Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology
234 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRiding Unicorns is the podcast about venture capital and growth startups. The show is co-hosted by two Venture Capitalists, James Pringle at Mercuri, and Hector Mason at Episode 1 Ventures. The show delves into the operational aspects of building successful tech unicorns, featuring interviews with top-notch founders and investors in the venture space. Whether you are a founder, VC, angel investor or just curious about the space, each episode is unique and goes into different topics related to tech and venture so we hope you enjoy it and take away something useful.
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S5E13 - Mayowa Ogunremi, Investment Principal @ Form Ventures
February 15, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBOur guest this week is Mayowa Ogunremi, Investment Principal @ Form Ventures Form is a new early stage venture fund investing in startups disrupting regulated markets, or building in new markets that will face regulation. They use decades of experience to help founders break down policy barriers and shape winning regulatory strategies. Mayowa joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss her route into venture, her experience as a therapist turned VC, Founder appetite to build a huge bus...
S5E12 - Matt Cooper, Co-CEO @ Crowdcube
February 08, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBOur guest this week is Crowdcube Co-CEO Matt Cooper. Crowdcube is a leading equity crowdfunding platform for investing in high-growth opportunities across Europe. They help entrepreneurs of start-ups and growing businesses to connect with potential investors. Dedicated to helping UK-based entrepreneurs raise finance to start or grow their business, Crowdcube gives investors real equity in the companies they fund. Matt joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss the evolution of crowdfu...
Startup Spotlight: LoopFX
February 03, 2023 07:00 - 9 minutes - 6.86 MBStartup Spotlight with Blair Hawthorne, CEO & Founder at LoopFX. They've just come out of stealth mode to improve the efficiency of high level foreign exchange trades. LoopFX have secured funding from some of the best finance angels in the country with participation from Portfolio 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! 🎙️🦄
S5E11 - Anthony Fletcher, Founder & CEO @ Believe In Science
February 01, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBOur guest this week is Believe in Science Founder & CEO Anthony Fletcher. The Believe in Science mission is to prove people can indulge responsibly, helping consumers make better decisions when it comes to food, starting with The Urban Legend Doughnut - the ultimate treat food, sticky, sweet, delicious yet never high in fat, sugar or calories. Anthony joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss how the business stared, the dangers of sugar, working with supermarkets and much, much mo...
S5E10 - Alan Chang, Founder & CEO @ Tesseract Energy
January 18, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBOur guest this week is Tesseract Energy Founder & CEO Alan Chang. Tesseract was founded to generate affordable renewable power and solve climate change. Their mission is to build a Terawatt of renewable capacity to power the world. They have raised $78m from top tier investors like Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, and Ribbit to date. Alan joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss the Revolut journey, where the idea for Tesseract came from, never settle culture, the ...
S5E10 - Alan Chang, Founder & CEO @ Fuse (formerly Tesseract Energy)
January 18, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBAlan Chang is the CEO of Fuse. As former Revolut-er #5, Alan was involved in the disruption and innovation in banking, and now, he is bringing that same energy and passion to Fuse. Fuse was founded to generate affordable renewable power and solve climate change. Their mission is to build a Terawatt of renewable capacity to power the world. They have raised $78m from top tier investors like Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, and Ribbit to date. Alan joins James Pringle and ...
S5E9 - David Newns, Founding Partner @ Fearless Adventures
January 11, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBOur guest this week is Fearless Adventures Founding Partner David Newns. Fearless Adventures invest in and support entrepreneur-led businesses with their expertise in growth strategy and support building great teams. Their founding team have built and scaled their own businesses from scratch to multi-million-pound exits and are now looking to use that capital and expertise to help new founders on their journey to reach the same peaks. David joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss h...
S5E8 - Magnus Karnehm, Principal @ Left Lane Capital
January 04, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBOur guest this week is Left Lane Capital Principal Magnus Karnehm. Left Lane is a global venture capital and growth equity firm investing in high-growth internet and consumer technology companies that are fundamental to the lives of customers. The foundation of Left Lane’s strategy is built on four main elements: specialization in internet-first businesses, proprietary sourcing at every level, deep data rigor and best practices, and a genuine philosophy around partnering with founders. Mag...
