Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology
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Riding Unicorns is the go-to podcast for anyone interested in venture capital and high-growth startups. Hosted by VCs James Pringle and Hector Mason, the show explores what it takes to build and back successful tech unicorns.
Each episode features candid conversations with top founders, operators, and investors—unpacking the strategies, challenges, and insights behind scaling category-defining companies. From fundraising and product-market fit to hiring, growth, and beyond, no topic is off-limits. Whether you're a founder, VC, angel investor, or just curious about the world of startups, you’ll find valuable takeaways in every episode.
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From Formula 3 to AI Accountants: Ariel Harmoko, Co-Founder & CEO @ Artifact
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Building the AI Super Connector with Andrew D’Souza, Founder of Boardy and Clearco
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Inside SVB's dramatic acquisition and the Future of UK Venture with Erin Platts, CEO of Octopus Ventures
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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How SuperAwesome Built the World’s Biggest Kid Tech Platform with Co-founder Lee Veitch
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Pioneering the AI-rollup model in the property management space with Dan Lifshits, Co-Founder @ Dwelly
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Building the "Spotify of Textbooks" with Gauthier Van Malderen, Founder @ Perlego
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Building the capital operating system for fast-growing tech companies with Paul Becker, Co-Founder & CEO of re:cap
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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What happened to Babylon Health after reaching $1bn+ revenue? And how Ali Parsa is continuing his mission to fix healthcare for all with AI startup Quadrivia.
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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The future of Social Commerce with Sam Jacobs, Co-Founder @ Go Places
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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AI, Infra vs Apps & Spotting Red Herrings with Akash Bajwa, Principal @ Earlybird
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Investing in Africa's Digital Future, Lexi Novitske, GP @ Norrsken22
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Growth Equity, VCTs and Exits with Rupert West, Managing Director @ Puma Growth Partners
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Building Outreach to a $4bn unicorn and helping AI agents get paid with Paid.ai - Manny Medina, Co-Founder & CEO @ Paid.ai
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Building, Backing & Scaling in an AI-Native World with Kenneth Auchenberg, Partner @ AlleyCorp
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Inside the Quantum Infrastructure Revolution with Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder & CEO @ Nu Quantum
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Building the "Lovable of Marketing" with Patrick Haede, Co-Founder & CEO @ Superscale AI
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Scaling from startup to £70M+ funding in 16 months with Paul Anthony, Co-founder of Primer & Colossal
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Simone Maini, CEO @ Elliptic, on Leading Through Crypto Winters and Building Elliptic into a Blockchain Analytics Leader
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Pattern recognition and backing Europe's next unicorns with Andrei Brasoveanu, Partner @ Accel
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Building Europe’s Investment Rails with Martin Kassing, Founder & CEO @ Upvest
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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RU Summit 2025 with Yoann Pavy and Oana Jinga, in Partnership with Cooley LLP
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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From Founder Failure to Building a €100M+ European VC Fund with Apostolos Apostolakis, Managing Partner @ VentureFriends
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Investing as a multi-stage fund into Europe's top startups with Deepka Rana, Principal @ Northzone
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Building voice-AI infrastructure and scaling go-to-market globally with Carles Reina, GTM @ ElevenLabs & Angel Investor
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Building the universal integration layer for modern products and raising a Series A from GV with Romain Sestier & Guillaume Lebedel, Co-Founders @ StackOne
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May 28, 2025 |
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Capsule Scale-Up 50 Panel with Poly AI, Flo Health, Carmoola, & Xampla
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May 21, 2025 |
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Building the Future of Marketing with Raffi Salama, CEO & Co-Founder @ Passionfruit
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May 14, 2025 |
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Building the premium venture studio and fund for consumer brands with Mike Jones, Founding Partner @ Science
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May 07, 2025 |
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Investing in the future of KidsTech, Gaming and Media with Dylan Collins, Founder @ SuperAwesome (acq. Epic Games)
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Investing in the B2B Fintech sector with Mark Beeston, Founder @ Illuminate Financial
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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The firm with a 1-in-6 unicorn investment rate. Staffan Helgesson, General Partner @ Creandum
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Doing data driven VC differently with Joseph Pizzolato, Managing Partner @ Defiant VC
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The future of car finance with Aidan Rushby, Co-founder & CEO @ Carmoola
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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What is Corporate Venture Capital and how to do it well with Mike Smeed, Managing Director @ InMotion Ventures
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Scooter regulation, supporting Lando to be a F1 driver, going all-in and reinventing Pensions with Adam Norris, Founder & CEO @ Pure Electric
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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The next wave of Open Banking and what it means for customers with Stefano Vaccino, Founder and CEO @ Yapily
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Markeplaces, hard truths and angel investing with Mandeep Singh, ex-Founder @ Trouva (acq by Made.com).
