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It's Upgrade SeasonRaw & Unfiltered: Your Sex + Intimacy DilemmasHappy Friday Babes! Ok this episode is VERY unfiltered. I talk all about the tantric weekend retreat I just attended with my husband Jake, along with answering your Sex + Intimacy listener Dilemmas. Should she split up with her boyfriend because he is bad at sex? How do you keep the intimacy spark alive after having a baby? Where is the best place to buy sexy lingerie? How to navigate sex as a single girl? I'm going to be discussing all on this weeks episode. See you on the pod babes!Alex xox...2024-04-2629 minIt's Upgrade SeasonDEEP DIVE: Our Experience of a Sexual Intimacy Weekend with Jake Wombwell-PoveyHey babes! It's Monday and i'm treating you with another episode with Jake. You guys have been loving our no holding back episodes and this one does not disappoint. We give you a full deep dive into our experience on a sexual intimacy weekend. Sharing all the deets, our learnings and some funny stories along the way. Hope you love this episode. And remember to take a screenshot of you listening and tag us in on socials! Gorgeous Gorgeous Girls always leave a review. Catch ...2024-03-2544 minIt's Upgrade SeasonWhere to Meet Divine Masculine Men, Spiritual F*ckboys, Icks & Margaritas with Jake Wombwell-PoveyWelcome to Friday, its the wine down and I'm going to keep these show notes brief because Jake is back on the podcast. This is part two, this is the wine down where it gets even juicier and we answer some of your questions and dilemmas. We talk all about where to meet divine masculine men, spiritual f*ckboys, and our icks for each other.Hope you love this! And remember to take a screenshot of you listening and tag us in on socials! Gorgeous Gorgeous Girls always leave a review. ...2024-03-2219 minIt's Upgrade SeasonNavigating Parenthood, Travelling the World, Postpartum Intimacy + Kissing After Garlic Mayo with Jake Wombwell-PoveyOkay ladies I have a real treat for you today. I can't believe i'm saying this but I have my husband on the podcast today. I'm not going to give away to much but we cover everything. We cover how we met, travelling the world together, navigating parenthood, postpartum intimacy and naked photoshoots. I kind of have a bit of a vulnerability hangover after this one so please enjoy us baring all and welcome to todays episode. And remember to take a screenshot of you listening and t...2024-03-181h 27
The SeedNavigating Carbon Markets with Dr. Benjamin Slotnick, CEO and Founder of Lillianah TechnologiesThe episode features a discussion with Dr. Benjamin Slotnick, founder and CEO of Lillianah Technologies, a carbon removal startup. Dr. Slotnick speaks about his educational background in geology, which led him to invest in environmental solutions.Discussing his company, he outlines Lilianah's approach to carbon removal through the optimisation of oceanic biological pumps and bioremediation of 'dead zones' caused by excess chemical runoff.He discusses the challenges startups face in the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) industry, the need for Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of technologies and the importance of marine sediments as...2024-01-2444 minThe SeedOpportunities in the Circular Economy with Julia DaviesIn this episode, environmentalist and investor, Julia, opens up about her investing journey in the field of climate tech and sustainability. As the founder of 'We Have The Power', an organisation that invests in solutions and startups tackling single-use waste, Julia discusses her mission and the challenge of catalysing practical action towards a sustainable circular economy. The episode dives into the accomplishments, potential, and challenges faced by various circular economy startups that Julia supports, including Dizzy, Revolution Zero, and Clean Bus. Julia also highlights her vision for focusing on reuse over recycling, advocates for changes in consumer habits, corporate...2023-12-1350 minThe SeedWhen AI Meets Atoms with Windscape AIJoin us for today's podcast where our host Jake Wombwell-Povey interviews the two co-founders of Windscape AI, Eric Thompson (CEO) and Jason Yosinski (CTO).Windscape combines low-cost pressure sensors and artificial intelligence to provide cleaner and more accurate data to optimise wind turbine operations. Though selling this technology to utilities is challenging due to the long, costly, and bureaucratic process, they have found early adopters and are working towards permeating the industry. The co-founders also express their views on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and