An unusual journey to CEO – lessons learnt and insights from Andrea De Luca, CEO and Co-Founder of Flusso. Flusso is a fabless semiconductor company, spun-out from the University of Cambridge, developing flow sensing solutions for use in low-cost, high-volume applications.

Andrea shares his insights on the journey from the sole ‘employee’ to a £28m sale, and what the sale means to the business. There’s a story about how Andrea got to be CEO that’s very ‘Cambridge’, and asked if he’d do it again “I’d probably say yes, it’s been challenging, and painful, but it’s also been very exciting”.

Produced by Carl Homer.

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Mark Treherne Biotechnology Business Institute (BBI) introduces the first MBA in life sciences in Europe which has chosen Cambridge as its location to encourage more Life Science entrepreneurs and spin outs.

Covering life sciences in its broadest term, the MBA attracts those that are in/ have been in the lab but that now want to move into business.

For more information go to bbicambridge.com

Produced by Carl Homer

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From an interest in making things at school, to decades of experience in industrial design across many industries, this episode provides insights into Oomph EV and its founder Morag Hutcheon.

Oomph EV is looking to disrupt the current EV charging model. They have designed and developed the technology for off-grid, rapid mobile EV charging which, when charged by renewable energy and delivered in electric vehicles, will directly support business net-zero goals.

We also talked entrepreneurship, golf, mentorship, finding a voice and fighting cancer.

Produced by Carl Homer.

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Responsible for everything to do with innovation, commercialisation, startups, spinouts, and relations with business, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations Andy Neely talks to us about the role the University of Cambridge has in creating the opportunities that will have an impact on a global scale- fromtudent entrepreneurship, competitions, spinout, access to talent. Find out about some of the key initiatives underway and how the University extends its impact to creating a nice place to live and work. 

Produced by Carl Homer.

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On Tuesday evening Faye and James were at the final of the 2022 Trinity Bradfield Prize watching eight early-stage University of Cambridge teams pitch for a mixture of cash prizes, mentoring, and membership of The Bradfield Centre.

Hear all of the finalists ideas, which include #CleanTech #AdvancedMaterials #BatteryTech #BigData #DataScience #AgriTech and #BioTech and hear from Sir Greg Winter as he introduces the prize, and Kerry Baldwin from IQ Capital who was one of the Prize judges.

Visit https://www.trinitybradfieldprize.co.uk/ for more information on the prize.

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CEO Lucy Jung reflects on three and a half years as an entrepreneur. She discusses her responsibility as a role model and building a company ethos that puts people with Parkinson’s at the heart of everything that the Charco Neurotech team does.

Founded in 2019 the company found itself at Cambridge Judge Business School and part of the unique founders network. At the end of 2022 Charco raised $10m which was noted for being the highest seed raise of the year for a health tech device, and the 6th largest globally.

Tune in to find out about the non-invasive medtech device that will change the lives of the 10m people with Parkinson’s globally.

This is one Cambridge-based company to watch as they scale with care.

And tune in to find out the latest news in our new regular segment brought to you with our media partner Business Weekly - this week hitting the headlines are VividQ and Quixant.

https://charconeurotech.com/

Produced by Carl Homer.

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16 founders pitched their innovative technology, products and solutions to a panel of Judges at the Tech Nation Rising Stars 5.0 event this week. In this episode we talk to the judges about why every interaction of a start-up is important, the responsibility of a judge to help these early-stage companies, and a few pet-peeves in competition submissions and pitch presentations. Listen in for invaluable insights for anyone about to enter a start-up competition or funding round.

Produced by Carl Homer

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Cambridge CleanTech is driving conversations at the top table on sustainability in the race to net zero. In this episode Martin Garratt introduces listeners to Cambridge Cleantech and talks about the Venture Day which provides access to finance for finalists of their annual competition.

We talk to the two finalists from Cambridge in advance of their pitch – Sean Moroney of Cambridge Electric Transport who is improving city accessibility for individuals and last mile delivery; and Andrew Terentjev of Cambridge Smart Plastics who are addressing plastic problems with cellulose.

https://cambridgecleantech.org.uk/

http://www.cleantechday.com/london/

Produced by Carl Homer

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Start your year with an insight into the years tech predictions from Ben Stanton at Deloitte who talks us through the latest TMT report. From forecasting the green shoots of 5G use and a mass market for $99 smartphones; silicon sovereignty and shortages; silicon remaining king, whilst GaN and SiC will displace in certain markets; VR going mainstream but not necessarily profitable; gaming deal value increasing with more M&A; recalibrating with divestiture; opportunities at the edge; responsibility for tech companies to sustainable outcomes…

Crikey, what didn’t we talk about! What do you think will be the hits and misses?

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions.html

Produce by Carl Homer

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Our lovely voice over Emma suggested that we do a Christmas wrap up issue (and hence the name of the podcast), so who are we to argue! Providing you with a break from the season’s festivities and party games, tune in to hear what we have learnt since the podcast started on 1st October, who have we spoken to, and what is to come.

Produced by Carl Homer

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