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Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology

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Jun 21, 2023 โ€ข 42min

S6E5 - Riya Grover, Co-Founder & CEO @ Sequence

This week's guest is Sequence Co-founder & CEO, Riya GroverSequence helps B2B companies design and iterate on billing and payment flows so they can stay focused on their mission. Their goal is to empower operators to build, scale and iterate, expand seamlessly into new markets and product verticals, and have a real time pulse on their business.Riya joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this episode to share tips for facilitating merger and acquisition, the inspiration for Sequence, her views on building enterprise products, & so much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„
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Jun 14, 2023 โ€ข 39min

S6E4 - Henrik Wetter Sanchez, Partner @ Playfair

This week's guest is Playfair Partner, Henrik Wetter Sanchez.Playfair is a generalist fund with a contrarian approach to pre-seed technology investing. They have backed 70+ companies across two funds including Thought Machine, Andela, Mapillary and Omnipresent.Henrik joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this special episode to discuss his journey to VC, scaling Playfair, culture fit, crowdfunding, learning from other VCs, & so much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„
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May 31, 2023 โ€ข 44min

S6E3 - Paddy Ryan & Mary Lin, Co-founders @ Odin

This week's guests are Odin Co-founders, Paddy Ryan and Mary Lin.Odin is building a better way to invest together: a relationship-centric investment marketplace for founders, angels, and VCโ€™s.Paddy and Mary join James Pringle and Hector Mason in this episode to discuss the founder's psyche, finding your Ikigai, creative strategies to facilitate people in your network to invest in startups & so much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„
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May 22, 2023 โ€ข 11min

Startup Spotlight: Orbital Witness

Startup Spotlight with Edmond Boulle, Co-Founder at Orbital Witness.Orbital Witness is a legaltech/proptech company liberating everyone involved in property transactions by organising all the information at the start of the process so there are no nasty surprises. Over 1.5% of all commercial property transactions in the UK use Orbital Witness and they have just raised a ยฃ7.5m Series A led by Parker89 to continue growing and also expand into the residential space. Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„
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May 17, 2023 โ€ข 44min

S6E2 - Sammy Rubin, Founder & CEO @ YuLife

This week's guest is Yulife CEO & Co-founder Sammy Rubin.Yulife is on a mission to inspire people to live their best lives: financially, mentally and physically. They have fundamentally changed the nature of life insurance, creating an innovative new โ€˜win-winโ€™ model which benefits individuals, businesses and society.Sammy joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this episode to discuss how to spark creativity, how to build the right team, showing vulnerability in leadership & so much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„
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May 5, 2023 โ€ข 8min

Startup Spotlight: Connect Earth

Startup Spotlight with Alex Lempka, Co-Founder at Connect Earth.Connect Earth is an environmental data company working with banks and fintechs to offer customers insights into the impact of their spending and investments on the climate.Its technology is integrated with banking groups such as KBC Bank, community banks and fintech firms in Europe and the United States. Connect Earth recently raised a ยฃ4.5m round led by Gresham House Ventures. Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„
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May 3, 2023 โ€ข 42min

S6E1 - Tristan Thomas, CEO & Co-Founder @ Packfleet

This week's guest is Packfleet CEO & Co-founder Tristan Thomas.Packfleet is on a mission to empower independent businesses across the UK to offer the best deliveries on Earth.Tristan joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this episode to discuss how to scale a business, how to time your fundraising activities, some thoughts on product management & so much more..Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„
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Apr 5, 2023 โ€ข 43min

S5E20 - Mark Chaffey, Co-Founder & CEO @ hackajob

This week's guest is hackajob Co-founder & CEO Mark Chaffeyhackajob have made it their mission to make the hiring process fairer, faster and based on skills rather than backgrounds, so people can get the job they deserve and earn what they're worth.Mark joins James Pringle and Hector Mason in this special extended episode to discuss how to validate an idea, lessons learnt during his career, the importance of professional coaching  & so much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„
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Mar 29, 2023 โ€ข 32min

S5E19 - Maulik Sailor, Founder & CEO @ Codemonk

This week's guest is CodeMonk Founder & CEO Maulik SailorCodeMonk is changing the way the world goes to work โ€” thanks to their dedicated platform powered by a global network of world-class, remote-based tech professionals. They offer companies a complete end-to-end solution, enabling them to hire entire development teams in just a matter of days.Maulik joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss proactive vs reactive, how to define a Product Manager, the importance of decision making & so much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„
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Mar 22, 2023 โ€ข 32min

S5E18 - Sam Franklin, Co-Founder & CEO @ Otta

Our guest this week is Otta CEO Sam Franklin Otta is the better way to find a job in tech. They have raised over $20m including a Series A led by Tiger Global after initial backing from LocalGlobe and Riding Unicorns Live 2022 special guest Paul Forster. Sam has worked as a management consultant and cut his teeth at tech company Nested.Sam joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss what makes an entrepreneur, the pathway to Otta.com, imposter syndrome & so much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„

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