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This Week in VC Podcasts

Apr 14 – Apr 20, 2025

6 top clips from 2 episodes across 2 shows

Clip of the week

Riding Unicorns· Mark Beestonmarket insight

How AI could help companies do the same job with 75% fewer people

23:50 / 24:25

can I do the same job with 75% less people? And, you know, so I think that that those opportunities are definitely very exciting. Also, again, the evolution of the technology equation where, you know, there's always been that buy versus build conundrum. Right? And then we saw it with some of the sort of low code, solutions. You know, some of those more workflow oriented, but increasingly, you know, specialist solutions like Genesys Global that that are really kind of looking at finance first, low code to really supercharge

23:50 - 24:2535sRead the episode →

Top clips

Riding Unicorns · Mark Beeston

personal lesson

Why we resisted blockchain companies promising to solve everything at crazy valuations

Mark Beeston reflects on the challenge of avoiding overhyped blockchain investments during Fund One's deployment. He discusses how blockchain was positioned as a cure-all that would revolutionize operational workflows and eliminate reconciliation, but they resisted investing in these highly-valued companies despite the tempting narrative.

29:18 - 29:5436s
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Riding Unicorns · Mark Beeston

founder story

From executing acquisitions to building a CVC fund at ICAP

Mark Beeston details his hands-on experience building ICAP's corporate venture capital arm, including successful investments like Acagersoft (acquired by London Stock Exchange) and TriOptima. He shares the tactical work of setting up a CVC fund and executing both investments and acquisitions in the fintech infrastructure space.

3:46 - 4:2236s
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Riding Unicorns · Mark Beeston

tactical advice

Why strategic investors get observer seats but never voting power

Mark Beeston explains Illuminate Financial's approach to managing strategic investor relationships. He discusses how they give strategics observer seats on their investment committee without voting rights, maintaining independence while leveraging these partnerships for portfolio company connections, co-investments, and potential acquisitions to improve fund returns.

15:07 - 15:4335s
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Riding Unicorns · Mark Beeston

market insight

Low-code finance tools plus AI copilots could exponentially accelerate developer productivity

Mark Beeston explains how the convergence of finance-first low-code platforms, AI copilots, and developer tools is creating exponential productivity gains. He touches on how this technology stack enables much faster deployment and scaling compared to traditional development approaches.

24:19 - 24:5839s
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Seedcamp Podcast · Fanny Talagrand

founder story

From Google account executive to running Stripe's EMEA startup sales

Fanny Talagrand shares her career journey from scaling Google Cloud's sales team over 10 years to eventually joining Stripe to lead their startup and SME go-to-market efforts across EMEA. She explains why she would only leave Google for Stripe, citing the company's impressive founders and industry transformation.

3:13 - 4:0148s
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