their potential uses in sustainability and climate change. They i...2023-11-2949 minThe SeedThe 7Gen Ventures Philosophy and Investing in Digital Climate TechIn this episode, founder and host Jake Povey discusses the philosophy behind Seven Generation Ventures, their approach to investing, focusing on early stage digital climate tech startups. He explains the unique combination of venture investing and coaching to foster maximum development and growth of the companies they back. He sheds light on the guiding principle of 'seven generations' that guides their investment ideologies, drawing from the philosophy of the Iroquois nation, looking at the long-term impact on future generations and leaving a positive legacy . He also acknowledges the daunting challenge climate change presents but emphasises the significant investment and...2023-11-1427 min
London Fintech PodcastLFP226 – How To Trade Sell Your Business w/David Genn CEO Goji
The majority of successful exits for companies are via trade sale (not that given the media hype you’d necessarily imagine it was anything but IPOs). Furthermore the percentage of companies that list on an exchange is falling meaning, that along with the economic circumstances, private companies and remaining in the unlisted space is becoming ever more important.
In this episode we dive into the whole soup-to-nuts process of how to trade sell oneself, what the stages are, what the obstacles and challenges and what the benefits are. Trade selling a company is an eternally imp...2023-05-0440 minThe SeedHow to use Network Effects to Tackle Systems Change with Sameer Singh @ Breadcrumb VCToday we have Sameer Singh with us and he is the create of Breadcrumb VCs. Which is a coaching and investment specialists into network effects. Sameer is a startup advisor and early-stage investor focused on network effects. "Creator" of Breadcrumb.vc and Applied Network Effects (one of the highest rated courses on Maven) — both are globally renowned resources to learn about network effects. He is also part of the Atomico Angel Program, where he invest in early-stage startups with network effects. He has 14 years of experience in the technology ecosystem — distributed between technology startups and invest...2022-11-0944 minThe SeedWhat does the IPCC Report Mean for InnovatorsToday's show is our introduction to the Venturing into Sustainability podcast and is a discussion between your co-hosts Jake Wombwell-Povey and Max Middleton where we delve deep into the IPCC report that's just been released this week and what it means for this space.It is unequivocal that human infrastructure has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land, widespread changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. So began the most recent IPCC report on the state of climate change..Max is an investment partner at Vala Capital where he has overall responsibility for...2021-08-1353 minThe SeedThe Food Tech Revolution With David StevensonToday's guest is David StevensonToday our guest is David Stevenson who is an experienced investment writer and commentator for publications such as the Financial Times where he has been writing in the adventurous investor column for a number of years, providing insight across a range of emerging trends in the investment markets typically across tech, he has now co-founded the future food finance blog and platform which is a relatively new platform focusing on the food tech revolution.In this episode we will cover: Why our food systems are ri...2021-08-0646 minThe SeedStepping Into The New ESG World With Hannah Leach & Johannes LenhardToday's guests are Hannah Leach & Johannes LenhardToday as guests we have Hannah Leach from Houghton Street Ventures where she is one of the founding partners, and Johannes Lenhard from Cambridge University where he is a lecturer and researcher specialising in ESG. On todays episode we've got them on as founding members of venture ESG which in a new community built around a mission to help the VC sector recognise and upskill itself as to the importance of ESG and provide the resources and guidance so that the VC community can really step into this n...2021-07-3047 minThe SeedSustaining the Ocean Economy with Adrien Vincent, Ocean Lead @ SYSTEMIQToday's guest is Adrien Vincent Adrien is the Ocean Lead at SYSTEMIQ, he is in particular closely involved with the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (www.oceanpanel.org). He is one of the co-authors of the report "Towards a sustainable ocean economy", commissioned by the Panel. Adrien is also Programme Director for Seaweed for Europe, a new coalition that aims to accelerate the scaling of a sustainable and innovative seaweed industry in Europe. Seaweed for Europe gathers innovative seaweed start-ups, investment funds, research institutions and international organisations to achieve this g...2021-06-1841 minThe SeedJourney to Becoming an ESG Leader with Tracy Barba, Executive Director @ 500 StartupsToday we will be speaking to Tracy Barba who is executive director, Global stakeholder engagement and head of ESG at 500 startups. 