All Episodes

131 Using AI and YouTube in a VC investment process with Johnathan Matlock of Empirical Ventures

130 How deeptech can insulate investors from AI software concerns with Ilian Iliev of EMV Capital

129 Why the bear view of AIM is overdone with Oliver Bedford of Hargreave Hale**

128 Founding and building a female-led VC firm with Jessica Rasmussen of Two Magnolias

127 How to invest venture capital into manufacturing effectively with Stephane Mery and Hannah Wade of Everquest Capital Partners

126 All star panel discuss EIS & VCTs in 2025 and look forward to 2026

125 EIS & VC Basics: How venture capital exits work in EIS & VCTs with Kealan Doyle of Symvan Capital

124 EIS & VC Basics: How to choose the right EIS fund or VCT for investment with Tom Britton of SyndicateRoom

123 EIS & VC Basics: How companies can find the right EIS or VCT manager for investment with Michael Theodosiou of Symvan Capital

122 EIS & VC Basics: How to choose between EIS and VCTs for investing with Francesca Rayneau of Calculus Capital

121 EIS & VC Basics: What are Knowledge Intensive EIS funds? with Glen Stewart of Committed Capital

120 EIS & VC Basics: What are SEIS reliefs? with Olivia Drinnan of Haatch

119 EIS & VC Basics: What is SEIS? with Jeffrey Faustin of Jenson Ventures

118 EIS & VC Basics: What are the VCT tax reliefs? with Paul Mattick of Mercia

117 EIS & VC Basics: What are VCTs? with Nel Isaac of Foresight Group

116 EIS & VC Basics: What are the EIS tax reliefs? with Brian Moretta of Hardman & Co

115 EIS & VC Basics: What is EIS? with Nic Pillow of Blackfinch Ventures

Update on the EIS Navigator

114 Comparing hardware and software investing in venture capital with Matt Jellicoe of OnePlanetCapital

113 Impact used to be nice to have but now it's a commercial edge with Nicky Dee of Carbon13

112 How to grow UK venture capital and exciting news about Kin Group with Richard Hoskins

111 Why is the lack of women in venture capital still a thing with Julia Groves of Sustainable Ventures

110 Ideas for using EIS and VCTs for tax planning with Rakesh Murria of Ascension Ventures

109 Where are we in the venture capital cycle with Henry Whorwood of Beauhurst

108 All star panel discuss EIS & VCTs in 2024 and look forward to 2025

107 Legal dos and don'ts of EIS and VCTs with Tom Wilde of Shoosmiths

106 Founder finance fails and how to fix them with James Segal of Fin-house

105 Finding the venture opportunity in the energy transition with Reuben Wilcock of Blackfinch Ventures

104 How to make genuine impact venture capital investments with Gabby Morgan of Conduit Connect

103 What Seedrs data tells us about crowdfunding and venture investing with Jeff Lynn of Republic Europe

102 EIS is 30! The past, present and future of the scheme with Christiana Stewart-Lockhart of the EIS Association

101 Why fintech is still important in UK venture capital with Marcus Love and Adrian Love of Love Ventures

100 Building a venture firm, assessing founders and science-based investing with Mark Beaumont of Eos Advisory

99 Building a medical company without a specialist background with Clare Brenner of Myogenes

98 Building environmental companies and making green investing more popular with Nick Dimmock of 350PPM

97 How to master the financials to create success in SaaS with Anthony Nitsos of SaaS Gurus

96 How EIS and VCTs fit in a financial plan and how to pick the right products for your clients with Rob Bell of Finova Money

95 How to build successful startups in manufacturing and operations with Renan Devillieres of OSS Ventures

94 How governance enables startup growth and how to start it well with Dermot Campbell of SEEIO

93 How to be a contrarian venture capital investor and making taboo investments with Will Gibbs of Octopus Ventures

92 The state of valuations in the current market and what they mean for investors with John Glencross of Calculus

91 Why investing in profitable companies matters more than ever with Harry Heartfield of Edition

Bonus: Venture capital indexation and how to grow the industry without increasing valuations with Richard Blakesley of Venture Cubed

90 What matters most when rating companies for venture capital investment with Richard Blakesley of Venture Cubed

89 Assessing start-up science companies and creating the right experiments with Andrea Mica of Oxford Technology

88 An all-star panel looks back on UK VC, (S)EIS and VCTs in 2023 and forward to 2024

87 How marketing data can be used when lending to growth companies with Katherine Chan of Juice

86 Investing in consumer companies and finding out what consumers really want with Phoebe Scriven of VGC Partners

85 How to invest in and grow early-stage B2B SaaS companies with Fred Soneya and Jeremy Luzinda of Haatch Ventures

84 How the macroeconomy affects venture capital investments with Ewan MacKinnon of Maven

83 Avoiding startup failure, getting boards working well, work/life balance, fintech and much more with Elliot Limb of Cubed

82 British Business Bank CEO Louis Taylor on the UK funding market and addressing market failures

81 Why investor concerns over hardware are overblown with Damon Bonser of British Design Fund

80 A VC perspective on AI's impact on startups with James Pringle of Portfolio Ventures

79 The anatomy of busts: comparing the VC market across three cycles with Kealan Doyle of Symvan Capital

78B Investor confidence and ESG: how the new disclosure rules will drive responsibility with Lee Coates of ESG Accord

78A How ESG rule changes will make investors happier with Lee Coates of ESG Accord

