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The Unwrapped Series - Sebastian Mallaby Hosted by Sia Sha Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul A Volcker Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. He spent thirteen years at the Economist and has contributed to various outlets such as the New York Times, FT, and Washington Post. 📝 His book, The Man Who Knew, won the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Guglielmo Schenardi Hosted by Jessica Ge Whenever you use an app, access a website, or do anything in the virtual space, you create data. But do you actually know where your data is going? And who’s using it? ❓🤔 Today’s guest, Guglielmo Schenardi, along with his co-founder, created Rita Personal Data - an app with over 100,000 members and a 4.5-star rating from almo...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Amai Ganjam Hosted by Humzah Rahman Join us on this episode as we dive into the story of Amai Ganjam, an LSE student who created a social networking app called Buzz during the pandemic. We'll learn about his journey as a student founder and how he navigated the challenges of being non-technical. Along the way, we'll also explore what venture capitalists look f...

The Beyond Profit Series Hosted by Laura Calle María Clara Mesa is a Colombian entrepreneur that fell in love with technology and healthcare. ❤ She is a partner of Alternova, a software development company focused on digital health, specialising in developing digital therapeutic video games and gaming-inspired digital products. 🎮👩‍⚕️ Alternova has become an essential player in the health tech in...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Paul Miller Hosted by Sia Sia Paul Miller, OBE, is the CEO of Bethnal Green Ventures, an early-stage tech-for-good VC. The VC was established in 2012 and has invested in 166 ventures since then. Previously, Paul was a Co-Founder of the School of Everything, which has raised over £350,000 in seed funding in 2008. 🏫🤑 Check out BGV: https://www.bethnalgreenventures.com...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Micol Hafez and Annabel de Gheldere Hosted by Sarah Baek Micol and Annabel, the co-founders of Womco, both suffered from severe hormonal imbalances since their first period, which greatly affected their daily energy, mood, and activities. However, they were able to take control of their health by researching and understanding how to live and eat in alignment with thei...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Justin Kolbeck Hosted by Udbela Escanero Justin Kolbeck is co-founder and CEO of Wildtype, which is on a mission to create the cleanest, most sustainable seafood on the planet. 🐠 Before Wildtype, he spent nearly five years as a consultant at Strategy& helping companies develop and launch products, grow into new markets, and operate efficiently. Justin started his...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Tessa Clarke Hosted by Sia Sha OLIO is an app helping neighbours to share food and other items to reduce waste. ♻️ Tessa is the co-founder and CEO of OLIO. A University of Cambridge and Stanford graduate, Tessa has previously worked at BCG and Dyson. OLIO has raised $43m in its recent series B and has 6m users. 🧑‍💻🤯 Check out Olio: https://olioex.com/ Timestamps: 3...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Jamie Heywood Hosted by Laura Calle Jaime Heywood is passionate about human and social development and has a wide range of international experience as a businessman in both regulated industries and scaling fast-growing businesses. Jamie studied Philosophy and Psychology at Oxford University and is the former Uber Regional General Manager for Northern and Eastern Europ...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Erol Hoke Hosted by Olivia Coletti Erol Hoke, is an entrepreneur with a passion for finding ways of using technology to improve society at large. Erol does everything from using machines to better understand the climate impact of various businesses to making it easier for companies to drive value for all of their stakeholders. 📚 Erol got his masters at LSE and believ...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Robert Barrow Hosted by Sia Sha Robert Barrow is the CEO of MindMed, a psychedelic biotech company founded in 2019. MindMed was the first psychedelic company that was listed on the Nasdaq and is currently in clinical trials - for example, for exploring the efficacy of LSD on generalised anxiety disorder. 🧠📚 The company has a market cap of roughly 700m and has receiv...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Emma Ridderstad Hosted by Udbela Escanero Emma Ridderstad is Co-founder and CEO of Warpin, the Stockholm-headquartered virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and extended reality (XR) company, helping clients including H&M, Disney, and Ferrari, train staff, market products, and enter the metaverse. 👾 With demand for immersive technology solutions to corpora...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Jessica Alderson Hosted by Sia Sha Soscyncd is a dating app launched in 2021 that matches people based on personality types. 💏 The startup has currently 10 employees and has recently raised $1m in pre-seed funding. 🕺🚀 Find your perfect match: https://www.sosyncd.com/ Timestamps: 1:20 - Jessica’s background and why she chose to work in Equity Research? 5:50 - How di...

