Metta Talks

In this episode, Wil talks to Professor Tim Benton, the Research Director of Emerging Risks and the Director of Energy, Environment and Resources Programme at Chatham House. Professor Tim Benton has worked with UK governments, the EU, and G20, and he has been a global agenda steward of the World Economic Forum as well as an author of the IPCC’s Special Report on Food, Land, and Climate (2019), and...

In this episode, Ksenia talks to Alasdair Mort and Anne Roberts,  co-founders of medtech startup MIME Technologies, a provider of remote medical software to support inflight medical events and emergencies, specifically designed for altitude. Alasdair and Anne tell us about their startup journey - how MIME first started at the University of Aberdeen, the skills needed when moving from academia to b...

In this episode, Gabi talks to John Waite, Co-founder and CEO of Phycobloom - a biotech startup that uses synthetic biology to create strains of algae that can convert carbon dioxide into sustainable fuels cheaply and easily. Gabi and John look at the future of biofuels, why engineering algae is incredibly exciting but also challenging, and where Phycobloom sits alongside the other ways to decarbo...

In this episode, Wil talks to Dom Hallas, the Executive Director of The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec). Founded by tech entrepreneurs, Coadec is a non-profit that campaigns for policies to support digital startups in the UK. Wil and Dom discuss government and tech startup collaboration, setting up the Future Fund, doing a Clubhouse talk with Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, and...

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