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EUVCE560 | Will Wells, Speedinvest: Deep Tech, Sovereignty, and Joining SpeedinvestWelcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring together Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward.This week, we sit down with Will Wells, founder-turned-VC, and now Partner at Speedinvest, where he leads deep tech and supports the firm’s growth strategy.Will’s journey spans building Hummingbird Technologies, an AI-powered agtech company exited to Agreena in 2022, to leading frontier tech at Firstminute Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Now at Speedinvest, he’s focused on backing European founders working on sovereign compute, defense...
2025-08-2743 min
The European VCWill Wells, Speedinvest: Deep Tech, Sovereignty, and Joining SpeedinvestWelcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring together Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward.This week, we sit down with Will Wells, founder-turned-VC, and now Partner at Speedinvest, where he leads deep tech and supports the firm’s growth strategy.Will’s journey spans building Hummingbird Technologies, an AI-powered agtech company exited to Agreena in 2022, to leading frontier tech at Firstminute Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Now at Speedinvest, he’s focused on backing European founders working on sovereign compute, defense...
2025-08-2743 min
40 Nuances de Next LIVE[VIVATECH] Pour une tech consciente - Marie Outtier - Firstminute CapitalMarie Outtier est la fondatrice de Aiden.ai qu’elle a revednu à Twitter il y a 5 ans.Après 13 ans passés entre l’Angleterre et les Etats-Unis, Marie revient en France forte de ces expériences et de ses analyses sur l’évolution de la Tech et ce qu’on peut / doit en faire.Depuis son retour, Marie prend le temps d’observer, d’apprendre, de challenger à travers son activité d’investisseure.Marie défend une tech consciente. Quand on crée une tech, il est indispensable de tirer le fil et de se demander ce que c...
2025-06-1021 min
Deep DiveOntikOntik, a British startup focused on automating B2B trade credit for wholesalers, which recently secured €3.2 million in seed funding led by Firstminute Capital to modernize financial operations in sectors still relying on manual processes. Ontik's platform automates the order-to-cash cycle, from creating and tracking payment requests through various channels like SMS and email to integrating with existing ERP systems for seamless reconciliation. The company's technology aims to significantly reduce collection efforts and payment days, improve cash flow, and decrease card fees for businesses. Described as building the "Stripe for the real economy," Ontik provides a mobile-friendly customer payment po...
2025-05-2910 min
The Week in Italian StartupValo Therapeutics Oy, Lexroom.AI, Vento 75M fund - March 18, 2025Valo Therapeutics Oy, an immunotherapy startup, raised €19m in a Growth round from Indaco Venture Partners, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Fondazione ENEA Tech e Biomedical, and Freeman Road.Matix, a hardware startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.1m in a Seed round from auxiell, B-Heroes, and Business Angels.Lexroom.ai, an AI legal-tech startup, raised €2m in a Seed round from Entourage, Verve Ventures, Banyan Ventures, Vento, X-Equity, and FNDX.Biorsaf, a food safety startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.4m in a Early-stage round from Maia Ventures, Farming Future, CDP Venture Capital SGR, ToSeed & Partners, and Toscana Next.Augmenta, an automated building design platform, raised $10m in a Seed round from...
2025-03-1824 min
OxFounders GlobalQuick Fire | Brent Hoberman"It's a golden age to be an entrepreneur" 🔥👑
We are joined by Brent Hoberman - a titan in the UK and European entrepreneurship ecosystem, Co-Founder of lastminute.com as well as executive chair of Founders Forum Group and Firstminute Capital. Brent has founded and exited 2 unicorns and invested in several more of them.
Listen as he compares being an entrepreneur today to the dotcom boom, gives key words of advice, and makes the case for the future of UK and European tech.
Don't miss his in...
2025-01-2505 min
Generative Now | AI Builders on Creating the FutureChris Pedregal: Revolutionizing Meetings with AIFor many of us, meetings take up a disproportionate amount of our time at work. But with the advent of AI-powered tools, meetings may become more manageable and even productive, all without the sacrifice of control.
This week on Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner and host Michael Mignano speaks with Chris Pedregal, CEO and co-founder of Granola, an AI-powered notepad and meeting assistant. Chris discusses the unique features that set Granola apart from other AI meeting bots, as well as the challenges of building AI-driven products. Michael also talks with Chris about Granola’s development, use...
2024-08-2238 min
Fintech Chatter: Insights From Fintech LeadersChad West - Growing Revolut from 50k - 20m Customers!In episode 190 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Chad West, VP of Marketing for Argent. Dexter first met Chad in 2018 when Chad was VP of Marketing for Revolut. Tune in as they talk about Chad's journey from UK Politics to UK Fintech and now the world of digital assets.About Argent - Argent is the world's most simple and secure smart wallet for Ethereum. It puts the power of crypto into the hands of anyone with a phone. Empowering users to control and prosper from their digital assets and...
2024-08-0149 min40 nuances de Next[VIVATECH] Pour une tech consciente - Marie Outtier - Firstminute CapitalMarie Outtier est la fondatrice de Aiden.ai qu’elle a revednu à Twitter il y a 5 ans.Après 13 ans passés entre l’Angleterre et les Etats-Unis, Marie revient en France forte de ces expériences et de ses analyses sur l’évolution de la Tech et ce qu’on peut / doit en faire.Depuis son retour, Marie prend le temps d’observer, d’apprendre, de challenger à travers son activité d’investisseure.Marie défend une tech consciente. Quand on crée une tech, il est indispensable de tirer le fil et de se demander ce que c...
2024-06-2621 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasAll human brains will be connected to the internet | Saturnin Pugnet | Worldcoin | firstminute capital🔗 Humans, Connected: The Age of the Exocortex🌐 Imagine a world where you’re seamlessly connected to the internet, not through screens and keyboards, but directly through your brain.Our minds are already a marvel of evolution, with three layers:Reptilian Brain: The ancient core responsible for keeping us alive by regulating basic functions like breathing.Mammalian (Limbic) Brain: The “monkey brain,” managing emotions like fear and excitement.Neocortex: Our human layer, dedicated to logic, reason, and creativity.✨ Enter the Exocortex—a revolutionary fourth layer. Soon, we’ll be able to...
