an aggregate enterprise value of ~$1.5bn. David shares his considerable insight in this episode, it's a must-listen for founders. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an ho...
Feb 14, 2022•43 min•Ep. 27
Welcome to the new look Nothing Ventured. In this week's episode, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Cleo Sham. Cleo cut her teeth with Uber and Didi in China before moving into the investment space, arriving at her current role as Partner at Stride VC in 2021. Cleo shares her considerable experience, lessons from her time as an operator, and how this helps her in her current role. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem. Bringing found...
Feb 01, 2022•38 min•Ep. 26
In conversation with Jenny Ervine Co-Founder of Raise Ventures, Marketeer, Director, Advisor, Investor, Event Speaker and Mentor. Jenny is passionate about working with start-ups and Raise pitching events and accelerator are living proof. In this episode, Jenny talks about her career and provides great insights for founders looking to start their first raise. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Follow Jenny: Linkedin Twit...
Jan 24, 2022•29 min•Ep. 25
In conversation with Zoe Peden, Principle at Ananda Impact Ventures and Founder at FutureWorld VC. Zoe talks about everything from her early publishing career, Co-Founding an award-winning language and communication development software business to her present career as a VC. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Follow Zoe: Linkedin Twitter...
Jan 21, 2022•42 min•Ep. 24
In conversation with Arfah Farooq, community lead at NHSX, angel investor and speaker and workshop host around community building, diversity+Inclusion, and careers and organizing events Arfah talks about her journey from a media degree to working for the Government. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Follow Arfah: Linkedin Twitter...
Jan 13, 2022•45 min•Ep. 23
In conversation with Chris Smith, the Managing Partner at Playfair Capital. Chris talks about his journey from the law, via the Isle of Man to his current role at Playfair. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Follow Chris: Linkedin Twitter...
Dec 22, 2021•26 min•Ep. 22
In conversation with Kirsty Macdonald, Principle at JamJar investments. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Follow Kirsty: Linkedin...
Dec 15, 2021•39 min•Ep. 21
In conversation with Claire Cherry, Investment Principle at True. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin...
Dec 09, 2021•30 min•Ep. 20
In conversation with Paige Doherty, Founder at Behind Genius Ventures. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin...
Nov 29, 2021•42 min•Ep. 19
In conversation with Jason Foster, CEO of Ori Biotech. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin...
Nov 26, 2021•34 min•Ep. 18
In conversation with Flavia Richardson, Chief Commercial Officer at Juice Ventures. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin...
Nov 19, 2021•38 min•Ep. 17
In conversation with Becks Armstrong, General Partner and COO at Supercapital Partners, and Founder and CEO of Clarity. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin...
Nov 11, 2021•30 min•Ep. 16