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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The operational side of building a credit card rocketship with Tim Chong, Co-Founder & CEO @ Yonder
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Going Public, democratising Pensions and scaling to the USA with Romi Savova, Founder & CEO @ PensionBee
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Implementing change for startups and talent at a the government level with Dom Hallas, Executive Director @ Startup Coalition
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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The USA's most active investor with Ron Levin, Managing Partner @ Alumni Ventures
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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The talent flywheel, product management and more with Martin Sokk, Co-Founder & CEO @ Lightyear
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Matt Chandler, Principal @ Octopus Ventures
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Sasha Kaletsky, Managing Partner @ Creator Ventures
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Marketing Icon: Rory Sutherland (audio only)
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Vidu Shanmugarajah, Partner @ GV
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Edwina Johnson, GM @ MoneyGram International
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Paul Yacoubian, Founder & CEO @ Copy.ai
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Charles Wells, Founder & CEO @ HelloSelf
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Simon Mellin, Founder & CEO @ The Modern Milkman
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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David Jarvis, CEO @ Griffin
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Mike Soutar, Co-Founder of Shortlist Media
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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George Henry, General Partner @ LocalGlobe & Latitude
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Richard Anton, General Partner @ Oxx
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Tim Creswick, CEO @ Vorboss
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Oana Jinga, Co-Founder @ Dexory
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Gareth Jefferies, Partner @ RTP Global
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Akshat Goenka, Partner @ Moonfire
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Sam Ettelaie, Co-Founder & CIO @ Thema
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May 22, 2024 |
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Callum Taylor, Head of ITV AdVentures Ignite @ ITV
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Johannes Weber, Founding Partner @ Ananda Impact Ventures
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Meri Beckwith, Co-Founder @ Lindus Health
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Leila Zegna & Chrys Chrysanthou @ Kindred Capital
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner @ Balderton Capital
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Dinika Mahtani, Partner @ Cherry Ventures
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Amon Ghaiumy, Co-Founder & CEO @ Ophelos
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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James Evans, Founder & CEO @ CommandBar
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Christian Gabriel, CEO & Co-Founder @ Capdesk (Acquired by Carta)
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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David Bateman, Managing Partner @ Claret Capital Partners
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Agate Freimane, General Partner @ Norrsken VC
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Christian Noske, Partner @ NGP Capital
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Lopo Champalimaud & Raphael Thiolon @ Verlinvest
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Audrey Handem, VC @ Speedinvest
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Jay Radia, Managing Partner @ Blissgrowth
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Roger Wade, Chairman @ Boxfund VC
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman @ S4 Capital (Follow Up Episode)
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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How do footballers think about investing with Chris Smalling, Professional Footballer @ AS Roma & Co-Founder @ The Player's Fund
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Niccolo Perra, Co-Founder @ Pleo
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Jimmy Fussing Nielsen, Managing Partner @ Heartcore Capital
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Babs Ogundeyi, Founder & CEO @ Kuda
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Kirsty Grant, Managing Director @ Seedrs
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Henry Irish & Donald Gillies, Co-Founders @ Passfort (acquired by Moody's)
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Saif Hameed, Founder & CEO @ Altrusitiq
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Jack Durling, Co-Founder @ Lockdown Liquor
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Alex Macdonald, Co-Founder @ Velocity Black (acquired by Capital One) & Co-Founder @ sequel
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Saasha Celestial-One, Co-Founder @ Olio
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Cristina Vila Vives, Founder & CEO @ Cledara
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Dr Andre Retterath, Partner @ Earlybird VC
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Jenny von Podewils & Kajetan von Armansperg, Co-founders @ Leapsome
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Peter Specht, Partner @ Creandum
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Riya Grover, Co-Founder & CEO @ Sequence
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Henrik Wetter Sanchez, Partner @ Playfair
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Paddy Ryan & Mary Lin, Co-founders @ Odin
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May 31, 2023 |
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Startup Spotlight: Orbital Witness
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May 22, 2023 |
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Sammy Rubin, Founder & CEO @ YuLife
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May 17, 2023 |
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Startup Spotlight: Connect Earth
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May 05, 2023 |
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Tristan Thomas, CEO & Co-Founder @ Packfleet
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May 03, 2023 |
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Mark Chaffey, Co-Founder & CEO @ hackajob
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Maulik Sailor, Founder & CEO @ Codemonk
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Sam Franklin, Co-Founder & CEO @ Otta
