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The Lead Up
by Techstars
Demo Day is the culmination of a founder’s journey through Techstars, a three month accelerator program. In one presentation they showcase their hard work to investors and the community. There’s a lot of work that goes into the pitch, but have you always wondered what happens leading up to Demo Day? The Lead Up features Techstars founders from around the world as they share their stories -- and struggles -- preparing for Demo Day. Join Jag Singh, Managing Director of Techstars Berlin, in Season 1 as he interviews each company in the Techstars Berlin 2021 program. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Episodes
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Symplifi: Rethinking the world of remittances
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Maurice and Gregoire, cofounders of SympliFi, a one of a kind fintech solution that enables migrants to help their families and loved ones back home access credit without having to send money and pay high fees. With a wealth of financial knowledge...
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Sourcery: Giving developers magic powers
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Brendan, Tim, and Nick, cofounders of Sourcery. They empower developers to write beautiful, clear code, all the time, through real time refactoring. As a team with decades of combined experience in software development and scaling, they share their...
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Lightning: Enabling financial support in a flash
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Ren and her team behind Lightning Social Ventures, a fintech startup that enables charities and public sector organisations to quickly verify and process financial support applications for millions of people in financial hardship. Founded in the...
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Bippit: Financial coaching as the employee perk of the future
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Sam, Erich, and Grace, cofounders of Bippit, a platform helping businesses provide free financial coaching to their teams. Having experienced the lack of accessible financial coaching themselves, this incredibly mission-driven team tells us about...
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Enzyme: Enabling the creator economy
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Teddy, founder of Enzyme, a software that turns words into websites in seconds, by using GPT-3 technology. A programmer turned serial entrepreneur, Teddy shares his thoughts on the process of finding the right audience for your product, the...
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Yoona.AI: A tech makeover for the fashion industry
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Anna, the founder of Yoona.ai, a company using AI to help apparel makers and fashion companies like Puma and Vaude to shorten their design processes. Inspired by the intersection of technology and design, Anna explains her approach to building an...
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Mockmate: Democratizing recruitment
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Waina and Meg, cofounders of Mockmate, a tool helping job seekers practice interviews, while also helping companies screen candidates faster using natural language processing. Motivated by their own frustration with traditional recruitment — its…
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Faredirect: The new era of travel in the post-pandemic world
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Niels, Aleks, and Nev, co founders of Faredirect, a software company helping airlines maximize the revenue they make from the sale of ancillary products, like seat selection and luggage. Oozing with passion and experience in the aviation industry,...
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Labbox: Educating the creators of the future
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Arta, Fiona, and Glenn, cofounders of Labbox, an ed-tech startup delivering electronic kits to inspire kids (ages 8+) for engineering. Based in Kosovo, the founders discuss with us the difficulties of building a hardware startup in a small market…
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Creatext: Think cold outreach can’t be personal? Think again.
On this episode of The Lead Up, we catch up with Lukas and Jerome, co founders of Creatext, a B2B software helping sales teams personalize cold outreach and increase reply rates. Both Natural Language Processing specialists and life long friends, they walk us through the challenges of pivoting...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Demo Day is the culmination of a founder’s journey through Techstars, a three month accelerator program. In one presentation they showcase their hard work to investors and the community. There’s a lot of work that goes into the pitch, but have you always wondered what happens leading up to Demo Day? The Lead Up features Techstars founders from around the world as they share their stories -- and struggles -- preparing for Demo Day.
Join Jag Singh, Managing Director of Techstars Berlin, in Season 1 as he interviews each company in the Techstars Berlin 2021 program.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Demo Day is the culmination of a founder’s journey through Techstars, a three month accelerator program. In one presentation they showcase their hard work to investors and the community. There’s a lot of work that goes into the pitch, but have you always wondered what happens leading up to Demo...
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