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Jan 20 – Jan 26, 2025

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Riding Unicorns· Dom Hallasmarket insight

Why UK startup ecosystem survived the political chaos of Brexit

5:46 / 6:15

And you had a situation where regardless of what you think of the broad politics and whether you, you know, disagree or agree with lots of things that's happened and Brexit and not Brexit and all this stuff, You had a a set of politicians who who thought that this was really great and were quite proud of the fact that they were building building this ecosystem. And then you've had a change. Right? And actually all of the engagement and the conversations we've had with with Labour, and we spend all of our time having these conversations as well, show us that that they also care about this ecosystem. It's not like miraculously they don't care about these kind of businesses.

5:46 - 6:1529sRead the episode →

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Riding Unicorns · Dom Hallas

market insight

UK tech raised in one month what it used to raise in entire years

Dom Hallas reveals the explosive growth of UK's tech ecosystem, highlighting that venture capital raised in just May 2024 exceeded the entire year's funding from 2014. He sets up context for discussing recent government budget changes that founders and investors need to understand.

3:57 - 4:3638s
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Riding Unicorns · Dom Hallas

Bold/Contrarian

So that sheer scale of growth that we've seen in terms of the capital being deployed into tech businesses in The UK is absolutely massive. And sometimes we forget that. The tone of the ecosystem and the vibe that we feel, especially at the moment actually, sometimes misses an element of that.

Meta-commentary on ecosystem sentiment that challenges prevailing negativity. The observation about missing positive elements despite massive growth offers a contrarian perspective that reframes the narrative around UK tech success.

4:24 - 4:5632s

Riding Unicorns · Dom Hallas

market insight

UK government is making it much more expensive for founders to exit

Dom Hallas explains how recent UK budget changes are gradually reducing tax benefits for startup founders when they sell their companies. He describes this trend as 'pretty grim' and 'brutal' for the startup ecosystem, as the policy changes make exits significantly less financially attractive than in the past.

8:13 - 8:3522s
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Riding Unicorns · Dom Hallas

framework

How UK's Startup Coalition lobbies government for better immigration and funding policies

Dom Hallas explains how the Startup Coalition operates as a lobby group for UK's tech ecosystem, focusing on three key policy areas: access to talent through immigration reform, access to finance via VC market improvements and tax incentives, and R&D funding support. He describes their approach of listening to founders and investors, then advocating directly with government officials.

1:09 - 2:0758s
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Seedcamp Podcast · Alicia Carney

Bold/Contrarian

The worst thing you want to do is invest in content production, performance marketing, anything without truly understanding who you're talking to, like quite literally.

Strong contrarian warning against a common startup mistake. The 'worst thing' framing creates urgency, and 'quite literally' adds emphasis. Addresses a widespread problem in early-stage B2B.

26:18 - 26:3719s

Seedcamp Podcast · Alicia Carney

Practical Framework

We started adding value by anticipating objections. You're going to struggle to make a business case with your PM. You're going to struggle to get budget sign off. We understand your mindset. Here's templates and resources so that they could go to their CFO and handle those things.

Provides a specific strategy for sales enablement with concrete examples. The anticipatory approach and practical solutions (templates, resources) make it immediately actionable.

23:38 - 24:1537s
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