Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology

Our guest this week is Left Lane Capital Principal Magnus Karnehm.Left Lane is a global venture capital and growth equity firm investing in high-growth internet and consumer technology companies that are fundamental to the lives of customers. The foundation of Left Lane’s strategy is built on four main elements: specialization in internet-first businesses, proprietary sourcing at every level, deep data rigor and best practices, and a genuine philosophy around partnering with founders.Magnus joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss what drew him to VC, what to look for in an investment, hiring, and much more!Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! 🎙️🦄

Georgi Ganev, CEO of Kinnevik, is a visionary leader in Europe's digital investment space, focusing on transformative sectors like ClimateTech and HealthTech. He shares his insights on balancing short-term goals with long-term vision and the importance of stakeholder engagement. The conversation also underscores the value of diverse perspectives in decision-making and the challenges founders face as they evolve into leaders. Georgi emphasizes innovation during economic downturns and the significance of strong relationships in the venture capital landscape.

Our guest this week is George Richardson, Co-Founder & CEO of AeroCloud.AeroCloud’s modular intelligent airport management platform is built onleading-edge technology & uses predictive AI & machine learning. Combined with common-use passenger processing & self-service solutions, they deliver an innovative answer to the complex operational challenges experienced by airports across the globe. AeroCloud’s market share has been steadily ramping up since 2019 with their platform currently supporting operations in 32 airports across the US & Europe, & serves over 120 million passengers annually with a strategy to expand into MENA in 2023.George joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss George's background as a racing driver. Data and AI. What it's like helping a fragmented industry get super efficient. The impact of COVID on the airline and airport sector and much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! 🎙️🦄

Startup Spotlight with Kadence. They've just announced a $10M Seed funding round led by Kickstart Fund with participation from Portfolio Ventures, Manta Ray, Hambro Perks and Vectr7 as well as Shadow Ventures and Forward VC.

Our guest this week is Jamie Beaumont, Founder of Playter.Playter helps fund the global community of startups and scaleups by helping them convert any invoice into Buy Now, Pay Later. Playter is the growth platform that helps businesses scale quicker, reduce their burn rate, increase their runway and take control of all payment terms regardless of the supplier. Jamie joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to discuss the rise of Playter, fundraising growth competition, and much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! 🎙️🦄

Our guest this week is Gordon Midwood, CEO of Anything World.Anything World is an innovative platform that combines AI, voice computing and 3D rendering with layers of behavioural intelligence. They enable users to request and play with any object imaginable. It’s the easiest and fastest way for developers to create AI-driven 3D experiences powered by voice.The Anything World Mission is to simplify and redefine 3D content creation for everyone across the metaverse. We want to eliminate the barriers to 3D creativity.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! 🎙️🦄

Our guest this week is Dr. Ben Maruthappu, Co-founder & CEO of multi-award-winning technology company Cera. Cera is a digital-first home healthcare company, delivering cat nursing telehealth and repeat prescriptions. In less than five years, we’ve grown from scratch to a team of almost 10,000 professionals, providing over 40,000+ in-person healthcare visits in homes throughout the UK every day. They have raised over $400 million to date.Ben joined James Pringle & Hector Mason to discuss his secrets to high performance, motivations, fundraising and how he has been building an amazing healthcare company for the future.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! 🎙️🦄

Our guest this week is Jacob Waern, Founder & CEO of eduMe.eduMe gives your deskless workforce seamless, passwordless access to embedded onboarding & training with native integrations into software such as Microsoft Teams, Fountain, Braze, and Beekeeper. eduMe is the leading mobile-based training platform for the frontline workforce used by modern companies in more than 60 countries worldwide. They've raised over $27 million to date. Jacob joined James Pringle & Hector Mason to discuss the impact of the EduTech sector, managing deep integrations with clients such as Uber, Rocket Internet SE's role as a breeding ground for entrepreneurship, culture, product and much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! 🎙️🦄

Welcome back to our latest Startup Spotlight, our mini-series, which will provide insight into an early-stage company that we are very excited about.This week's spotlight shines on 5mins. 5Mins.ai is the TikTok of L&D. With 13,000+ bite-sized lessons tailored to each role . Live in 80+ countries with leading tech brands such as SmartPension, Perkbox, Spenmo etc - our customers find that with our bite-sized learning approach, employees upskill 3X faster and it delivers 8X better return on spend than traditional long-form learning platforms.Founder & CEO Saurav sat down with James to discuss the importance of building such a culture within a company and how their unique platform helps companies succeed via learning through bite-sized video content.Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast never to miss an episode. Also, don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep on top of the latest developments.

Welcome to Season 5 🥳 Our first guest for the new season is Victor Trokoudes, Co-Founder & CEO of Plum. Plum is an app that empowers you to put your money into action, wherever you are on your financial journey. You can save, spend, earn and invest, in one app with ease. Using AI-powered saving tools and investment features which make building and diversifying your portfolio seamless, Plum has helped customers save and invest £1.2 billion. Victor joined James Pringle & Hector Mason to discuss crowdfunding, FinTech, Super apps, North Star metrics, and much more.Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date! 🎙️🦄