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What is unusual about your company and the problem identified? At SPOKE we have worked out how to engage a young and diverse audience in mental well-being in a way that no other wellness product has been able to do. …

The future’s so bright I’ve gotta wear shades. It’s been often commented lately that ChatGPT and Bard and AI in general will render us all useless and redundant. Perhaps, in some dystopian future that might be true, but I’m sensing …

This is the story about Carmoola’s journey from launch to Series A in only 10 months… Carmoola launched on the 1st of April 2022. Bringing consumers a cheaper, easier and faster way to finance a used car. And wow, it …

What have been your biggest learnings whilst being a Board member/observer at Toqio, Zift, Phrasee, Solidatus, and Clear Review? My experience from over 20 years of investing at Series A and partnering with founders is that almost every successful company …

What were your biggest learnings whilst working at Goldman Sachs and subsequently driving FirstMinute’s work into South Africa, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Egypt? At Goldman Sachs, I worked in the Financial Institutions M&A Group working on transactions for Banks, Insurance and …

What were your biggest learnings as a founder? Being a founder is an ongoing learning experience. You make so many smaller and bigger mistakes. You learn from them, adapt and move on. If you only see the media it is …

What inspired you to become a VC and was there a ‘lightbulb’ moment? As the founder of a bootstrapped company, and an early employee twice over (most recently at Airtable, where I built our first growth team and led partnerships), …

What were your biggest learnings as Partner at SURFnCode,Board Member at Hadean,Co Founder of Luminous Ventures and Mentor at Entrepreneur First? I think the biggest takeaway throughout my tech career is that this sector (no matter whether you are a …

What were your biggest learnings at Citigroup and DailyInternship? I would define my Investment Banking and entrepreneurial experiences as complementary. One could expect that the biggest learning from a banking experience would be related to modelling / financial analysis but …

What advice would you give to Founders looking to raise funds in the current climate and what Terms should they focus upon? Founders are naturally wary of lower valuations in the current climate, but this market reset should not spook …