500 start-ups are one of the most active and prolific early-stage investors in the world with a pretty unique model when it comes to VE investment having backed over 2400 startups in 75 countries which is a phenomenal impact on the start-up space.In today’s episode we cover:Journey to becoming an ESG leader, What we mean by ESG in a venture context How 500 start-ups are leading the industryEnjoy the show...2021-06-1147 minThe SeedThe Current State of UK Policy Ambitions with Dr Matthew HannonMatthew works as Director of Research and Senior Lecturer at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, within the University of Strathclyde’s Business School. His research examines the policy and market conditions necessary to accelerate low-carbon energy technology and business model innovation in both new and old systems. He is a co-investigator on UKRI’s £10m EnergyREV consortium on smart, locally-led energy systems, and the UK Energy Research Centre’s Community Energy Finance project.Matthew has published ‘Financial Times 50’ ranked journal papers, written a book on accelerating low-carbon innovation. His work has received international prizes, been referenced i...2021-06-0441 minThe SeedHow to Action Climate Change Innovation with Richard TemplerToday guest is Richard Templer Director of Innovation at the Grantham InstituteRichard holds a joint appointment with the Department of Chemistry and the Grantham Institute. He is the Director of Development for Chemistry and the Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute: Climate Change & Environment. He has worked at the Imperial College of London for 32 years and is the current Hofmann Chair in Chemistry. He is a member of the London Sustainable Development Commission and advisory body to the Mayor of London. Richard has spent the last decade sup...2021-05-211h 00The SeedHow to Action Climate Change Innovation with Richard TemplerToday guest is Richard Templer Director of Innovation at the Grantham InstituteRichard holds a joint appointment with the Department of Chemistry and the Grantham Institute. He is the Director of Development for Chemistry and the Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute: Climate Change & Environment. He has worked at the Imperial College of London for 32 years and is the current Hofmann Chair in Chemistry. He is a member of the London Sustainable Development Commission and advisory body to the Mayor of London. Richard has spent the last decade sup...2021-05-201h 00The SeedHow Electricity Storage is Creating a Lower Carbon Future with Charlie Blair Managing Director @ GravitricityToday's guest is Charlie Blair, Managing Director @ GravitricityCharlie Blair has been an Innovator in Energy Systems for 15+ years. He always works with technologies that are on their way to major market growth and disruption in the power and heat sectors. He now acts as Managing Director of Gravitricity Ltd, pioneer of underground grid-scale electricity storage. At Gravitricity they are developing a novel storage technology that offers some of the best characteristics of lithium batteries and pumped storage. Grid-Scale electricity storage spend is projected to grow from around $3 billion per year today to over $50 billion per...2021-05-1457 minThe SeedHow Electricity Storage is Creating a Lower Carbon Future with Charlie Blair Managing Director @ GravitricityToday's guest is Charlie Blair, Managing Director @ GravitricityCharlie Blair has been an Innovator in Energy Systems for 15+ years. He always works with technologies that are on their way to major market growth and disruption in the power and heat sectors. He now acts as Managing Director of Gravitricity Ltd, pioneer of underground grid-scale electricity storage. At Gravitricity they are developing a novel storage technology that offers some of the best characteristics of lithium batteries and pumped storage. Grid-Scale electricity storage spend is projected to grow from around $3 billion per year today to over $50 billion per...2021-05-1357 minThe SeedUsing Technology to Create a Brighter & Cleaner Future With Oliver Jones & Luke Gavin Founders @ ElmoToday's guests are Olly