This week on CUTalks we are talking to Joe Schorge, the founder and managing partner of Isomer Capital, one of Europe’s leading Fund-of-Funds based in London UK. Isomer has a broad portfolio underlying more than 1,300 companies from start-ups

Ashleigh Ainsley - Colorintech

Mar 13th, 2022 37m 7s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Ashleigh Ainsley, the Co-Founder of Colorintech - a non-profit organisation that seeks to increase diversity in tech. Colorintech works with some of the largest tech companies in the world - including Fa

Anthony Finkelstein - National Security

Feb 18th, 2022 34m 24s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Prof. Anthony Finkelstein, former Chief Scientific Adviser for National Security to the UK Government and current President of City, University of London. We spoke about the threats to Britain’s national

Katalin Kariko - Inventor of the mRNA Vaccine

Jan 5th, 2022 33m 37s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Dr. Katalin Kariko, a biochemist who specializes in mRNA research. Katalin’s ground-breaking technology has saved millions of lives during the pandemic as her research formed the basis of the COVID-19 mR

Pierre Fautrel, Obvious AI

Dec 10th, 2021 31m 1s

This week on CUTalks we are talking to Pierre Fautrel, one of the co-founders of Obvious AI. Pierre has a background in cultural entrepreneurship and has a master’s in digital communication from Lyon Business School. Obvious use AI to create no

Vanessa Marcie, Leading with humour

Nov 10th, 2021 24m 51s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Vanessa Marcié who is an expert on leadership and humour and a guest lecturer at the Cambrige Judge Business School and HEC Paris amongst others. She holds a PhD in Management and Marketing Communication

Denis Kaminskiy, Arcus Global

Jun 11th, 2021 49m 59s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Denis Kaminskiy who is the co-founder and strategy director of the Cambridge-based digital transformation firm Arcus Global. Denis holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge and has previously held ro

Webinar - Taavi Kotka

May 18th, 2021 1h 4m

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Taavi Kotka, an entrepreneur and the first CIO of the Estonian government. He started his career as a programmer and became the CEO of Webmedia (now Nortal), the region's largest software company before

Adam Medros, edX

May 2nd, 2021 52m 47s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Adam Medros who is the ex-President and CEO of edX, a non-profit online course provider. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has previously held roles at TripAdvisor and Amazon. We spoke abo

Jonny Clifford, Entrepreneur First

Apr 18th, 2021 40m 47s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Jonny Clifford who is the General Manager at Entrepreneur First London, a company that invests in potential entrepreneurs pre-idea and helps them to find co-founders. Jonny has previously been a teacher

Niklas Hebborn, Freigeist Capital

Mar 29th, 2021 37m 1s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Niklas Hebborn who is a partner at Freigeist Capital, a German deep tech VC firm based in Bonn. He holds a degree in business administration and has a background in consulting and private equity. We spok

Mark Shmulevich, TAIGER

Mar 14th, 2021 39m 25s

This week on CUTalks we are speaking to Mark Shmulevich, the Senior VP at TAIGER - an AI software company in Singapore. He is also the founding director of the Zimin Institutes in Israel which helps commercialise promising research with the pot

Menelas Pangalos, AstraZeneca

Mar 3rd, 2021 33m 55s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Sir Menelas Pangalos, the VP of BioPharmaceuticals R&D at AstraZeneca. He holds a PhD in neuroscience from UCL and has previously worked at Wyeth and Pfizer. We spoke about the importance of collaboratio

Jeremy O'Hanlon, Gilead Sciences

Feb 17th, 2021 34m 36s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Jeremy O’Hanlon, a Cambridge alumnus, who has worked as a corporate attorney in the life sciences and tech industries. He’s also held roles in business and corporate development in the life sciences as h

Richard Lucas, Business & Social Entrepreneur

Feb 1st, 2021 42m 1s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Richard Lucas, a business and social entrepreneur as well as an early-stage investor. He has also been heavily involved in teaching entrepreneurship and fostering entrepreneurial communities via CAMentre

Christopher Kong, Better Nature

Jan 18th, 2021 36m 20s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Christopher Kong who is the co-founder and Head of Business development at Better Nature, a tempeh-focussed food-tech company. Chris holds a masters degree in biochemistry from the University of Oxford.

Kai-fu Lee, Sinovation Ventures

Nov 29th, 2020 55m 10s

This week on CUTalks, we are speaking to Dr. Kai-fu Lee who is the Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, a leading Chinese technology venture capital firm. He was also the founder of Microsoft Research Asia and the president of Google China

Nigel Lambe, The Sussex Innovation Centre

Nov 1st, 2020 37m 41s

This week on CUTalks, we are talking to Nigel Lambe. Nigel is the CEO of the Sussex Innovation Centre. He has also been an investor and/or co-founder in several food and drink start-ups including Small Batch Coffee Company and Brighton Gin most

Kate Hamer and Louis Saha, Axis Stars

Oct 26th, 2020 58m 12s

This week on CUTalks, we are talking to Kate Hamer and Louis Saha, co-founders of AxisStars - a business which connects sports and entertainment stars with select partners via a mobile app. Louis is a former professional footballer and played f

Jonny Everett, Entrepreneur in Residence - Entrepreneur First

Oct 18th, 2020 50m 7s

This week on CUTalks we are talking to Jonny Everett, co-founder of The Chat Shop and current Programme Manger and Entrepreneur in Residence at Entrepreneur First. Jonny told us about the advisory work he does with startups via Entrepreneurship

James Hawkins, PostHog

Sep 21st, 2020 33m 21s

This week on CUTalks we are talking to James Hawkins, co-founder of PostHog, an open course product analytics software, which recently went through Y Combinator and has raised a $3M seed round. James shared some tips for budding entrepreneurs w

Mark Goulston, My Wakeup Call

Sep 21st, 2020 47m 25s

This week on CUTalks we are talking to Dr Mark Goulston. Mark is an American trained psychiatrist, author of seven books including, "Just Listen" Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone, has contributed to Harvard Business R

Tim Brears, Evonetix

Sep 6th, 2020 29m 27s

This week on CUTalks we are talking to Tim Brears, CEO of Evonetix. Evonetix is a synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene synthesis. Tim holds a PhD from Cambridge University and has an

Marcel Gehrung, Cyted

Aug 24th, 2020 43m 32s

This week on CUTalks we are talking to Marcel Gehrung, CEO and founder of Cyted, a startup using digital diagnostics to revolutionise the early detection of cancer. Marcel has also completed a PhD from the University of Cambridge and is an Enri

Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Laureate

Aug 13th, 2020 1h 4m

This week on #CUTalks we are talking to Professor Muhammad Yunus, a social entrepreneur who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution in microfinance and Grameen Bank. He talked about the future of social business and his newest bo