77 Life sciences is not just drugs with Savvas Neophytou and Ben Carter of Deepbridge

76 How venture debt works with David Hayers of Hambro Perks

75 Fundraising market from equity crowdfunding to Series B with Antonia Burridge and John Baker of PwC

74 Making GP/LP venture capital funds accessible to retail investors with Jonny Blausten of Sprout

73 Patterns in venture capital exits with Henry Whorwood of Beauhurst

72 What happened at Silicon Valley Bank and its effect on UK startups with Brian Moretta of Hardman & Co

71 Why agritech's time has come with Paul Rous of Regenerate Ventures

70 The challenges and successes of supporting companies after investment with Ben Leslie of Puma

69 Why venture building will become more important, controlled experiments and fixing EIS with Andy Davidson of Nova

68 How companies should prepare to fundraise with Richard Cooper of Oxford Innovation Finance

67 Tax advantaged AIM investing with Matt Currie of Seneca Partners

66 An all-star panel looks back on the year for EIS & VCTs and how 2023 is shaping up

65 How leisure investments successfully navigated covid and will cope with the recession with Harry Heartfield of Edition

64 How the power law affects your investing with Graham Schwickkard of SyndicateRoom

63. A new plan to generate secondary liquidity with Rufus Pearl of PlanD

62. How companies pivot with Reuben Wilcock of Blackfinch Ventures

61. How to choose a VCT or EIS fund with Ewoud Karelse of Evelyn Partners

60. Biotech update and investing with Sunil Shah of o2h Ventures

59. Impact companies and their investors: Weedingtech with Boundary Capital and Go Thrift with OnePlanetCapital

58. Valuations in venture investing with Dave Foreman of Praetura Ventures

57. Lessons from edtech investing with Matthew O'Kane of Nexus Investment Ventures

56. Foresight's acquisition of Downing's venture businesses with Matt Smith and Jack Eadie of Foresight

55. How regional investing is changing with Michael Vassallo of Maven

54. How to make ESG work in venture capital with Andrew Noble of Par Equity

53. The evolution of tax advantaged platforms with Dan Rodwell of GrowthInvest

52. Building a new IFA firm focused on tax advantaged products with Matthew Bugden of One Four Nine

51. How the angel market might change and storm clouds with Modwenna Rees-Mogg of AngelNews

50. Venture capital portfolio diversification with Brian Moretta of Hardman & Co and guests

49. Developing secondary markets for venture capital investments with Mason Doick of JP Jenkins

48. How to start your first VC fund with Richard Hoskins of Kin Group

47. How partnering with Williams enables deeptech investing with Andy Bloxam of Foresight

46. Data driven insights into private market valuations and behaviour with Doug Lawson of MarktoMarket

45. Choosing VCTs and EIS funds and building panels with Luke Barnett of St. James Place

44. A case study on consumer investment and corporate partners with Parminder Basran of VGC

43. Making good returns while doing social good with Emma Steele of Ascension

42. Building a differentiated angel investment network with Paul Tselentis of 24Haymarket

41 An all-star panel looks back on 2021 for EIS & VCTs and into 2022

40 - How investing in startups to save the planet makes financial sense with Nick Lyth of Green Angel Syndicate

39 - Why most investors are underweight venture capital with Brian Moretta of Hardman & Co

38 - Why ESG isn't making the right difference and what will fix it with Matt Jellicoe of OnePlanetCapital

37 - State of seed investing with Stephen Page of SFC Capital

36 - Buying Mobeus and state of the VCT market with Bevan Duncan of Gresham House

34 - Investing in early-stage science companies with Lucius Cary

33 - A long-term perspective on EIS and VCT investing with John Glencross

32 - Building a second multi-million pound exit and lessons learnt with Scott Weavers-Wright

31 - How legals can solve investor and founder problems with Anthony Rose

30 - What to look for when video game investing with Steve Iles

Bonus - An advisor's perspective on EIS and VCT product selection with Stephen Jones

29 - An advisor's perspective on making EIS and VCT investments with Stephen Jones

28 - When and how startups should expand overseas with Tofiq Qureshi

27 - Insights into angel investing with Kirsten Connell

26 - Mads Jensen on developing sales and sales processes in B2B SaaS

25 - Dr. Paul Mattick on multi-stage investing and having a regional focus

24 - Dan Somers on making big ideas investible and measuring impact

23 - Steve Harris on the corporate finance approach to venture capital investing

22 - Will Goodwin and Fred Ursell on investing in consumer businesses and how their process has evolved

21 - Matthew Cushen on product market fit: what it is, how you get it and how you know you have it

20 - Jasper Smith on transitioning from serial entrepreneur to venture capital investor

19 - Sunil Shah on investing in drug and therapeutic development

18 - Tom Britton on systematic venture capital investing and radical diversification

17 - Bevan Duncan and Ken Wotton on a private equity approach to quoted investments

16 - Rajeev Saxena on marketing for startups

15 - an all-star panel look back on 2020 and look forward to 2021

14 - Max Middleton & Jake Wombwell-Povey on measuring sustainability

13 - Ian Warwick on transforming companies and lessons for EIS investing

12 - Scott Weavers-Wright on building a family company into a £70m exit

11 - Sanjeev Gordhan on how much to invest in venture capital

Bonus - Andy Davidson on reforming EIS investing

10 - Andy Davidson on the 5 reasons startups fail

9 - Ilian Iliev on investing in hardware companies and managing intellectual property

8 - Andreas Roald on making and investing in films

7 - Rob Murray Brown on equity crowdfunding

6 - Andy Round on supporting companies after investment

5 - Pippa Gawley on climate investing

4 - Matthew O'Kane on thematic EIS investing

BONUS - Introducing EIS for companies looking to raise money

3 - Paul Miller on accelerators and social impact investing

BONUS - Introducing EIS for investors and advisors

2 - Reuben Wilcock on creating an investment process

1 - Andrew Castell talks about investing with angels

0 - EIS Navigator Trailer