Jones, & Luke Gavin Co-Founders @ ElmoInstagram - @elmodrive Twitter - @elmodriveElmo is led by founders Oliver Jones (Angel Investment Network; Startup Microdose Podcast) and Luke Gavin (Octopus Energy; Element Energy); and supported by a senior team including CTO Eamonn Gahan (VP Engineering at Acre & Drover) and performance marketer Rod Richmond (exited founder of CleanDigital marketing agency).Elmo is the world’s first Net Zero electric vehicle subscription platform integrated with the energy ecosystem. Consumers and SMEs can access electric vehicles with no deposit, on flexible monthly cont...2021-05-0744 minThe SeedUsing Technology to Create a Brighter & Cleaner Future With Oliver Jones & Luke Gavin Founders @ ElmoToday's guests are Olly Jones, & Luke Gavin Co-Founders @ ElmoInstagram - @elmodrive Twitter - @elmodriveElmo is led by founders Oliver Jones (Angel Investment Network; Startup Microdose Podcast) and Luke Gavin (Octopus Energy; Element Energy); and supported by a senior team including CTO Eamonn Gahan (VP Engineering at Acre & Drover) and performance marketer Rod Richmond (exited founder of CleanDigital marketing agency).Elmo is the world’s first Net Zero electric vehicle subscription platform integrated with the energy ecosystem. Consumers and SMEs can access electric vehicles with no deposit, on flexible monthly cont...2021-05-0644 minThe SeedHow to Address the Climate Emergency with Chris Goodall Founder @ Carbon CommentaryToday's guest is Chris Goodall, Author of 'What We Need To Do Now'. Former chair at ChargePoint Servs, bought by Engie and Investor in cleantech.Chris Goodall is a businessman, author and climate change and new energies expert. He is the author of different publications; Articles and Analysis, Sustainability: All that Matters, How to Live a Low-carbon Life (2nd Edition), Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate, Green Guide for Business, The Switch and most recently What We Need to do Now (Jan 2020) A consultant and adviser to investors and companies across the fields of low...2021-04-301h 03The SeedHow to Address the Climate Emergency with Chris Goodall Founder @ Carbon CommentaryToday's guest is Chris Goodall, Author of 'What We Need To Do Now'. Former chair at ChargePoint Servs, bought by Engie and Investor in cleantech.Chris Goodall is a businessman, author and climate change and new energies expert. He is the author of different publications; Articles and Analysis, Sustainability: All that Matters, How to Live a Low-carbon Life (2nd Edition), Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate, Green Guide for Business, The Switch and most recently What We Need to do Now (Jan 2020) A consultant and adviser to investors and companies across the fields of low...2021-04-291h 03The SeedCreating a Sustainable, Resilient, Zero-Carbon Society with Naveed Chaudhry Co-Founder @ The GreenhouseToday's guest is Naveed Chaudhry, Co-Founder and Head of The Greenhouse at the Centre for Climate Change Innovation Naveed Chaudhry is an Investor, Venture Accelerator and has a wide background in the Academic Space. He has made a number of impactful initiatives in the venture and Impacts Investing Space. He now works at the Centre for Climate Change Innovation. Where he co-founded and heads the greenhouse project a climate-focused accelerator, leads climate launchpad, is an advisor to tech nation, A trustee at National energy foundation and is an expert advisor to EU innovation fund a...2021-04-2353 minThe SeedCreating a Sustainable, Resilient, Zero-Carbon Society with Naveed Chaudhry Co-Founder @ The GreenhouseToday's guest is Naveed Chaudhry, Co-Founder and Head of The Greenhouse at the Centre for Climate Change Innovation Naveed Chaudhry is an Investor, Venture Accelerator and has a wide background in the Academic Space. He has made a number of impactful initiatives in the venture and Impacts Investing Space. He now works at the Centre for Climate Change Innovation. Where he co-founded and heads the greenhouse project a climate-focused accelerator, leads climate launchpad, is an advisor to tech nation, A trustee at National energy foundation and is an expert advisor to EU innovation fund a...2021-04-2253 minThe SeedMeasuring Sustainability From Space with Will Wells Founder & CEO @ Hummingbird TechnologiesToday's guest is Will Wells, Founder & CEO @ Hummingbird TechnologiesFollow Facebook - @TechnologiesHummingbirdInstagram - @hummingbird_technologiesTwitter - @TechHummingbirdWill Wells a previous investment analyst had a vision during a two-year fight with cancer. Now happily recovered, Will is realising that vision through his company Hummingbird