Vision to Venture

Saket Kumar - Vitt

On our final episode of Season 1, we're joined by Saket Kumar, the CEO and Co-Founder of Vitt. On this Episode Theo and Saket discuss the importance of having a team around you who have a balance of honesty and care. As well as the importance of your teams opinions. Saket also speaks about his previous experience in investing, and how this allowed him to understand how VCs work to help elevate his start-up.

Dan Shiebler - Abnormal Security

Dan Shiebler is the Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security. In this episode Tom and Dan discuss; the balance of optimisation and scepticism as a leader, the skills early stage Machine Learning professionals should look out for to stay ahead of the game as well as growing the business strategically and not quickly.

Aleksi Tukiainen - Climate Aligned

Aleksi Tukiainen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Climate Aligned. In this episode, Tom sits down with Aleksi to talk everything start-up. From how the tradition of co-founding has changed to thinking ahead and predicting where technology will go, rather than where it is now.

Will Welton - Floe Oral Care

Will Welton is the Co-Founder of Floe Oral Care.
Floe is a London-based health-tech start-up, using machine learning to help tackle oral care.
Will discusses how vital a co-founder is to him, bouncing off each others skillsets, as well as finding those people who will take risks with Floe, whether that is investors or team members.

Daniel Lenton - Unify

Daniel Lenton is the Founder and CEO at Unify. Unify aims to combine all Machine Learning frameworks, making ML code cleaner, more flexible, and fully reusable. On this episode Theo talks to Daniel about life as a founder and building a business on your own, as well the challenges of being a sole developer in the early stages of Unify.

Anatoly Sharifulin - AppFollow

Anatoly Sharifulin is the Co-Founder and CEO of AppFollow, an integrated service helping understand and elevate an apps reputation. Theo sits down with Anatoly for our most honest chat yet. Speaking openly about the effects of the pandemic, as well as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. It is safe to say AppFollow has had it’s highs and lows.
 

Gaétan Rougevin-Baville - Meero

Gaétan Rougevin-Baville is the CEO of Meero, an image quality company, using AI to deliver high-quality photos that increase engagement and conversions for online sellers.
In this episode Gaétan speaks with Tom to have an open and honest conversation about the realities of helping scale a tech company from the ground up. From the drawbacks of funding, to the emotions that come with the title CEO.

Josh Eadie - Measurable Energy

Josh Eadie, Co-Founder and CTO of Measurable Energy sits down with Eddie to talk all things start-up. From brewing the idea of Measurable Energy in a pub to the importance of choosing the perfect pairing in a Co-Founder.

Andreas Brenner - Jua

Andreas Brenner, Co-Founder and CEO of Jua, sits down with Tom to discuss the realities of starting a business. From finding the right investors to surrounding yourself with the right support network.

Nick Carmont - Connect Earth

Nick Carmont, Co-Founder and CTO of Connect Earth, discusses with Theo the venture of building a start-up. From aligning values with investors to imposter syndrome, listen to how the downsides were all worth it in the end.