The Exploratory Journey

James is an analyst at Amadeus Capital Partners and specialises in DeepTech. In this episode, James speaks about his journey from law student to accountant to investor, alongside delving into the world of DeepTech. He also discusses the day-to-day life of a VC investor and provides some valuable advice for those looking to break into the industry. 

Hampus is a ClimateTech investor and General Partner at Pale Blue Dot. Prior to going into VC, he was an entrepreneur and programmer. He has personally invested in over 100 companies, and in 14 more whilst at Pale Blue Dot. In this episode, we discuss everything from how Hampus ended up in VC, alongside Climate Change and ClimateTech. Hampus also provides so amazing insights on what he looks for when investing in companies. 

Hampus can also be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/hajak).

Namrata is a HealthTech investor, primary care physician and former digital health founder. Her investing is focused on early-stage founders building scalable SaaS solutions. She has 12 years of healthcare experience, including operating experience as founder and COO of Lister and partner of an 8000 patient primary care centre. She has board experience on an NHS clinical commissioning group, which invested $480m over three years in healthcare services. Whilst at Stanford GSB, Namrata worked in HealthTech VC in the Bay Area. She has broad expertise in digital health, including product development in telemedicine. She has also published research on medical devices and digital health SaaS.

In this episode, Namrata discusses her career journey and how she ended up investing in HealthTech, alongside speaking about the future of digital health and advice she has for those looking to learn more about HealthTech.

Jake is a YouTuber, Creator & Creator in Residence at Mana. In this episode, Jake discusses how he grew a YouTube channel to over 1.2 million views at the age of 18, he also speaks about the future of the Creator Economy and how he ended up in the startup world.

Jack is a Legal Practice Lead at iManage. Passionate about technology & innovation, Jack transitioned from working as a restructuring lawyer to the in-house innovation team at Freshfields, before starting his current role at iManage. Jack discusses his career journey, and how he ended up in LegalTech. He speaks about the future of legal innovation & provides some valuable advice for students looking to explore LegalTech. 

Aaliya is a recent UCL engineering graduate and is currently working as a Product Manager at Skiller Whale whilst also building an EdTech startup. She is on a mission to upskill the next generation of young people to help get them into meaningful careers.  Passionate about education, Aaliya went from being an intern to taking 2 years out at university to become Chief of Staff at Aula, one of the fastest-growing European EdTechs, all at the age of 19. With experience across a variety of startups and VC, Aaliya speaks about her career journey, how to seek out opportunities in the startup space whilst a student, and discusses the future of EdTech, whilst also providing some valuable advice for students trying to figure out where to take their careers.

Jonny Clifford is the General Manager of Entrepreneur First London, responsible for the end to end delivery of the London programme. He has supported companies that have raised over $100m in seed funding such as, Atlas ML, Candu, Comind, FabricNano, Intropic, Metomic, Novoic, Panakeia, Sonantic and Unitary.

He previously ran the sales team for Satchel, a Series A funded EdTech startup in the UK, having joined them as one of their first employees.

In this episode, Jonny discusses his career journey and how he went from teaching to working in the startup world. He touches on how to go about finding co-founders & develop startup ideas. He also provides some valuable advice for budding entrepreneurs and those looking to & apply to Entrepreneur First.

Ellen is an Investor at Augmentum Fintech, a leading venture capital fund focussed exclusively on the FinTech sector in Europe. 

Previously, she interned with early-stage tech companies in Berlin and worked as a consultant at OC&C Strategy Consultants where she gained experience in commercial due diligence and strategy projects for private equity and multinational corporate clients. Ellen was shortlisted as one of the “Europe’s top 30 young venture capitalists” by Sifted.

In this episode, Ellen discusses her career journey and how she ended up specialising in FinTech VC. She touches on her startup and consulting experience and gives some valuable advice for those looking to break into venture capital. 

Daniel Glazer is an American technology lawyer and the Managing Partner of Wilson Sonsini's London office. 

Since the 2010 launch of the UK Government's Tech City initiative, Dan has advised high-growth UK/European technology and life sciences companies on raising capital in the US and UK/Europe & expanding their businesses into US markets. Dan also leads the firm's US Expansion group. He was honoured as The American Lawyer's first “Transatlantic Innovator of the Year” and UK Tech News has recognized Dan as one of London's top "International Connectors."  

Dan is a Fellow at Tech Nation, the British-American Project and the Royal Society of Arts, and has partnered with a variety of organisations including Founders Factory, Tech Nation, The Mayor of London's International Business Programme & The UK Department of International Trade among others. 

With a wealth of knowledge to offer in this episode, Dan discusses what it was like to set up Wilson Sonsini’s London, and the differences in advising US and UK startups alongside, providing advice to junior lawyers on building a practice specialism.

Jannat is an Angel Investor and currently the Head of Strategic Finance at Hopin, an online events platform. Prior to that, she spent time working in Investment Banking and late-stage Venture Capital as well as being heavily involved in the UK startup scene. In this episode, Jannat discusses her career journey & the challenges she's faced and provides advice for those exploring the world of angel investing & VC.