Technologies. Hummingbird Technologies is an artificial intelligence business using drone and satellite technology with the most advanced machine learning and computer vision techniques to deliver actionable insights on crop health. The technology detects and learns changes in crop health, by taking aerial images from drones mounted wi...2021-04-1650 minThe SeedMeasuring Sustainability From Space with Will Wells Founder & CEO @ Hummingbird TechnologiesToday's guest is Will Wells, Founder & CEO @ Hummingbird TechnologiesFollow Facebook - @TechnologiesHummingbirdInstagram - @hummingbird_technologiesTwitter - @TechHummingbirdWill Wells a previous investment analyst had a vision during a two-year fight with cancer. Now happily recovered, Will is realising that vision through his company Hummingbird Technologies. Hummingbird Technologies is an artificial intelligence business using drone and satellite technology with the most advanced machine learning and computer vision techniques to deliver actionable insights on crop health. The technology detects and learns changes in crop health, by taking aerial images from drones mounted wi...2021-04-1550 minThe SeedThe Dairy Industry and Why Synthetic Biology is the Answer with Jevan Nagarajah Co-founder and CEO @ Better DairyToday's guest is Jevan Nagarajah, Co-founder and CEO @ Better DairyJevan Nagarajah has experience across banking and tech. Studying at Imperial College he holds a Mathematics BSc (1st Class Honours) and he has executed retail partnerships at Rocket Internet, building European ops for Ritual.co. He is now the Co-Founder and CEO at Better Dairy a London based start-up developing animal-free dairy products which has recently secured GBP £1.6m (US $2.1m) in seed financing toward RTD costs ahead of its commercial launch planned for early 2022. Better Dairy uses synthetic biology and yeast fermentation to produce dai...2021-04-0939 minThe SeedThe Dairy Industry and Why Synthetic Biology is the Answer with Jevan Nagarajah Co-founder and CEO @ Better DairyToday's guest is Jevan Nagarajah, Co-founder and CEO @ Better DairyJevan Nagarajah has experience across banking and tech. Studying at Imperial College he holds a Mathematics BSc (1st Class Honours) and he has executed retail partnerships at Rocket Internet, building European ops for Ritual.co. He is now the Co-Founder and CEO at Better Dairy a London based start-up developing animal-free dairy products which has recently secured GBP £1.6m (US $2.1m) in seed financing toward RTD costs ahead of its commercial launch planned for early 2022. Better Dairy uses synthetic biology and yeast fermentation to produce dai...2021-04-0839 minThe SeedDrone Innovation in UK Agriculture with Jack Wrangham, Founder of Drone AgToday's guest is Jack Wrangham, Founder of Drone Ag(@dronesforag)With more than 10 years of drone experience, Jack founded Drone Ag on his family farm in 2015 with the aim of looking at how drone technology could help farming. Drone Ag enables more productive and sustainable farming through practical drone automation and AI systems.Drone Ag delivers the Skippy Scout drone-based scouting programme. Fast, efficient, automated scouting & reporting - Skippy Scout uses farmer’s smartphones to fly a drone and collect data at key points in their fields. Then it creates field reports on...2021-04-0247 minThe SeedDrone Innovation in UK Agriculture with Jack Wrangham, Founder of Drone AgToday's guest is Jack Wrangham, Founder of Drone Ag(@dronesforag)With more than 10 years of drone experience, Jack founded Drone Ag on his family farm in 2015 with the aim of looking at how drone technology could help farming.Drone Ag enables more productive and sustainable farming through practical drone automation and AI systems.Drone Ag delivers the Skippy Scout drone-based scouting programme. Fast, efficient, automated scouting & reporting - Skippy Scout uses farmer’s smartphones to fly a drone and collect data at key points in their fields. Then it creates field reports on...2021-04-0147 minThe SeedTransforming Electricity Generation with Juan Pablo Cerda, CEO & Founder @ ZeigoToday's guest is Juan Pablo Cerda, CEO & Founder @ Zeigo Twitter @zeigoenergyInstagram @zeigoenergy Juan Pablo is the founder of Zeigo, a London-based technology company at the forefront of renewable energy. He has 15 years of experience working within the energy and environmental sector. Juan Pablo believes in disrupting the corporate procurement of renewable energy to accelerate the green revolution and contribute to a sustainable future. As an entrepreneur and business founder, he has the vision to achieve a fully decarbonised