Best MMC Ventures Podcasts (2024)

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S04E05. Unlocking the circular economy within construction 22:18

3M ago22:18

22:18

In this episode Lucci Levi speaks to Brittany Harris, CEO of Qflow, an MMC portfolio company that enables construction teams to make informed decisions on cost, carbon and quality by collecting real-time materials and waste data at source. They speak about her love hate relationship with the construction industry, how they are on a mission to unloc…

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S04E04. Powering your financial wellness 40:06

4M ago40:06

40:06

MMC Partner Ollie Richards, interviews Stuart Cash, founder and CEO of Y TREE - an MMC portfolio company that combines data, technology and human experience to provide financial life intelligence. Ollie and Stuart discuss the importance of co-founders and first hires, raising institutional capital and the resulting expectations, as well as tips for…

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S04E03. Using data and AI to drive better decision-making 29:37

5M ago29:37

29:37

MMC Partner, Simon Menashy, interviews David Benigson, founder and CEO of Signal AI - an MMC portfolio company that helps companies make informed decisions with artificial intelligence allowing businesses to get ahead of risks, threats, issues and opportunities. David and Simon discuss how the company went from David's parents garage to one of the …

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S04E02. Accelerating the future of personalised medicine 32:33

7M ago32:33

32:33

MMC Principal, Charlotte Barttelot, leads our focus on data-driven health investments. In this episode, she interviews Patrick Short, founder and CEO of Sano Genetics - an MMC portfolio company that connects patients directly with biotech and pharmaceutical companies, accelerating research on rare and chronic diseases. The dramatic reduction of cos…

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S04E01. Cash, capital and costs: Building a transformational business in treasury management 43:57

8M ago43:57

43:57

In this episode MMC Partner, Ollie Richards, sits down with Kevin Cook, founder and CEO of TreasurySpring - an MMC portfolio company helping firms of all sizes unlock and protect the true value of their cash assets. Ollie and Kevin discuss what is like to build a business in “one of the least innovative corners of the financial markets” and convinc…

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S03E09. The Future of Synthetic Media 54:40

2+ y ago54:40

54:40

In this episode MMC Partner, Mina Samaan, sits down with Victor Riparbelli, founder of Synthesia - an MMC portfolio company that uses artificial intelligence to create high-end videos for many applications including personalised advertising, corporate communications and e-learning across more than 60 languages. Mina and Victor discuss the company’s…

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S03E08. Dinner Powered by AI 24:43

2+ y ago24:43

24:43

In this episode, MMC Managing Partner, Bruce Macfarlane, sits down with Sally Matthews, Chief Product Officer of Gousto, the AI-powered recipe box delivery business. Bruce and Sally discuss what it's like to be a unicorn, the use of AI in the Gousto proposition, and why the business's values have played a huge part in its success.…

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S03E07. Machine Learning in the Database 39:28

2+ y ago39:28

39:28

In this episode, MMC Principal Alexia Arts talks to Adam Carrigan and Jorge Torres founders of MindsDB. An MMC portfolio company that helps organisations use machine learning and artificial intelligence to obtain predictive insights that can allow them to make better business decisions. They discuss why they're on a mission to democratise machine l…

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S03E06. Supercharging your Digital Workforce 46:39

2+ y ago46:39

46:39

In this episode, MMC Principal Mina Samaan talks to Erik Lien CEO of RPA Supervisor. An MMC portfolio company that is a Automation Management Platform, keeping bots operating as they encounter common issues. They discuss what led them to launch RPA Supervisor, why it is important to bring in an NED and their most recent round of fundraising.…

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S03E05. Role of Tech in Reversing Type 2 Diabetes 45:19

2+ y ago45:19

45:19

In this episode, MMC Manager Dele Akinyemi talks to Ian Braithwaite and Napala Pratini co-founders of Habitual. An MMC portfolio company that is a digital-first diabetes prevention and reversal programme that delivers lifelong weight loss and behaviour change. They discuss why they're on a mission to change diabetes type 2 as we know it, the role t…

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S03E04. Powering your Financial Wellbeing 35:40

2+ y ago35:40

35:40

In this episode, MMC Managing Partner, Bruce Macfarlane, talks to Richard Wilson, CEO of Interactive Investor, an MMC portfolio company that is the UK's second largest direct to consumer investment platform. They discuss the transition from non-executive to the CEO role, the benefits and challenges of acquiring your competitors, and the impact of t…

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S03E03. Transforming Playtime 1:08:25

2+ y ago1:08:25

1:08:25

In this episode, MMC Investment Manager, Dele Akinyemi, talks to Nigel Phan, Founder of Whirli. An MMC portfolio company that is the world’s first fully flexible sharing economy platform for children’s toys. They discuss how Nigel came to founding Whirli, despite not yet having children, what it is like to be a sole founder and what people can do t…

