The Balderton Podcast: Tech Investment | Venture Capital | Startup Funding
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Disrupting Capital Markets: Rana Yared, Murray Roos and Enrico Bruni
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We were delighted to host a fireside chat at Balderton HQ about disrupting capital markets with Murray Roos, Group Head of Capital Markets at LSEG, En...
John Cole, Ezoic: Staying in stealth for three years, and balancing UX & Monetisation in Testing/AI
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Cole is the CCO of Ezoic. Ezoic is a Google award-winning artificial intelligence platform designed to automatically test ads, website layouts, m...
Mårten Mickos, CEO MySQL, Eucalyptus, Hackerone: Building a billion dollar software company
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mårten Mickos is a rare European founder. He has led 3 global software companies, including the Balderton-backed MySQL, and is now opening the London...
Cherry Freeman, Nigel Whiteoak, Edward Griffith of LoveCrafts | Why 3 founders are better than 1
15 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
All three coFounders of Lovecrafts - Cherry Freeman, Nigel Whiteoak and Edward Griffith - joined Ben Goldsmith for the latest episode of the Balderton...
Jack Rivlin, CEO of The Tab: Starting a company at 19, going global, and learning on the job
25 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Tab's CEO and Founder Jack Rivlin talks to Ben Goldsmith about all of the 'first-times' he's encountered since founding student media company The ...
Steve O'Hear of TechCrunch: the Future of Media & lessons from Entrepreneurship
05 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steve O’Hear is best known as a technology journalist, currently at TechCrunch where he focuses on European startups, companies and products. Steve...
James Cook, Tech Editor of Business Insider UK: How tech startups can get newsjacking right
03 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest Balderton Capital podcast, James Cook talks to Ben Goldsmith about how technology entrepreneurs (and their PRs) can get newsjacking righ...
How to turn your HealthTech idea into a business | Doctorpreneurs
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The latest Balderton Capital podcast is a recording of the panel session from the latest Doctorpreneurs Meetup, which was held at Balderton HQ. Doctor...
Chris Morton, CEO and Founder of Lyst | Scaling, Fixing, and Pivoting
18 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Morton is the CEO and founder of Lyst, a fashion aggregation and discovery app, and universal checkout cart. Before launching Lyst, Morton was p...
How to scale a team and culture, from Seed to Series C | Graham Cooke, CEO of Qubit
13 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Cooke is the Founder and CEO of Qubit. Graham set up Qubit alongside three former colleagues from Google, and has piloted the business through ...
Enterprise SaaS: Making unsexy tech sexy | Olivier Pailhes, Aircall
31 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Olivier Pailhes is the Founder and CEO of Aircall. Aircall is an telephony service that is the built on top of the newest technologies for realtime co...
Growing a team, hiring friends, and being a young CEO | George Spencer & Gabriele Maroso, Rentify
16 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
George Spencer is founder and CEO at Rentify, a software platform which helps landlords market, manage, and make money from their properties. Gabriele...
How to Inspire Innovation and Impact Healthcare | Andre and Andy on the TouchSurgery Hackathon
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Before we get into the detail... SIGN UP FOR THE TOUCHSURGERY HACKATHON!! Title: Healthcare Innovation Hackathon - Inspire innovation and impact hea...
What Brexit and the Budget means for UK Entrepreneurs | Guy Levin, Executive Director of COADEC
30 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we speak to Guy Levin, the Executive Director of Coadec. Guy heads up the UK's foremost digital think tank and trade association, and is al...
How we built the world's largest Equity Crowdfunding platform | Luke Lang, CoFounder of Crowdcube
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week Ben Goldsmith talk to Luke Lang, who cofounded Crowdcube in 2011 alongside Darren Westlake. 0050 When Luke and Darren set up Crowdcube, th...
The Dutch tech scene inside and out | Sebastiaan Heijne, serial entrepreneur
14 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we catch up with Sebastiaan Heijne, the founder of Signkick, who takes us through the Dutch tech scene. 0045 The Dutch have a naturally wo...
How entrepreneurs can wow journalists | tips from Alex Wood, Founder & Editor of The Memo
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ben catches up with Editor of The Memo Alex Wood, and talks about what entrepreneurs should do to maximise their chances of getting covered in the med...
Outdated Assumptions about Nordic Tech | Neil Murray, Founder & Editor of The Nordic Web
02 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Murray, Founder and Editor of TheNordicWeb, joins Ben Goldsmith to challenge a few outdated assumptions about the Scandinavian tech scene. 0030...
