#24 GoCaptain - Fintech helping Gen Z to learn to drive

Please Note: The brand name has changed since recording from Captain Compare to GoCaptain

I'm joined by Chris Smith, Managing Partner at Playfair Capital. He focuses his investing activities on seed (and pre-seed) deals in the UK and Israel. Chris is particularly interested in autonomous transportation, business and industrial automation, HealthTech and B2B SaaS. He loves finding companies operating in unloved/overlooked sectors that are ripe for disruption.

Prior to joining Playfair, Chris held senior roles at plan.com including Sales Director, Head of Tech/BI and Head of Product Development. Revenues 

Playfair was founded in 2013 and has made 78 investments with 4 exits to date. Since Chris joined in November 2018, he has led 9 new investments, 3 of which have gone on to raise subsequent rounds so far, and we actually have one investment together into Heka a B2B employee well-being saas product and marketplace.

We listened to the pitch from Abraham Sillah, co-founder of GoCaptain, which is looking to help GenZ pay for driving lessons and get them to pass the test quicker: Get driving lesson finance without affecting the applicants credit score enabling them to learn to drive much quicker than the average learner, by booking an intensive driving course with an instructor and learn to drive under 7/14 days.

We really dug deep on the go-to-market strategy, proving the real need for the business, early startup team structures and understanding your numbers.

Brought to you by my Startup Playground, Horseplay Ventures - https://horseplay.ventures/
GoCaptain - https://www.gocaptain.co.uk/
Playfair Capital - https://playfaircapital.com/

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