energy system around the world sooner than 2050. Zeigo, is a renewable energy platform powered by da...2021-03-2649 minThe SeedTransforming Electricity Generation with Juan Pablo Cerda, CEO & Founder @ ZeigoToday's guest is Juan Pablo Cerda, CEO & Founder @ Zeigo Twitter @zeigoenergyInstagram @zeigoenergy Juan Pablo is the founder of Zeigo, a London-based technology company at the forefront of renewable energy. He has 15 years of experience working within the energy and environmental sector.Juan Pablo believes in disrupting the corporate procurement of renewable energy to accelerate the green revolution and contribute to a sustainable future. As an entrepreneur and business founder, he has the vision to achieve a fully decarbonised energy system around the world sooner than 2050.Zeigo, is a renewable energy platform powered by da...2021-03-2649 minThe SeedTech for Good with Paul Miller, OBE, Managing Partner @ Bethnal Green VenturesToday's guest is Paul Miller, OBE, the Founder and Managing Partner of Bethnal Green Ventures (@rellimluap)Paul Miller is the CEO and Managing Partner of Bethnal Green Ventures.Prior to BGV, Paul was an entrepreneur (startup to improve adult education system) and policy advisor. He also currently serves as Chair of Trustees for GoodGym, a non-profit running organisation that combines regular exercise with helping our communities. Bethnal Green Ventures are Europe’s leading early-stage tech for good VC. They back ambitious founders using technology to tackle big social and environmental problems that aim to...2021-03-1255 minThe SeedTech for Good with Paul Miller, OBE, Managing Partner @ Bethnal Green VenturesToday's guest is Paul Miller, OBE, the Founder and Managing Partner of Bethnal Green Ventures (@rellimluap)Paul Miller is the CEO and Managing Partner of Bethnal Green Ventures.Prior to BGV, Paul was an entrepreneur (startup to improve adult education system) and policy advisor. He also currently serves as Chair of Trustees for GoodGym, a non-profit running organisation that combines regular exercise with helping our communities. Bethnal Green Ventures are Europe’s leading early-stage tech for good VC. They back ambitious founders using technology to tackle big social and environmental problems that aim to...2021-03-1255 minThe SeedFostering Entrepreneurship To Deliver Change with Kelsey Lynn SkinnerToday's guest is Kelsey Lynn Skinner, Partner @ IP Group Plc (@Kelsey_innovate)Kelsey Lynn Skinner has been a partner at IP Group plc since 2018. Prior to joining IP Group she had acted as a Board Director in a number of venture, tech and angel funds. She spent a decade in Silicon Valley as a venture investor for early-stage and growth technology companies.Kelsey is a graduate of Stanford University/School of Business Graduate. Kelsey also has a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering & Thermodynamics from Stanford University, where she p...2021-03-051h 06The SeedFostering Entrepreneurship To Deliver Change with Kelsey Lynn SkinnerToday's guest is Kelsey Lynn Skinner, Partner @ IP Group Plc (@Kelsey_innovate)Kelsey Lynn Skinner has been a partner at IP Group plc since 2018. Prior to joining IP Group she had acted as a Board Director in a number of venture, tech and angel funds. She spent a decade in Silicon Valley as a venture investor for early-stage and growth technology companies.Kelsey is a graduate of Stanford University/School of Business Graduate. Kelsey also has a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering & Thermodynamics from Stanford University, where she p...2021-03-051h 06The SeedScaling Climate Tech Start Ups with Peter BachmannToday's guest is Peter Bachmann, Managing Director and Fund Manager @ Gresham House Plc. Peter Bachmann is the Fund Manager on the £300m British Strategic Investment Fund with a focus on sustainability infrastructure - infrastructure which helps us live more sustainably.Prior to joining Gresham House, Peter was at Scottish Equity Partners where we helped deliver a 3x return by investing in promising British Tech scale-ups and infrastructure players.Gresham House plc is a London Stock Exchange quoted asset manager with £4bn in AUM providing funds, direct investments and tailored investment solutions including co-investment, respo...2021-02-2656 minThe SeedScaling Climate Tech Start Ups with Peter BachmannToday's guest is Peter Bachmann, Managing Director and Fund Manager @ Gresham House Plc. Peter Bachmann is the Fund Manager on the £300m British Strategic Investment Fund with a focus on sustainability infrastructure - infrastructure which helps us live more sustainably.Prior to joining