S5E7 - Georgi Ganev, CEO @ Kinnevik
December 21, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBOur guest this week is Georgi Ganev, CEO of Kinnevik. Kinnevik’s ambition is to be Europe’s leading listed growth investor, they back the best digital companies for a reimagined every day and to deliver significant returns. They have a strong and expanding portfolio in ClimateTech, HealthTech, consumer services, food tech, and fintech. Kinnevik’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm’s list for large-cap companies under the ticker codes KINV A and KINV B. Georgi joins James Pringle and Hec...
S5E6 - George Richardson, Co-Founder & CEO @ AeroCloud
December 14, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBOur guest this week is George Richardson, Co-Founder & CEO of AeroCloud. AeroCloud’s modular intelligent airport management platform is built on leading-edge technology & uses predictive AI & machine learning. Combined with common-use passenger processing & self-service solutions, they deliver an innovative answer to the complex operational challenges experienced by airports across the globe. AeroCloud’s market share has been steadily ramping up since 2019 with their platform currently supp...
Startup Spotlight: Kadence
December 09, 2022 07:00 - 10 minutes - 6.99 MBStartup Spotlight with Kadence. They've just announced a $10M Seed funding round led by Kickstart Fund with participation from Portfolio Ventures, Manta Ray, Hambro Perks and Vectr7 as well as Shadow Ventures and Forward VC.
S5E5: Jamie Beaumont, Founder & CEO @ Playter
December 07, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBOur guest this week is Jamie Beaumont, Founder of Playter. Playter helps fund the global community of startups and scaleups by helping them convert any invoice into Buy Now, Pay Later. Playter is the growth platform that helps businesses scale quicker, reduce their burn rate, increase their runway and take control of all payment terms regardless of the supplier. Jamie joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss the rise of Playter, fundraising growth competition, and much more. Don't...
S5E4 - Gordon Midwood, CEO @ Anything World
November 30, 2022 00:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBOur guest this week is Gordon Midwood, CEO of Anything World. Anything World is an innovative platform that combines AI, voice computing and 3D rendering with layers of behavioural intelligence. They enable users to request and play with any object imaginable. It’s the easiest and fastest way for developers to create AI-driven 3D experiences powered by voice. The Anything World Mission is to simplify and redefine 3D content creation for everyone across the metaverse. We want to eliminate t...
S5E3 - Dr Ben Maruthappu, Co-founder & CEO @ Cera
November 23, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBOur guest this week is Dr. Ben Maruthappu, Co-founder & CEO of multi-award-winning technology company Cera. Cera is a digital-first home healthcare company, delivering cat nursing telehealth and repeat prescriptions. In less than five years, we’ve grown from scratch to a team of almost 10,000 professionals, providing over 40,000+ in-person healthcare visits in homes throughout the UK every day. They have raised over $400 million to date. Ben joined James Pringle & Hector Mason to discuss ...
S5E2 - Jacob Waern, Founder & CEO @ eduMe
November 16, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBOur guest this week is Jacob Waern, Founder & CEO of eduMe. eduMe gives your deskless workforce seamless, passwordless access to embedded onboarding & training with native integrations into software such as Microsoft Teams, Fountain, Braze, and Beekeeper. eduMe is the leading mobile-based training platform for the frontline workforce used by modern companies in more than 60 countries worldwide. They've raised over $27 million to date. Jacob joined James Pringle & Hector Mason to discuss t...
Startup Spotlight: 5Mins
November 11, 2022 07:00 - 12 minutes - 8.9 MBWelcome back to our latest Startup Spotlight, our mini-series, which will provide insight into an early-stage company that we are very excited about. This week's spotlight shines on 5mins. 5Mins.ai is the TikTok of L&D. With 13,000+ bite-sized lessons tailored to each role . Live in 80+ countries with leading tech brands such as SmartPension, Perkbox, Spenmo etc - our customers find that with our bite-sized learning approach, employees upskill 3X faster and it delivers 8X better return on s...
