All Episodes

Building a Breakout Consumer Brand: Gyve Safavi, Co-Founder & CEO of SURI, on Product, Margins and Scaling

Fixing Music Royalties: Ryan Edwards, CEO of Audoo, on Data, Hardware and Building the Industry Standard

Building Sovereign AI: Yang Li, CEO of Cosine on AI Models, Coding Agents and the UK's Frontier AI Future

Ashley Montanaro, CEO of Phasecraft on Quantum Advantage, Deep Tech, and the Future of Computing

Kate Jarvis, CEO of Fifth Dimension on PropTech, Vertical AI and Building the Bloomberg Terminal for Real Estate

Laura Modiano, Head of Founder Experience @ OpenAI on Building in the AI Era, and Why Anyone Can Now Create a Company

How Cleo Reached $400M ARR: Barney Hussey-Yeo on AI, Growth, and Building a Consumer Fintech Unicorn

The Future of Finance is AI-Native: Jonathan Sanders, CEO of Light, on Organic Software, AI Agents, and Rebuilding Business Finance

Steve Domin, Founder & CEO @ Duffel – Rebuilding Travel Infrastructure, Surviving COVID, and the Future of API-First Companies

Building the backbone of AI with Mahdi Yahya, Co-Founder @ Radiant on Compute, Power and the Future of Infrastructure

Charlotte Palmer, VP of Venture Capital at Integra Global Advisors on Backing Emerging Managers, Access, and Venture Fundraising

Inside Fuse Energy: Alan Chang on Building a $5B Energy Giant and Chasing £1B ARR

What Makes a Top VC Fund Today? Dave Neumann at Schroders Capital on LP Thinking, DPI and Venture Returns

Tony Jamous & Hadi Moussa at Oyster HR on leadership transition, CEO succession and unlocking global talent

Nikola Mrkšić, Co-Founder & CEO at PolyAI on Building One of the World’s Leading Voice AI Companies

Matt Wilson, Co-Founder & CEO at Jack and Jill, on AI Career Agents, Talent Density, and Building the Next Network-Effect Marketplace

Nicolò Frisiani, Co-Founder & CEO at Lupa, on Building the AI Operating System for Vets, Enterprise Sales, and Scaling at Speed

George Davis, Founder & CEO at Lorum on Rebuilding Global Clearing, Why Dollars Are Broken, and Building a Payments Only Bank

David von Rosen, Founder of Lottoland on Majority Stake Investing, Loving Risk, Dubai’s Energy, and the Steve Jobs Turtleneck Story

Harrison Rose, Co-Founder at GoodFit on Mapping Your Market, Modern Go To Market, and Lessons from Building Paddle

Ben Freeman, Co-Founder & CEO at Omnea on Building an AI Native Procurement Platform, Talent Density, and Founder Paranoia

Why "AI Visibility" is critical for your brand with James Cadwallader, Co-Founder & CEO at Profound

From Formula 3 to AI Accountants: Ariel Harmoko, Co-Founder & CEO @ Artifact

Building the AI Super Connector with Andrew D’Souza, Founder of Boardy and Clearco

Inside SVB's dramatic acquisition and the Future of UK Venture with Erin Platts, CEO of Octopus Ventures

How SuperAwesome Built the World’s Biggest Kid Tech Platform with Co-founder Lee Veitch

Pioneering the AI-rollup model in the property management space with Dan Lifshits, Co-Founder @ Dwelly

Building the "Spotify of Textbooks" with Gauthier Van Malderen, Founder @ Perlego

Building the capital operating system for fast-growing tech companies with Paul Becker, Co-Founder & CEO of re:cap

What happened to Babylon Health after reaching $1bn+ revenue? And how Ali Parsa is continuing his mission to fix healthcare for all with AI startup Quadrivia.

The future of Social Commerce with Sam Jacobs, Co-Founder @ Go Places

AI, Infra vs Apps & Spotting Red Herrings with Akash Bajwa, Principal @ Earlybird

Investing in Africa's Digital Future, Lexi Novitske, GP @ Norrsken22

Growth Equity, VCTs and Exits with Rupert West, Managing Director @ Puma Growth Partners

Building Outreach to a $4bn unicorn and helping AI agents get paid with Paid.ai - Manny Medina, Co-Founder & CEO @ Paid.ai

Building, Backing & Scaling in an AI-Native World with Kenneth Auchenberg, Partner @ AlleyCorp

Inside the Quantum Infrastructure Revolution with Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder & CEO @ Nu Quantum

