In this episode, MMC Investment Manager, Dele Akinyemi, talks to Nigel Phan, Founder of Whirli.  An MMC portfolio company that is the world’s first fully flexible sharing economy platform for children’s toys. They discuss how Nigel came to founding Whirli, despite not yet having children, what it is like to be a sole founder and what people can do to transition to a circular economy.

S03E03. Transforming Playtime

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In this episode Lucci Levi speaks to Brittany Harris, CEO of Qflow, an MMC portfolio company that enables construction teams to make informed decisions on cost, carbon and quality by collecting real-time materials and waste data at source.  They speak about her love hate relationship with the construction industry, how they are on a mission to unlock the circular economy and the emotional and intellectual challenge of finding the right person to invite into the company.  Listen to the conversation now.

S04E05. Unlocking the circular economy within construction

MMC Partner Ollie Richards, interviews Stuart Cash, founder and CEO of Y TREE - an MMC portfolio company that combines data, technology and human experience to provide financial life intelligence. Ollie and Stuart discuss the importance of co-founders and first hires, raising institutional capital and the resulting expectations, as well as tips for managing your own money. Listen to the conversation now.

S04E04. Powering your financial wellness

MMC Partner, Simon Menashy, interviews David Benigson, founder and CEO of Signal AI - an MMC portfolio company that helps companies make informed decisions with artificial intelligence allowing businesses to get ahead of risks, threats, issues and opportunities. David and Simon discuss how the company went from David's parents garage to one of the world’s fastest-growing applied AI companies, the power in the combination of discriminative and generative AI and what this means for Signal AI and the industry as a whole. Listen to the conversation now.

S04E03. Using data and AI to drive better decision-making

MMC Principal, Charlotte Barttelot, leads our focus on data-driven health investments. In this episode, she interviews Patrick Short, founder and CEO of Sano Genetics - an MMC portfolio company that connects patients directly with biotech and pharmaceutical companies, accelerating research on rare and chronic diseases. The dramatic reduction of cost and time to sequence the human genome has led to the acceleration of personalised medicine. Charlotte and Patrick discuss the impact this has on the evolution of the drug development process, the change in attitude to the use of personal data, and how important the move towards greater trust and transparency in the industry is.

S04E02. Accelerating the future of personalised medicine

In this episode MMC Partner, Ollie Richards, sits down with Kevin Cook, founder and CEO of TreasurySpring - an MMC portfolio company helping firms of all sizes unlock and protect the true value of their cash assets.  Ollie and Kevin discuss what is like to build a business in “one of the least innovative corners of the financial markets” and convince investors and employees to join you on the journey. And, having raised a $29 million Series B led by Balderton Capital in the summer of 2023, Kevin shares insights on business building why it was so crucial that the business could scale in a capital efficient way. Listen to the full conversation now.

S03E03. Transforming Playtime

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