Marketplace Risk Platform Podcast

In this week’s podcast Elle Tucker is joined by Sophie Smallwood, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Roleshare, a new platform that matches professionals to enable them to apply for – and share – one full-time job. Sophie tells the story of discovering, through her own experiences, the need for such a platform and explores how difficult job sharing is to organise without the technology – which is of course...

This week Elle Tucker talks to Bradley Hornby, CEO and Co-Founder of Homebound, a marketplace for renting furniture and other interior design. Bradley shares his startup journey, talking first about the reasons that furniture rental is increasing in popularity and the need for a mainstream marketplace like this to address the need. He then tells the story of the bend in the road during his startup...

In this week’s episode of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker talks to Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO of Tapoly, which provides flexible and on-demand insurance for the gig economy. Janthana shares her founder story - her realisation that insurance was not necessarily designed for the needs of freelancers and small businesses, something she discovered when renting out a property on Airbnb. Janthana go...

In the latest Platform Podcast episode, Elle Tucker talks to Emma McConalogue, Founder of Kesero, a peer to peer skill sharing marketplace. Emma shares her founder story, from coming up with the idea in a conversation with a friend in 2018, to the growing platform she has today. In a cashless skills exchange, are bad actors a threat? How does Emma plan to mitigate risk as her early stage startup s...

This week our host Elle Tucker talks Jazz Hampton, Co-Founder of Turnsignl. Jazz tells Elle the story of Turnsignl, which is a ‘real time’ marketplace app that connects drivers who have been pulled over to an attorney who has been trained in de-escalation, via a live video chat. Jazz shares his journey towards co-founding the app which launched in May 2021 and is already in six US states. Jazz sha...

Elle Tucker is joined by Hamed Yazdi, Founder and Chief Growth Officer at Rideshare Mechanic. Hamed shares his startup story and how the idea came about for Rideshare Mechanic, which provides a virtual vehicle inspection that is used by rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft to determine if the driver’s car meets the minimum requirements. Hamed goes on to talk about how the model helps rideshar...

This week Elle Tucker talks to Rebecca Heaps, Founder of Tentshare, a peer to peer platform for sharing tents and other camping equipment. Rebecca tells Elle about the inspiration for her startup and her background – which was not remotely in the tech startup space! Rebecca goes on to talk about the risks associated with this kind of sharing marketplace and how she will manage this as her early st...

In the latest episode of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker is joined by Lieke Van Kerkhoven, Co-Founder of FLOOW2 and Marketplace Risk Advisory Board member. As Lieke tells Elle, sharing for consumers is an opportunity – but for businesses, it’s an even bigger opportunity, not only to be more sustainable but to save money. However, how do you build B2B sharing beyond (inefficient) informal network...

This week our host Elle Tucker talks to Jane Lee, Trust & Safety Architect at Sift. Jane tells Elle about her role and her passion for fraud fighting, then goes on to share the story of a recent ‘undercover operation’. Jane suspected a crypto scam that was hitting various dating sites and community forums after she was targeted herself, and personally went undercover to reveal this scheme. Jane ta...

Elle Tucker is joined by John Vincent Lee, Founder and CEO of Loopie, a laundry marketplace app which connects people who don’t have the time or desire to deal with their own laundry with people who can do it in their home and earn money in the process. John shares his founder journey since Loopie began in Seattle and tells Elle about the challenges and achievements he has experienced. A must-list...

In the first episode of the new series of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker is joined by Vishal Kapoor, Director of Product at Shipt and Marketplace Risk Advisory Board member, to talk about the complexities of the Shipt model. Vishal shares his experiences of the recent Marketplace Risk Management Conference in San Francisco, and goes on to provide a fresh perspective on risk management by lookin...

In the final episode of the series, Elle Tucker talks to Roger Kaiser, Head of Safety at Uber and Marketplace Risk Advisory Board member. Roger tells Elle about his background in federal law enforcement and how he was able to transfer skills from this part of his career forward into his role at Uber eight years ago. He shares with Elle what his job now consists of on a day-to-day basis and the cha...

