Cambridge Tech Podcast
Episodes
Cambridge Angels and trend watching with Pam Garside
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we are joined by Pam Garside, chair of Cambridge Angels. Pam introduces us to Cambridge Angels and how they handle deals. She shares her ...
Chat with Bek Simmons, COO of quantum company, Riverlane
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Epidemiologist to business leader. A pack of crisps and a diet coke, and next thing this episode’s guest is COO of #QuantumComputing company Riverla...
Intraprenuership at Marshall FutureWorx
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kieren Paterson started his career in 1998 at significant Cambridge employer Marshall majoring in engineer and technology and working with major #aero...
2024 Deloitte TMT Predictions with Ben Stanton
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Stanton, Insights Manager at Deloitte returns to talk to us about the 2024 #TMT Predictions, and to look back on the 2023 predictions to see what ...
2023 wrap, 2024 intro, and a few bloopers
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short episode, looking at some of the things we’ve done in 2023, and some of the plans for 2024. Neatly sandwiched in the middle are a sho...
Securing our nextgen tech employees with Form the Future
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we recorded at the Form the Future annual conference held on 1st December at the Moller Centre in Cambridge. Many of us are responsibl...
Space, Terrestrial, Marine – it’s all happening at CWIC23
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we were delighted to be on site at the Cambridge Wireless International Conference #CWIC2023 as the official podcast provider.Paul Crane int...
Using robots for mental wellbeing in a Cambridge Consultants collaboration
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our two guests this week are Michelle Lim, Behavioural Scientist at Cambridge Consultants and Micol Spitale, Post Doctoral Researcher at the Universit...
Understanding Climate Tech and MOFs with Immaterial
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are introduced to Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Capture – what it means and why it is needed. We start with a detailed explanation of the cha...
Tackling heart failure with Heartfelt Technologies
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by Shamus Husheer and Oriane Chausiaux who are co-founders of Heartfelt Technologies.Heart failure is a chronic condition costing the NH...
2023 Chris Abell Competition with Cambridge Enterprise
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 2023 Chris Abell Post Doc Business Plan competition and we’re joined by Christine Martin from Cambridge Enterprise. We hear from the six ...
Tackling the wealth gap in Cambridge
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whilst we have huge opportunities and wealth in Cambridge, there is a side of the city that is struggling. In fact, inequality in Cambridge holds the ...
Reinventing the electric motor with Dominic Vergine, Monumo
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we are joined by Dominic Vergine, CEO of Monumo who is now emerging from ‘stealth mode’ with a plan to reinvent the electric motor.Th...
Doing business in China with Ting Zhang, Crayfish.io
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With over two decades of helping businesses succeed in China, Ting Zhang, CEO of Crayfish talks to us about Chinese culture and the Chinese economy, h...
Making the impossible possible with BeyondMath
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Patterson and Darren Garvey take us on their journey to date - linking the appeal of small companies, their passion optimising and automating thi...
Innovate Cambridge - A new vision for Innovation
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To remain globally competitive, Cambridge needed to refocus its innovation aspirations over the next 10-15 years.Formed in 2022, Innovate Cambridge ha...
Team, Tech and Traction – insights from renowned Angel Investor Simon Thorpe
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our first anniversary 🎂🎉, we are joined by UK Angel Investor Simon Thorpe.Simon talks to us about his portfolio and what he looks for in an ...
Annual awards and three decades at Business Weekly with Tony Quested
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have an insightful conversation with Tony Quested about the recent annual #BusinessWeeklyAwards, and about what being a journalist means...
Holographic display technology with VividQ
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to VividQ COO and co-founder Aleksandra Pedraszewska.Aleks talks to us about the six-year journey to date at VividQ, how ther...
‘The Everything Blueprint’ – the story of Arm with James Ashton
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Financial journalist and author, James Ashton joins us to talk about his book ‘The Everything Blueprint: The Microchip Design that Changed the World...
Talking tech in the (inter)national context with Gerard Grech
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From an engineering degree, digital media product development, Paris to New York, Tech City to Tech Nation, Brexit and other inflection points, this w...
Gary Brotman talks Secondmind, being a CEO, and the move to Cambridge
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a first rainy visit to Cambridge, in 2019 Gary Brotman made the decision to move his family here to take on a great opportunity with a startup.G...
The History of Innovation in Cambridge with David Gill
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Much of our audience is outside Cambridge, so we thought we’d invite the encyclopaedic-knowledgeable David Gill to talk us through the history of in...
Turning an idea into reality with Muhunthan Thillai of Qureight
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Qureight is a digital healthcare company focused on applying AI-enabled lung image analysis in the treatment of severe respiratory diseasesCEO and co-...
