Episodes

Feb. 9, 2022

Rob Moffat, Partner at Balderton Capital on Opportunities and Trends …

I am delighted to have Rob Moffat, Partner at Balderton Capital on the show today. Rob has been a partner at Balderton since 2015. He focuses mainly on fintech and insurtech but he also has experience in games, marketplaces, and …

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Jan. 26, 2022

Candid Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur, Ali Albazaz, Founder and…

My guest today is Ali Albazaz, founder of Inkitt, a data-powered platform for discovering hidden talents and turning them into globally successful authors. In this episode, Ali shares the typical journey of an entrepreneur - failed startups, multiple uns

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Jan. 21, 2022

B2B Sales Process and The Most Important Factor in Increasing Upsell …

My guest today is Roberto Coustas, co-founder and CEO of Deepsea.ai. In 2020 DeepSea Technologies secured a 3 million euro investment from the Environmental Technology Fund (ETF), and is currently one of the fastest-growing maritime startups in Europe.

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Jan. 12, 2022

Building and Scaling High Performance Teams; Trends in the Travel Ind…

My guest today is Henrik Kjellberg who is Group CEO of Awaze, Europe's leading managed vacation rental and holiday parks brand. Prior to joining Awaze, Henrik spent 12 years at Expedia as part of the global leadership team, where he …

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Dec. 15, 2021

Future of Workplaces; Pivoting The Whole Company During the Pandemic …

My guest today is Larry Gadea, founder and CEO of Envoy, a workplace platform that helps companies manage hybrid work. Envoy’s products are used in more than 14,000 offices around the world, including companies like Deliveroo, Monzo, Trainline in the …

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Dec. 1, 2021

How to Build A Low-Sales Touch Enterprise-Grade Security Company with…

My guest today is Bence Jendruszak, Cofounder of Hungarian Startup Seon Fraud Fighters, who started Seon right out of university and has very quickly built a revolutionary digital fraud prevention platform serving clients like Air France, Patreon and Lad

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Nov. 23, 2021

Q-commerce, Profitability and How to Stay Focused in a Hyper Competit…

My guest today is the co-founder of Glovo, Sacha Michaud. Glovo, a “q-commerce company”, was founded in 2015 in Barcelona and since then has grown rapidly delivering over 100M+ annual orders and operating in 23 countries. The q-commerce segment has …

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Nov. 10, 2021

Transitioning From Startup CxO to Scale-up CxO with Dr. Tim Guilliams…

My guest today is Dr. Tim Guilliams, co-founder and CEO of Healx, a UK-based AI drug development company focused on rare diseases. Dr. Tim along with Dr David Brown, the co-inventor of Viagra, founded Healx in 2014 and went from …

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Oct. 13, 2021

Keiran Olivares Whitaker, Founder of Entocycle, UK's Leading Insect F…

My guest today is Keiran Olivares Whitaker, founder of Entocycle, UK's leading insect farming company. Whilst travelling the world as a scuba diving instructor, Keiran witnessed first-hand the destruction our global food production system is having on ou

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Oct. 6, 2021

Sofie Allert, Co-founder and CEO of Swedish Algae Factory on Picking …

So you have a cool new technology that can have numerous applications. How do you decide what to focus on? My guest today is Sofie Allert, co-founder and CEO of Swedish Algae Factory. Sofie talks about her journey from biotechnology …

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Sept. 22, 2021

Deepali Nangia, Venture Partner at SpeedInvest on How Women Can Attra…

My guest today is Deepali Nangia, Atomico Angel and a Venture Partner at Speedinvest. Deepali is an advisor to female founders and an angel investor with a keen interest in digital health, femtech, and sustainability. Most recently, Deepali was named …

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Sept. 15, 2021

Vidal Bharath, COO of Bramble on Powering the Net Zero Future Based o…

My guest today is Vidal Bharath, COO of Bramble. Bramble’s mission is to power the net zero future. Bramble Energy has developed a unique, patent protected, printed circuit board (PCB) fuel cell - the PCBFC that solves perhaps the greatest …

