Richard Mabey gives an honest account of learning through the process of pitching for funding and how his bullish take on competition has led Juro to recently close a series B round of £23m. Detailing his own experience, Mabey talks at length on the importance of choosing the right VCs and explains how it was his own customers that introduced investors in the United States to Juro.  

Mabey is a former corporate lawyer with Freshfields and spent time with LegalZoom before founding Juro in 2016. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a fellow of the RSA, and adviser to The Entrepreneurs' Network and an alum of the Georgetown Leadership Seminar. As co-founder and CEO of Juro, Mabey has expanded the business to over 85 countries and grown its customer base to well over 6,000 users.  

Alex Latham talks about the amazing growth Chip has experienced, especially during lockdown and through 2021. From raising an extraordinary £30m from crowdfunding alone, to how engaging with their investors and complete transparency on strategy and risks has led them to having the second largest fintech shareholders community in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. Chip’s investment into marketing has allowed them to utilise their investment community as a second channel of awareness as well us seeing considerable growth in their users from their referral program. 

Before Chip, Latham held Head of Marketing roles within tech and the music industry. He specialises in the art of viral, and outside of work he can be found covered in paint, decorating, or sitting on a rowing machine. 

Radha Vyas shares how she was able to grow her business in just three years to have a turnover of over £20m. She had four offers on the table with a £10m Series A round going into lockdown - Covid hit and the offers were pulled, she lost 95% of her business overnight. Five months later the company went into administration. Vyas remortgaged her house and bought back the assets to relaunch the business in 2021. She's recently closed a multimillion-pound funding round and is on target to hit £20m turnover once again in year one.  

Vyas has both travel and entrepreneurship running through her veins – so much so it was almost inevitable that she’d end up founding Flash Pack, an adventure travel platform that connects like-minded solo travellers. Bootstrapping the company from back bedroom startup to a £20m turnover in four years with no external investment, Flash Pack has transformed the tired and outdated image of group tours with an aspirational travel and lifestyle brand.