S5 E1 - Victor Trokoudes, Co-Founder & CEO @ Plum
November 09, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBWelcome to Season 5 🥳 Our first guest for the new season is Victor Trokoudes, Co-Founder & CEO of Plum. Plum is an app that empowers you to put your money into action, wherever you are on your financial journey. You can save, spend, earn and invest, in one app with ease. Using AI-powered saving tools and investment features which make building and diversifying your portfolio seamless, Plum has helped customers save and invest £1.2 billion. Victor joined James Pringle & Hector Mason to ...
S5E1 - Victor Trokoudes, Co-Founder & CEO @ Plum
November 09, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWelcome to Season 5 🥳 Our first guest for the new season is Victor Trokoudes, Co-Founder & CEO of Plum. Plum is an app that empowers you to put your money into action, wherever you are on your financial journey. You can save, spend, earn and invest, in one app with ease. Using AI-powered saving tools and investment features which make building and diversifying your portfolio seamless, Plum has helped customers save and invest £1.2 billion. Victor joined James Pringle & Hector Mason to ...
RU LIVE 2022 - Paul Forster, Co-Founder of Indeed.com
October 26, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBThis episode was recorded in front of a live audience at The Oval in Vauxhall as part of our first live event. Guests and friends of the show gathered to celebrate 2 years of Riding Unicorns.
Startup Spotlight: Kuai Commerce
October 14, 2022 06:00 - 9 minutes - 6.28 MBWelcome back to our latest Startup Spotlight, our mini-series, which will provide you with an insight into an early-stage company that we are very excited about. This week's spotlight shines on Kuai Commerce, a startup focused on helping western brands sell Direct to consumers in the Chinese market. James sat down with co-founder Jonny Plein to discuss the opportunity the Chinese market presents and how Kuai provides western brands with access to it.💹 Make sure to like and subscribe to th...
S4E23 - Justina Tartilaite, Co-Founder @ Adsum
October 12, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBJustina Tartilaite is the Co-Founder of Adsum, tax credit specialists. Adsum is pioneering innovation in tax-based financing and is at the forefront of leveraging modern technology in order to provide businesses with much-needed tax credits in real-time. Prior to launching Adsum, Justina worked as a Director at Deutsche Bank and in various capital markets roles for ABN AMRO Bank. Justina joined us on this, our penultimate episode of the season, to discuss her career leading up to Adsum, wh...
Startup Spotlight: Monet
October 07, 2022 06:00 - 6 minutes - 4.43 MBWelcome back to our latest Startup Spotlight, our mini-series, which will provide you with an insight into an early-stage company that we are very excited about. On this weeks episode we will be discussing Monet, an embedded fintech for the creator economy - enabling platforms and agencies to offer borderless credit and payments. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and Linke...
S4E22 - Pietro Bezza, Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures
October 05, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBPietro Bezza is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of thesis-led venture capital firm, Connect Ventures. Specialising in investing in seed companies, Connect was the first to invest in unicorns such as TrueLayer, Typeform and Oyster. Long-time listeners will be aware that this is not the first time we have had a member of the Connect Ventures team on the show. In fact, in Season 2 we invited Sitar Teli to discuss all things product. This time round though we invited Pietro onto the show...
Startup Spotlight: Deployed
September 30, 2022 06:00 - 4 minutes - 3.02 MBWelcome back to our latest Startup Spotlight, an entirely new series, which will provide you with an insight into a company that we are very excited about. On this weeks episode we will be discussing Deployed, which is looking to help simplify the way we write and build effective dialogue. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep on top of the latest developm...
S4E21 - Joe Curtis, Co-Founder @ 11 Investments
September 28, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBJoe Curtis is the Director and Co-Founder of 11 Investments, a seed-stage investment and accelerator program for recruitment businesses. Not content with one running one recruitment business Joe also works as a Director at Recruiter Labs, a recruitment consultancy business that he also co-founded and as if that wasn't enough he also finds time for a third role, that of Director at 3Search. All in all then we think it is fair to say that when it comes to speaking on the topic of recruitment t...
