MoneyNeverSleeps

Kris Koik from Flender joins us on the show, fresh from raising €10m in debt funding to support SME's through its platform. and also shares his story on how tennis helped him as an entrepreneur!

Flender is a peer to peer lending platform aimed in particular at social lending - people looking for a loan from friends and family or a local business looking for a loan from the local community who may be anxious to support the business.

The company believes there is a niche in supporting and putting some structure on lending in social circles. Flender provides an alternative source of finance to SME’s.

It aims to solve the problems associated with dealing with traditional lenders such as: length of time to get approved, poor experience, no understanding of the business, etc.

By allowing companies to approach family, friends, customers, etc, Flender also increases the connection with the customer as the customer has a chance in supporting the growth of the business.

Husband and wife team, Paul & Laura Smyth, join us this week to talk about their journey as partners in life and business, and why entrepreneurship was the natural fit for both!

Top Tier Recruitment is a specialist Recruitment Consultancy servicing a blue-chip domestic and international client base across Finance and FinTech.​

-Funds, Operations, Middle & Back Office

Vanessa Tierney, co-founder of Abodoo, joins us this week to talk about building communities and educating the masses about the idea of smart working!

Abodoo was created (like most well-meaning ideas are) to solve a problem. How to fix the issues around sourcing great talent without being restricted by sq footage or commuting. Through smart working we believe that companies can grow and communities can thrive by allowing professionals the freedom to work and live where they choose. Technology now allows that choice and through Abodoo we aim to offer real life changing opportunities and true work-life harmony.

Chris Adelsbach, MD of Techstars, joins us to talk about his journey from entrepreneur to angel investor, and supporting founders as an investor, mentor and occasional agony aunt!

This week we are joined by Chris Adelsbach (@ChrisAdelsbach). Chris is a London-based entrepreneur, fintech investor, advisor, and mentor. He is a Managing Director at Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed.

He had an 11 year career at GE Capital before co-founding a specialty finance company in 2006 that became one of the UK's fastest-growing privately held companies. In 2014, Chris and his co-founders sold their business to a NASDAQ listed entity and large U.S. Private Equity group.

Enda Leahy, founder and CEO of Courtsdesk, joins us to talk about his journey from journalist to entrepreneur and all the lessons learned on the way!

By centralising data and providing tools for easy search and analytics, Courtsdesk supports users in their research, monitoring, KYC, and AML functions.

Our users benefit from access to data from the UK and Irish Upper Courts, Lower Courts, Company Registers, Government Gazettes and more.

Big thanks to Niall Dennehy from AidTech for joining us this week to talk about bringing Blockchain to the masses...and his career as a busker singing U2 songs!

AID:Tech develops identity-focused solutions that enable people to own, control and manage their own data, you can learn more about what they do on their website.

Jacob Claflin joins us this week to talk about his journey with Cambrist...and the last time he cried!