The Exploratory Journey

Fiona is Managing Partner at Crista Galli Ventures, a pan-European healthtech fund investing across 3 core pillars: deeptech, digital health & personalised medicine.

Kieran is a dedicated lawyer who is passionate about impact, innovation, and early-stage social ventures.

Zara is the Head of Platform at Emerge Education, the European seed fund investing in founders solving the $8.5tn skills gap. The only fund backed by the world’s foremost education entrepreneurs, Emerge provides founders with unrivalled education sector insights.

In this episode Zara delves into the EdTech landscape, the UK Student Startup Ecosystem and what her role as Head of Platform actually involves.

Tzvete is a former journalist and the current International Investor Relations Lead at PropTech1. In. this episode she speaks about her journey into venture, where the future of PropTech is heading, and what advice she has for the next generation of VCs.

Nathan, Amy and Annabel designed a modern curriculum meant to provide a platform for students and lawyers to become a lawyer of tomorrow. Our priority is ensuring lawyers, future lawyers, and legal professionals are equipped with the tools they need to design innovative solutions for problems they face in the workplace.

In this episode, they discuss the future of legal education and technology and its interaction with the law.

In this episode, Nikki speaks about her legal journey including her time on secondment to Apple and the Bank of England. She also touches on the regulatory work she does at A&O and the realities of life as a city lawyer. 

Alex is the Co-Founder of Kaiku, a data-driven scouting tool for first-time venture funds. He is also the Venture Director at the Birmingham Enterprise Community (BEC) and Founder of Warwick Congress. 

In this episode, Alex touches on the evolving nature of VC deal sourcing, what it was like starting a company straight out of university and advice he has for students entering the startup ecosystem. 

Robert Hanna based, is the Founder & Managing Director of KC Partners, an innovative and world leading legal talent solutions and content creation firm. He specialises in placing qualified lawyers across the UK, Europe, Middle East & US. He has been featured in the CIO TIMES - The Trailblazers: Most Inspiring Leaders for 2021 and an award nominated community maker. He has built and scaled multi-million-pound revenue generating teams. He is a strategic advisor & investor to Recruitment & Legal Tech startups.

He is also an active networker, content creator. He is the most followed Legal Recruiter across social media in the world and in 2021 he was ranked as a LinkedIn Top 100 Rising Star & Influencer. He is regular Speaker and Host of the Legally Speaking Podcast which sits in the top 1.5% of all podcasts globally where the show removes the bore of law and turns that into educational and entertaining content having hosted celebrities, top entrepreneurs, international policy change makers and lots more.

He is also the Co-Founder of Virtual Insanitii. He is passionate about normalising the conversation when it comes to mental health and promoting more diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. His mission is to disrupt the global recruitment industry and build a community where recruiters add more value to their candidates and clients through embracing authentic relationships, Tech & AI, and kindness.

Mary is the CEO and Co-Founder of Flex Legal, an award-winning online platform that connects legal teams to interim paralegals and lawyers. In this episode, Mary touches on everything from diversity and upskilling in the legal industry to what it was like to build and grow Flex. 

Jonathan is the Founder of Horizan VC, a London VC fund that used the innovative Convertible Future Earnings Agreement to invest in idea-stage founders. In this episode, Jonathan speaks about what it was like setting up a fund and touches on the challenges and benefits of operating in the UK startup ecosystem.