2024-05-1346 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasWe can engineer biology | Stef van Grieken | founder of Cradle | firstminute capitalDNA is an alien programming language - that can be learned That's the mind blowing idea of Stef van Grieken, the founder of Cradle, which is unlocking the keys to human biology.What does he mean here?Well, DNA was not designed like most languages, but it evolved, and so it's hard to understand and harder to engineer. But what if, similarly to how we have learned natural language, we might be able to engineer organic chemistry?That's exciting because most of the things around u...
2024-03-2736 min
TechCrunch Startup NewsTravel startup Layla acquires AI itinerary building bot Roam AroundTravel startup Layla — backed by firstminute capital, M13, Booking.com co-founder Andy Phillips, Skyscanner co-founder Barry Smith, and Paris Hilton — said today that it has acquired AI-powered itinerary building bot Roam Around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-02-1503 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasProduct beats tech | Mehdi Ghissassi | Head of Product & Deepmind | firstminute capitalIn the global AI race, product will matter more than tech. That's the prediction from Mehdi Ghissassi, the Head of Product & Deepmind Check out the latest episode of "Crazy Until It's Not" to discover more about why it's the builders who bring AI tech to life that will conqueror the world.
2024-01-1340 min
TNW PodcastBoris comes over to co-host; Slack's Cal Henderson talks European techIn today’s episode, Andrii is joined by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, co-founder, member of the board, and former CEO of TNW. The topics discussed include the jobs created by Dutch startups, giant state funding for energy projects, translations of the word ‘computer’, and a bunch of other things in between. In the interview section, we’re featuring a conversation with Cal Henderson, co-founder and CTO at Slack and an investor in firstminute’s third fund.Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:Dutch startups created 151K jobs in the Netherlands in 2023The...
2024-01-1057 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasBuildings will be grown | Tim Fu | Studio Tim Fu | firstminute capitalIn the future, buildings will be grown not builtThat's the prediction from Tim Fu, the Generative AI architect and founder of Studio Tim Fu. We're already well on our way, with advances in synthetic biology. But there is so much further to go. Check out the latest episode of "Crazy Until It's Not" to discovery the future of biology.
2023-12-1129 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasWe will program our biology | Dr Mark Kotter | bit.bio | firstminute capitalIn the future we will be able to program biology. That's the prediction from Dr Mark Kotter, the founder of three synth bio companies bit.bio, clock.bio and Meatable.We're already well on our way, with the ability to perform feats like turning bacteria into lightbulbs. But there is so much further to go. Check out the latest episode of "Crazy Until It's Not" to discovery the future of biology.
2023-11-2734 min
PodKast de K Fund#200 - From the Financial Times to firstminute: how journalism led Michael Stothard to VCThis week’s guest was Michael Stothard, an early-stage VC investor at firstminute capital, a $400m seed fund investing across Europe backed by a network of 130+ unicorn founders. Before firstminute, Michael spent more than a decade as a journalist, most recently as founding editor of Sifted.eu, and before that as a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times.
At Sifted, he helped scale the company from an idea to a media platform with a team of 70 journalists and engineers producing world-class, in-depth coverage of the European technology landscape. At the Financial Times, he was senior correspondent and bu...
2023-11-031h 09
Love Through It with Lianna NielsenAlicia Navarro (Founder & CEO of FLOWN) creates her own world through techFrom being elected CEO for her mock company at the age of 16, Alicia Navarro has been on an awe inspiring entrepreneurial journey. She taught herself to code on a Comador 65, used her unique imaginary to get over any job insecurities and ask for what she's worth, left Burning Man when there was an offer to buy her company, and later found the important of "flow state" and started the company, Flown.
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Alicia is a serial entrepreneur, with a passion for product, brand, design and culture.
She is currently the founder...
2023-10-311h 13
DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture CapitalJacqueline van den Ende On Raising Millions To Demonstrate That Fixing The Planet Is Good BusinessJacqueline van den Ende's entrepreneurial journey is a testament to the power of adaptability, self-belief, and a global perspective. From her early days in private equity to her current role at Carbon Equity, she continues to push boundaries and create lasting impact. The venture invests in climate change-focused tech startups. Top-tier investors back the company, including BlackFin Capital Partners, Firstminute Capital, AENU, and 4impact.
2023-10-1938 min
The European VCEUVC #228 Sam Endacott, firstminuteToday we have Sam Endacott with us. Sam is a Partner at firstminute, a $400m seed-stage venture fund based in London & Berlin to back founders across Europe (and opportunistically in the US and Rest of World). The fund has invested across all sectors and is a generalist VC but has typically focused on SaaS, DeepTech, Developer Tools and FinTech. firstminute is backed by over 130 unicorn founders in addition to current and former CEOs of Global Corporates.firstminute are investing out of Fund III with a total $100m AUM and an established portfolio of over 130 companies. Notable investments include A...
2023-10-0940 min
EUVCEUVC #228 Sam Endacott, firstminuteToday we have Sam Endacott with us. Sam is a Partner at firstminute, a $400m seed-stage venture fund based in London & Berlin to back founders across Europe (and opportunistically in the US and Rest of World). The fund has invested across all sectors and is a generalist VC but has typically focused on SaaS, DeepTech, Developer Tools and FinTech. firstminute is backed by over 130 unicorn founders in addition to current and former CEOs of Global Corporates.firstminute are investing out of Fund III with a total $100m AUM and an established portfolio of over 130 companies. Notable investments include...
2023-10-0540 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasAll content will be AI powered | Nina Schick | The Era of Generative AI | firstminute capitalWelcome to another episode where we plunge into the world of artificial intelligence and its rapidly growing influence on the media landscape. This podcast explores the revolutionary assertion that all media - yes, you heard that right, ALL media - will soon be AI-generated or AI-assisted.Our journey begins with a comprehensive overview of current trends in AI technologies and how they are disrupting traditional media production. We unravel the inner workings of AI applications in news reporting, content creation, music, video production, and even the film industry.We are joined by esteemed guests Nina...
2023-07-1735 min
Always Be Building#191: Go Summer - Paul KromidasThis episode's guest is Paul Kromidas the founder of Summer. Paul and his team have created a "try it before you buy it" vacation home business where they provide multiple ways to acquire a short-term vacation rental. Paul is an Airbnb alumni, with deep experience growing and scaling venture-backed hospitality businesses. Summer has raised over $13 million in seed financing from leading venture capital firms and investors such as QED, Lightspeed, 1Sharpe Capital, Firstminute Capital, and the founding team of Casper.This episode we discuss the Summer model and talk about the different ways to buy a...
