Exilio Podcast

This week Rob chats to Co - Founder and CEO of Akeero, Ciaran O'Keefe. Akeero is a very promising Irish cyber security startup, Ciaran lets us in on the journey from idea to funding to launch. Enjoy!

This week on Exilio, Rob chats to Dhruv Jain (VC at Bessemer Venture Partners). They talk all things from what Bessemer look for in a founder to their 'Anti-Portfolio'.

Enjoy!

This week on Exilio podcast, Rob interviews Matt Schulman, founder of pave.com in San Francisco. They chat about his background, the couple of years he spent at Facebook and his journey to raising $17 million in only 10 months for his future plans at Pave.

On this episode of Exilio Podcast is Principal at Finch Capital, Mike Brennan.

Finch Capital made the news just last week as they announced they are to step up their investment in Irish start-ups after the first close of a new €150 million fund. We talk about Mike’s career to date from being a founder to becoming an investor and also the journey to accessing such an extensive fund.

Rob chats to Co - Founder and COO of Swoop Funding Ciaran Burke about his journey and the major wins the SME finance tool has had in the last few years.

Rob chats to Conor Mills from Act VC about the venture market in Ireland.

Rob chats to Barry about his career shift from Foreign Diplomat to working on the Sand Hill Road.

On this episode of the Exilio podcast, we’re continuing the investment theme and I spoke with Will Orde from Downing Ventures in London. Will has a few years in venture under his belt and shares his tips on what to expect in this career, what separates good VCs from bad and generally gives his take on the market.

Rob chats with Isabelle O’Keeffe, Principal at Sure Valley Ventures and Edel Coen, Head of Deal Flow at Draper Esprit to hear their perspective on the different stages of funding, from seed rounds right up to Series B.

In this episode of the Exilio podcast, Rob was joined by Finan O’Donoghue, founder and CEO of Campsited.com.

Very interesting chat to hear how an experience in Finan’s personal life, in this case trying to book camping holidays throughout Europe, led him to try to overhaul the camping holiday sector. Finan discusses the devastating impact that Covid has had on the industry and how he thinks it will bounce back.