Building the "Lovable of Marketing" with Patrick Haede, Co-Founder & CEO @ Superscale AI

Scaling from startup to £70M+ funding in 16 months with Paul Anthony, Co-founder of Primer & Colossal

Simone Maini, CEO @ Elliptic, on Leading Through Crypto Winters and Building Elliptic into a Blockchain Analytics Leader

Pattern recognition and backing Europe's next unicorns with Andrei Brasoveanu, Partner @ Accel

Building Europe’s Investment Rails with Martin Kassing, Founder & CEO @ Upvest

RU Summit 2025 with Yoann Pavy and Oana Jinga, in Partnership with Cooley LLP

From Founder Failure to Building a €100M+ European VC Fund with Apostolos Apostolakis, Managing Partner @ VentureFriends

Investing as a multi-stage fund into Europe's top startups with Deepka Rana, Principal @ Northzone

Building voice-AI infrastructure and scaling go-to-market globally with Carles Reina, GTM @ ElevenLabs & Angel Investor

Building the universal integration layer for modern products and raising a Series A from GV with Romain Sestier & Guillaume Lebedel, Co-Founders @ StackOne

Capsule Scale-Up 50 Panel with Poly AI, Flo Health, Carmoola, & Xampla

Building the Future of Marketing with Raffi Salama, CEO & Co-Founder @ Passionfruit

Building the premium venture studio and fund for consumer brands with Mike Jones, Founding Partner @ Science

Investing in the future of KidsTech, Gaming and Media with Dylan Collins, Founder @ SuperAwesome (acq. Epic Games)

Investing in the B2B Fintech sector with Mark Beeston, Founder @ Illuminate Financial

The firm with a 1-in-6 unicorn investment rate. Staffan Helgesson, General Partner @ Creandum

Doing data driven VC differently with Joseph Pizzolato, Managing Partner @ Defiant VC

The future of car finance with Aidan Rushby, Co-founder & CEO @ Carmoola

What is Corporate Venture Capital and how to do it well with Mike Smeed, Managing Director @ InMotion Ventures

Scooter regulation, supporting Lando to be a F1 driver, going all-in and reinventing Pensions with Adam Norris, Founder & CEO @ Pure Electric

The next wave of Open Banking and what it means for customers with Stefano Vaccino, Founder and CEO @ Yapily

Markeplaces, hard truths and angel investing with Mandeep Singh, ex-Founder @ Trouva (acq by Made.com).

The operational side of building a credit card rocketship with Tim Chong, Co-Founder & CEO @ Yonder

Going Public, democratising Pensions and scaling to the USA with Romi Savova, Founder & CEO @ PensionBee

Implementing change for startups and talent at a the government level with Dom Hallas, Executive Director @ Startup Coalition

The USA's most active investor with Ron Levin, Managing Partner @ Alumni Ventures

The talent flywheel, product management and more with Martin Sokk, Co-Founder & CEO @ Lightyear

Matt Chandler, Principal @ Octopus Ventures

Sasha Kaletsky, Managing Partner @ Creator Ventures

Marketing Icon: Rory Sutherland (audio only)

Vidu Shanmugarajah, Partner @ GV

Edwina Johnson, GM @ MoneyGram International

Paul Yacoubian, Founder & CEO @ Copy.ai

Charles Wells, Founder & CEO @ HelloSelf

Simon Mellin, Founder & CEO @ The Modern Milkman

David Jarvis, CEO @ Griffin

Mike Soutar, Co-Founder of Shortlist Media

George Henry, General Partner @ LocalGlobe & Latitude

Richard Anton, General Partner @ Oxx

Tim Creswick, CEO @ Vorboss

Oana Jinga, Co-Founder @ Dexory

Gareth Jefferies, Partner @ RTP Global

Akshat Goenka, Partner @ Moonfire

Sam Ettelaie, Co-Founder & CIO @ Thema

Callum Taylor, Head of ITV AdVentures Ignite @ ITV

Johannes Weber, Founding Partner @ Ananda Impact Ventures

Meri Beckwith, Co-Founder @ Lindus Health

Leila Zegna & Chrys Chrysanthou @ Kindred Capital

Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner @ Balderton Capital

Dinika Mahtani, Partner @ Cherry Ventures

Amon Ghaiumy, Co-Founder & CEO @ Ophelos

James Evans, Founder & CEO @ CommandBar

Christian Gabriel, CEO & Co-Founder @ Capdesk (Acquired by Carta)