2023-07-171h 04
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasWe will have LLM-powered implants in our skulls | Julien Simon | Hugging Face | firstminute capitalWhat’s next in Generative AI? Could it be LLM-powered implants in our skulls directing us everywhere? That’s something that Julien Simon from Hugging Face (a platform with over 120k open-source machine learning models) expects to see in his lifetime.“A lot of tech innovation is just reading science fiction books and just inventing stuff that makes it happen…” he says.One sci-fi innovation that has not happened yet is the Babel Fish from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy translating all languages in real-time.“We might be getting close to that… the nex...
2023-06-3039 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasCall centres will no longer exist | Nikola Mrkšić | PolyAI | firstminute capitalSociety needs to brace itself. Tens of millions of people around the world work in call centres - but the latest advances in Generative AI and synthetic voice are set to make around 🤯🤯 🤯 80% of their jobs redundant 🤯 🤯 🤯 .That's according to Nikola Mrkšić, the founder of PolyAI, a machine learning platform that buildings chatbots or voice-based agents for call centres.In this episode of Crazy Until It's Not, we talk about the story behind PlolyAI and Nikola himself. And we also talk about what it means for society if so many jobs are getting automated.
2023-06-0329 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMachines will be truly creative | Jonas Andrulis | Aleph Alpha | firstminute capitalWelcome back to Crazy Until It's Not, a podcast about big ideas and the amazing people behind them. Every episode we bring on a new guest who has a prediction for the future, which on the face of it, sounds a little bit crazy. I'm your host, Michael Stothard, an early-stage tech investor at firstminute capital.And today I'm joined by Jonas Andrulis, the Founder and CEO of Aleph Alpha, the generative A.I. Company from Heidelberg, which has built a generative A.I. model that is going up against the likes of...
2023-05-0932 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasThere will be 8-10 Tesla-sized climate companies built in the next decade | David Helgason | Unity | firstminute capitalWe are going to see 10 Tesla-sized companies springing up in the coming years tacking big issues in climate. That’s 10 new companies with a market cap of over $520bn 🏢💪🏻♻️That’s the big idea of David Helgason, the founder of Unity Technologies, one of the world’s two largest game engine companies, who is now a prominent climate investor through his fund Foobar.David spoke to us last autumn about the advancements he’s seeing in sustainability and his journey as a founder and investo...
2023-03-2002 min
Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/AccEric Lagier - Founding byFounders and the Nordic pledge to pay it forward, The journey to San Francisco and the exit with Memolane, and Erics' tattoo - Muditā - the pleasure in seeing others succeedOur guest today is Eric Lagier - founding Partner at byFounders.
byFounders is an early-stage venture fund backed by a collective of some of the most accomplished founders from the Nordics.
After eight years in Silicon Valley, where he built an extensive network of investors and founders, Eric returned to Copenhagen to found byFounders and support the next generation of globally ambitious founders building a better tomorrow.
Eric has more than 20 years of operational experience in Silicon Valley and in Europe, was part of the early team at Skype and Tradeshift and he fo...
2023-03-1026 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasNothing will displace the smartphone | Carl Pei | Nothing | firstminute capitalAre you reading this on your smartphone?Nothing’s CEO and co-founder Carl Pei’s ‘crazy’ prediction for the future is that nothing will displace the smartphone. Last fall at an FF event, we discussed the trend-driven nature of tech where fads come and go as Carl used VR, AR and drones as examples. But he predicts that 10 years from now, we’ll still be scrolling on our smartphones. In 20 years, he sees technology becoming more seamless and fading into our everyda...
2023-03-0702 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasViruses won't cause disease | Ariane Gomes | Baseimmune | firstminute capitalIn the future, viruses will no longer cause disease. 🦠😷That’s the big prediction of BaseImmune’s Ariane Gomes, who says that in the future vaccines will be so good that viruses and other pathogens will not make people sick. We spoke with Ariane last autumn about her background as a PhD in Clinical Medicine from Oxford focused on immunology and vaccine development with 11 years of experience in basic and translational medical research. She is the co-founder of Baseimmune, a company specialising in antigen discovery for va...
2023-03-0702 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasThere will be no more unemployment | Riccardo Zacconi | King | firstminute capitalAre AI and automation going to lead to mass unemployment? We spoke to King’s Riccardo Zacconi about his ‘crazy’ prediction for the future, and he said that we are going to have the opposite problem. He believes that big problem in the near future is that, with an ageing population, we are not going to have enough workers.He believes unemployment rates will effectively be at zero for many areas as demographic make it hard to find eno...
2023-03-0706 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasOur inboxes will be paywalled | Jim McKelvey | Square, Invisibly | firstminute capitalA glass which is impossible to drink from, sustainable diapers and an email paywalls. Here are just some of the business ideas going through the head of Jim McKelvey, one of the most extraordinary entrepenurs we know.Jim was a cofounder and now board member of Block (the $50bn fintech formerly known as Square) also is also chairman of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and founder of Invisibly, a startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.
2023-03-0606 min
Supersonic Hospitality Marketing Podcast Sponsored by NFS Hospitality feat. Mark McCS4 EP. 96 A.I. AND WHAT IT IS TO BE HUMAN with DANIEL HULME, CHIEF A.I. OFFICER, W.P.P. & CEO SATALIATODAY’S GUEST: DANIEL HULME, CHIEF A.I. OFFICER, W.P.P. & CEO SATALIADaniel Hulme is a globally recognised expert in AI and investor in Emerging Technologies. He's the CEO of Satalia, an award-winning company that provides AI innovations for global brands. Satalia exited to the world's largest media company in 2021, WPP, where Daniel is also the Chief AI Officer.Having received a Masters and Doctorate in AI at UCL, Daniel is also UCL's Computer Science Entrepreneur in Residence and a lecturer at LSE's Marshall Institute, focused on using AI to solve business and so...
2023-03-021h 07
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasWe'll No Longer be Farming Cows | Dan Widmaier | Bolt Threads | firstminute capitalScience is making MOOOOOOOves to eliminate cow farming! At the FF event in Scotland last autumn, we spoke with Dan Widmaier the CEO and co-founder of Bolt Threads about his ‘crazy’ idea for the future. Dan originally trained as a scientist at UCSF where he holds a PhD in Chemistry and Chemical Biology. With that degree, he went on to create Bolt Threads, a sustainable material solutions company. He and his co-founder, David Breslauer, grew Bolt Threads from a couple of scientists and a box fu...