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S03E02. The Realtime Revolution 34:57

2+ y ago34:57

34:57

In this episode, MMC Partner Simon Menashy talks to Matt O'Riordan, the CEO and co-founder of Ably. Ably is an MMC portfolio company that provides the underlying software and infrastructure required to power digital real-time experiences. They discuss everything-from their journey since inception to their recent $70m fundraise.…

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S03E01. Changing Insurance As We Know It 50:50

3y ago50:50

50:50

In this episode, MMC Partner, Ollie Richards, talks to Sammy Rubin and Sam Fromson, co-founders of YuLife. An MMC portfolio company, that helps simplify life insurance while encouraging employee wellness. They discuss what led them to launch YuLife, their most recent round of fundraising which brought in $70m and how they created such a unique comp…

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S02E09. Predicting disease with AI 42:50

3+ y ago42:50

42:50

MMC adviser and Head of Business Development at Current Health, Tom Moon, goes 'Beyond the Hype' with Chris McCann, CEO and Co-Founder at Current Health. Current Health is an MMC portfolio company, using the power of artificial intelligence to provide remote patient monitoring. They discuss how Chris came to launch Current Health, the challenges th…

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S02E08. AI and Cybersecurity 1:02:28

3+ y ago1:02:28

1:02:28

MMC Principal, Mina Samaan, goes ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Red Sift CEO and Founder, Rahul Powar. Red Sift is an MMC portfolio company that delivers products through a novel data platform that prevent cyber attacks. They take a data-driven approach including the use machine learning to analyse and synthesise data from core business processes to help i…

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S02E07. AI's role in Reducing Food Waste 44:04

3+ y ago44:04

44:04

MMC Principal, Mina Samaan, goes ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Gardin CEO and Founder, Sumanta Talukdar. Gardin is an MMC portfolio company with the bold vision to minimise the waste in food production. The team is developing an optical remote sensing system to measure the biochemistry of plants and improve growing conditions by providing actionable insig…

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S02E06. AI and its Impact on the Financial Industry 52:44

3+ y ago52:44

52:44

Magdalena Krön, Rise Global FinTech Platform Director at Barclays, goes ‘Beyond The Hype’ with co-founder and Chairman of MMC Ventures, Alan Morgan. Magdalena digs deeper into Alan's career and how he came to co-founding MMC. They discuss his interest in Fintech and how it evolved, AI and its impact on the financial industry, and the main challenge…

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S02E05. AI in the Age of Information Overload 44:31

3+ y ago44:31

44:31

How can AI help decision making in a world inundated with information? MMC's Alexia Arts goes ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Signal AI, an MMC portfolio company using the power of artificial intelligence to help executives make sense of the information explosion. Miguel Martinez, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist, and Luca Grulla, CTO, discuss what led t…

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S02E04. AI in Enterprise 51:36

3+ y ago51:36

51:36

How are enterprises leveraging AI? MMC Partner Ollie Richards goes ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Peak, an MMC portfolio company, that helps businesses harness the power of their data to improve efficiency. Richard Potter, co-founder and CEO, discusses what prompted him to launch Peak, how Peak's capabilities are transforming key sectors such as retail, an…

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S02EO3. The Potential for AI in Legal Tech 1:09:14

3+ y ago1:09:14

1:09:14

This episode addresses the potential of AI within the legal industry. MMC’s Asen Kostadinov goes ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Christopher Grant, Head of Law Tech Innovation at Barclays Eagle Labs, and Rafie Faruq, CEO and co-founder of Genie AI - a legal tech company that is leading the way by deploying AI techniques to assist contract drafting and analy…

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S02E02. The role of AI in a Circular Economy 1:17:24

3+ y ago1:17:24

1:17:24

If we are going to transition to a more circular economy, we need a smarter approach to recycling. MMC's Dele Akinyemi goes ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Victor Dewulf and Peter Hedley, co-founders of Recycleye (an MMC portfolio company that is deploying the latest computer vision technology to revolutionise waste recycling). This discussion covers a lot …

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S02E01. Transforming Manufacturing 51:04

3+ y ago51:04

51:04

How is AI transforming the manufacturing industry today? MMC Partner Simon Menashy goes ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Senseye, an MMC portfolio company that has developed a market leading predictive maintenance product. Rob Russell, CTO and co-founder, discusses how he left a multi-decade career in aerospace engineering to launch Senseye, why predictive m…

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S01E06. Quantum Leap 52:12

5+ y ago52:12

52:12

What is quantum computing? How will it impact AI? When? In our series finale we go ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Ilyas Khan KSG, CEO and Co-Founder of Cambridge Quantum Computing. Enjoy a fascinating, accessible introduction to the emerging frontier of quantum computing and quantum-enabled AI. Quantum computing is progressing faster than people realise an…

