Nothing Ventured

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...

Welcome to the new look Nothing Ventured. In this week's episode, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Cleo Sham. Cleo cut her teeth with Uber and Didi in China before moving into the investment space, arriving at her current role as Partner at Stride VC in 2021. Cleo shares her considerable experience, lessons from her time as an operator, and how this helps her in her current role. As ever Nothin...

In conversation with Jenny Ervine Co-Founder of Raise Ventures, Marketeer, Director, Advisor, Investor, Event Speaker and Mentor. Jenny is passionate about working with start-ups and Raise pitching events and accelerator are living proof. In this episode, Jenny talks about her career and provides great insights for founders looking to start their first raise. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured...

In conversation with Zoe Peden, Principle at Ananda Impact Ventures and Founder at FutureWorld VC. Zoe talks about everything from her early publishing career, Co-Founding an award-winning language and communication development software business to her present career as a VC. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Follow Zoe:...

In conversation with Arfah Farooq, community lead at NHSX, angel investor and speaker and workshop host around community building, diversity+Inclusion, and careers and organizing events Arfah talks about her journey from a media degree to working for the Government. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Follow Arfah: Linkedin...

In conversation with Chris Smith, the Managing Partner at Playfair Capital. Chris talks about his journey from the law, via the Isle of Man to his current role at Playfair. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Follow Chris: Linkedin Twitter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about o...

In conversation with Kirsty Macdonald, Principle at JamJar investments. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Follow Kirsty: Linkedin Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In conversation with Claire Cherry, Investment Principle at True. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In conversation with Paige Doherty, Founder at Behind Genius Ventures. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In conversation with Jason Foster,  CEO of Ori Biotech. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In conversation with Flavia Richardson, Chief Commercial Officer at Juice Ventures. For more episodes of Nothing Ventured follow us here: Spotify Apple Website Follow EmergeONE: Twitter Linkedin Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.