2023-02-2704 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasCities will Ban Private Cars | Markus Villig | Bolt | firstminute capitalIn the future, there will be no private cars in cities. That’s according to Bolt’s CEO and Founder Markus Villig.Many European cities have already passed legislation to reduce traffic — from London’s congestion charges to Paris making every first Sunday of the month car-free.The move to ban all private car use would provide major environmental and social benefits from a reduction in noise and environmental pollution to a rise in safety. Markus hopes bolt will...
2023-02-2703 min
Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/AccFilip Dames - Founding Cherry Ventures, Learnings from startup to IPO with Zalando, Making the first million and the importance of doing More of what you loveOur guest today is Filip Dames - Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures.
Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience in building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor.
They have a great track record having previously invested in the seed stage of over 90 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Forto, SellerX, Juni, and Flink just to name a few. They are based in Berlin with offies in Stockholm and London.
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2023-02-2436 minSupersonic Hospitality Marketing Podcast Sponsored by NFS Hospitality feat. Mark McCS4 EP. 95 SAVVY SOCIAL IN 2023 with ALISON BATTISBY AVOCADO SOCIALTODAY’S GUEST: ALISON BATTISBY FOUNDER & CEO OF AVOCADO SOCIAL http://avocadosocial.comLinks discussed:A.I.: http://www.firstminute.capital/news-announcements/how-to-make-money-from-generative-aiMcDonald’s latest advert ‘Raise your eyebrows’: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/eyebrows-mcdonalds-campaign/ This podcast is sponsored by Vita Mojo. vitamojo.com/supersonicAbout Vita Mojo:The future of your restaurant, built together.Vita Mojo’s all-in-one platform helps restaurants increase ATV, run more efficiently and deliver an exceptional, fully-branded guest experience. Our restaurant management platform transforms your online and off-premise order sources - i...
2023-02-231h 58
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasSelf-driving Cars will Displace Driving | Chris Urmson | Aurora | Firstminute CapitalCurrently, 75% of the US and 62% of the UK drive to work*. Now imagine if that commute looked more like a relaxing session in a first-class airport lounge than a dull and stressful experience in a cramped seat. 🚗🧘As the automotive industry and EV technology advances, the thought of self-driving cars becomes more of a reality and less of an abstract futuristic concept. CEO and co-founder of Aurora, Chris Urmson believes self-driving vehicles will displace driving and vehicles as we know them will be used solely...
2023-02-2205 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasOnline scams will use deepfakes | Poppy Gustafsson | Darktrace | Firstminute CapitalWhile on a video call, if you’re boss asked you to open a link, would you do it? If the answer is yes, maybe you should think again as it could be a cyberattack! 🏼🕵🏻♀️We spoke with cybersecurity software Darktrace’s CEO, Poppy Gustafsson, at an FF event last year about her predictions that cyberattacks will use deep fakes in live videos. The craziest thing is, these attacks will be happening in the near future as they are already happening over audio. She also discusses the fact that it’s d...
2023-02-2003 min
Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/AccSabina Wizander - The journey from 20-1000 employees and from 0-150M EUR with the healthcare startup KRY, The pursuit of work life balance, and The excitement for the Energy marketOur guest today is Sabina Wizander - Partner at Creandum.
Creandum is a venture capital advisory firm with offices in Stockholm, San Francisco, London, and Berlin funding early stage entrepreneurs from a 450m euro fund.
They have an exceptional track record having previously invested in Spotify, Klarna, Trade Republic, Kahoot! and Bolt just to name a few.
Part of her tenure as an investor at Creandum, Sabina joined the healthcare startup KRY. After they invested in their seed round she joined the team and was part of the journey from 20 to 1000 employees and...
2023-02-1733 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasPhysical Money Will No Longer Exist | Cyril Chiche | Lydia | Firstminute CapitalIs cash really king? 💳 >💵Physical coins have been around for 28 centuries. But that is all coming to an end in the next decades. During a chat at FF’s event in autumn, Cyril Chiche predicted that cash will no longer exist in the next few decades. He has seen this trend of moving away from cash for digital alternatives accelerated by Covid.Cyril is CEO and co-founder of Lydia, a Paris-based fast-growing mobile financial services platform with over 4 Million users and a 30% market share among French Millennials, who use its bran...
2023-02-1503 min
Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/AccJulian Kley - From preparing to become a heart surgeon to COO, Learning to trust your intuition, The importance of continuous and instant feedback, Founding AVI Medical, The future of HealthcareJulian Kley Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of AVI Medical.
Avi Medical is a Munich-based health tech company that runs patient-centric, tech-enabled medical practices that provide a convenient, personalized, and holistic digital and physical patient experience.
They recently raised a 50m Euros Series B, round led by Balderton with participation from Eurazeo, Heal Capital, and the UiPath founder and CEO Daniel Dines among others.
During this episode, we discuss about his career path from pursuing medicine to becoming an entrepreneur, how to learn to trust your gut instinct, and the future of healthcare.
2023-02-0733 min
Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/AccAlfonso Peccatiello - The effect of high interest rates on the economy, The probability of a recession, Europe position in the changing world order, Strategies to protect capitalIn the last 6 months I was trying to wrap my little head around the macro environment and the effects on the economy and to be honest on my pocket. I just didn't know how inflation, interest rate hikes, and debt cycles fit together to be able to create an investment thesis or at least protect my capital.
Our guest today will try to answer some of these questions so please welcome Alfonso Peccatiello Founder & CEO of The Macro Compass.
The Macro Compass is an investment strategy firm whose mission is to democratize professional macro analysis, b...
2023-01-3137 min
Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/AccFrancesco Simoneschi - Raising $130m at the top of the market, The banking API revolution, The opportunity in payments, Founding TrueLayer, Learning to unplugPlease meet Francesco Simoneschi - Co-Founder and CEO of TrueLayer.
In a couple of short years Francesco and his co-Founder Luca, have built TrueLayer into one of the world's leading providers of financial APIs.
Their mission is to grow the Open Banking economy by creating a truly global platform for companies to develop new financial services and products.
In September 2021 they’ve raised a 130m dollar round led by Tiger Global and Stripe pushing the company to unicorn status. Previous investors count the likes of Northzone, Temasek, and Anthemis.
During this ep...
