Here The Future

Doug obtained a PhD from University of Colorado Boulder in Biochemistry, and he is now the founder of BioLoomics, a synthetic biology startup with the aim of accelerating protein drug discovery through biosensor arrays and discovery partnerships. Taking a novel approach, BioLoomics aims to improve the success and lower the cost of traditional drug development.

Prior to founding BioLoomics, Doug was an integral team member in the DARPA Rapid Threat Assessment project at The University of Colorado, Boulder, where he gained expertise in proteomics, metabolomics, and phenotypic microscopy screening. He has also authored over 16 academic research publications.

https://www.bioloomics.com/

Peter McCormack is the host of What Bitcoin Did, a podcast he started back in 2017 which has gone on to become one of the most listened to podcasts across the crypto, business and investment space. Through this, he's had conversations with some of the industry’s most influential minds, such as the Winklevoss twins, Anthony Scaramucci and Gary Vee. Prior to podcasting, he ran an advertising agency in the UK and more recently, Peter launched a media brand called Defiance.

https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/

Sammy Rubin is the CEO and co-founder of the life insurance company YuLife, which is redefining our understanding of traditional life insurance. By rewarding users who complete healthy tasks such as meditation or physical activity with financial incentives, YuLife has inspired endless amounts of individuals to live their best and most fulfilled lives.

Prior to starting YuLife, Sammy was the youngest director of a publicly listed financial services company in the UK and was also the founding CEO of Vitality Life. A veteran in the insurance industry, Sammy joins us to talk about how he has leveraged both his professional experience in this space and his spiritual learnings, to reinvent life insurance.

https://www.yulife.com/

Nick Donahue is the co-founder and CEO of Atmos, a Summer 2020 YC-backed company that provides an all in one platform to build the home of your dreams. With the aim of making building a house a one-click effort, Atmos intends to massively simplify the way homes are built, and in the process democratise customisation to more home owners.

With backing from Sam Altman, former YC president and now head of OpenAI, and Adam Nash, former president and CEO of Wealthfront, Atmos wants to take both the big decisions and the sundries of construction and combine them onto one platform where selecting a design and moving forward is as simple as clicking through a Shopify shopping cart.

https://www.buildatmos.com/

Gabi Hakim is the CEO and co-founder of VacTrack, a free digital health app which manages all aspects of you or your family's immunity. The app allows you to store records of your past vaccines, get reminded about future vaccines, and even gives you the ability to book vaccines directly from your phone - giving users access to anything related to vaccines or travel, all in one place. Featured in Finito World, VacTrack is on a mission to solve one of the biggest problems surrounding global health.

Download VacTrack from https://www.vactrackportal.com/

Pablo Viguera is the co-founder and CEO of Belvo, an Open Banking and financial information API platform for Latin America that has recently come through Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch. He started his career in investment banking at Merrill Lynch in London, after which he went on to become Interim COO at one of Rocket Internet's e-commerce ventures.

Belvo has raised a total of $13M to date, and their latest funding round was led by Founders Fund and Kaszek Ventures. Operating in Latin America, with HQs in Mexico City and Barcelona, Belvo have experienced massive growth over recent months, adding about 10-15 new financial institutions to their platform every month. 

Learn more at https://www.belvo.com/

Scott Vincent is the CEO and founder of Digital Futures, a platform for graduates looking to enter the digital economy. Prior to starting this, Scott was recognised as one the U.K.'s Top 50 Entrepreneurs by The Telegraph for his first venture, Parker Fitzgerald, a risk management consultancy he started in 2009. With clients such as UBS, Credit Suisse and Citi Group, they were subsequently acquired by Accenture. After taking some time out to reconnect with his family, we caught up with Scott to learn more about his latest venture, Digital Futures.

Applications to join the 2021 Digital Futures Graduate Academy are now open. You can register on their website, https://digitalfutures.com/

Anthony Rose is the CEO and co-founder of SeedLegals, a legal automation platform which addresses all of a start-up's possible legal needs. He's been cited as the man behind the BBC iPlayer, and has founded numerous successful companies in the past. Loved by over 20,000 start-ups, 1 in every 6 U.K. companies have used SeedLegals at some point in their journey. With Index Ventures as their lead investor, SeedLegals have propelled themselves to being the #1 closer of funding rounds in the U.K.

Gaby Hersham is the CEO and co-founder of Huckletree, a unique co-working space which brings together a diverse community of startups, innovators and entrepreneurs - all powered by a shared belief in collaboration as a key business principle. With multiple offices in London, Manchester and Dublin, Huckletree has grown into an ecosystem which continues to empower the modern workforce. Huckletree has raised over £8M and is inspiring change across the co-working industry. Having been featured in Sky News, the Evening Standard and other news outlets, Gaby is leaving a legacy as a female entrepreneur. 

Taylor Nieman is the co-founder and CEO of Toucan. Having graduated from Cornell University, Taylor joined Headspace as an early employee in Strategic Partnerships. After that, she went on to work as Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Fair.com. She joins us today to talk about Toucan, the chrome extension which helps you learn a language. 

With their latest seed round led by GSV Ventures and other VC firms, along with angel investors such as Baron Davis, two-time NBA All-Star, and Jeff Weiner, former CEO of LinkedIn, Toucan (JoinToucan.com) is completely revolutionising the way we browse the web. It is a free Chrome extension which serves you up with micro-moments of learning as you browse the web, currently focused on teaching you a language. It's almost like a browser-based version of language flashcards, which integrates seamlessly into your everyday browsing.