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Founders and Funding
Founders & Investors discuss how to fund your startup's journey. Sponsored by Perfutil Technologies & Leyton.
Episodes
Founders and FundingEp 41 - Ishini Saparamadu - Founder & CEO of Concolabs
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Ishini Saparamadu, Founder and CEO of Concolabs, a construction AI company she…
Founders and FundingEp 40 - Michael Bambrick - Founder of Fundraising Skool & Partner at Wallace Corporate Counsel
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Michael Bambrick, Partner at Wallace Corporate Counsel and Founder of Fundraising…
Founders and FundingEp 39 - Anush Mnatsakanyan - Co founder & CEO of Burnwe
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip speaks with Anush Mnatsakanyan, Co-Founder and CEO of Burnwe, a video marketing agency built…
Founders and FundingEp 38 - Ali Winger - Founder & CEO at Key2Biotics
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip speaks with Ali Winger, Founder and CEO of Key2Biotics. Key2Biotics helps supplement and food and…
Founders and FundingEp 37 - Alexandra Butmalai - Co-founder & CEO of amazive
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip speaks with Alexandra Butmalai, Co-founder and CEO of amazive. Amazive is an AI software for…
Founders and FundingEp 36 - Ayse Guvencer - Founder & Startup Advisor
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Ayse Guvencer, Founder of ELVT Advisory and Founding Operator at Celestine…
Founders and FundingEp 35 - Aida Lutaj - Founder & CEO of Legitify
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Aida Lutaj, Founder and CEO of Legitify, a digital notarisation platform for…
Founders and FundingEp 34 - James Robson - Co-Founder & CEO of FundOnion
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with James Robson, Founder and CEO of Fund Onion, a UK commercial finance brokerage…
Founders and FundingEp 33 - Mark McCarthy - Founder of How You Doing
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Mark McCarthy, Founder of How You Doing, a new app built to help people with their…
Founders and FundingEp 32 - Eoin Quirke - Co-founder of TRACE
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Eoin, Co-founder and CEO of Trace. Eoin shares how a problem he watched his college…
Founders and FundingEp 31 - Stas Levitan - Founder & CEO of Lightsite AI
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Stas Levitan, Founder and CEO of Lightsight AI, a full-stack AI search platform…
Founders and FundingEp 30 - Emma Meehan - Founder, CEO & CTO of KinetikIQ
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Emma Meehan, Founder and CEO of KinetikIQ, a software platform using the 3D…
Founders and FundingEpisode 29 - Ben Barrett - Co Founder of Nomad
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Ben Barrett, Co-Founder of Nomad, an AI adoption and software company he started…
Founders and FundingEp 28 - Mark Swaine - Founder & Fractional CPO
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Mark Swaine, who spent 3 years as product lead at Elkstone VC and now founder of…
Founders and FundingEp 27 - Ankur Arora - Co-founder of Montro
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Ankur Arora, Co-Founder of Montro. Ankur shares the story behind Montro, a…
Founders and FundingEp 26 - Sanket Agarwal - Co Founder of Fleek
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Sanket Agarwal, Co-Founder of Fleek. Sanket shares the story behind Fleek, a…
Founders and FundingEp 25 - Sean Mullaney - Founder & CEO of Seapoint
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip speaks with Sean Mullaney, Founder & CEO of Seapoint. Sean shares the story behind Seapoint, an…
Founders and FundingEp 24 - Daria Berman - Co-Founder & CEO of FUSS
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Daria Berman, CEO and Co-Founder of Fuss. Daria shares the story behind Fuss, a…
Founders and FundingEp 23 - Aleksandrina Ikonomova - Exited Founder & Angel Investor
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip speaks with Aleksandrina Ikonomova, exited founder, startup mentor and angel investor. Aleksandrina…
Founders and FundingEp 22 - Niall Moran - Fractional CTO & Startup Advisor
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Niall Moran, Fractional CTO and Startup Advisor. Niall brings over 20 years of…
Founders and FundingEp 21 - Darragh Gaffney - Business Lead Ireland at Leyton