2023-01-2440 min
Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/AccJoel Nordström - Raising €5M Seed in a frozen market for Atlar, The journey with Tink from employee #12 to the sell to Visa for $2.2B, and hustling your way and get your dream job while at uniHappy New Year you lovely humans, I hope you had a relaxing holiday season together with your loved ones and you are ready to rock'n'roll 2023.
Our guest today is Joel Nordström, co-founder and CEO of Atlar. At Atlar, they automate and streamline bank payments for companies.
Prior to founding Atlar, Joel was employee #12 at Tink – the open banking pioneer acquired by Visa for $2.2 billion – where he also met his cofounders.
They recently raised €5M Euros round led by Index Ventures and joined by La Famiglia, Cocoa, and some prominent angels like Revolut CFO Mikk...
2023-01-1032 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasEvery Product & Service Will Have a Real Cost | Lubomila Jordanova | Plan A | firstminute capitalOn this week’s “Crazy Until It’s Not”, Lubomila Jordanova discusses her ‘crazy’ prediction that every product and service will have a real cost. What does she mean by real cost?At the moment, the price of products and services do not take into account their wider environmental and social impact. Ludomila gives the example of a t-shirt. Traditionally, elements which contribute to the final value of the garment include materials, production, transportation and distribution (to name a few). But we also need to consider ethical elements such as if the cotton fi...
2022-11-1435 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasWe are going to become our own physicians | Josh Clemente | Levels | firstminute capitalWho wants to add Dr. to their names? Soon, we’ll become our own physicians. This is the CEO and founder of Levels, Josh Clemente’s crazy prediction. Clemente discusses his health battles and experiments he conducted while working at Space X. These all led to the founding of Levels, a monitor and service which tracks your metabolic health.So, how will we become our own physicians?Thanks to innovations in the health sector, we are able to access our personal health data in real-time more than ever. Although this is not necessarily new...
2022-10-2841 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasQuantum computers will solve chemistry | Steve Brierley | Riverlane | firstminute capitalQuantum computers will solve all of chemistry (and a large part of physics). That's the latest big prediction on the "Crazy Until It's Not" podcast, this time by Steve Brierley, the founder and CEO of the quantum computing startup Riverlane.What does Steve really mean though by "solving" chemistry?The idea, says Steve, is that we will soon be able to model on a quantum computer what happens on the scale of molecules and atoms. This means we will be able to predict how they will interact on a computer, rather than having t...
2022-10-1828 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasSocial Media Will Be Decentralised | Esteban Ordano | Decentraland | firstminute capitalSocial media will be decentralised. That is the big bold prediction of Esteban Ordano, the co-founder of Decentraland.How come? Well, the answer is simple: because a decentralised social media would be much better. Find out why exactly on this podcast. Let us know what you think of this idea at michael@firstminute.capital
2022-09-1941 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasKids Will Start Reading At Two-Years Old | Mike Maples | Floodgate | firstminute capitalSoon kids as young as two-years-old will be reading.That is the big bold prediction of Mike Maples, the co-founder and partner at Floodgate (and the host of the excellent Starting Greatness podcast).How? Well, education apps have made it possible to ultra-accelerate the learning process. It's possible to do all the core bits of learning (reading, writing and arithmetic) in just a few hours a day. This means that kids as young as 2 years old can be taught to read. It also means that older children can do all their core learning i...
2022-09-0446 min
Shot of Digital Health TherapyShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Meri Beckwith - Lindus HealthOn this Wednesday's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy Jim Joyce and I talked "plants, cells and spiders" with the awesome guest Meri Beckwith, Co-Founder of Lindus Health:🪴 🕷 Academia Currency🪴 🕷 How VC's really work 😂 🪴 🕷 EROOM law in Pharma🪴 🕷 CRO Business model🪴 🕷 What matters in #clinicaltrials 🪴 🕷 oh and.... team & talent! Fun mentions as always: Lina Wenner Brent Hoberman firstminute capital Alex Zhavoronkov Christian Angermayer Paul Wicks Michael Pace Jonah Comstock
2022-08-1035 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMore People Will Make a Living Gaming Than Making Cars | Robby Yung | Animoca Brands | firstminute capitalIn a few years' time, there will be more people making a living playing video games than making cars. So more people making money from just PLAYING video games they enjoy than in making the 80m cars that are made every year.That sounds crazy!That at any rate is the big bold prediction of Robby Yung, the CEO of Animoca Brands, one of the leading blockchain gaming companies.He is talking about the mega move out there from play-to-play gaming (where you pay money for a game and then you j...
2022-07-1847 min
Trending Topics Tech TalkStoryblok: Scale-up aus Linz holt 43 Millionen EuroSie haben sich auf Headless CMS spezialisiert, funktionieren mittels Remote First-Prinzip mit einem verteilten Team in 38 Ländern und haben mehr als 74.000 Kund:innen gewonnen: Das Linzer Scale-up Storyblok ist eine Ausnahmeerscheinung im österreichischen Startup-Ökosystem - und holt sich für die Expansion nun 43 Millionen Euro (47 Mio. Dollar).
Im Podcast spricht Dominik Angerer, Mitgründer und CEO von Storyblok, über:
- Die Finanzierungsrunde durch Mubadala Capital, HV Capital, 3VC und firstminute capital
- Was Headless CMS bedeutet
- Wie das Geschäftsmodell von Storyblok funktioniert
- Wie die Trends...
2022-05-1720 min
One Thing Today in TechIndia offers $10 bln to chip makers; Tiger’s first startup deal in Pakistan has a woman founder; Log4J — the worst is yet to comeIndia is offering a Rs. 76,000 crore ($10 billion) package to global semiconductor companies to create a comprehensive ecosystem for chip design, packaging and manufacturing, Economic Times reports. The funding, which will be provided over six years, is expected to bring in investments of up to Rs 1.7 lakh crore ($22 billion), India’s Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw told ET.
The minister hopes that India’s strong software and chip design ecosystem will attract global semiconductor companies. The government will not just provide infrastructure support, but also fast track clearances. Approvals are expected for a large chip manuf...
2021-12-1705 min
Behind the Balance Sheet#3 Two UK Venture LeadersPete Davies has long been widely considered one of the greatest long term thinkers in the hedge fund world. He was early to recognise the opportunities to provide venture capital to UK academia and his firm, Lansdowne Partners, was instrumental in setting up Oxford Science Innovation.
