Angel Insights | Your guide to angel investing
Business & Economics Podcasts
Angel Insights takes you deep into the world of angel investing and what makes some of the most successful angel investors tick. Join our host Tom Britton in conversations with the world's most successful investors, and some of their portfolio company entrepreneurs, to understand their investment strategy, approach to due diligence, and tips that can dramatically improve your own approach to investing. Angel Insights is created by SyndicateRoom: https://www.syndicateroom.com
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United Kingdom
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Angel Insights takes you deep into the world of angel investing and what makes some of the most successful angel investors tick. Join our host Tom Britton in conversations with the world's most successful investors, and some of their portfolio company entrepreneurs, to understand their investment strategy, approach to due diligence, and tips that can dramatically improve your own approach to investing. Angel Insights is created by SyndicateRoom: https://www.syndicateroom.com
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@syndicateroom
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.syndicateroom.com/
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team@syndicateroom.com
Episodes
Hannah Leach and why so many investors get ESG wrong.
4/4/2023
Hannah Leach, Partner at Houghton Street Ventures & Co-founder at VentureESG, joins us on this exciting episode of Angel Insights where we delve into ESG and what it really boils down to when it comes to startups and Venture Capital.
In this episode we look beyond the products and services being built to the supply chains, hiring processes, and a whole lot more.
As always, if you'd like to learn more about our fund you can read here about Access EIS and if you'd like more on the tax...
Duration:00:28:02
How to review and choose an EIS fund with Dr. Brian Moretta of Hardman & Co
3/1/2023
We had the opportunity to sit down and chat with the incredible Dr. Brian Moretta of Hardman & Co.
Brian is a quant by nature, a former fund manager by past, and a fund analyst and reviewer at present. Not to mention, in his spare time, Brian is a professor at the prestigious Heriot-Watt University.
Brian spends his days picking apart funds (EIS and VCTs) and creating the reports used by wealth advisors and IFAs so it was a privilege to get his take on how to approach reviewing a...
Duration:00:25:31
From a Magic Pony to Angel Investing with Zehan Wang
1/23/2023
What does one do with a PhD in visual processing? Naturally, one would join the entrepreneur first accelerator, launch a machine learning-based visual processing business, sell it to twitter, then work one's way up the Twitter hierarchy before retiring around 30. Then one would turn one's hand to angel investing.
Don't believe me? Listen in to today's guest Zehan Wang as he recounts his tales and all of the lessons he learned along the way which he now applies to his angel investing.
New...
Duration:00:38:31
Addie Pinkster lessons from the city to angel investing
11/7/2022
Addie Pinkster is the Founder and Chief Executive of Adelpha, a female-led corporate financial advisor and leading investment network, that specialises in high-quality, fast-growth, UK-focused companies. Prior to that, she spent 15 years in investment banking, most recently as Head of Hedge Fund Strategy at Citi. She is also a NED, and a growth & tech investor.
I got to speak to Addie about her experiences in finance, what matters to her when it comes to choosing companies for investment,...
Duration:00:45:09
Andy Ayim MBE chats Angel Investing and Purpose
5/17/2022
Andy Ayim MBE joins us on Angel Insights to discuss all things angel investing and how he finds time to balance family, work, and purpose. From product manager to entrepreneur, to angel investor, and opening his own angel investing school, Andy is on a mission to make the angel investing pool as diverse as the entrepreneurs starting companies. Andy's journey is filled with drive, self-discovery and a number of insights he shares with us in the episode. Always learning, authentic, humble, and...
Duration:00:40:52
Srin Madipalli - Lessons from selling Accomable to Airbnb
3/16/2022
Srin Madipalli seems to have tried a bit of everything before turning his attention to building a startup. Fortunately all of the insights he'd picked up as a geneticist, lawyer, MBA and self-taught coder came in handy and he ultimately founded Accomable which he then sold to Airbnb. Since his departure from Airbnb he's focused his time on angel investing and mentoring startups. Today he shares some of the lessons he's learned along the way.
Duration:00:44:58
From Moonpig.com to Dragon's Den, Nick Jenkins talks angel investing
1/6/2022
Nick Jenkins, the founder of Moonpig.com and a former member of BBC's Dragon's Den, joins us on Angel Insights to share what he's learned and how he invests.
Duration:00:45:58
Matt Lerner - Successful companies do things differently
11/26/2021
Matt Lerner is an angel investor, founder of Startup Core Strengths, and tech industry legend. In this episode we delve into what he's learned from helping to build some of the biggest names in the game (Paypal being one), mentoring countless companies scale during his time at 500 startups, and investing in many others.