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Sept. 8, 2021

Samantha Duncan, CEO & Co-Founder of Net Purpose on ESG Measurement, …

Sustainability is the new goal for companies, and the key to achieving it, is ensuring that we can measure ESG activities and more importantly its impact. My guest today is Samantha Duncan, CEO & Co-Founder of London-based Net Purpose who …

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July 21, 2021

Melinda Elmborg, Co-Lead at Fast Track Malmo Accelerator on The Great…

46% of entrepreneurs say access to capital is the biggest headache for their startups and yet while overall capital invested in European tech has increased even from last year ($41B, 130% increase from the year before), the interesting statistic is …

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July 14, 2021

Safia Qureshi, Founder of CLUBZERØ on The Circular Economy and What E…

Today I am talking to Safia Quereish - founder of CLUBZERØ. Safia went from being an architect to founding a company that reimagines how to create a zero-waste, circular economy by making it really easy for consumers and businesses to …

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June 30, 2021

Mads Fosselius, CEO of Danish SaaS startup Dixa on Reimagining the Cu…

Can you really sell friendship as a value proposition to businesses? How do you successfully displace incumbent, well established solutions? How do you balance moving to a new category while maintaining your position in the old category? These are the

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June 24, 2021

Kaarel Kotkas, Founder & CEO of Veriff on Their Journey from Estonia …

My guest today is Kaarel Kotkas, Founder & CEO of Veriff. Kaarel is a 25-year-old Estonian entrepreneur, whose online identity verification start-up Veriff is set to be the next tech ‘unicorn’ or billion-dollar company coming out of Estonia. Today’s

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June 16, 2021

Mikela Druckman, Founder of Greyparrot.ai and Her Inspiring Story of …

Did you know that only 14% of what we put in recycling bins actually gets recycled? Well, my guest today is Mikela Druckman Founder & CEO of Greyparrot whose mission is to improve recycling efficiency using AI. Founded in 2019, …

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June 9, 2021

Andrus Purde, Co-Founder and CEO of Outfunnel on: How to Build A Star…

Do we really need yet another marketing tool given the overcrowded Martech (marketing tech) space? That was the big question on my mind when I sat down to talk to Andrus Purde about his latest startup, Outfunnel. Andrus was head …

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May 26, 2021

Dan Garrett, Co-founder and CEO of Farewill, on using Technology to R…

My guest today is Dan Garrett, the CEO, and co-founder of Farewill. Farewill is UK’s largest Will writer, accounting for 1 in every 10 Wills written. How did Dan, someone with a design background end up re-inventing the death industry? …

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May 19, 2021

Malhar Kamdar, Chief Ecosystem Officer at Celonis, on Ecosystem Strat…

When you are thinking about your go-to-market strategy, when should you go direct and when should you build a partner strategy? My guest today is Malhar Kamdar, the Chief Ecosystem Officer at Celonis who sat down with me to talk …

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May 12, 2021

Andy Young, Serial Entrepreneur; UK Country Lead for Stripe; VP of G…

My guest today is Andy Young. Andy is a man of many talents or as he says “startups Swiss army knife”. Andy launched the UK and Ireland operations for Stripe and grew it from a handful of customers to major …

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May 5, 2021

Joyce Mackenzie Liu, Founder and CEO of Pegafund on: 3 Ingredients fo…

Joyce provides early-stage companies with strategic and operational CFO services to prepare the companies for predictable growth, fundraising, and global go-to-market success. Prior to Pegafund, Joyce was an advisor, investor, and board member of Europea

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April 29, 2021

April Dunford, Author and Positioning Expert, on: The Most Common Que…

In this episode, I sit down with April Dunford who is a globally recognized expert in positioning and author of the best seller book on positioning, Obviously Awesome: How to nail positioning so your customers get it, buy it and …

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