One of my favourite things about doing this podcast is that we get to profile entrepreneurs at all stages of their journey.

From the likes of Sarah Wood who exited Unruly a few years ago to the likes of Herman Narula, who raised a mega-round of £500m for his company Improbable.

Today's guest is right at the start of that journey - so much so that this is their first-ever podcast.

Patrick Pinto is the co-founder of Really Clever, a company that is looking to make sustainable materials out of fungi, and has just raised 750k from angels and VCs including Hoxton ventures.

They are currently taking on the leather industry, an industry the size of Portugal's GDP- but their plans don't stop there...

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