I’m here with Kate Ryder CEO of Maven Clinic. Maven have raised over $300M and is one of the only unicorn startups in women’s healthcare. Prior to founding Maven, Kate was a successful VC and a journalist.  Hear more from her on: Building the plane while flying Why companies are only as good as their people Giving people a place to grow  Founder life, as a mom of three Learn more about Maven Clinic here Find out about Kindred Capital at KindredCapital.VC This podcast was produced...

Every year, Bloom & Wild send 6 million deliveries of plants and flowers to several million customers across 8 countries in Europe. To date they have raised over $100M with CEO & Co-Founder Aron Gelbard at the helm. Hear more from him on: Merging cultures when you make acquisitions The value of founder forums Setting up your technology for scale from day one The importance of obsessing over customer feedback Want to try out Bloom & Wild? Start here:...

I’m here with Wemimo Abbey from Esusu. Esusu raised over $140M and the company is valued at $1BN today, as a unicorn company. Their partnerships with real estate owners and operators represent 2.5 million units across 50 different states and they are helping people improve their credit score with the rent that they pay. They are leveraging data to help bridge the racial wealth gap in the United States. Hear more from him on: Why You should Raise in a Position of Strength Navigating...

With me today is James Lochrie, Co-founder of Wave, which sold to H&R Block. He now runs a venture firm called Thin Air Labs. Hear from him on: The Language Founders Use Should You Lie to Yourself? Taking Control of Your Board An Inevitably Better Future Find out more at KindredCapital.VC/FoundersUncut This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With me today is Hugo Renaudin, Co-founder & CEO of P00ls. This is his third business and he sold a prior business $250M. He also completed the largest ICO in France raising $20M in under 10 hours. Hear from him on: Building Team in a Post Pandemic World Empowering Your Team Why Following Your Team on Instagram is Better than Zoom Happy Hour Getting Creative Brainstorming Done Remotely Holistic Human Relationships Guiding Principles Manifesting Your Own Serendipity When to Trust...

With me today is Jamie Hale, CEO & Co-founder of Ladder, which has issued over $50BN in life insurance and raised over $100 million. Hear from him on: The Founding Journey Jamie’s Recurring Nightmare as a Founder  Feeling Alone Even if you Aren’t  Who is Your Cheerleader? Shock Absorber for the Company Mindset of Getting Better Everyday The Feedback Vacuum Choosing the Right Cofounder  Getting Your Teeth Kicked in Everyday Key Learnings Tough Decision on Your Shoulders -...

With me today is Natasha Vernier, CEO & Co-founder of Cable. Natasha was on the Monzo scale up journey as employee number 17 to over 2000 people, on their journey from 100 to over 4.5 million customers. She has now founded her own company - Cable. Building a Company as You Build Your Family Decision to Found the Company IVF and Term Sheets The Mental Journey of New Mom & Founder Life in COVID How You Survive the Tough Moments Your Partner As Your Cheerleader The Founder...

With me today is Raj De Datta, CEO & Co-founder of Bloomreach and bestselling author. Bloomreach has over $100M in ARR, powers $400BN of ecommerce sales and has raised over $400M. But these are just the headlines. Listen to the real story on Founders Uncut. In this episode, you will hear more from him on: Near Death Experiences  When 25M ARR Just Isn’t enough Telling Investors This Could Be a Zero Realising what may be a False Dream Culture is Tested In the Hard Times Making Tough...

With me today is Charlie Delingpole, Founder and CEO of Comply Advantage - the world's leading data technology company transforming financial crime detection Comply Advantage has raised over 100M, has over 1.5k clients and is 440 people today. Charlie is also an active angel investor and recently a new dad. Hear more from him on: The early days of company building Running a lending company in a downturn/credit crisis When what you think is a tech business is really garden furniture The...

With me today is Damian Kimmelman, Co-founder of https://batelle.com/ (Batelle.com), https://www.rho.co/ (Rho.co) and Founders Pledge. Batelle trains parents how to put their children to bed in under 5 minutes and sleep through the night within 2 weeks, guaranteed... Hear more from him on: 1) Decision Making in Startups Driving to Consensus Versus Driving a Strategy Perfect Decisions at the expense of Clear, Consistent Decisions Frameworks for Decision Making 2) Information Theory - Lean...

With me today is Yury Yakubchyk, the founder of Elemy, one of the fastest growing startups over the past few years. They grew from $0 to $20M+ run rate in year one and reached unicorn status in 14 months. He has founded two startups prior and is also an active angel investor, advisor and also runs his own venture studio. Today, hear about: 1) The Art of the Pivot Early Days of Pivoting Elemy Many Times to What It Is Today How Do You Know It’s The Right Business? Always Be Pivoting - Pivots...

