Nothing Ventured

On the podcast this week we welcome Alex Macdonald.

Alex is a serial entrepreneur and Angel Investor. He is the Co-Founder of Velocity Black, a concierge reimagined for the digital age, which has raised over $30m in venture capital. He has been angel investing at pre-seed and seed stage for 8 years in the UK and US, and runs a syndicate. Alex recently founded his second business.
 
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On the podcast this week we welcome Samira Ann Qassim. Samira is an early-stage investor in market-making female-led startups. She founded Pink Salt Ventures in 2019 to capitalise on the untapped potential of female-led technology.

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On the podcast this week we welcome David Miles. David is a Senior Investment Manager at Foresight Group, sustainability-led alternative assets, and SME investment manager. Foresight partners with promising SMEs across all sectors and deal stages having supported nearly 300 companies.

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On the podcast this week we welcome Ulyana Shtybel Co-founder of HighCastle, a cap table, and deal management platform and Co-founder of Enkidu, a Swiss nonprofit platform for charities.

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On the podcast this week we welcome Gautam Sahgal CEO of Perkbox, in conversation with our own Aarish Shah.

Perkbox helps companies care for, connect with and celebrate their employees - no matter where they are globally.

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On the podcast this week Aarish talks to Nii Cleland, CEO, and Co-Founder of Flair.

Flair is a racial equity technology company helping organisations measure and demonstrate their progress in building racially equitable cultures.

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In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Mariano Gonzalez Vasconcelos.

Mariano is Founder and General Partner at MGV Capital Group.  MGV invests in Fintech, Consumer Technology, and Enterprise Software across the US and Mexico.

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In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Renana Ashkenazi.

Renana is a General Partner at Grove Ventures, a leading Israeli early-stage, deep technology fund established by Dov Moran. Prior to joining Grove Ventures, Renana worked at Applied Materials, a global technology leader, in various product and technical management positions. Her previous position was as an engineering fellow at the Center for Innovation in Global Health Technologies at Northwestern University developing diagnostic devices for poorly resourced countries.

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In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Jonathan Sun.

Jonathan is the founder of Horizan VC, a UK-based alt VC working to bring the Convertible Income Share Agreement to the UK (now known as the Convertible Future Earnings Agreement. Prior to getting into VC, Jonathan was a former Edtech founder, ran community events for Othership, Product-Hunt, Techstars, and Guide Group, and also attended the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Washington. 

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In this week's episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah is in conversation with Anthony Rose. Founder of Seedlegals, Anthony discusses getting BBC iPlayer on track and Seedlegals, which let's face it you've probably used!

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