Alex meets with Chistian Oldendorff, an early-stage investor, to discuss trends in tech investing and the shipping industry.Christian is the Founder of Amplifier, an early stage venture capital fund and innovation unit spun out of the shipping

Breaking into VC and impact investing with Akash Bajwa

Oct 8th, 2020 35m 19s

In this episode Alex is joined by Akash from Shaper Impact Capital to discuss routes into VC and trends in impact investing. Entry into venture capital is highly competitive and Akash offers some insight on how to make your application stand ou

Product and Early-stage Growth with Keith Lynn

Sep 23rd, 2020 30m 23s

This week Kaiku welcomes Keith Lynn to discuss product development early-stage growth. Keith is the founder at DogWagsTail—a startup product coaching practice. Working with venture-backed and revenue-generating bootstrapped startups, Keith coa

Tzvete Doncheva - Impact Investment and Diversity in VC

Aug 16th, 2020 23m 25s

“An impact startup is founded with a clear intention of solving an ecological or social challenge” - Alex and Tzvete talk about opportunities for innovation and the urgency driving impact startups. Tzvete started out as a journalist before swi

Tzvete Doncheva - Impact Investment and Diversity in VC

Aug 7th, 2020 23m 25s

Impact Investment & Diversity in VC: Tzvete Doncheva

Jun 28th, 2020 36m 49s

“An impact startup is founded with a clear intention of solving an ecological or social challenge” - Alex and Tzveta talk about opportunities for innovation and the urgency driving impact startups. Tzveta started out as a journalist before swit

Founder, Accelerator, CEO: Seb Diaz

Jun 27th, 2020 35m 57s

Alex and Seb discuss the role of Government in VC and the startup market in Latin America. Seb Diaz was the CEO of Startup Chile, a public project and the biggest accelerator in LatAm, and now works as an advisor for the Yield Lab, an AgTech ve

Make Your Mark: Community and Online Presence with Richard Moore

Jun 15th, 2020 28m 53s

‘Marketing is the mechanism that closes the deal’ - Rich Moore is an expert in sales strategy and online engagement. Rich emphasises the importance of psychology in building a community and how entrepreneurs can use meaningful content to drive

Keeping Visible, Flexible Planning and Surviving Hard Knocks: Good Advice for Founders

Jun 8th, 2020 26m 59s

This week our founder Alex meets with Lee Lam from Lee Lam Consulting on what community has meant for her in the past few months whilst working with local business up and down the UK, and the positives that can be taken away for the future thro

Financing, Growth and the Future with Luke Smith from Forward Partners

Jun 8th, 2020 28m 9s

Luke Smith, investor at Forward Partners, joins Alex to talk about the developments at Forward Partners, new models of financing and gives some great insights on the current VC landscape. Forward Partners is one of the UK’s leading early-stage

Looking forward: VC after COVID-19 with Mario Brassesco

May 26th, 2020 39m 7s

Mario, investment associate at Encomenda Smart Capital, joins Alex to talk about the Spanish startup ecosystem, the opportunities for startups after COVID-19 and some advice for founders to make it through. Encomenda Smart Capital invests in d

The Art of Networking with Carl Rodrigues

May 20th, 2020 35m 27s

Carl Rodrigues, founder of joiningthedots.network, joins Alex to talk all things networking, how to build a community, and shares tips on getting attention as we emerge back into a noisy, more virtual world...Carl wears many hats as a tech ent

Why the Midlands is a great place to start up with Omran and Dan

May 14th, 2020 24m 27s

Alex catches up with Omran and Dan from Birmingham Enterprise Community - one of the fastest growing accelerator programmes in the Midlands. Now a year into the project, Dan and Omran look into how the regions are operating in the UK and why th

Student Startups - a chat with Sid from ASIF Ventures

May 14th, 2020 29m 24s

Sid joins our founder Alex to talk all things student startups - from getting investment as a graduate, to the state of the landscape in Amsterdam. ASIF Ventures is the largest student-run investment fund in the Netherlands, bridging the gap be

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