Investor Talk

Listen to the story of Megha Aggarwal and Ankit Durga from Fundamento. Fundamento is an AI virtual agent that helps enterprises reduce costs by 60% in their contact centers, while improving accuracy and customer satisfaction. Named among the 'Top AI Companies in Asia' by Google, Fundamento is tackling one of the biggest markets for the application of Gen AI- call center automation. At publication...

Listen to the story of Meenah Tariq and Omar Parvez Khan from Metric. Metric is a fin-tech startup, offering a B2B SaaS product focused on the SME segment in emerging markets. Accountants are expensive for most MSMEs and even if they do have an accountant doing their book keeping, they don't know what the numbers mean. Enter Metric- the world's most founder-friendly financial analytics a...

Listen to the story of Suraya Abdul Rashid and Chee Hoe Chor from Qarbotech. Qarbotech has created a bio-compatible solution that helps improve crop yield by 30-60%, all while being 100% natural and without causing harm to the crops or soil as compared to the chemical fertilizers used by farmers today. Their solution solves for the effect of climate change on agriculture such as increased hea...

Listen to the story of Joanna Morris and Kevin Wernli from Matilda Health. Living life with chronic and painful conditions can be confusing, isolating, and expensive, but Matilda Health from Australia is on a mission to change that. Matilda is a mind-body gym membership for chronic and painful conditions. The first condition they are tackling is endometriosis. By providing symptom tracking, eviden...

Listen to the story of Rafael Masters and Ella Trinh from Vulcan Augmetics. Vulcan Augmetics is creating a system that uses advanced technology to connect devices and people. With smart sensors and deep learning, they aim to give doctors better information to help patients and allow everyday users to control gadgets using their body signals. At publication of this episode, Vulcan is actively raisi...

Listen to the story of how Zubair Junjunia at the age of 16 started Znotes because of witnessing educational inequality firsthand. Today Znotes has transformed into a global student movement that has reached over 4 million learners in 190+ countries. Znotes, an award-winning social-impact startup, is on a mission to end educational inequality for young people everywhere by leveraging community-led...

Listen to the story of Aditi Sholapurkar from SALT. SALT is targeting the single largest untapped customer base of 140M+ women in India by building users' confidence, and providing them mutual fund portfolios, digital gold, and pass book services, all powered by their 'Money Personality Test.' By sorting customers into categories like 'Cautious Cabbage,' SALT simplifies financial decisions and act...

Listen to the story of Jes Wolfe and Michon Vanderpoel from Rebel Girls. They are bridging the confidence gap in young girls through storytelling of extraordinary women throughout history, geography, and expertise. With a growing community of 23 million girls spanning more than 100 countries, they hope to reach 50 million by 2025!  Rebel Girls is more than a publishing house; it's a vast omni...

Listen to the story of Madhavi from SpaceBasic. Headquartered in India, SpaceBasic digitizes the student campus housing and cafeteria experience. Whether it’s fixing a light-bulb faster or helping the cafeteria plan ahead for students’ meals- SpaceBasic does it all. With 5x cost savings and 8x faster operations, they have already onboarded 57 universities in India on their platform, and they have...

What do an American-born Chinese, an overseas Singaporean, and a Dutch professor have in common? Despite living in very different parts of the world, these three women are actively investing in Asian startups. Listen to the enlightening and informative podcast where US-based angel investors Sha-Mayn Teh and Katherine Li share their insights on why they invest in Asian startups, what they look for...

Join us for a special episode of the Epic Angels Investor Talk podcast, where we shift gears from our usual founder interviews to explore the world of venture capital and generative AI! With over six generative AI companies reaching unicorn status and countless generative AI startups emerging daily, we discuss how to analyze these deals and the questions to ask. Our host, Maaike Doyer, is joined b...

Listen to the story of Natalie Doran and Jean-Vicente De Carvalho from Lytehouse, an intelligence layer for any security infrastructure that provides proprietary risk detection analysis of video feeds in real-time with up to 99% accuracy. Its advanced computer vision technology detects weapons, fires and intruders in real-time and then prioritizes the biggest threats to the operator, who can...

Listen to the story of Saif Farooqui from CorgiAI, an end-to-end suite of fraud detection and prevention solutions designed to help mid and large scale entities better monitor, understand and remedy fraud metrics. An AI product that highlights transactions for merchants to follow up on and an AI solution to recommend rules that can be implemented in payment provider platforms (Stripe, Shopify, Ady...

Listen to the story of Dorka and Anna from Bookr, the research-based entertainment tool for kids to learn a second language. Bookr is a story-driven English learning application with animated books and games for an engaging learning experience. At publication of this episode, Bookr is actively raising funds. Angel investor Dr Susan Chen joins the Investor Talk at the end of this podcast. Hosted by...

Listen to the story of Jim Fields and Sophia Pederson, founders of Relay. Club, an online marketplace that connects influencers and innovative brands. Relay. Club is an online tool to help cross-border brands find, reach, and manage their perfect influencers on social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. At publication of this episode, Relay. Club is actively raising funds. Angel i...

Listen to the story of Carmina Bayombong, founder of InvestEd, an early-stage FinTech that provides low-income / high-potential college students in the Philippines the 3Cs they need to succeed: Capital for education, Coaching for life skills, and a supportive Community. At publication of this episode, InvestEd is actively raising funds. Angel investor Tasneen Padiath joins the Investor Talk at the...