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Eileen Burbidge - Partner @ Passion Capital and Director @ Fertifa
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Thomas Wynne, Co-Founder & CEO at Capsule
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Startup Spotlight: Light Garden
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Yann Sarfati, Co-Founder & CEO @ Userled
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Startup Spotlight: Zelt
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Tony Jamous, Founder & CEO @ Oyster
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Mayowa Ogunremi, Investment Principal @ Form Ventures
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Matt Cooper, Co-CEO @ Crowdcube
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Startup Spotlight: LoopFX
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Anthony Fletcher, Founder & CEO @ Believe In Science
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Alan Chang, Founder & CEO @ Fuse (formerly Tesseract Energy)
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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David Newns, Founding Partner @ Fearless Adventures
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Magnus Karnehm, Principal @ Left Lane Capital
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Georgi Ganev, CEO @ Kinnevik
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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George Richardson, Co-Founder & CEO @ AeroCloud
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Startup Spotlight: Kadence
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Jamie Beaumont, Founder & CEO @ Playter
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Gordon Midwood, CEO @ Anything World
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Dr Ben Maruthappu, Co-founder & CEO @ Cera
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Jacob Waern, Founder & CEO @ eduMe
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Startup Spotlight: 5Mins
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Victor Trokoudes, Co-Founder & CEO @ Plum
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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RU LIVE 2022 - Paul Forster, Co-Founder of Indeed.com
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Startup Spotlight: Kuai Commerce
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Justina Tartilaite, Co-Founder @ Adsum
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Startup Spotlight: Monet
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Pietro Bezza, Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Startup Spotlight: Deployed
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Joe Curtis, Co-Founder @ 11 Investments
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Startup Spotlight: Inveztor
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Yoko Spirig, Co-Founder & CEO @ Ledgy
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Startup Spotlight: Awabah
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Matthew Wilson, Co-CEO & Co-Founder @ Omnipresent
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Startup Spotlight: Passionfruit
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Ben Kaminski, Partner @ Target Global
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Tom Wilson, Partner @ Seedcamp
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Francesco Simoneschi, Co-Founder & CEO @ Truelayer
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Haakon Overli, General Partner & Founder @ Dawn Capital
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Aidan Corbett, Co-Founder & CEO @ Wayflyer
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Martin Bysh, Co-Founder & CEO @ Huboo
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Charles Delingpole, Founder & CEO @ ComplyAdvantage
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Tom Goodwin, Founder @ ALL WE HAVE IS NOW
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Katie Marrache, Partner @ JamJar Investments
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Kevin Diestel, Partner @ Sapphire Ventures
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Freddy Ward, Co-Founder & CEO @ Wild
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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James Routledge, Founder @ Sanctus
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Paul Murphy, Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Julie Chen, Founder & CEO @ The Cheeky Panda
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Adnan Ebrahim, Co-Founder & CEO @ MindLabs
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May 25, 2022 |
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Rania Lamprou, Co-Founder & CEO @ Simpler
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May 18, 2022 |
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Hussein Kanji, Partner @ Hoxton Ventures
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May 11, 2022 |
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Dom McGregor, Founding Partner @ Fearless Adventures
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May 04, 2022 |
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Brad Coffey, Chief Customer Officer @ Pipe
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Taymoor Atighetchi, Founder & CEO @ Papier
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Larry Gadea, Founder & CEO @ Envoy
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Jimmy Williams, Co-Founder & CEO @ Urban Jungle
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Tom Leathes, Co-Founder & CEO @ Motorway
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Guy Podjarny, Founder @ Snyk
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Gordon Sanghera, Co-Founder & CEO @ Oxford Nanopore
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Ray Chohan, Co-Founder @ PatSnap
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Giles Andrews, Co-Founder @ Zopa
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Philip Belamant, Founder & CEO @ Zilch
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Michelle Kennedy, Founder & CEO @ Peanut
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Jonathan Anguelov, Co-Founder & GM @ Aircall
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Sacha Michaud, Co-Founder @ Glovo
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Nigel Verdon, Founder @ Railsr
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Ali Parsa, Founder & CEO @ Babylon
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Felix Ohswald, Founder @ GoStudent
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Steven Mendel, Co-Founder & CEO @ ManyPets
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Aron Gelbard - Co-Founder & CEO @ Bloom & Wild
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Andy Shovel, co-founder & co-CEO @ THIS™
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Alex Chesterman OBE, Founder & CEO @ Cazoo
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Season 2 Round-Up & Season 3 Schedule.
