Crown Castê: financial education for SMEs and business owners, with your host Nzube Ufodike.

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital. In this episode, our host Nzube Ufodike speaks with Léna-Lou Simon-Virolle, a venture capital expert and founding member of Ryad, a firm dedicated to investing in African founders. Léna-Lou shares her unique journey from France to the...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital. In this episode, we sit down with Ken Thomas, partner at BackFuture Ventures, who shares insights from the frontlines of venture capital and investment. From the bustling tech scene in New York to his experiences in London, Ken offers...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital. In today's episode, our host Nzube Ufodike interviews Amardeep, an angel investor and founder of the British-Asian entrepreneur platform, Bae HQ. They discuss Amardeep's journey from working at the Bank of England to becoming an angel...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital. In today's episode, we invite you behind the scene. For the first time, our Co-founder, Joshua, steps out from behind the camera to share the untold story of how Crown Castê came to be. Alongside our host, Nzube, we reflect on the jour...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Jia Hong. Jia is the pedalling investor at Turn Off Turn On Ventures. He cycled across Europe in 2022, from...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Leonardo Coutiño. Leonardo is the CEO at Optimus Digital. He is a Professional with 14 years of experience...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Rumbi Makanga, with special guest host, Paasha Ahmed. Rumbi is the co-founder of Origin Twenty, which is fo...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Karan Bose. Karan is a partner at Pepper Fund, a cross-border search fund that aims to use its supply chain...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Piotr Psarz, with special guest host, Paasha Ahmed. Piotr is the founder and CEO of Untapped Lending, which...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Dariia Vasylieva, with special guest host, Paasha Ahmed. Dariia is a founding partner at FD Capital, an inv...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Paolo Pio. Paolo is a Silicon Valley software engineer turned technology executive turned venture capitalis...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Muhammed Yesufu. Muhammed is an investment manager and head of financial advisory at London-based Woodhall...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Perminder Ghataore. Perminder is a finance and commercial professional with experience in travel systems, m...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Dexter Simms. Dexter Simms is an award winning entrepreneur, mentor, community leader, role model and publi...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Marc Cohen. Marc is sole partner at unbundled VC, where he invests in early stage startups and tries to bri...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Seun (Shay) Odekunle. Shay is a strategy and Innovation professional with a strong passion for driving posi...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Omar Daniel. Omar is the founder of the Harbr Angel Investment Syndicate making £150k investments into star...

Financial education for SMEs. In this episode, we we have Kevin Withane who shares more about a community-centred approach to investing. Kevin is the Founder and Managing Partner of Diversity X, a community and VC firm in the making that supports underestimated founders solving real-world problems and making a positive impact in their communities and the world. Kevin qualified as a barrister and h...

Caleb is managing partner at Proximity Ventures, a fund which invests in early stage startups accelerating Africa. He’s also a scout for global funds looking to invest on the continent. Caleb built Entry Level, an education platform for tech talent in emerging markets which has helped over 50,000 tech workers across Africa. He also writes a popular bi-weekly newsletter called Tech Safari, which ‘s...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Nisa Amoils. Nisa is a venture capital investor, securities lawyer, a Board Member and media commentator. S...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Benjamin Leung. Benjamin is the founding partner and senior advisor at Azura, a global wealth management ad...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Richard Cummins. Richard is a product marketing manager at Spotify. Prior to that, he worked at Google for...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Mike Bank. Mike is the co-founder of Underdog Ventures, which he launched earlier this year to support solo...

Blake is a Business Administration student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a partner at Crescent Fund, a student-run venture fund, which invests in promising student-founded startups. Crescent describes itself as ⁠SoCal’s first student-run venture fund⁠ . In this episode we discuss: 1. Venturing into the World of Venture Capital: How did Blake's interest in startups lead him to venture capital...

Welcome to Crown Castê, your financial literacy podcast for small businesses. We publish inspiring, insightful conversations with investors and stewards of capital, about why they decided to make placements into a specific portfolio company of theirs. In today's episode, we are joined by Katharina Wodenitscharow Katharina is a health economist in a large pharmaceutical firm. She is also an ang...