Cambridge Tech Ecosystem Panel, live from Cambridge Tech Week
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we bring you a live recording from Cambridge Tech Week. James hosted a panel discussion on the Cambridge Tech Ecosystem, that features Henry...
Peter Cowley: Serial entrepreneur, angel investors and all-round good bloke
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many people, both locally and globally, will know this week’s guest, Peter Cowley, as an international angel investor, but here we dig deeper – mu...
Changing #EdTech with sAInaptic – the AI is in the name
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you look at the #EdTech space, the market is awash with solutions that are simple in nature, yet often lacking the power of ‘tech’. But sA...
All things biotech at ON Helix with One Nucleus and Guests
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We were back on the road recently at the One Nucleus #ONHelix23 event where we talked about #biotech trends, the use of #AI #tech in #lifesciences and...
It’s all about the people (and a bit of luck), with Intellegens CEO Ben Pellegrini
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to problem solver, Ben Pellegrini, CEO at #MachineLearning company Intellegens. Intellegens’ objective is to use algorithms ...
In conversation with entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Hermann Hauser
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Talking to leading tech entrepreneur Hermann Hauser was always going to cover a variety of topics and we hope you agree it was a really interesting di...
Embracing bioelectronics to improve lives, with Opto
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is Ben Woodington, with fellow co-founder (AKA powerhouse) Elise Jenkins there in spirit!Find out more about how Opto is developin...
Cambridge Wide Open Day – the recap
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week saw the inaugural Cambridge Wide Open Day orchestrated by Prashant Shah at o2h Group.The day offered a unique insight into the city’s worl...
Tech Monitor’s Matt Gooding shares his thoughts on the UK’s tech landscape
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rather than writing about the news, this week’s guest, Matt Gooding, editor at Tech Monitor talks to us about how a range of subjects, including the...
Dan Clarke @GCP on using Cambridge as a tech testbed for smart cities
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that Cambridge is working on autonomous vehicles, intelligent city platforms, and digital twins? Dan Clarke, Head of Innovation and Techn...
From Amelia Armour's love of science to partner at globally significant Amadeus Capital
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Amelia Armour, partner at global venture capitalist (VC) firm, Amadeus Capital, which holds $1bn assets under manage...
Cambridge Tech Week / #CTW23 – the wrap episode
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Cambridge Tech Week (#CTW23) wrap episode which includes highlights from the core and connect event, our takeaways from some of the ses...
40 years of Cambridge Tech – the live #CTW23 episode
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We did it – our first episode recorded with a live audience. And we loved it! The audience is elected as our new ambassadors, and the job was made e...
Stratospheric Platforms - Building a hydrogen powered flying 5G cell tower
07 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all know that the reality is that we don’t have 95% coverage using our mobile devices, and that ubiquitous coverage simply doesn’t exist. Not t...
Painting a (podcast) picture of the Cambridge ecosystem
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about it a lot – the Cambridge ‘ecosystem’. This episode is to help people inside and outside Cambridge to navigate all the different co...
Cambridge and CBA – an inspirational place for LatAm business
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cambridge Business Association (CBA) is a Cambridge-born institution that started operations in 2018 to create business opportunities for entrepreneur...
Creator Fund - A national student-run, pre-seed and seed VC fund, who knew.
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Creator Fund is a student-run, pre-seed and seed VC fund providing founders with a unique talent network via their PhD teams on-the-ground across 25+ ...
From no phones to 500 million phones, with FocalPoint Positioning
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ramsey Faragher, Founder and CTO of FocalPoint shares his journey of identifying the deep tech as a 20-year-old, and solving the challenge as a 40-yea...
Cambridge gets its own Tech Week (named.... Cambridge Tech Week)
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get the lowdown on the inaugural Cambridge Tech Week running from 8-12 May 2023. Chris Bruce tells us all about the programme of e...
Enabling large scale genetic testing with Sano Genetics
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sano Genetics is building a software platform that helps pharma, biotech and academics deliver large-scale genetic testing from consent, engagement, t...
OrcaScan - Doing for barcodes what Spotify and Netflix do for entertainment
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From a skateboard to millions of downloads, in this episode John Doherty, founder of OrcaSan - a no-code barcode application - talks us through is jou...
The Quantum revolution – a global race to the top with llyas Khan
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is with Ilyas Khan, Founder of Cambridge Quantum and Chief Product Officer of Quantinuum. It covers a range of topics starting with how S...
#21toWatch - Highlighting the Top21.2023
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#21toWatch is the annual celebration of the up-and-coming people, companies and ‘things’ that they create across Cambridge and the East of England...