This week, Elle Tucker is joined by Julia Andaluzia, founder of Shelff, to talk about her new furniture and homeware rental marketplace. Julia tells Elle about how she started Shelff using an MVP on Instagram, inspired in part by the short usage of Christmas decorations and keen to offer an alternative. The idea has grown, and there is at the same time a trend for ‘access over ownership’ when it c...

In the latest episode of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker talks to Marketplace Risk Advisory Board member Jennifer Kelly, who is Director of Marketplace Integrity at Etsy. Jennifer tells Elle about her role at one of the largest marketplaces in the world and how she became interested in the world of trust & safety after she studied law. Jennifer goes on to talk about the US Inform Act which requi...

Jan Eissfeldt, Global Head of Trust and Safety at Wikimedia Foundation - and Marketplace Risk Advisory Board member - talks to Elle Tucker in this, the latest episode of the Platform Podcast. Jan tells Elle about the scaled sustainable risk management approaches he builds for platforms operating in the intersection between technology and society. He goes on to share with her his journey into the w...

In the latest episode of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker talks to Gabriel Isserlis, Founder and CEO of Tutti, a platform that helps artists in music, theatre, dance, film, and photography find and book spaces for short term creative projects. Gabriel tells Elle about his varied career and how he came up with the idea for Tutti, as well as the challenges he faced building a startup during the pan...

In the latest episode of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker talks to Jaap Sybenga, Founder and CEO of Mobypark, the European parking place rental platform that helps you rent your unused parking spaces - and find cheaper parking more easily. Jaap shares the story of how he got involved with Mobypark, and how he became passionate about making use of the unused space in urban areas. What are the chal...

In the latest episode of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker talks to Nikki Gibson, founder of Swurf, the platform for ‘work surfing’ – in other words, connecting welcoming hospitality spaces with remote workers. Nikki tells her story, from a background in hospitality to recognizing a need during the pandemic for remote workers to find spaces that are better for their productivity and wellbeing - an...

Martijn Arets, International Platform Expert and Founder of GigCV, joins Elle Tucker in the latest episode of the Platform Podcast and shares his fascinating journey into the world of the collaborative economy. He tells Elle how he has spent a decade traveling the world talking to entrepreneurs, experts and other stakeholders in this space - to find out the reality, the successes and the challenge...

In the latest episode of the Platform Podcast, Elle talks to Jonah Bliss, creator of Curbivore, an upcoming event that gives attendees the chance to experience the technology that’s reshaping the future of our city streets, as well as meet with the civic leaders and forward-thinking entrepreneurs. Jonah tells Elle how the event came about, why there is a need for it and also shares his top picks f...

In the latest episode of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker is joined by Rob MacKethan, VP of Insurance and Risk Management at Lime, to discuss his journey into the world of micro mobility and talk about Lime, where Rob is the first official Risk Manager. Rob shares how the pandemic affected their business and how proper risk management protocols help drive a business forward, even in the midst of...

Elle Tucker talks to Matheus Riolfi in the latest episode of the Platform Podcast. Nearly two years on from his last appearance as a guest, he tells Elle what’s been happening for Tint.ai during the pandemic and shares news of his recent fundraise. He explains how Tint allows platforms to create their own insurance and guarantee products, and how this method of ‘self insurance’ - not relying on ex...

In the latest episode of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker talks to John Greene, VP of Global Sales at Prove. John shares his journey into the world of fraud prevention and tells listeners about Prove’s offering which helps companies mitigate fraud while accelerating revenue and reducing OPEX online. In this fascinating conversation, John talks about the importance of our phones, and how a simple...

Elle Tucker talks to Jen Charon, Co-Founder of Loanhood, for the latest episode of the Platform Podcast. Loanhood is a new fashion rental community, part of a movement towards peer-to-peer clothing rental emerging as we come out of the pandemic. Jen talks about the concept behind the platform, how COVID-19 affected growth and in-person events, and the trust and safety issues that a clothing rental...

In the first episode of the latest series of the Platform Podcast, Elle Tucker speaks to Candace Sjogren, Vice President of Emerging Markets at Socure. She tells Elle more about Socure and her role, as well as what type of companies Socure supports with its data science driven approach to identity verification. In this fascinating conversation, Candace goes on to discuss ‘marketplace health’, and...