David Bateman, Managing Partner @ Claret Capital Partners

Agate Freimane, General Partner @ Norrsken VC

Christian Noske, Partner @ NGP Capital

Lopo Champalimaud & Raphael Thiolon @ Verlinvest

Audrey Handem, VC @ Speedinvest

Jay Radia, Managing Partner @ Blissgrowth

Roger Wade, Chairman @ Boxfund VC

Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman @ S4 Capital (Follow Up Episode)

Athlete investing with Chris Smalling, Professional Footballer @ AS Roma & Co-Founder @ The Player's Fund

Niccolo Perra, Co-Founder @ Pleo

Jimmy Fussing Nielsen, Managing Partner @ Heartcore Capital

Babs Ogundeyi, Founder & CEO @ Kuda

Kirsty Grant, Managing Director @ Seedrs

Henry Irish & Donald Gillies, Co-Founders @ Passfort (acquired by Moody's)

Saif Hameed, Founder & CEO @ Altrusitiq

Jack Durling, Co-Founder @ Lockdown Liquor

Alex Macdonald, Co-Founder @ Velocity Black (acquired by Capital One) & Co-Founder @ sequel

Saasha Celestial-One, Co-Founder @ Olio

Cristina Vila Vives, Founder & CEO @ Cledara

Dr Andre Retterath, Partner @ Earlybird VC

Jenny von Podewils & Kajetan von Armansperg, Co-founders @ Leapsome

Peter Specht, Partner @ Creandum

Riya Grover, Co-Founder & CEO @ Sequence

Henrik Wetter Sanchez, Partner @ Playfair

Paddy Ryan & Mary Lin, Co-founders @ Odin

Startup Spotlight: Orbital Witness

Sammy Rubin, Founder & CEO @ YuLife

Startup Spotlight: Connect Earth

Tristan Thomas, CEO & Co-Founder @ Packfleet

Mark Chaffey, Co-Founder & CEO @ hackajob

Maulik Sailor, Founder & CEO @ Codemonk

Sam Franklin, Co-Founder & CEO @ Otta

Eileen Burbidge - Partner @ Passion Capital and Director @ Fertifa

Thomas Wynne, Co-Founder & CEO at Capsule

Startup Spotlight: Light Garden

Yann Sarfati, Co-Founder & CEO @ Userled

Startup Spotlight: Zelt

Tony Jamous, Founder & CEO @ Oyster

Mayowa Ogunremi, Investment Principal @ Form Ventures

Matt Cooper, Co-CEO @ Crowdcube

Startup Spotlight: LoopFX

Anthony Fletcher, Founder & CEO @ Believe In Science

Alan Chang, Founder & CEO @ Fuse (formerly Tesseract Energy)