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Darragh Gaffney, Business Lead Ireland at Leyton. Darragh shares how Leyton helps…
Founders and FundingEp 20 - Ross Keating - Co-Founder of Overpath
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Ross Keating, Co-Founder of Overpath. Ross shares the story behind Overpath, an…
Founders and FundingEp 19 - Damien Mulley - Start-Up Programme Manager at UCC
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Damien Mulley, Start-Up Programme Manager at UCC Innovation. Damien shares what it…
Founders and FundingEp 18 - Richard Blythman - Founder & CEO of Naptha AI
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Richard Blythman, Founder & CEO of Naptha AI. Richard shares his journey building…
Founders and FundingEp 17 - Roger Courtney - Founder & CEO of Sunstone
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Roger Courtney, Founder & CEO of Sunstone. Roger shares his journey building…
Founders and FundingEp 16 - Alister Esam - Angel Investor and Founder of Angel6
In this episode, Alister Esam shares with Philip what really drives successful startup investing, from spotting patterns across hundreds of deals to why…
Founders and FundingEp 15 - Adriana Ignat - COO of Pulsate and Founder of VEKT AI
In this episode, Adriana Ignat (COO of Pulsate and Founder of VEKT AI) unpacks what it actually looks like to build a startup alongside a full-time executive…
Founders and FundingEp 14 - Alan Costello - Partner at Resolve Ventures
On this episode Philip speaks with Alan Costello, Partner at Resolve Partners, about what founders should focus on when building and funding a startup. They…
Founders and FundingEp 13 - Oscar Williams - Angel & VC Investor
In this episode of Founders and Funding, Philip speaks with Oscar Williams - VC investor, climate tech specialist and deep tech mentor. They explore funding…
Founders and FundingEp 12 - Michael Nissim - Angel Investor & Exited Founder
After exiting his advertising business, Michael Nissim became an angel investor backing early-stage startups across sectors. In this episode, Michael shares…
Founders and FundingEp 11 - Simon Gray - Founder of Boost Drinks
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip chats with Simon Gray, Founder and former CEO of Boost Drinks. Simon shares how he built Boost from a…
Founders and FundingEp 10 - Kieran Greene - Founder & CEO of Shinka
In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip chats with Kieran Greene, Founder & CEO of Shinka, an adtech platform powering ultra-fast real-time…
Founders and FundingEp 9 - Matthew Stafford - Angel Investor & Co Founder of 9others
Philip Smith is joined by angel investor Matthew Stafford, co-founder of Nine Others and founder of Stafford VC. Matthew shares how 9others grew from a simple…
Founders and FundingEp 8 - Frank Sondors - Co Founder & CEO of Salesforge
Philip and Frank discuss when bootstrapping makes sense and when it limits ambition, why founders should raise if there’s a real path to $100M ARR, how to…
Founders and FundingEp 7 - Leroy Lawrence - Founder & CEO of Pigee
Philip and Leroy discuss why co-founder fallouts are one of the biggest causes of startup failure, what bootstrapping really looks like day-to-day, why sales…
Founders and FundingEp 6 - Moe Choice - Solopreneur, Serial Founder & Investor
Philip and Moe discuss why most founders avoid selling (and why that’s fatal), what “runway” really means and why cash flow matters more than vision, what…
Founders and FundingEp 5 - Fran Meggs - Co Founder & CEO of CryptoCracker
Philip and Fran covered a wide range of topics including bootstrapping while balancing full-time work, building a B2C startup and the challenges of achieving…
Founders and FundingEp 4 - Mark Dunne - Co Founder & CEO of deline8
Philip and Mark discuss deline8, building your pitch deck, managing startup stress, Enterprise Ireland's New Frontiers programme, pitching VCs, bootstrapping…
Founders and FundingEp 3 - Eoin Carroll - Founder & CEO of Decision Analytics
Eoin and I discussed Decision Analytics, MVPs, delegating, founder-led sales, Local Enterprise Offices Priming Grant, Microfinance Ireland, Enterprise Ireland…
Founders and FundingEp 2 - Clive Foley - Fractional CTO & Co-Founder of Plynk
Philip and Clive discuss Plynk, his work as a fractional CTO, raising funds, building relationships with investors and much more.
Founders and FundingEp 1 - Michael Lantry - CEO of GemPool Recruitment
Philip and Michael discuss how startups can attract talent, the skills founders should have, funding your startup's growth, and much more.