Spencer Crawley is the co-founder of FirstMinute Capital, a UK seed investor which boasts an astonishing 111 unicorn founders as investors.
In this interview we discuss the UK venture scene, why early stage investing is truly a long term activity, and how this cycle compares to the late 1990s tech...
2021-10-201h 18
Found/Her Podcast powered by Calm/StormAriana Alexander-Sefre, CEO & Co-Founder of SpokeCalm/Storm Ventures launched a new podcast series for female co-founders and everyone interested in super early-stage startup fundraising. Our 7th episode is featuring Ariana Alexander-Sefre, CEO and Co-Founder of Spoke which is breaking the mould of mindfulness by leveraging music and lyricism to help the demographic that is most underserved by existing solutions - gen Z men.Our hosts for this episode are Michael, the founding Partner at Calm/Storm Ventures and Lina Wenner, Associate Partner at firstminute capital - a UK-based Pan-European Seed investor. This is one of the longest episodes ever but we...
2021-08-0951 min
AugmentEightfold AI, Time is Ltd, PostHog, Yousign, Osome, TestBox, Seven Seven Six, Slintel raise funds | SurveyMonkey is rebranding itself as Momentive | Balderton Capital launches its dedicated growth fund of $680M | Recorded Future launches a $20 million Intelligence Fund | Fuel Ventures has announced an early-stage VC fund to invest in 60 tech companies.Talent intelligence platform provider Eightfold AI, which helps enterprises recruit the right talent, has raised $200M in Series E round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. With this round, its total funding goes over $400M, and valuation shoots up over two times since it achieved a $1B valuation and unicorn tag during its Series D funding last October.Time is Ltd, a SaaS provider for improving workplace productivity and collaboration within teams, has raised $5.6M in a late seed funding round led by Mike Chalfen and others. Ulf Zetterberg will now join the startup as president and...
2021-06-1105 min
Shot of Digital Health TherapyShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - Lina WennerOn today's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I are are on the same timezone and even the same coast in US - woo hoo! ..but our guest zooms in from my old stomping grounds in Berlin - Jim and I had the pleasure of hosting Lina Wenner, an investor with firstminute capital and chatted about:💸 Their new $160M fund with 100 unicorn founders as LP's💸 Is there a "Tiger Global Squeeze" at seed stage?💸 firstminute capital health investments & things to watch💸 Coined here first - 4Ts of investment - Team, TAM, Tech, T...
2021-06-0946 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Julia Collins, Zume, Planet FWD, Moonshot | Pam Kostka, All Raise, Operator CollectiveJulia Collins is not only known for co-founding Planet FWD and Zume Pizza, but she’s also known for her kindness and what she calls ‘realistic optimism’. In conversation with Pam Kostka, Julia shares her secrets on how she stays kind and positive throughout the founding journey in this special edition of my firstminute alongside Pam Kostka from July 14th 2020. Pam was the CEO of All Raise whose mission is to amplify female voices, accelerate their success, and create a tech culture where women are leading, shaping, and funding the futu...
2021-06-0847 minAugmentn8n raises $12 million in a Felicis Venture-led Series A fund, Netskope expands its NewEdge network in Asia-Pacific and Mighty Networks raises $50 million in a Series B fund led by Owl Ventures.Berlin based n8n raises $12M in Series A for its ‘fair code’ approach to low-code workflow automation. The startup plans to use the money to continue expanding its team, which now numbers 60 people, and to expand its platform and the services it provides to users. Currently, n8n helps link up and integrate data and functions between more than 200 established applications, as well as any custom apps or services that is specific to an organization. The round is being led by Felicis Ventures, with Sequoia Capital, firstminute Capital and Harpoon Ventures. The startup has now raised around $14 million and is...
2021-04-2702 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Ben Lovett, Co-founder of Mumford & Sons, Communion and Venue Group | Roelof Botha, Partner SequoiaAs we wrap up 2022, we’ve looked back at firstminute capital’s first podcast “My firstminute” from 2020 and 2021. My firstminute talked to some of the world’s top investors, founders and thought-leaders about the first minutes of their careers, some of the battles they’ve overcome and their advice on navigating the world today. When discussing ‘the world today’, many guests addressed the effects of Covid-19 as this series was recorded in the height of the pandemic. Each episode concludes with a Q&A with fellow entrepreneurs.Today’s episode...
2021-04-0858 min
Bet On Yourself by Ann Hiatt#005 Brent Hoberman, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman - EntrepreneurshipThis week on the Bet On Yourself Podcast I am talking with Brent Hoberman. Brent is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory (a corporate-backed venture studio and accelerator), as well as The Founders Forum (a global community of founders and tech leaders), and firstminute capital (a $210m seed fund with global remit, backed by Atomico, Tencent and over 70 unicorn founders). Previously, Brent co-founded lastminute.com in 1998, where he was CEO from its inception to sale in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. He is truly one of the internet’s original unicorns.Technology businesses Brent has co-founded have ra...
2020-12-2343 min
Tech.euEven more money for e-scooters, new VC funds, protein folding, and we talk to Sebastian Peck of InMotion VenturesAnd here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🛴 Voi, the European ‘micromobility’ rental company, raises $160 million additional equity and debt fundingBolt unveils its fourth-generation scooter🐼 UK-based HungryPanda raises $70 million to expand its online Asian food delivery business worldwide🏦 Monzo, the UK challenger bank, picks up additional £60 million in funding🔬 UK edtech startup MEL Science snags $14 million Series BTech.eu Podcast #168: On the future of education (feat. MEL Science, Brainly, and Lingvist)☁️ SoftBank buys 10.1 percent stake in Sinch after its mete...
2020-12-0432 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | David Sacks, PayPal, Yammer, Craft VenturesWhat makes a great entrepreneur turn into a great investor? David Sacks started his career in the ‘PayPal Mafia’ as one of the company’s earliest members as COO and product lead. During his time as COO in 2001, payment volume grew from 0 to $3.5 billion per year and revenue saw equally tremendous growth from 0 to $100 million. After a stint as a film producer on Thank You For Smoking which was nominated for Best Picture at the 2006 Golden Globes, David founded and was CEO of Yammer, the firs...