How an entrepreneur built a bank | Tom Blomfield, CEO of Mondo
27 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Blomfield becomes the second of GoCardless' original cofounding team to join Ben for a podcast in the last couple of weeks. Tom is building Mondo,...
Becoming a Second Time Founder | Matt Robinson talks about doing it all again
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Robinson, coFounder of GoCardless, talks about founding a business for a second time. As well as swapping stories about McKinsey, YCombinator and...
Memory Champion to EdTech Entrepreneur | Ed Cooke, CoFounder of Memrise
24 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Cooke -Memory Champion and cofounder of language-learning app Memrise - talks about the struggles faced by ed-tech entrepreneurs, the Membus projec...
How Data Science Transformed our business | Rentify founder George Spencer & Ollie Glass
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As PhD data scientist Ollie Glass puts it, data science is a lot like UX/UI was a few years ago: everyone wants a piece of it, but nobody really knows...
Why we quit our jobs as Surgeons to start TouchSurgery | Dr Jean Nehme & Dr Andre Chow
23 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Former Surgeons Dr Jean Nehme and Dr Andre Chow took a great leap when they decided to start TouchSugery... they talk to Ben Goldsmith about saving li...
"Quality is everything" | Roland Lamb of ROLI on company culture & building a unique team
19 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Roland Lamb talks to Balderton's Ben Goldsmith about how ROLI have fostered a unique company culture, and how this progressive approach to creating a ...
Becoming a dominant Marketplace | Joe Steele, CEO of Bookatable
06 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Steele, CEO of Bookatable, chats with Ben Goldsmith about how Bookatable have grown to put millions of diners in touch with 12,000+ restaurants in...
Why Nordic Tech is so investable | Sam Myers on the Scandinavian tech scene
24 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sam, our resident Swedish national, delves into exactly why the Nordic technology scene is so rich in investable right now. 0:50 Why are the Nordics...
Where the NHS can improve & product innovation | Maja Kecman on Health Tech
28 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Maja Kecman joins Ben Goldsmith to talk about both product and app innovation in healthcare. Maja currently leads Helix, a team of designers embedde...
James Wise on Crowdfunding: Diversity, Ownership, and Genuine Returns for Investors
11 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
To accompany James' recent piece in CityAM, our Mr Wise shares his thoughts on crowdfunding. In addition to expanding on how the industry is encouragi...
Growing a marketplace company | Carwow founder James Hind on raising VC Investment
27 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
CEO and Founder of CarWow James Hind chats to Ben about running and growing a marketplace business. Amongst other things, James reveals how cold calli...
Where would you start a tech company in London? | TechWorld's Sam Shead
17 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
TechWorld's Startups and Innovation Editor Sam Shead chats to Balderton's Ben Goldsmith about where he'd start a tech business in London, asks whether...
Why 2016 will be the year for VR | Sheng Huang
13 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sheng is currently in the middle of a deep dive research project into the world of virtual reality & augmented reality. Amongst other things, Sheng ...
Sam Myers asks whether Europe's cyber-security boom is all hype...
03 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The startups selected for the CyLon accelerator programme graduated this week. Balderton's Sam Myers has been a mentor on the challenge, and took the ...
The Future of 3D Printing | Bram de Zwart & Brian Garret talk to Balderton's James Wise
25 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Bram de Zwart & Brian Garret - the cofounders of 3DHubs, the world's leading 3D printing network - talk to Balderton investor James Wise. Bram & Bri...
Editor of Tech.eu Robin Wauters on why London is awesome & why he'd start his startup in Barcelona
16 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In a London Tech Week themed podcast, Robin Wauters - cofounder and editor of Tech EU - talks to Balderton's Ben Goldsmith. Robin explains that even...
Nutmeg founder Nick Hungerford on Financial Literacy in the UK
10 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Hungerford - the Founder and CEO of Nutmeg, a Balderton portfolio company - talks to Balderton's Ben Goldsmith about a subject close to his heart...
Why Ad-Blockers are important for Mobile - Simon Andrews & Sam Myers
04 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Our man Sam Myers and Simon Andrews, Founder of Addictive Mobile, analyse why leading mobile network operators and multinational tech companies are pa...
Harry Briggs gives a personal insight into VC life
29 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On his last day at Balderton Capital, Harry Briggs talks to Ben Goldsmith, and provides a unique and personal insight into the world of venture capita...