The Start-Up Diaries Podcast

Onto is Europe's largest electric car subscription service. For a flat monthly fee, Onto customers get the latest electric cars with insurance, servicing, breakdown cover and free public charging at …

PwC Raise helps  fast-growing, early-stage companies looking to raise between £1m - £30m in funding by providing support and expertise throughout their investment investment journeys. 

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ZOE is a nutritional science start-up harnessing the power of scientific research, software engineering and artificial intelligence. Their mission is to help people eat with confidence by enabling cu…

Thirdfort protects life’s big transactions so businesses and their clients can move fearlessly. Powered by Open Banking and transaction specific data, Thirdfort rapidly informs professionals of any r…

In this episode, Chris is joined by Hayley Roberts, CEO of award-winning cloud security distributor Distology. Having recently acquired Squareball, Hayley discusses her experience with acquisitions a…

The Start-Up Factory works with entrepreneurs, early stage startups and investors to help articulate, define and realise their vision, utilising a partial sweat equity model to help these start-ups g…

Ningi is the single, integrated tech platform that helps financial advisers work more efficiently and provide a more engaging experience to their clients by bringing everything into a single low cost…

Go City is the largest multi-attraction pass business in the world, with an estimated 65% market share and operating in 25+ cities and five continents. Their growing teams in London, Boston, Singapor…

 In today’s episode we are joined by Simon Rohrbach, Co-Founder and CEO of Plain.com, an API-first customer service platform for modern companies.

In this episode, Simon discusses why he decided to ta…

Glean is the leading learning technology business that helps to unlock students’ learning potential by helping them overcome information overload. In this episode, Founder & CEO Dave Tucker sat down …

We're back with Season 5 of The Start-Up Diaries and its safe to say that we're back with a bang! 

To kick things off, Chris sits down with Mark Mullen, CEO of Atom Bank, a Soonicorn & the UK's fist a…

In this bitesize episode, Ryan Sorby - Head of North & Scotland for UK-based independent asset manager 'Boost&Co' talks through the difference between debt & equity, as well as exits & what they can …

Sean Brown is a seasoned entrepreneur, starting out his career by founding Hatch.Social, then shortly after joining The Social Chain as Head of Product, along side Steven Bartlett. He then went on to…

In this bitesize Insights episode, Founder & CEO of Witco - Eliane Lugassy - talks through how they scaled their product globally, launching in the UK, Spain & Germany all at the same time! She discu…

Slalom is a global consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. 4 years ago they introduced Slalom Build, Slalom’s brand for builders that blends design, product engi…

In this insights episode,  Rob Brockington - CEO of Financial Coaching App Claro Money - explains how despite a 3x increase in downloads of personal finance apps, they were able to market their produ…

Further are one of the newest crowdfunding platforms on the market, which allows consumers to discover, compare and back funds with cheques starting from “as little” as £1,000. They are working on ma…

In this episode Chris is joined by Issa Dasu Patel, Co-Founder & CEO of Connect Care, a young start-up using digital tools & insights to empower patients to manage their medications and enable carers…

In this insights episode, Rob Black - Technology Director at Beauty Bay - talks through how he went about winning hearts and minds of an established team when he first joined Beauty Bay. He discusses…

BOOST&Co are a UK-based independent asset manager, specialising in growth-lending solutions of £2m to £10m for high-tech, high-growth SMEs. Their goal is to empower creative, innovative and disruptiv…