Gresham House, Peter was at Scottish Equity Partners where we helped deliver a 3x return by investing in promising British Tech scale-ups and infrastructure players.Gresham House plc is a London Stock Exchange quoted asset manager with £4bn in AUM providing funds, direct investments and tailored investment solutions including co-investment, respo...2021-02-2656 minThe SeedMaking Zero Waste a reality with Ben Patten, Good ClubToday's guest is Ben Patten, the CEO and Co-founder @ Good Club Twitter: @BenPatten99Ben has set up a number of businesses, including Farmdrop. His interests are in sustainability, food and the power of technology to create solutions. He lives in Brixton with his young family and loves healthy eating and swimming in the local lido.Goodclub offer a zero-emission delivery, zero-waste, ambient goods (think cupboards and pantry) via a monthly membership, online only offering.GoodClub’s mission is to make sustainable living accessible to everyone. GoodClub believes it's vital to make sustainable products acc...2021-02-191h 04The SeedMaking Zero Waste a reality with Ben Patten, Good ClubToday's guest is Ben Patten, the CEO and Co-founder @ Good Club Twitter: @BenPatten99Ben has set up a number of businesses, including Farmdrop. His interests are in sustainability, food and the power of technology to create solutions. He lives in Brixton with his young family and loves healthy eating and swimming in the local lido.Goodclub offer a zero-emission delivery, zero-waste, ambient goods (think cupboards and pantry) via a monthly membership, online only offering.GoodClub’s mission is to make sustainable living accessible to everyone. GoodClub believes it's vital to make sustainable products acc...2021-02-191h 04The SeedPippa Gawley - Zero Carbon CapitalToday's guest is Pippa Gawley, Founder & MD @ Zero Carbon Capital (@ZeroCarbonCap)Pippa is Founder and Managing Director at Zero Carbon Capital, on a mission to address climate change through deep-science, hard-tech innovation. Pippa has a long history in this space and spent the last 4 years as a clean-tech investor in the US and UK. She is an active and passionate member of the impact investing world in the Bay Area, the UK and beyond. Zero Carbon Capital launched the Zero Carbon Fund (ZCF) in 2020, to bring her experience and thesis to the early stage UK ve...2021-02-1248 minThe SeedPippa Gawley - Zero Carbon CapitalToday's guest is Pippa Gawley, Founder & MD @ Zero Carbon Capital (@ZeroCarbonCap)Pippa is Founder and Managing Director at Zero Carbon Capital, on a mission to address climate change through deep-science, hard-tech innovation. Pippa has a long history in this space and spent the last 4 years as a clean-tech investor in the US and UK. She is an active and passionate member of the impact investing world in the Bay Area, the UK and beyond. Zero Carbon Capital launched the Zero Carbon Fund (ZCF) in 2020, to bring her experience and thesis to the early stage UK ve...2021-02-1248 minThe SeedUsing Community To Battle Food Waste with Tessa Clarke, OlioToday's guest isTessa Clarke, Co-Founder & CEO @OLIO (@TessaLFClarke)Tessa is CEO and Co-Founder of OLIO, a peer-to-peer food sharing app preventing waste by connecting neighbours in hyperlocal communities. Tessa has been featured in Vogue and listed as a Forbes Top 50 Female Sustainability Leader.OLIO was born out of a frustration shared by the two Co-founders, who couldn’t understand why it had to be so difficult to avoid sending perfectly good food to landfill. This frustration became a ca...2021-02-0449 minThe SeedUsing Community To Battle Food Waste with Tessa Clarke, OlioToday's guest isTessa Clarke, Co-Founder & CEO @OLIO (@TessaLFClarke)Tessa is CEO and Co-Founder of OLIO, a peer-to-peer food sharing app preventing waste by connecting neighbours in hyperlocal communities. Tessa has been featured in Vogue and listed as a Forbes Top 50 Female Sustainability Leader.OLIO was born out of a frustration shared by the two Co-founders, who couldn’t understand why it had to be so difficult to avoid sending perfectly good food to landfill. This frustration became a call to action when they began to dig into the problem, and understood what a...2021-02-0449 minThe SeedJasper Smith - Founder of Vala CapitalToday's guest is Jasper, Founder and Managing Partner of Vala Capital.Jasper has overall responsibility for the Vala Capital Portfolio and typically leads the firm’s efforts to mentor and support the companies they invest in. He is an entrepreneur who has founded and invested in many companies in the media, technology and engineering sectors. Previous ventures include: Static2358, Electra