The Unwrapped Series - Eojin Yang Hosted by Sarah Baek In today’s episode, we interview a mountain-climbing, marathon-running, adventurer, Endless Jin! With a world record in climbing Breithorn mountain (4,164 meters tall) in Switzerland with 80 other women from 25 different countries, hear how Jin joined the first-ever all-female rope team in the world! 🧗‍♀️🏃‍♀️ Whether you care about sports or...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Matt McMullen Hosted by Sia Sha Matt is the CEO of Realbotix, a technology firm based in Las Vegas, the aim of which is to integrate robotic components and AI into high end silicone dolls. 🤖 Specifically, Realbotix has created Harmony, a companion robot that has been featured on Vice News, the New York Times, and Forbes. Realbotix has recently raised $3m. 🤑🚀 M...

The Unwrapped Series - Sa'ad Shah Hosted by Sia Sha Sa'ad is the co-founder and managing partner of Noetic Fund, a venture capital firm with over $150m in assets focusing on psychedelic startups and the wellbeing space generally. 💆‍♀️ Prior, Sa'ad was a Managing Director at Carlyle Group, and a Director at the Royal Bank of Canada. 💼🚀 For all things well and swell, check out Noetic Fund! https:...

The Bits & Bytes Series - James Lo Hosted by Sia Sha James is the Co-founder and CEO of mana.live, a content-sharing platform that democratises access to knowledge. 🗣 James is an ex-LSE student and has previously worked at McKinsey, Softbank, and Unicef, and Mana has raised a total of $1.5m in pre-seed investment. 🤑 Thank you to Jonas Eu for editing this episode! 🎧

The Bits & Bytes Series - Eugenia Kuyda Hosted by Sia Sha Eugenia is the Founder and CEO of Replika, a San-Francisco-based startup providing an AI companion. 🤖 Eugenia was a former journalist, completed and MBA from LBS, and is a Y Combinator alumnus. Replika launched in 2017 and has raised about $11m. 🚀🤑 Thank you to Jessica Ge for editing this episode! 😘

The Bits & Bytes Series - Charlie Wells Hosted by Sia Sha Charlie is the Founder and CEO of HelloSelf, an online therapy and life coaching service that synergistically uses therapists and AI. 🤖 Charlie has a BSc in biological sciences from the University of Oxford, and was a director at Ogilvy as well as CMO and COO of JustGiving. HelloSelf has raised so far $11.3m. HelloS...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Josh Luber Hosted by Jia Qi Lin Josh is the co-founder and Chief Vision Officer of Fanatics Trading Cards and the founder of zerocool, the company’s pop culture, art, and entertainment vertical. 🎨🖼 He is also a co-founder of StockX , the world’s first ‘Stock Market of Things’, where he led the rise from idea to billion-dollar company in less than three years, cementi...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Dan Tang Hosted by Sia Sha Dan is a recent graduate from Imperial College and the co-founder of Sow Foods, a startup providing plant-based meat alternatives. 🥦 Prior, Dan co-founded Curie London, which is a TechStars alumnus company and has raised $120k in funding. 💸 Dan has also been an intern at Huawei and Deutsche Welle. Come grab a bite! https://sowfoods.com/ Sh...

The Unwrapped Series - Jack Butcher Hosted by David Murugasu “Signal in a world of noise” Today’s guest is none other than Jack Butcher, founder of Visualize Value. The brainchild of Jack’s decade long experiences as a Creative Director in Fortune 500 advertising, Visualize Value was born in 2019 and has since grown into an extremely successful product and consulting business. 🚀 Today, Visualize...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Grant Canary Hosted by Sia Sha Grant Canary is Founder and CEO of DroneSeed and its subsidiary Silvaseed. DroneSeed is the largest vertically integrated reforestation startup on the West Coast, has recently raised $36m in its Series A, and is a Techstars and Elemental Excelerator alumnus company. 🚀 Grant has focused his entire career on sustainability—working at Vest...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Philip Marais Hosted by Jessica Ge As you may have already noticed, this year, at the beginning of every talktank episode we shout out our sponsor, the OVHcloud Startup Program. 🙇🏻‍♂️ Well, today you’ll actually get to meet our generous supporter, Philip Marais, who is the leader of OVHcloud’s global startup program. An accelerator that has scaled up over 2,500 star...

The Beyond Profit Series - Roy Baumeister Hosted by Sia Sha Roy Baumeister is the President-Elect of the International Positive Psychology Association and Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia. 🦘🧠 He completed his undergraduate degree and PhD at Princeton, and has worked at institutions such as Stanford and the Max-Planck Institute. He has published over 40 books and...