Startup Spotlight: Inveztor
September 23, 2022 06:00 - 6 minutes - 4.36 MBWelcome back to our latest Startup Spotlight, an entirely new series, which will provide you with an insight into a company that we are very excited about. This weeks episode features the co-founders of Inveztor, Katee Hunter-Sharpe and Alastair Sharpe. Inveztor is developing a simple, efficient and collaborative digital platform for issuing and maintaining European debt securities. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget...
S4E20 - Yoko Spirig, Co-Founder & CEO @ Ledgy
September 21, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBYoko Spirig is the co-founder & CEO of Ledgy, an equity management and investor relations platform for startups and high-growth companies. Yoko comes from a Physics background and such was her proclivity for the subject as a student that she was invited to become the project lead of Swissloop, an initiative which was looking to build the first Hyperloop pod in Switzerland. Upon graduating Yoko and her co-founders Ben-Elias Brandt and Timo Horstschaefer, who she met at university decided to l...
Startup Spotlight: Awabah
September 16, 2022 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.07 MBWelcome back to our latest Startup Spotlight, an entirely new series, which will provide you with an insight into a company that we are very excited about. This weeks episode features Awabah, a digital pension platform for self-employed Africans. The co-founder & CEO Tunji Andrews joins us to explain exactly what the business does and how be plans to achieve his big vision. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give ...
S4E19 - Matthew Wilson, Co-CEO & Co-Founder @ Omnipresent
September 07, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBMatthew Wilson is the Co-CEO and Co-founder of Omnipresent, one of the leading global HR providers. Matthew is an experienced entrepreneur and in fact had, prior to Omnipresent, already founded and run a number of businesses including an enterprise software business. Matthew launched Omnipresent alongside his fellow co-founder, Guenther Eisinger, in the hope of solving many of the challenges companies face when managing a remote team. His work and career achievements have been recognised by ...
Startup Spotlight: Passionfruit
September 02, 2022 06:00 - 4 minutes - 3.06 MBRiding Unicorns is delighted to announce an entirely new series called Start-up Spotlight. These new weekly bitesize episodes will provide you with an insight into a company that we are very excited about. Our very first Start-up Spotlight episode features Raffi Salama from Passionfruit, a UK-based Gen Z freelancing platform that recently closed a seed round of $4.3m. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding...
S4E18 - Ben Kaminski, Partner @ Target Global
August 31, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBBen Kaminski is a Partner at leading technology investment firm, Target Global. Prior to joining the firm, Ben spent over a decade working in Investment Banking where he was responsible for overseeing several high-profile M&A transactions. At Target Global since 2018 Ben now heads up the firm's dedicated Mobility 2.0 Fund. His investments include Auto1, Delivery Hero, GoEuro, Flink and numerous others. As well as all this Ben still finds the time to be an active angel investor in over a doz...
S4E17 - Tom Wilson, Partner @ Seedcamp
August 24, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBTom Wilson is a Partner at Seedcamp, an early stage seed fund investing in European businesses that are solving real problems using technology. Prior to his time in Venture, Tom worked in Law where he specialised in VC fundraising and M&A. Since joining Seedcamp In 2014 Tom has been helping the fund source and select companies to invest in at the early stage of their inception. Some of their investments to-date include UiPath, Wise, Hopin and Revolut. We invited Tom on the show to discuss ...
S4E16 - Francesco Simoneschi, Co-Founder & CEO @ Truelayer
August 17, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBFrancesco Simoneschi is Co-Founder and CEO of TrueLayer, a fintech development platform. TrueLayer is not, however, Francesco's first experience in founding, managing and growing a successful tech company. In fact, prior to launching TrueLayer, Francesco helped develop an angel fund called Mission and Market, which was able to provide investment to more than 50 startups. Following a period working in mobile game development Francesco became VP of Strategy for FOVE – the world’s first eye tra...
S4E15 - Haakon Overli, General Partner & Founder @ Dawn Capital
August 10, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBHaakon Overli is the Founder and General Partner of Dawn Capital, a VC firm investing in European founders in the hope of helping them build the next generation of global software companies. During the early stage of his career Haakon worked in investment banking before eventually taking the decision to go out on his own and become an entrepreneur. In 1999 he launched Self Trade, an on-line stock broker, which he eventually sold in 2000 to HypoVereinsbank for €911m (US$1.1bn). Haakon now spe...
