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Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology

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Riding Unicorns is the go-to podcast for anyone interested in venture capital and high-growth startups. Hosted by VCs James Pringle and Hector Mason, the show explores what it takes to build and back successful tech unicorns.Each episode features candid conversations with top founders, operators, and investors unpacking the strategies, challenges, and insights behind scaling category-defining companies. From fundraising and product-market fit to hiring, growth, and beyond, no topic is off-limits...

Episodes (471)

Nikola Mrkšić, Co-Founder & CEO at PolyAI on Building One of the World’s Leading...

Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology

Mar 25, 202638:13failed

Matt Wilson, Co-Founder & CEO at Jack and Jill, on AI Career Agents, Talent Dens...

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Mar 11, 202635:58failed

Nicolò Frisiani, Co-Founder & CEO at Lupa, on Building the AI Operating System f...

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Mar 4, 202630:00pending

George Davis, Founder & CEO at Lorum on Rebuilding Global Clearing, Why Dollars...

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Feb 25, 202626:33pending

David von Rosen, Founder of Lottoland on Majority Stake Investing, Loving Risk,...

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Feb 18, 202639:46pending

Harrison Rose, Co-Founder at GoodFit on Mapping Your Market, Modern Go To Market...

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Feb 11, 202632:07pending

Ben Freeman, Co-Founder & CEO at Omnea on Building an AI Native Procurement Plat...

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Jan 28, 202639:08pending

Why "AI Visibility" is critical for your brand with James Cadwallader, Co-Founde...

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Dec 17, 202550:06pending

From Formula 3 to AI Accountants: Ariel Harmoko, Co-Founder & CEO @ Artifact

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Dec 10, 202536:03pending

Building the AI Super Connector with Andrew D’Souza, Founder of Boardy and Clear...

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Dec 3, 202547:29pending

Inside SVB's dramatic acquisition and the Future of UK Venture with Erin Platts,...

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Nov 26, 202543:20pending

How SuperAwesome Built the World’s Biggest Kid Tech Platform with Co-founder Lee...

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Nov 19, 202542:32pending

Pioneering the AI-rollup model in the property management space with Dan Lifshit...

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Nov 12, 202544:39pending

Building the "Spotify of Textbooks" with Gauthier Van Malderen, Founder @ Perleg...

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Nov 5, 202543:37pending

Building the capital operating system for fast-growing tech companies with Paul...

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Oct 29, 202551:00pending

What happened to Babylon Health after reaching $1bn+ revenue? And how Ali Parsa...

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Oct 22, 202543:05pending

The future of Social Commerce with Sam Jacobs, Co-Founder @ Go Places

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Oct 15, 202542:25pending

AI, Infra vs Apps & Spotting Red Herrings with Akash Bajwa, Principal @ Earlybir...

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Oct 8, 202546:05pending

Investing in Africa's Digital Future, Lexi Novitske, GP @ Norrsken22

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Oct 1, 202542:42pending

Growth Equity, VCTs and Exits with Rupert West, Managing Director @ Puma Growth...

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Sep 24, 202542:08pending

Building Outreach to a $4bn unicorn and helping AI agents get paid with Paid.ai...

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Sep 17, 202549:28pending

Building, Backing & Scaling in an AI-Native World with Kenneth Auchenberg, Partn...

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Sep 10, 202546:16pending

Inside the Quantum Infrastructure Revolution with Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Fo...

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Sep 3, 202542:23pending

Building the "Lovable of Marketing" with Patrick Haede, Co-Founder & CEO @ Super...

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Aug 27, 202555:21pending

Scaling from startup to £70M+ funding in 16 months with Paul Anthony, Co-founder...

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Aug 13, 202554:48pending

Simone Maini, CEO @ Elliptic, on Leading Through Crypto Winters and Building Ell...

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Aug 6, 202535:55pending

Pattern recognition and backing Europe's next unicorns with Andrei Brasoveanu, P...

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Jul 30, 202538:23pending

Building Europe’s Investment Rails with Martin Kassing, Founder & CEO @ Upvest

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Jul 2, 202539:02pending

RU Summit 2025 with Yoann Pavy and Oana Jinga, in Partnership with Cooley LLP

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Jun 25, 202532:33pending

From Founder Failure to Building a €100M+ European VC Fund with Apostolos Aposto...

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Jun 18, 202534:12pending

Investing as a multi-stage fund into Europe's top startups with Deepka Rana, Pri...

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Jun 11, 202533:50pending

Building voice-AI infrastructure and scaling go-to-market globally with Carles R...

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Jun 4, 202547:10pending

Building the universal integration layer for modern products and raising a Serie...

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May 28, 202546:33pending

Capsule Scale-Up 50 Panel with Poly AI, Flo Health, Carmoola, & Xampla

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May 21, 202546:55pending

Building the Future of Marketing with Raffi Salama, CEO & Co-Founder @ Passionfr...

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May 14, 202550:31pending

Building the premium venture studio and fund for consumer brands with Mike Jones...

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May 7, 202550:08pending

Investing in the future of KidsTech, Gaming and Media with Dylan Collins, Founde...

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Apr 30, 202542:37pending

Investing in the B2B Fintech sector with Mark Beeston, Founder @ Illuminate Fina...

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Apr 16, 202539:59pending

The firm with a 1-in-6 unicorn investment rate. Staffan Helgesson, General Partn...

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Apr 9, 202546:38pending

Doing data driven VC differently with Joseph Pizzolato, Managing Partner @ Defia...

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Mar 26, 202541:06pending

The future of car finance with Aidan Rushby, Co-founder & CEO @ Carmoola

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Mar 19, 202547:19pending

What is Corporate Venture Capital and how to do it well with Mike Smeed, Managin...

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Mar 12, 202553:18pending

Scooter regulation, supporting Lando to be a F1 driver, going all-in and reinven...

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Mar 5, 202548:26pending

The next wave of Open Banking and what it means for customers with Stefano Vacci...

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Feb 19, 202536:46pending

Markeplaces, hard truths and angel investing with Mandeep Singh, ex-Founder @ Tr...

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Feb 12, 202545:41pending

The operational side of building a credit card rocketship with Tim Chong, Co-Fou...

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Feb 5, 202546:33pending

Going Public, democratising Pensions and scaling to the USA with Romi Savova, Fo...

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Jan 29, 202537:08pending

Implementing change for startups and talent at a the government level with Dom H...

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Jan 22, 202552:20pending

The USA's most active investor with Ron Levin, Managing Partner @ Alumni Venture...

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Jan 8, 202541:51pending

The talent flywheel, product management and more with Martin Sokk, Co-Founder &...

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Dec 11, 202443:49pending
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