Duration:00:32:02
Mac Conwell on what drives Rarebreed Ventures
10/21/2021
The incredible Mac Conwell discusses how he got into VC and what drives Rarebreed Ventures. From investor product fit to the value of twitter for networking, and what the next steps are to get more diverse founders backed.
Duration:00:24:52
Sarah Turner on the importance of bringing more women into angel investing
9/21/2021
Sarah Turner, co-founder of the incredible Angel Academe, joins us today to discuss the changes she has seen in the angel investing ecosystem over the last decade and shares thoughts on what more needs to be done to bring more women into angel investing.
Duration:00:32:13
The parallels between Molecular Marine Biology and Angel Investing
9/6/2021
Dr. Silvia Mah, PhD, MBA, is a founding partner of Ad Astra Ventures, Stella Angels, Stella Labs and Women's Venture Summit, and is a prolific angel investor.
Duration:00:50:10
Peter Cowley on angel investing and the importance of being coachable
6/21/2021
Peter Cowley started life as an engineer but quickly developed a passion for entrepreneurship which has stuck with him his entire career. He fell into angel investing before he really knew what it was all about and soon became a true student of the game.
Duration:00:27:04
Backing diverse founders with Denzel Walters
5/19/2021
Denzel Walters, co-founder for Community Growth Ventures, sat down to chat with us about his professional experience, his approach to angel investing, and the gap in the market in backing diverse founders that led to the founding of Community Growth Ventures.
Duration:00:42:08
Investing in Cleantech with Caroline Halliday
4/22/2021
Today we had the privilege of chatting with Caroline Halliday, from the Green Angel Syndicate. Caroline has a wealth of experience working with environmentally-minded businesses and investing in cleantech startups. Listen in to learn how she approaches a cleantech investment opportunity.
Duration:00:30:40
Angel investing lessons learned with Kirsten Connell
3/22/2021
Super Angel Kirsten Connell talks to us about her career, both before angel investing and since, and the lessons she's learned along the way that have led to her becoming one of the top business angels in the UK with a particular focus on cybertech.
Duration:00:29:28
Angel investing lessons learned with Simon Thorpe
2/22/2021
We had the opportunity to chat with Super Angel Simon Thorpe about his career, before angel investing and since, and the lessons he's learned along the way that have led to him becoming one of the top business angels in the UK.
Duration:00:17:50
Angel investing lessons learned with Chris Mairs CBE
1/25/2021
In addition to having an enviable angel portfolio, super angel Chris Mairs CBE has held various executive roles at Metaswitch Networks, including a long stint as CTO. He's been the Chairman of Magic Pony Technology, Curon Medical, Phoelex, Board Member at Raspberry Pi, Venture Partner at Entrepreneur First and is a Fellow at the Royal Academy of Engineering. We had the chance to sit down with Chris and discuss his incredible experience in both his professional life and angel investing. In...
Duration:00:25:35
Angel Investing Lessons Learned with Ros Singleton
12/3/2020
Beyond being an incredible angel investor, Ros has built an enviable career in telecoms and IT, having been COO at Relish Networks, the Managing Director for broadband at three, and Chair of the UK5G advisory board. We had the chance to sit down with Ros and discuss her incredible experience in both her professional life and angel investing. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1) How to transition into angel investing 2) Should you always invest in what you know? 3) The red flags to look out...
Duration:00:23:25
What Is The Difference Between An Institutional Angel Fund & An Angel Network?
11/8/2016
Gale Bowman is the founding director of IrishAngels, has grown the group to 150 investors and managed 15 investments totaling over $5.5 million in seed and Series A capital. Her previous work experience includes market research consulting at Nielsen and corporate strategy at Orbitz. She has consulted many startups on customer research, marketing, and funding strategy. Bowman sits on the Board of the C200 Scholars Network and is a member of the Irish Entrepreneurs Network. In Today’s Show We...
Duration:00:19:16
What Happens If The Valuation Is Too High At Angel Stage with Jonathan Hakakian
11/3/2016
Jonathan Hakakian is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of the SoundBoard Angel Fund with Richard Magid. Jonathan raised capital for the fund, directed the diligence process into a growing portfolio of 20 companies, and coached many of the portfolio's entrepreneurs on their journeys. His professional background also includes tech, sales, construction, and management. Most recently he graduated from the Kauffman Fellows Program (Class 19) where he focused his studies on being an innovative...
Duration:00:20:24