Entertainment, Optimistic Entertainment Plc, PlayJam, PlayStack and Arksen. He has generated a number of highly successful exits, creating significant shareholder value along the way.Vala is a g...2021-01-2954 minThe SeedJasper Smith - Founder of Vala CapitalToday's guest is Jasper, Founder and Managing Partner of Vala Capital.Jasper has overall responsibility for the Vala Capital Portfolio and typically leads the firm’s efforts to mentor and support the companies they invest in. He is an entrepreneur who has founded and invested in many companies in the media, technology and engineering sectors. Previous ventures include: Static2358, Electra Entertainment, Optimistic Entertainment Plc, PlayJam, PlayStack and Arksen. He has generated a number of highly successful exits, creating significant shareholder value along the way.Vala is a g...2021-01-2954 minThe Seed2021 PredictionsToday's show is our introduction to the Venturing into Sustainability podcast and is a discussion between your co-hosts Jake Wombwell-Povey and Max Middleton. Max is an investment partner at Vala Capital where he has overall responsibility for the Vala Sustainability Funds. Max is an experienced VC investor with a track record of supporting businesses building a more sustainable future. Max joins Vala after several years at the Ingenious Group, where he served as Investment Manager for the Ingenious Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service, focusing on the ‘infra-tech’ (energy, mobility, built environment, resource efficiency) arena. Prior to hi...2021-01-221h 16The SeedMike Penrose - CEO at The Sustainability GroupToday's guest is Mike Penrose, Founder @ The Sustainability Group (@PenroseMike)Mike is Founder and Chief Executive of the Sustainability Group. Mike set up the Sustainability Group to make sustainability and social purpose a core part of how businesses and investors plan for the future. Mike currently advises a number of large businesses, family offices, sporting organizations and financial institutions on how to make sustainability and social purpose an integral part of their business and investment strategies.Their goal at The Sustainability Gr...2021-01-2241 minThe SeedMike Penrose - CEO at The Sustainability GroupToday's guest is Mike Penrose, Founder @ The Sustainability Group (@PenroseMike)Mike is Founder and Chief Executive of the Sustainability Group. Mike set up the Sustainability Group to make sustainability and social purpose a core part of how businesses and investors plan for the future. Mike currently advises a number of large businesses, family offices, sporting organizations and financial institutions on how to make sustainability and social purpose an integral part of their business and investment strategies.Their goal at The Sustainability Gr...2021-01-2241 minThe Seed2021 PredictionsToday's show is our introduction to the Venturing into Sustainability podcast and is a discussion between your co-hosts Jake Wombwell-Povey and Max Middleton. Max is an investment partner at Vala Capital where he has overall responsibility for the Vala Sustainability Funds. Max is an experienced VC investor with a track record of supporting businesses building a more sustainable future. Max joins Vala after several years at the Ingenious Group, where he served as Investment Manager for the Ingenious Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service, focusing on the ‘infra-tech’ (energy, mobility, built environment, resource efficiency) arena. Prior to hi...2021-01-221h 16
The EIS Navigator14 - Max Middleton & Jake Wombwell-Povey on measuring sustainabilityMeasuring sustainability is not a trivial challenge and there seems to be a plethora of options now. Vala Capital's Max Middleton and Jake Wombwell-Povey have done a huge amount of work in figuring out how to apply sustainability frameworks to startups and small companies.We take advantage of this to discuss some of the different frameworks, the differences between them and what they really mean to startups. We also discuss what the current surge of interest in ESG means for investors and the outcomes that companies may have.Vala CapitalFrameworks ...2020-12-1544 minLondon Fintech PodcastLFP047 – The Impacts of the UK IFISA on P2P with Jake Wombwell-Povey CEO GojiI am delighted to welcome Jake Wombwell-Povey co-founder and CEO of Goji to dive into the fascinating subject of –the Innovative Finance ISA. Goji’s aspiration is to take P2P into new investor markets and their first focus is on providing a white-label/back-office IFISA solution to existing platforms. The IFISA might be unknown off these shores […]2016-03-2439 min