With me today is Sean Black from Knock. Prior to Knock, Sean was the co-founder of Trulia. He and the team at Knock have raised hundreds of million of dollars in both venture and debt for Knock’s journey to help people buy their new home and sell their existing home. As Knock’s business grew incredibly well across all key metrics in a one year period, and expanded from 14 to 75 markets, they navigated a very complex fundraising environment. Hear more from him on that wild ride in today’s show...

With me today is Jason from Ori Biotech. Ori has raised $140M and is helping to enable widespread patient access to life saving cancer therapies. Jason also sits on the board of 5 other healthcare startups and has been a part of 3 healthcare scale up journeys prior to Ori. In this episode: 1) Jason’s Path to Ori Startup Blowup in the Dot Com Bust Scaling Teams Internationally Getting Back to Small Teams 2) Running a Company as the CEO not the Founder From Angel Investor and Advisor to...

With me today is a man who needs no introduction, especially in the European startup scene - Matt Robinson. Matt founded two incredible companies - Nested and GoCardless and is a prolific founder and angel in the ecosystem. You'll hear about: 1) The Path to Being a Successful Serial Founder How did Matt Get There What Type of Training is Helpful for Being a Founder, or Irrelevant Does it Get Easier the Second Time Founding? Overcorrecting from One Startup Journey to the Next We Often Ascribe...

With me today is Mike Quinn, the founder of Zoona, one of Africa’s startup darlings for a period of time. He and three other cofounders built Zoona, a money transfer and remittance business, to over 3000 agents transactacting $2.5Bn across two African markets - Zambia and Malawi. They earned $86 million in revenue along the journey. He was one of the first founders on the continent to ever raise venture money and raised through Series B before their Series C and ultimately the future growth...

Here with me today is Clara Odero, who has been an employee at three unicorn companies, Flutterwave, Rapyd and Neum and is now founding her own company Credrails, doing open banking in Africa. Here more about her learnings and specifically: 1) Fundraising as a Minority Statistic How do you Mentally Prepare for a Fundraise? What does it Feel like to Raise as a Black, Female Founder? The statistics versus the Reality Can you build a VC network from Scratch? The Realities and Pros and Cons of...

Here with me today, is Michael Rangel, Co-Founder and CEO of Novo, a challenger bank focused on small businesses. It’s currently valued at $700 million, and serves over 150,000 small businesses. Novo had kicked off their Series A fundraise in late February 2020, just as the COVID pandemic was hitting everywhere. The situation was very dynamic and Novo’s cash position was getting tighter and tighter as the process went on.You will hear more from Michael in this episode on: 1) Raising in both...

George Bevis, founder and former CEO of Tide Bank. As many of you may know, Tide delivers better business banking for small to medium sized businesses. It’s currently valued at $650 million, serves over 400,000 businesses, and has tens of millions in revenue. George is now running his own venture studio, Can Do. In 2015, in Tide’s early days, an employee ran off with their code base and they almost ran out of money in the first year. In this episode you will hear more from George about: 1)...

After BlockFi had raised their Series D in 2021, the state of New Jersey issued a cease and desist order to shut down their interest bearing product. The management team had to navigate regulatory uncertainty in the crypto world and also manage a team through a time of great uncertainty in their business. Today - Flori Marquez, the co-founder and SVP of Operations at BlockFi, will tell us about this and many more aspects of her scaling up journey. BlockFi has a current valuation in the range...

After BlockFi had raised their Series D in 2021, the state of New Jersey issued a cease and desist order to shut down their interest bearing product. The management team had to navigate regulatory uncertainty in the crypto world and also manage a team through a time of great uncertainty in their business. Today - Flori Marquez, the co-founder and SVP of Operations at BlockFi, will tell us about this and many more aspects of her scaling up journey. BlockFi has a current valuation in the range...

On the outside, it probably seemed that Tom was living the founder dream life, but the reality was that towards the end of Tom’s time at Monzo, the emotional journey of being a founder was taking its toll - he was under a lot of pressure with many sleepless nights and wasn’t sure he wanted to continue the journey. Tom grew Monzo from 0 to over 2,000 employees and was one of the youngest CEOs of a UK regulated bank ever. He raised over $500M on the Monzo journey and the product they built at...

The show that interviews entrepreneurs to discover the moments of vulnerability and doubt that even the most successful founders face. On Founders Uncut you'll hear how they deal with these moments. If you're an early stage startup founder, listen in. You are not alone. Host Maria Palma, General Partner at https://kindredcapital.vc/podcast (Kindred Capital) is here to remind you that often, the hardest things, are the most worth doing. --- The European tech scene has been booming. In 2021...

The show that interviews entrepreneurs to discover the moments of vulnerability and doubt that even the most successful founders face. On Founders Uncut you'll hear how they deal with these moments. If you're an early stage startup founder, listen in. You are not alone. Host Maria Palma, General Partner at https://kindredcapital.vc/podcast (Kindred Capital) is here to remind you that often, the hardest things, are the most worth doing. https://fascinateproductions.co.uk/ (A Fascinate...