This Much I Know - The Seedcamp Podcast Carlos Espinal

In a new episode of This Much I Know, Carlos and his guests Aaron Rosenberg (Radical Ventures, previously at DeepMind) and our Partner Tom Wilson explore the current state and impact of AI innovations and future developments, as well as AI's broad-ranging impacts on society, job market, and geopolitical landscape.

They also reflect on the ways machine learning reshapes the dynamics in various industries, such as law and software development, and how AI-powered interfaces, like Humane's AI pin, could change how people interact with technology.

The conversation also covers investment trends in AI startups, the role of venture capital in prioritising Responsible AI, and regulatory frameworks needed as the technology evolves. Aaron also shares his experience and ideas learned from his tenure at DeepMind.

Show Notes:

RESPONSIBLE AI STARTUPS (RAIS) Framework

Aaron Rosenberg - linkedin.com/in/aaronrosenberg12

Tom Wilson - linkedin.com/in/tomwilsonseedcamp

Carlos Espinal - linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal

Radical Ventures - radical.vc

Seedcamp - seedcamp.com

In the latest Seedcamp Deep Dive, our Managing Partner Carlos Espinal chats with Thomas Knowles, Head of Security Operations at ClearBank about all things cybersecurity - from essential cybersecurity foundations for early-stage companies to cybersecurity certifications and threat intelligence management.

Show Notes: 

Thomas Knowles - linkedin.com/in/thomas-knowles-77a3509/
Carlos Espinal – linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal

ClearBank – clear.bank
Seedcamp – seedcamp.com

Cybersecurity Certifications mentioned in the episode:

SOC2 Certification (https://secureframe.com/request-demo/demo-secureframe)
CyberEssentials (https://cybersmart.co.uk/cyber-essentials-certification/)
Cybersecurity Framework | NIST (https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework)
Official PCI Security Standards Council Site - Verify PCI Compliance, Download Data Security and Credit Card Security Standards (https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/)

Listen to a wide-ranging conversation about scaling engineering and technological innovation, between Meri Williams, CTO at Seedcamp-backed Pleo (previously CTO at Healx and Monzo, a.o.) and our Managing Partner Carlos Espinal.

They cover:
- Meri's career journey from building satellites as a teenager in South Africa to becoming one of Europe's most renowned CTOs;
- The importance of applied learning and deliberate practice in keeping up with the fast-paced changes in technology; and how to create a "culture of learning";
- How to create the conditions and the environment for the success of your team as a CTO;
- The importance of diversity, values fit, and culture add;
- The current state of Generative AI, and the opportunities and risks it brings along;
- How to adapt to and mitigate Cybersecurity challenges;
- The role of Open Source in tech startups and scale-ups, and giving back to the OS community; and more.

In a new Seedcamp Firsts podcast episode, our Partner Sia Houchangnia chats with Dan O'Kelly, an early Community Lead at Seedcamp-backed fantasy sports unicorn Sorare. They cover all things community building, including:
- the importance of community in a fast-growing startup;
- founders' key role in setting up the vision and building the foundations of an authentic community;
- the early tactics Sorare used to build their community;
- how to kickstart and nurture your community;
- how to nurture organic initiatives by community members;
- why it is important to put resources into community building;
- mistakes and lessons learned in scaling community in the hyper-growth phase.

This episode of This Much I Know, features Paul Jozefak, co-founder and CEO of Seedcamp-backed receeve, a Germany-based end-to-end debt collection and recovery platform.


In conversation with our Managing Partner, Carlos Espinal, Paul reflects on:
- his career trajectory in VC and entrepreneurship;
- the current state of SaaS businesses;
- reeceve's role and vision in the debt recovery and collection ecosystem;
- the importance of luck and good timing in business; 
- how receeve navigatigated the COVID crisis; 
- how to build a strong relationship with your co-founder(s); 
- and more.


Tune in on your favourite platform or watch on Youtube.



Show Notes:

Paul Jozefak - linkedin.com/in/pauljozefak/

                       - twitter.com/pjozefak

Carlos Espinal - linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal

                          - twitter.com/cee

receeve - receeve.com

Seedcamp - seedcamp.com

Listen to an excellent conversation between our Managing Partner Carlos Espinal and Philippe Boteri, Partner at Accel and a co-investor in companies such as UIPath (NYSE: PATH) and Synthesia.

Philippe shares the story of his foray into tech during the dotcom boom, how he became an investor and the key learnings of his 15+ years-long career in VC. He also reflects on some of the most iconic investments he has made over the years, including UIPath and DocuSign.

Philippe and Carlos explore the potential of Generative AI and discuss our co-investment in Synthesia, an AI video creation platform Accel has recently backed.