2020-07-0858 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Jeff Immelt, General Electrics & NEAWhat is it like being the CEO of a company with 300,000 employees? 🏢📊We asked former CEO and Chairman of General Electric, Jeff Immelt in June 2020. Jeff Immelt is the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric, which he stepped down from in 2017 after 16 years. Jeff was the 9th Chairman of GE, and has been named one of the ""World's Best CEOs"" three times by Barron's, and GE has been named ""America's Most Admired Company"" by Fortune magazine and one of ""The World's Most Respected Companies"" in polls by Barron's and Financial Times. He...
2020-06-0853 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Niraj Shah, WayfairWhat is the recipe for successful co-founders? 👨🏻🍳🥣How do you make marketplace economics work? 🔂We dig into all this as well as the future of commerce, contrarian ideas, COVID tailwinds, how to make marketplace economics work with Niraj Shah, Co-founder, Co-Chairman & CEO of Wayfair. Niraj co-founded the company with Steve Conine back in 2002 and the pair rapidly grew the business to become one of the largest online destinations for home furnishings, housewares, home improvement goods and more, generating around $14 billion in revenue.During...
2020-06-0845 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Jess Lee, Polyvore, SequoiaThe consumer sector has seen a decline in VC funding. This is due to many factors such as the high churn rates and difficulty in find product market fit often saturated markets. Jess Lee knows both sides well having been co-founder and former CEO of Polyvore and currently a Partner at Sequoia Capital. Over her illustrious career, Jess has spent time working as Product Manager at Google, as CEO at Polyvore, and most recently as Partner at Sequoia Capital, where she became the youngest pa...
2020-06-0844 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Jeremy Zimmer, UTADo entrepreneurs need talent agents like movie stars?Is the future of the entertainment industry equity based? How do you become a better leader?These are just a few of the questions Jeremy Zimmer answers in his episode of my firstminute from June 2020. Jeremy Zimmer is the Chief Executive Officer and a co-founder of UTA. One of the industry’s leading agents for decades, he has been instrumental in establishing UTA as one of the world’s pre-eminent talent agencies with a reputation for its artist...
2020-06-081h 00
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Peter Fenton, Benchmark CapitalWhat has Peter Fenton learned from his experience as one of Benchmark’s General Partners? Nurture relational curiosity VC is a youthful business Business logic doesn’t age well but human nature does There are just a few of the things he discusses with us in this episode of my firstminute from June 2020. Peter became a General Partner at Benchmark a little more than a decade ago after graduating from Stanford, part of the famous class of 1994 (which included the likes of Brian Acton, the founder of WhatsApp, and David Sac...
2020-06-0859 min
Bits & Pretzels PodcastB&P #24 Brent Hoberman: How to grow your Startup now & where to get the Money fromOne of Europe’s top Entrepreneurs, early stage Investors & Startup Mentors on how founders can thrive in uncertainty
In conversation with Bits & Pretzels' Britta Weddeling London-based top VC Brent Hoberman, one of the most influential entrepreneurs in European tech, shares his secrets of how founders can grow their startup during the current COVID-19 crisis, where to raise funds now as an early stage startup & what kind of companies & "founder DNA" he's looking for nowadays as an investor.
Hoberman, who cofounded travel booking website Lastminute.com in 1998 and sold it seven years later for over $1 billion, also explained how he we...
2020-05-2735 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Dr Hermann Hauser, KBE, Co-founder of ARM, Co-founder Amadeus CapitalHow did entrepreneurs fund businesses before venture capital? 💡💸Dr Hermann Hauser tells his story of how he co-founded Acorn back in 1978 with £50 of his own money. The computer company went on to become the “British Apple”. He was also co-founder of ARM ($31bn acquisition by Softbank), co-founder of Amadeus Capital, Fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and an Honorary Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.Dr Hermann Hauser is a science-based innovator and serial entrepreneur who has successfu...
2020-05-0858 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Rio Ferdinand, Former England and Manchester United Captain | Michael Acton Smith OBE, Co-founder & CEO of CalmMental health and sports have never been more intertwined. As conversations grow and taboos dwindle, mental health, or mental fitness as it’s increasingly being called, is an essential of our greater health. In this episode of myfirsminute podcast, we spoke with Rio Ferdinand (Former England and Manchester United Captain) and Michael Acton Smith OBE (Co-founder & CEO of Calm) in May 2020. This discussion ranged in focus, starting with Rio's journey from West Ham's youth team to playing professionally for Manchester United and as part of England's World Cup squads, leading on t...
2020-05-0853 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Kevin Hartz, Xoom, Eventbrite, A* CapitalWhat do history and tech have in common? More than you would think. An example is that most people are either Greek or Roman. Greeks are great thinkers, philosophers and architects. 🏛Romans are road builders, executors and operators. 🔨Finding the combination of greek and roman in one individual is very rare but not impossible. An example is Elon Musk, said Kevin Hartz, Co-Founder & Chairman at Eventbrite.During the session from May...
2020-05-0854 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Spencer Rascoff, Hotwire, Zillow, Dot.LA, 75&SunnyThe power of a crisis, where to spend your startup budget and how do people learn. We discussed this and much more with Spencer Rascoff in May 2020. Spencer is Co-founder & former CEO of Zillow, Board Advisor at Tripadvisor, Co-founder & Executive Chairman of dot.LA, Co-founder Hotwire.com and Co-author of the New York Times' bestseller "Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate". We dived into Spencer's career as an investor, entrepreneur and company leader who has co-founded two businesses that became household names, Zi...
2020-05-0848 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Bing Gordon, Kleiner Perkins, EA | David Helgason, Unity, FoobarHappy wife investor, happy lifeMany say an investor-founder relationship is like a marriage. That includes David Helgason and Bing Gordon.In this episode of myfirstminute from May 2020, we covered everything from the earliest days of their careers, as founder and CEO of Unity Technologies for David and Chief Creative Officer at EA for Bing, to how they now enjoy helping and backing founders. David is a founding Partner at Nordics Makers, a group of ten top Nordic angels, and also has his private...
2020-05-0842 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Cristina Fonseca, Talkdesk, Indico Capital Partners | Fabrice Grinda, OLX, FJ Labs | Paul Forster, Indeed.comThree great marketplace unicorn founders turned investors were brought together in this episode of myfirstminute from May 2020: Cristina Fonseca (Talkdesk [$1bn private valuation] and Venture Partner at Indico Capital Partners)Fabrice Grinda (Co-founder & Co-CEO OLX [acquired by Naspers], Founding Partner FJ Labs)Paul Forster (Co-founder & former CEO Indeed.com [$1bn acquisition by Recruit])They discussed a variety of topics that are personal to them but also topics for anyone looking to start a business. These ranged from struggling with imposter syndrome as a founder, acquiring initial market share in...