S4E14 - Aidan Corbett, Co-Founder & CEO @ Wayflyer
August 03, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBAidan Corbett is the co-founder and CEO of Dublin-based Wayflyer. Founded in 2019 the company supports e-commerce businesses worldwide by providing a range of financing and analytics solutions that improve cash flow, drive sales and optimise supply chains. Since launching in April 2020 the company has already gone on to provide over $500 million to businesses, a fact which has meant that Aidan and his team have been able to build a unicorn in just 20 months. Wayflyer now has more than 800 cu...
S4E13 - Martin Bysh, Co-Founder & CEO @ Huboo
July 27, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBMartin Bysh is the co-founder & CEO of Huboo, an award-winning order fulfilment service for eCommerce sellers. Martin spent the early part of his career working in a number of industries including everything from video games to dating sites and market research. After years of toiling in different ventures Martin finally decided to launch Huboo in 2017 with his co-founder Paul Dodd. Since then the company has grown at a remarkable rate and is now responsible for shipping an average of five mi...
SE13 - Martin Bysh, Co-Founder & CEO @ Huboo
July 27, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBMartin Bysh is the co-founder & CEO of Huboo, an award-winning order fulfilment service for eCommerce sellers. Martin spent the early part of his career working in a number of industries including everything from video games to dating sites and market research. After years of toiling in different ventures Martin finally decided to launch Huboo in 2017 with his co-founder Paul Dodd. Since then the company has grown at a remarkable rate and is now responsible for shipping an average of five mi...
S4E12 - Charles Delingpole, Founder & CEO @ ComplyAdvantage
July 20, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBCharles Delingpole is the Founder & CEO of ComplyAdvantage, leaders in AI driven fraud and AML risk detection. Founded in 2014, ComplyAdvantage works with over 500 clients across 75 countries to tackle the risk of money laundering, terrorist financing and corruption. Prior to ComplyAdvantage Charles founded the world’s largest student discussion forum The Student Room Group. He then followed this up by co-founding MarketFinance, a corporate financial solutions company. Charles joined James...
S4E11 - Tom Goodwin, Founder @ ALL WE HAVE IS NOW
July 13, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBTom Goodwin is the co-founder of innovation consultancy, All We Have Is Now. Tom is however much more than just an entrepreneur. Tom has spent over 20 years studying topics such as the impact of new technology, changing consumer behaviours, and trends in digital marketing and as such is regarded as one of the experts in his field. He is also the author of Digital Darwinism, a business book that explores the current digital transformation in business. As well as this Tom is a much sought afte...
S4E10 - Katie Marrache, Partner @ JamJar Investments
July 06, 2022 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBKatie Marrache is a Partner at JamJar Ventures, a VC firm founded by the people behind the hugely popular Innocent drinks. Katie is the definition of a go-getter. Whilst at University she secured an internship with Dragons’ Den investor, James Caan, which saw her manage the entrepreneurs portfolio of consumer investments. After a short stint working in television Katie joined Innocent drinks as a category manager, which once again saw her manage an investment portfolio. In 2017 she made Part...
S4E9 - Kevin Diestel, Partner @ Sapphire Ventures
June 29, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBKevin Diestel is a Partner at Sapphire Ventures, a venture capital firm that primarily invests in Series B technology companies. Before moving into private equity Kevin worked as an Analyst for Merrill Lynch. After two years working for the Investment Bank Kevin began working for Shamrock Capital Advisors, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm. During his time there he was responsible for evaluating investments in the media, entertainment and communications sectors. Having joined Sapphire ...
S4E8 - Freddy Ward, Co-Founder & CEO @ Wild
June 22, 2022 06:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBFreddy Ward is the co-founder of D2C cosmetics company, Wild. Freddy started his career at Hello Fresh and is actually credited as being its fifth ever employee. After working his way up to Marketing Director Freddy decided to start his own company, Wild, with lifelong friend and former Director of Fly Hiring, Charlie Bowes-Lyon. Wild is best known for its refillable deodorants and range of exotic fragrances, which customers seem to have really warmed too. In fact the company has already sol...