Lots of ‘big steps’, to a £28m sale for Flusso
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An unusual journey to CEO – lessons learnt and insights from Andrea De Luca, CEO and Co-Founder of Flusso. Flusso is a fabless semiconductor company...
BBI - the lightning rod to generate more life sciences entrepreneurs
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Treherne Biotechnology Business Institute (BBI) introduces the first MBA in life sciences in Europe which has chosen Cambridge as its location to...
Adding 'oomph' with female founded EV-charging startup
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From an interest in making things at school, to decades of experience in industrial design across many industries, this episode provides insights into...
Andy Neely on all things University of Cambridge
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Responsible for everything to do with innovation, commercialisation, startups, spinouts, and relations with business, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for E...
Healthy cows, bio-bins, and grid scale electricity storage win The Trinity Bradfield Prize
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday evening Faye and James were at the final of the 2022 Trinity Bradfield Prize watching eight early-stage University of Cambridge teams pitch...
“If I did it, you can do it” says Lucy Jung of Charco
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CEO Lucy Jung reflects on three and a half years as an entrepreneur. She discusses her responsibility as a role model and building a company ethos tha...
Getting into the minds of start-up judges (TechNation Rising Stars)
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
16 founders pitched their innovative technology, products and solutions to a panel of Judges at the Tech Nation Rising Stars 5.0 event this week. In t...
Cambridge CleanTech -Material science and Citipod pitch for investment
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cambridge CleanTech is driving conversations at the top table on sustainability in the race to net zero. In this episode Martin Garratt introduces lis...
15 tech predictions for 2023 witth Ben Stanton at Deloitte
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Start your year with an insight into the years tech predictions from Ben Stanton at Deloitte who talks us through the latest TMT report. From forecast...
2022 CamTechPod Round-up
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our lovely voice over Emma suggested that we do a Christmas wrap up issue (and hence the name of the podcast), so who are we to argue! Providing you w...
Considering ‘landing’ in Cambridge? Talk to Locate Cambridge
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From early-stage companies looking for information to make informed decisions, to relocating from other parts of the UK, to supporting those in Cambri...
"We’re all in manufacturing now" says Tim Minshall IfM
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Put the kettle on and listen in as Tim talks us through a raft of subjects including intelligent 3D printing, design management, supply chains, educat...
Raj Gawera - From a Cambridge company to a Korean conglomerate (Samsung)
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Raj Gawera as he shares his journey from working on a ‘quaint tech’ called Wireless LAN in the mid-90s’ to celebrating 10 years as VP &...
Psyomics - Using tech to help address one of today’s largest societal issues
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CEO, Steph Martlew talks to us about how Psyomics (psyomics.com) is addressing the supply and demand issues with tackling mental health, using their #...
A decade of insights from Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From breaking websites, going to space, ten-year parties (the first order to 2022), challenges with supplying ~7m units each year, leveraging the demi...
PostDocs shine at University of Cambridge competition
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Chris Abell competition finds PostDocs with an idea, and networks and mentors them to prepare a business plan with the best possible chance for co...
CWIC - Nine views on the hyper-connected human
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast takes to the road to the CW International Conference where the topic of discussion is far-ranging - from connected living, entertainment, ...
Dan Rooke on his journey at Start Codon
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We meet Dan Rooke, COO of Start Codon the Cambridge Healthcare & Life Science accelerator. We learn about Dan's career journey, the format of the ...
Tongtong Zhu of Porotech - From the garage to a $trn market
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Micro LED promises to shake up the huge display and AR market and Tong Tong Zhu, CEO of Porotech wants a big slice of it. Hear how Porotech plan to em...
Monitoring the unmonitorable with InferSens
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Colin Payne and Jana Voigt as they share their news of the launch of the battery-powered, deeptech, sensor technology that puts machine learning ...
Tackling air pollution with backing from The Trinity Bradfield Prize, Molly Haugan
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Molly discusses her air pollution research and the development of low-cost sensors backed by support from The Trinity Bradfield Prize. Learn more abou...
Five students on a mission - Homerton Changemakers
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our 1st Special Edition, we attended the Homerton College Changemakers Seed Day where we heard from five student-led projects that hope to transfor...
Insights from 6-time entrepreneur, Scott White
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Does ultra marathon running and leading six technology ventures have anything in common? Find out about the PragmatIC CEO’s journey, insights into r...
James and Faye introduce Cambridge Tech Podcast
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What’s in store on the Cambridge Tech Podcast – glad you asked! Here’s a quick overview of the guests, listeners and some special editions that ...