Ventures

Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction 0:48 - Barbados think tank 2:38 - The Integrated View: Why energy, compute, and AI are inseparable 7:11 - The Physical AI Frontier: Why data-capture flywheels win in the real world 11:00 - VLA Models vs. Dream Space: Pragmatism vs. the platonic ideal of simulation 14:03 - Oral Networks: Solving the GPU networking bottleneck with photonics 16:21 - Beyond Vector DBs: R...

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It's Thursday, 2nd April and Today on VENTURES we have a stellar slate. On the show today:11:30 Sebastian Hunte: Investment Director, AlbionVC12:30 Leo Lerach: Co-Founder and COO, ENAPI13:00 Maxime Berthelot: Founder and CEO, Lucis13:30 Luke Ramsden: Co-Founder and CPTO, Architect13:50 Jasper Deprez: Co-Founder and CEO, TerraSpark14:10 Vishal Chatrath: Co-Founder and CEO, QuantrolOx14:30 Bobby...

Luke Pappas spent his early career in the high-stakes trenches of Morgan Stanley, working under the "Godfather of Tech Banking," Michael Grimes. Now a Partner at NEA, he’s leveraging those "bake-off" battle scars to help European founders scale toward massive liquidity events. Timestamps 0:00 – Introduction 4:01 – The Lore of Michael Grimes: High standards and the Uber/Airbnb &...

Matt Francis spent his childhood watching his father struggle with supply chain bottlenecks in a coffee machine factory. Now, the Cambridge-educated engineer is using that early trauma to fuel Rama. Timestamps 0:00 – Introduction and the $3M seed announcement 1:43 – Why supply chain resilience is the key to solving species-level problems 2:11 – Watching the "epidemic" of broken factories...

Ankit is the founding partner at Riceberg Ventures a truly global early-stage deep tech fund that backs high-R&D breakthroughs across space tech, life sciences, energy, and AI robotics. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction to Ankit and the global deep tech thesis at Riceberg Ventures 1:29 - Sector-agnostic breakthroughs: Why focusing on one industry limits portfolio potentia l2:42 - Deep dive into...

Noel Hurley spent 30 years at the top of the semiconductor industry, joining Arm when it was a team of just 40 people. Now, he’s launching a direct challenge to the modern "brute force" AI model, arguing that we don’t need bigger chips—we need smarter logic. Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction 01:53 – The early days of Arm with only 40 people 03:22 – Why team sizes have exploded from 30 to h...

Quantum Crypto Timelines

It's Tuesday, 31st March and today on VENTURES we have an outstanding line up. Show Op-ed: Quantum Crypto Timelines On the show today: 11:30 Noel Hurley: Co-Founder and CEO, Literal Labs 12:00 Ankit Anand: Founding Partner, Riceberg Ventures 12:25 Franziska Walde: Co-Founder and Co-CEO, refinq 12:35 Matt Francis: Co-Founder and CEO, Rama 13:00 Luke Pappas: Partner, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)...

Tom Powell is the co-founder and CEO of Bondaval, a London-based fintech redefining credit insurance through proprietary technology. A former professional rugby player for Harlequins and EnglandRugby, he transitioned into venture capital with PassionCapital before launching Bondaval to bring consumer-grade tech to complex B2B financial systems. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction: From professional ru...

Mirko Novakovic thought he was finished with startups after selling Instana to IBM, but a three-month break was all it took for boredom to set in. Now, the 26-year observability veteran is well and truly back with Dash0, with a $110M Series B at a $1B valuation to build the "AI nervous system" of production. We dive into the shift from big fat application servers to 1,000-microservice clusters, th...

He joins the show fresh off announcing he's going founder mode on Schematik. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro: The "Crazy Scientist" energy of 2026 1:53 - Why now? Leaving the Veed journey after 5 years 3:45 - The physical problem: Why hardware is the next major frontier 5:20 - From Zero to One: Buying robots and gear to learn tinkering 7:15 - The "Magical Moment" when code finally moved a physical object...

Today's Oped on the recent granola series c

On the show today: Tom Powell: Co-Founder and CEO, Bondaval Sander Sebastian Agur Sebastian: Co-Founder and CEO, Rollo Robotics Cory Johnson: Growth Marketer, Synthesia Orla Browne: Head of Insights, Dealroom.co Samuel Beek: Founder, Schematik Gemma Bloemen: Venture Partner, Systemiq Capital Matt Larson: Head of Growth, Velocity Mirko Novakovic, CEO, Dash0 Lena Stocker: Growth Equity, DTCP 00:06:4...

Luana is an investor at Supernode Global, backing early-stage companies that empower daily life through well-being and productivity. Previously an early operator at SeedLegals (growing from 10 to 80+ people), she founded her own interior design marketplace in Paris, then joined InreachVentures to learn from GP Roberto before going all-in on consumer at Supernode and investing in hormona.

Full Interview with Joe McDonald, co-founder & CEO of @temenergy He joins the show for the first time, since closing a $75M Series B to build the future of energy infrastructure. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro & Joe’s background 03:45 The electron cost 07:20 Risk of countries being “tourist states” 10:55 How tem is building Stripe for electricity 14:30 The three-part playbook to fix energy 17:45...

Special Double Op-ed today

It's Tuesday, 24th March and Today on VENTURES we have an outstanding line up. On the show today: Joe McDonald: Founder and CEO, tem Mario von Bassen: Co-Founder and CEO, Wavebird Matthew Cortland: Founder, GuinndexAI Jo Marini: Founder, Mothership Materials Lodovico Carini: Investor, DTCP Jonny Inglis: Founder, Winedrops Lyall Davenport: Founder and CEO, SKN Systems Luana David: Investor, Sup...

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It's Thursday, 19th March and Today on VENTURES we have a star-studded line-up. The Daily Op-ed: A Short History Of The EU’s European Company: https://virajacharya.substack.com/ On the show today: Josh Goldman: COO, VEEDSagar Shah: Co-Founder and CTO, TanoJacob Graubaek Houlberg: Co-Founder, EvertraceEddie Brown: Co-Founder and CEO, Astron SystemsDr Max Werner: Founder and CEO, Hades MiningCar...

From the intricacies of jet engine maintenance at GE to the cutting edge of climate-tech investing, Sam Baker is on a mission to build an economy that operates within planetary boundaries. In this deep dive, the Planet A investor breaks down why the climate crisis is a solvable engineering challenge, provided we can solve the "human problem" of global collaboration. Timestamps: 00:00:00...

Assia Kasdi is doing the impossible: engineering alternatives to the universe’s rarest elements in a "cooking pot" at sub-boiling temperatures. We explore the "alchemical" breakthrough of substituting platinum with earth-abundant copper and why the periodic table shouldn't be viewed as a set of fixed properties Timestamps: 0:00 - Philosophy of Milvus Advanced 2:47 - Why an...

Renato Circi and Rafaël Michali spent four years in a central London lab, failing 300 times before they saw their first hour of successful data. Now, the Sava co-founders are stepping out of stealth to explain why continuous molecular monitoring is the missing "foundational model" for human longevity. We dive into the chemistry of micro-sensors, the "one-way door" decisions of...