S4E7 - James Routledge, Founder @ Sanctus
June 15, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBJames Routledge is the Founder of Sanctus, leading providers of mental health coaches. After starting his first business at University James was hooked by the idea of being an entrepreneur. His first business venture, MatchChat, a social media app would however ultimately go on to be unsuccessful. As is often the case in life there is a silver lining to all supposed failures. James would ultimately go on to reflect more deeply about the stress he felt around this time and how it affected his...
S4E6 - Paul Murphy, Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners
June 08, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBPaul Murphy (@paulbz on Twitter) is a Partner at Lightspeed, a global venture capital firm focusing on multi-stage investments in the enterprise technology, consumer, and health sectors. Prior to his stint at Lightspeed Paul worked at Microsoft, Betaworks, Giphy and Northzone to name but a few. Paul also has extensive experience as an entrepreneur having set-up several companies namely Mobile Games Studio, Dots and calendar app, Katch. Paul is now sharing his knowledge of what it takes to bu...
S4E5 - Julie Chen, Founder & CEO @ The Cheeky Panda
June 01, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBJulie Chen is the Founder and CEO of The Cheeky Panda, makers of a range of Bamboo toiletry products including traditional toilet paper, facial tissues, kitchen towel, wipes and nappies. The idea for the company was born out of a family trip to China. While in China, Julie and her husband couldn't help but notice the abundance of Bamboo, which is of course one the world's fastest growing plants. It was there where Julie spotted the opportunity to create an environmentally friendly alternativ...
S4E4 - Adnan Ebrahim, Co-Founder & CEO @ MindLabs
May 25, 2022 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBAdnan Ebrahim is the co-founder and CEO of health and mindfulness app, Mindlabs. Adnan can trace his entrepreneurial roots all the way back to the school playground where he would often be seen selling wristbands to his classmates. Adnan’s love for business did not stop there however and after one successful venture in blogging Adnan decided to follow that up by launching Car Throttle, an online community for car enthusiasts. What started out as an idea born in his bedroom quickly grew into ...
S4E3 - Rania Lamprou, Co-Founder & CEO @ Simpler
May 18, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBRania Lamprou is the co-founder and CEO of Simpler - 1-click checkout for online shopping. Prior to launching Simpler Rania worked in several industries from marketing, business development, sales and product management. In 2020, Rania decided to launch Simpler with the aim of revolutionising the online checkout experience for both shoppers and sellers alike. The company has recently exited stealth mode and is now looking to grow its offering in the coming months. Riding Unicorns invited R...
S4E2 - Hussein Kanji, Partner @ Hoxton Ventures
May 11, 2022 06:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBHussein Kanji is the founding partner at renowned early stage venture firm, Hoxton Ventures. Following experiences at Microsoft and Accel Partners Hussein decided to set up Hoxton Ventures in 2013 in the hope that by backing Europe’s best global tech companies, his team would be able to bring a slice of Silicon Valley to Europe. As a result of backing four unicorns and creating $54bn of value both Hussein and Hoxton have gone on to develop a reputation as one of the best operators in the ven...
S4E1 - Dom McGregor, Founding Partner @ Fearless Adventures
May 04, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBDominic McGregor is the Founding Partner of Investment Firm Fearless Adventures. Dominic however is perhaps best known for the role he played in helping to build the hugely successful social media agency, Social Chain. With the help of his co-founder Steven Bartlett the pair were able to transform a mere idea, dreamt up in their university halls, into one of the world's leading media companies. Having both now exited the company Dominic has launched Fearless Adventures in the hope of helping...
Season 3 Round-Up & Season 4 Schedule.
April 27, 2022 06:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this special bonus episode James and Hector look back at the best moments from Season 3. The pair discuss the progress the show has made this season, the insights that made an impact and what the plans they have for the podcast moving forward. The episode ends with James and Hector revealing just some of the amazing guests we have coming your way in season 4. Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorn...