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Time for a closer look at the French startup ecosystem: how it looks like and how to accelerate in France when you are a foreign startup. We will also focus on entering the urban mobility industry because Paris is one of the frontrunners of it. Our guide on this trip is Marie Bonniol, Leader of ecosystem & marketing at Via ID, a business accelerator that supports projects related to new modes of mobility.

Grammarly, GitLab, Preply... Do you know these famous startups were born in Ukraine? In this episode, we’re going on a virtual trip to Kyiv to discover the Ukrainian startup scene. What sectors are dominant there? What does the structure of investors look like? And more. Our guide is Dominique Piotet, CEO of Unit.City, Ukraine's first Innovation Park.

French startup ProovStation shows how to use AI to inspect vehicles. How does its product work? Let's find out. Our guest is Anton Komyza, CFO and co-founder of ProovStation. In this episode for the first time in Grow with Tech podcast, we talk about cars and disrupting the automotive industry plus as always about the challenges of running a startup.

What information pitch deck should contain to pay the investor’s attention? The answer is coming. In this episode of Grow with Tech podcast we're talking about the first meeting and the next steps between an investor and a startup from an investor's perspective. Our guest is Michael Rager, Principal at DTCP, an investment management firm focused on growth equity and digital infrastructure.

Learn more how the investment process looks like, how a startup can prepare to cooperate with an investor, and what main factors can convince VC to invest.

The startup founder like everyone needs a guarding angel sometimes but when is it worth searching for the business angel? Why is it important? What are the differences between an angel investor and VC? What does cooperation look like from both sides (startup and business angel)? The answers are coming. 

Our guest is Anu Oks, Managing Director of Estonian Business Angels Network EstBAN. In this episode, we talk about how to step by step prepare for your first deal with a business angel.

Wearable devices are not just gadgets. MedTech startups know how to use them well. An impressive example of it is a product delivered by Medicsen, a startup that wants to improve the quality of life of people with chronic diseases. Reducing the pain without using a needle? Yes, it’s possible. Curious how it works? Stay with us.

In this episode, we will talk with Eduardo W. Jørgensen, the co-founder, and CEO of Medicsen about the challenges, the matter of trust and lessons learned from running a startup.

Even the most innovative project won’t sell itself without a plan and effort. A startup needs to have a sales strategy. Where to start? How to do it right and avoid common mistakes? What to do when your investor has a different view? The answers and hints are coming. From the best source.

In this episode, we talk with Marvin Liao, an advisor to several Family offices, executive coach, and opportunistic angel investor. Marvin was a Partner in 500 Startups and has held executive management roles in Yahoo. He is a Mentor for several Startup Accelerator programs.

Let’s find out how to create a killer sales strategy.

How technology can help doctors to fight an incurable disease such as Alzheimer's? Artificial intelligence may be one of the answers, shows iLoF - Intelligent Lab on Fiber. The Oxford-based startup is working to enable a new era of personalized medicine. They use AI and photonics to build a cloud-based library of disease biomarkers and biological profiles.

In this episode of Grow with Tech podcast we will talk with Luis Valente, CEO, and co-founder of iLoF, who tells us more about how this technology works and why it’s worth falling in love with a problem you’re trying to solve.

The pandemic has transformed the labor market and the way we communicate and has rapidly accelerated the development of automation and AI. Is there a robot around the corner to replace us at work? Or maybe it will become a friend and help us in the fight against loneliness? How much separates us from the reality known in sci-fi movies?

We talk about it with Stewart Rogers − a journalist, analyst, public speaker, author, startup founder, musician, and "digital nomad". Stewart is best known for his speeches and work on mental health in the tech industry. And he knows a lot about how to ask the right questions about AI. Listen to more in the new special episode.

Metropolis, Terminator, Ex Machina – we know them from the cult movies, but cyborgs are not only a creation of Hollywood. They are already among us. Prof. Robert Riener is a full professor for Sensory-Motor Systems at ETH Zurich and he researches interactions between humans and machines, user-cooperative rehabilitation robots, exoskeletons, and virtual reality technologies. He is also the initiator and organizer of the CYBATHLON, an Olympic-style competition for athletes with physical disabilities, who are using advanced robotic technologies.

We're talking with prof. Riener about challenges of the interface of the human body with modern technology. What does being a cyborg mean? And will we want to become cyborgs in near future? Listen to it in the special episode of the Grow with Tech podcast.