2020-05-0851 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Nico Rosberg, Formula One, GREENTECH FESTIVAL, Rosberg X RacingWhat are the elements which have driven Nico Rosberg to success in Formula One and in business? Nico Rosberg became Formula 1 World Champion in 2016 with Mercedes AMG Petronas and has since embarked on a career as a sustainability entrepreneur and investor in green technologies.Nico Rosberg's drive as an entrepreneur is fuelled by the will to drive positive change for society and mankind. He pursues this approach not only in his business activities, but also as an ambassador for sustainable change in mobility through technological innovation. Rosberg has invested i...
2020-05-0855 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Jenny Fleiss, Rent The Runway & JetBlackJennifer Fleiss is an entrepreneur who has founded and scaled two digitally native businesses from scratch: Rent the Runway and Jetblack.Rent the Runway was co-founded in 2009 by Fleiss and Jenn Hyman. In 2009, they disrupted the trillion-dollar fashion industry and changed how women get dressed forever by pioneering the ‘Closet in the Cloud’: a dream closet filled with an infinite selection of designer styles to rent, wear and return. In this episode from May 2020, we explored the earliest days of Jenny's career, starting in finan...
2020-05-0850 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Matt Mullenweg, AutomatticEver wonder what open-source software and jazz music or free pizza and wordpress have in common?We’ll give you a clue, Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of Automattic ($3bn private valuation; makers of WordPress and Tumblr). During the episode of myfirstminute from the 20th of May 2020, Sam Endacott, Partner at firstminute capital, covered Matt's journey of founding and growing Automattic, including the story behind developing WordPress, the Open Source software used by over 31% of the web. Sam also explored Matt's depth of experience in operating during a fin...
2020-05-0851 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Sir Martin Sorrell, S4, WPPNot only are emotions and data NOT opposites, emotions actually ARE data. They are something to be studied and understood. Sir Martin Sorrell discusses data and emotions from the point of view of how to harness both in advertising.In May 2020, we hosted Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman of S4 Capital and Founder of WPP. Sir Martin Sorrell remained its CEO for 33 years, building it from a £1 million “shell” company in 1985 into the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company. Sir Mar...
2020-05-081h 12
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Riccardo Zacconi, KingThis holiday period, with the extra downtime away from work, we’ll spend more time playing games than ever! So what exactly is the recipe for creating a successful game? King co-founder, Riccardo Zacconi discussed the secret recipe behind the success of Candy Crush and how to create stickiness in games (pun intended). We also delved into Riccardo's depth of experience in running King during a major financial downturn and explored how he now enjoys helping and backing founders in this episode from April 2020.Ricc...
2020-04-0944 min
Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big IdeasMy firstminute | Ross Mason, MuleSoft, Dig VenturesWhat do you think the average for a startup to reach product-market fit is? 📊The answer: 2-3 years. Ross Mason took 6 years to reach product-market fit with MuleSoft but it was worth the wait when he sold the company to Salesforce for $6.5bn.Ross discusses his journey as Founder of MuleSoft. From the search for product-market fit to the changes in his confidence between 10 million and 2 million in revenue. Ross is the co-founder of MuleSoft and Founder and...
2020-04-0857 min
Handelsblatt Disrupt - Der Podcast über die Zukunft der WirtschaftLastminute.com-Gründer Hoberman: “Europäische Unternehmer müssen zehn Mal härter arbeiten als ihre US-Rivalen”Handelsblatt Disrupt vom 10.01.2020
Nur wenigen gelingt es, in ihrem Leben mehrfach, erfolgreiche Unternehmen aufzubauen. Der britische Unternehmer Brent Hoberman gehört zu dieser seltenen Spezies. In dieser Live-Folge von Handelsblatt Disrupt spricht er über seine Unternehmergeschichte, über Technologien, in die er heute investiert - und wie er erfolgreiche Gründer erkennt.
Hoberman baute Ende der Neunzigerjahre das Reiseportal Lastminute.com auf und brachte sie einen Tag vor dem Platzen der Internetblase an die Börse. Neben einigen anderen Start-ups gründete der Brite später den Online-Möbelhändler Made, die Investmentgesellschaft Firstminute Capital, die Beratungsfirma Founders Intellige...
2020-01-1051 min
1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast413th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Spencer Crawley, Firstminute CapitalSpencer Crawley is Co-founder of Firstminute Capital, based in London and focused on European startups.
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2018-11-1931 min
Oxford Said Entrepreneurship ForumOSEF 2018: Spotting Investment Opportunities in an Uncertain World - A Panel DiscussionSpotting Investment Opportunities in an Uncertain World - A Panel Discussion at Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Forum 2018. With Spencer Crawley (firstminute.capital), Stephan Morais (Indico Capital Partners), Jenny Tooth (UK Business Angels Association) and Joe White (Entrepreenur First)
2018-04-0957 min
Grouchy Club Podcast - Kate Copstick & John FlemingDiane Spencer + Edinburgh Fringe tips - Grouchy Club Podcast 72The rise of YouTube videos. Critic Kate Copstick & blogger John Fleming are joined by comedian Diane Spencer. Do comedians HAVE to play the Edinburgh Fringe or even play the London circuit? Getting fined £20,000 for bad taste jokes. Plus Lewis Schaffer’s dirty protest poster; the joys of morphine; the new FirstMinute Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe; how to start a 55-minute comedy show; the liars of Facebook and are small audiences better than talking into a mirror?Copstick’s quote of the week: “It’s hard to follow a really good, graphic wank joke”Diane Spenc...
2016-07-2335 min
Grouchy Club Podcast - Kate Copstick & John FlemingExclusive revelations - Grouchy Club Podcast 71Exclusive revelations: Piff The Magic Dragon’s dog and Game of Thrones. Ed at Last’s new firstminute.com awards. Bob Slayer’s new immensely-long show. Why coming second is better. What exactly ARE the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards? Do funnier comedians die younger? Plus cunning stunts at the Edinburgh Fringe by Malcolm Hardee, Barry Ferns & Mark Borkowski.http://www.grouchyclub.co.ukYou can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883John Fleming posts occasional blogs at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com
2016-07-1726 min