David Newns, Founding Partner @ Fearless Adventures

Magnus Karnehm, Principal @ Left Lane Capital

Georgi Ganev, CEO @ Kinnevik

George Richardson, Co-Founder & CEO @ AeroCloud

Startup Spotlight: Kadence

Jamie Beaumont, Founder & CEO @ Playter

Gordon Midwood, CEO @ Anything World

Dr Ben Maruthappu, Co-founder & CEO @ Cera

Jacob Waern, Founder & CEO @ eduMe

Startup Spotlight: 5Mins

Victor Trokoudes, Co-Founder & CEO @ Plum

RU LIVE 2022 - Paul Forster, Co-Founder of Indeed.com

Startup Spotlight: Kuai Commerce

Justina Tartilaite, Co-Founder @ Adsum

Startup Spotlight: Monet

Pietro Bezza, Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures

Startup Spotlight: Deployed

Joe Curtis, Co-Founder @ 11 Investments

Startup Spotlight: Inveztor

Yoko Spirig, Co-Founder & CEO @ Ledgy

Startup Spotlight: Awabah

Matthew Wilson, Co-CEO & Co-Founder @ Omnipresent

Startup Spotlight: Passionfruit

Ben Kaminski, Partner @ Target Global

Tom Wilson, Partner @ Seedcamp

Francesco Simoneschi, Co-Founder & CEO @ Truelayer

Haakon Overli, General Partner & Founder @ Dawn Capital

Aidan Corbett, Co-Founder & CEO @ Wayflyer

Martin Bysh, Co-Founder & CEO @ Huboo

Charles Delingpole, Founder & CEO @ ComplyAdvantage

Tom Goodwin, Founder @ ALL WE HAVE IS NOW

Katie Marrache, Partner @ JamJar Investments

Kevin Diestel, Partner @ Sapphire Ventures

Freddy Ward, Co-Founder & CEO @ Wild

James Routledge, Founder @ Sanctus

Paul Murphy, Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners

Julie Chen, Founder & CEO @ The Cheeky Panda

Adnan Ebrahim, Co-Founder & CEO @ MindLabs

Rania Lamprou, Co-Founder & CEO @ Simpler

Hussein Kanji, Partner @ Hoxton Ventures

Dom McGregor, Founding Partner @ Fearless Adventures

Brad Coffey, Chief Customer Officer @ Pipe

Taymoor Atighetchi, Founder & CEO @ Papier

Larry Gadea, Founder & CEO @ Envoy

Jimmy Williams, Co-Founder & CEO @ Urban Jungle

Tom Leathes, Co-Founder & CEO @ Motorway

Guy Podjarny, Founder @ Snyk

Gordon Sanghera, Co-Founder & CEO @ Oxford Nanopore

Ray Chohan, Co-Founder @ PatSnap

Giles Andrews, Co-Founder @ Zopa

Philip Belamant, Founder & CEO @ Zilch

Michelle Kennedy, Founder & CEO @ Peanut

Jonathan Anguelov, Co-Founder & GM @ Aircall

Sacha Michaud, Co-Founder @ Glovo

Nigel Verdon, Founder @ Railsr

Ali Parsa, Founder & CEO @ Babylon

Felix Ohswald, Founder @ GoStudent

Steven Mendel, Co-Founder & CEO @ ManyPets

Aron Gelbard - Co-Founder & CEO @ Bloom & Wild

Andy Shovel, co-founder & co-CEO @ THIS™

Alex Chesterman OBE, Founder & CEO @ Cazoo

Season 2 Round-Up & Season 3 Schedule.

Jon Coker, Founding Partner @ Eka Ventures

Rémy Astié, Founder & CEO @ Vauban

Steve Tigar, Founder @ loveelectric

Irina Scarlat, Chief Growth Officer @ Bitpanda

Mark Smukler, Founder @ Flow

RU Bitesize: Sir Martin Sorrell

Jos White, Partner @ Notion Capital

Jonny Plein, Co-Founder @ Pouch (acquired in 2018).

RU Monthly Round Up: September 2021

George Robson, Partner @ Sequoia Capital

Darren Tenkorang, Founder & CEO @ TRIM-IT

Jeremy King, Founder & CEO @ Attest

RU Monthly Round Up: August 2021

Georgia Stewart, Co-Founder @ Tumelo

Alice Bentinck, Co-Founder @ Entrepreneur First

Amy Lewin, Deputy Editor @ Sifted

Sitar Teli, Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures

Simon Franks, ex-Founder @ LOVEFiLM, Partner @ Redbus Ventures

RU Monthly Round Up: July 2021

David Semmens, Chief Investment Officer @ Wealthify

James Hind, Founder & CEO @ carwow

Eamonn Carey, Managing Director @ Techstars

Harry Franks, Co-Founder @ Zego

RU Monthly Round Up: June 2021

Jean Nehme, Founder & CEO @ Touch Surgery

Matthew Ford, Partner @ Mouro Capital

Laurence Krieger, CEO @ Tide UK

Sam Louis, Investor @ AIV Capital

Juliette Souliman, VC Investor @ MMC Ventures

Rachel Carrell, Founder & CEO @ Koru Kids

Riding Unicorns - Season 2 Trailer

Hector McNeil, Founder & Co-CEO @ HANetf

Chad West, Director of Global Marketing & Communications @ Revolut

Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Managing Partner @ Seedcamp

Roisin Levine, Head of Banks @ Flux

David Wascha @ Zoopla & Kindred Capital

Jasper Martens, Chief Marketing Officer @ PensionBee

Harry Hugo, Co-founder @ The Goat Agency

Rikke Rosenlund, Founder & CEO @ Borrow My Doggy

Natasha Thomas, co-founder @ Lockdown Liquor

Lucas London, co-founder & CEO @ Lick Home

Mustafa Khanbhai, Venture Partner @ Seamlessly, ex-Uber

Sam Hodges, Growth Director @ Numan

Paul Lindley OBE, Founder @ Ella's Kitchen

Hector Mason, Investor @ Episode 1 Ventures

Jeff Kelisky, CEO @ Seedrs

Vlad Tropko, Partner @ Digital Horizon

Jonathan Keeling, VP Commercial @ Crowdcube

Hamish Grierson, co-founder & CEO @ Thriva

Andrew Scott, Founding Partner @ 7 Percent Ventures

Launch Episode: Sir Martin Sorrell, Founder & Executive Chairman @ S4 Capital