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S01E05. Reasoning & Revolution 53:16

5+ y ago53:16

53:16

Why does AI differ from previous technology revolutions? Has adoption of AI moved beyond the ‘innovators’ to become mainstream? What’s different about IBM’s Watson AI platform and how will it evolve? Join us as we go ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Rob High, Chief Technology Officer of IBM Watson, as he discusses the paradigm shift to AI, IBM’s vision for A…

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The Chicken and The Egg | Tom Reay from Flux | Ep 22 28:13

6y ago28:13

28:13

Hello listeners! We are back with the 22nd episode of Charge! In store for you today, we have a conversation with Tom Reay, CTO of Flux. Flux provide digital receipts, right in your banking app. They're currently available with Costa, Pod and Eat with more partners announced with increasing regularity. Tom explains that Flux face a challenge: their…

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Empowered by Code | Anisah Osman Britton | 23 Code Street | Ep 21 29:50

6y ago29:50

29:50

Charge is back! This week we have an interview with girl boss Anisah Osman Britton of 23 Code Street, a coding school for women with a 1-for-1 programme in Mumbai. Anisah chatted to Louisa and Maria Christina about the challenges facing women in the tech industry and how 23 Code Street is helping them get ahead. In the second half of the interview,…

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S01E04. Understanding AI Technology 54:09

6y ago54:09

54:09

How does AI work? When does AI break down? Will artificial neural networks start to resemble biological neural networks (animals’ brains)? We go ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Dr. Janet Bastiman, who provides an accessible introduction to the workings, limits and future of AI technology. Tune in for everything you wanted to know about AI technology but wer…

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Is Loyalty a Currency? | Anjalee Sewpaul from Deja Vu | Ep20 29:17

6y ago29:17

29:17

Deja Vu is rethinking loyalty. Anjalee Sewpaul, CEO and founder of Deja Vu, believes that loyalty is worth more than a discount once you've collected 10 stamps. She wants to reinterpret loyalty rewards in an experiential way and to equip restaurant owners with better data about their loyal customers. We spoke to Anjalee about how she is trying to c…

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S01E03. Adopting AI 52:01

6y ago52:01

52:01

How can today’s leading companies survive, and thrive, in the age of AI? We go ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Barclays, a bank serving half the UK population. Get twice the insight as we speak with Barclays’ Steven Roberts (Strategic Transformation Director) and Rob Otter (Head of Machine Learning). How can executives better understand AI? How can companie…

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The Investor’s Point of View | Dom Sando from MMC Ventures | Ep19 29:18

6y ago29:18

29:18

On Charge, we usually speak to people involved in startups. Speaking to Dom Sando from MMC Ventures, we got a new angle on Charge’s subject matter: the investor’s POV. MMC Ventures is a venture capital company investing in tech businesses and Dom is on the investment team. He has particular expertise in AI so in the first part of the interview we d…

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S01E02. Healing Healthcare 47:50

6y ago47:50

47:50

How can AI put accessible, affordable healthcare into the hands of every person on Earth? We go ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Dr. Ali Parsa, Founder and CEO of Babylon Health. As Babylon develops cutting-edge AI for medical diagnosis, Ali describes the opportunities, challenges and implications of reinventing a $10 trillion industry using AI. With Babylon…

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Plugging into Banks | Ivo Weevers from Albert | Ep18 24:58

6+ y ago24:58

24:58

Banking-as-a-marketplace is happening, folks! Starling just launched their Marketplace Platform, Monzo are rolling out their Marketplace Beta ... PSD2 is changing financial services!Riding the marketplace wave is newcomer Albert, the pocket CFO for freelancers. They automate and dramatically simplify daily finances including invoicing, expensing an…

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S01E01. Democratising Artificial Intelligence 51:05

6+ y ago51:05

51:05

What impact will AI have in the decade ahead? What’s most misunderstood about AI? As AI enters the ‘plateau of reality’, how can companies take advantage? We go ‘Beyond The Hype’ with Dr. Joseph Sirosh, the global leader of Microsoft’s Cloud AI Platform and enterprise AI strategy. Joseph describes how AI will drive a ‘Cambrian Acceleration’ in soft…

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The Unsub Hero | Peter Myatt from Bean | Ep17 28:28

6+ y ago28:28

28:28

It may be cold and snowy here in London but the #ChargePodcast team are cosied up in the podcast studio! Keeping warm with us this week is Peter Myatt, CEO and Founder of Bean. Bean finds, tracks and manages your bills and subscriptions. The average Bean user saves over £672 per year! Bean is using tech for good to help UK consumers identify and ca…

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