Nothing Ventured

On the podcast this week we welcome Matt Penneycard, Partner at Ada Ventures - an early-stage, pre-seed fund. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify Apple Don't forget to sign-up for the newsletter to keep up t...

On the podcast this week we welcome Kerry Sharp, Director, Entrepreneurship, and Investment at Scottish Enterprise. With a background in corporate banking followed by four years as Portfolio Manager in 3i Group, Kerry has managed a broad portfolio of equity investments in SMEs.  As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders th...

On the podcast this week we welcome Sarah Nadav, best-selling author, strategist, founder, mentor and Expert Network Behavioural Economist to the World Economic Forum. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured listen here: Spotify App...

On the podcast this week we welcome Siddhi Mital. Siddhi is co-founder of yhangry - a venture delivering chefs to your doorstep since 2019, set up with Heinin Zhang. Siddhi is also a professional Bollywood dancer and successfully navigated Dragons’ Den. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to nav...

On the podcast this week we welcome Remy Astie. Remy is the co-founder and co-CEO of Vauban - a company creating the infrastructure needed to deploy capital and make start-up investing faster, easier, and more accessible.  *Since recording this episode we're delighted to announce that Vauban has been acquired by Carta. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the...

On the podcast this week we welcome Priya Oberoi. Priya is the Founding General Partner of Goddess Gaia Ventures - a pre-series A fund focused on ventures innovating in women's health, wellness, and femtech. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of N...

On the podcast this week we welcome Nick Telson. Nick is a Co-Founder at trumpet, podcast host at Pitch Deck and an Investor at Horseplay Ventures. Nick successfully exited his business Design My Night in 2019, many of you may know them if you've booked a restaurant or bar in London.   As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing foun...

On the podcast this week we welcome Brent Murri. Brent is a Principal at M13 where he leads early-stage investments in consumer technology companies. Brent joined M13 from Battery Ventures where he focused on growth-stage enterprise software investments. Prior to Battery, he worked in strategy & business development for Samsung NEXT, where he developed and executed strategies around Samsung’s cons...

On the podcast this week we welcome Suki Fuller. Suki is a Founder of Miribure, Co-Founder & Senior Vice President of DC Analytics and Storyteller for Group of Humans. She is a fierce supporter of intelligence, ethical tech, #SafetyTech, Security, Privacy and Surveillance. Her eclectic 19-year career within strategic intelligence and technology has taken her from the US Department of Defense to te...

On the podcast this week we welcome Alex Macdonald. Alex is a serial entrepreneur and Angel Investor. He is the Co-Founder of Velocity Black, a concierge reimagined for the digital age, which has raised over $30m in venture capital. He has been angel investing at pre-seed and seed stage for 8 years in the UK and US, and runs a syndicate. Alex recently founded his second business.   As ever Nothing...

On the podcast this week we welcome Samira Ann Qassim. Samira is an early-stage investor in market-making female-led startups. She founded Pink Salt Ventures in 2019 to capitalise on the untapped potential of female-led technology. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world...

On the podcast this week we welcome David Miles. David is a Senior Investment Manager at Foresight Group, sustainability-led alternative assets, and SME investment manager. Foresight partners with promising SMEs across all sectors and deal stages having supported nearly 300 companies. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing found...

On the podcast this week we welcome Ulyana Shtybel Co-founder of HighCastle, a cap table, and deal management platform and Co-founder of Enkidu, a Swiss nonprofit platform for charities. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured liste...

On the podcast this week we welcome Gautam Sahgal CEO of Perkbox, in conversation with our own Aarish Shah. Perkbox helps companies care for, connect with and celebrate their employees - no matter where they are globally. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more...

On the podcast this week Aarish talks to Nii Cleland, CEO, and Co-Founder of Flair. Flair is a racial equity technology company helping organisations measure and demonstrate their progress in building racially equitable cultures. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world....

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Mariano Gonzalez Vasconcelos. Mariano is Founder and General Partner at MGV Capital Group.  MGV invests in Fintech, Consumer Technology, and Enterprise Software across the US and Mexico. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight the...

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Renana Ashkenazi. Renana is a General Partner at Grove Ventures, a leading Israeli early-stage, deep technology fund established by Dov Moran. Prior to joining Grove Ventures, Renana worked at Applied Materials, a global technology leader, in various product and technical management positions. Her previous position was...

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Jonathan Sun. Jonathan is the founder of Horizan VC, a UK-based alt VC working to bring the Convertible Income Share Agreement to the UK (now known as the Convertible Future Earnings Agreement. Prior to getting into VC, Jonathan was a former Edtech founder, ran community events for Othership, Product-Hunt, Techstars, a...

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Anthony Rose. Founder of Seedlegals, Anthony discusses getting BBC iPlayer on track and Seedlegals, which let's face it you've probably used! As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more...

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Tania Mulry. Tania discusses Steamwork Ventures and their investment thesis, her background in investment banking, product development, marketing, and a lot more! As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this...

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Alex Leigh. Alex discusses The Tippy Top his support community for entrepreneurs and his role as Senior Investment Executive at the Development Bank of Wales (DBW). As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate thi...

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Patrick Ryan Co-Founder of Odin. Odin is an investment platform and community for people building the future. We are starting by making it 10x cheaper and easier to launch and invest in syndicates, SPVs & funds. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing...

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Marvyn Harrison Chief Growth Officer at BELOVD Agency amongst other things, author, speaker, radio presenter. The list goes on. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem, bringing founders the insight they need to navigate this crazy world. For more episodes of N...

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Melissa Snover CEO and Founder at Nourish3d and Script3d.  Melissa shares her considerable insight as a founder and adviser in this episode, it's a must-listen for founders. As ever Nothing Ventured brings an honest take on investors, operators, and the start-up ecosystem. Bringing founders the insight they need to nav...

In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with David Hickson. David is part of the Founders Factory founding team. A serial operator & founder, he has over 20 years of experience spanning five different tech companies, four of which as a co-founder or on the founding team and which have reached an aggregate enterprise value of ~$1.5bn. David shares his considerable...