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Jon Coker, Founding Partner @ Eka Ventures
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Rémy Astié, Founder & CEO @ Vauban
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Steve Tigar, Founder @ loveelectric
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Irina Scarlat, Chief Growth Officer @ Bitpanda
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Mark Smukler, Founder @ Flow
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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RU Bitesize: Sir Martin Sorrell
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Jos White, Partner @ Notion Capital
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Jonny Plein, Co-Founder @ Pouch (acquired in 2018).
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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RU Monthly Round Up: September 2021
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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George Robson, Partner @ Sequoia Capital
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Darren Tenkorang, Founder & CEO @ TRIM-IT
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Jeremy King, Founder & CEO @ Attest
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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RU Monthly Round Up: August 2021
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Georgia Stewart, Co-Founder @ Tumelo
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Alice Bentinck, Co-Founder @ Entrepreneur First
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Amy Lewin, Deputy Editor @ Sifted
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Sitar Teli, Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Simon Franks, ex-Founder @ LOVEFiLM, Partner @ Redbus Ventures
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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RU Monthly Round Up: July 2021
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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David Semmens, Chief Investment Officer @ Wealthify
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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James Hind, Founder & CEO @ carwow
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Eamonn Carey, Managing Director @ Techstars
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Harry Franks, Co-Founder @ Zego
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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RU Monthly Round Up: June 2021
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Jean Nehme, Founder & CEO @ Touch Surgery
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Matthew Ford, Partner @ Mouro Capital
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Laurence Krieger, CEO @ Tide UK
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Sam Louis, Investor @ AIV Capital
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Juliette Souliman, VC Investor @ MMC Ventures
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Rachel Carrell, Founder & CEO @ Koru Kids
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Riding Unicorns - Season 2 Trailer
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May 19, 2021 |
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Hector McNeil, Founder & Co-CEO @ HANetf
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Chad West, Director of Global Marketing & Communications @ Revolut
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Managing Partner @ Seedcamp
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Roisin Levine, Head of Banks @ Flux
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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David Wascha @ Zoopla & Kindred Capital
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Jasper Martens, Chief Marketing Officer @ PensionBee
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Harry Hugo, Co-founder @ The Goat Agency
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Rikke Rosenlund, Founder & CEO @ Borrow My Doggy
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Natasha Thomas, co-founder @ Lockdown Liquor
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Lucas London, co-founder & CEO @ Lick Home
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Mustafa Khanbhai, Venture Partner @ Seamlessly, ex-Uber
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Sam Hodges, Growth Director @ Numan
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Paul Lindley OBE, Founder @ Ella's Kitchen
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Hector Mason, Investor @ Episode 1 Ventures
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Jeff Kelisky, CEO @ Seedrs
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Vlad Tropko, Partner @ Digital Horizon
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Jonathan Keeling, VP Commercial @ Crowdcube
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Hamish Grierson, co-founder & CEO @ Thriva
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Andrew Scott, Founding Partner @ 7 Percent Ventures
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Launch Episode: Sir Martin Sorrell, Founder & Executive Chairman @ S4 Capital
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Oct 14, 2020 |