Deal Lite UK Tech Investment Weekly takes place every Monday at 12 pm UK time on Clubhouse, hosted by Manoj Ranaweera of Deal Lite (a product of Techcelerate) with co-hosts, Andrew Threlfall of Malinko (Techcelerate’s largest tech company, which makes scheduling community nursing a walk in the park for the NHS) and Stewart Townsend, a SaaS Channel Specialist who helps Techcelerate Member Companies scale through channel partnerships.
Episode 34 took place on the 08th of November 2021 at 12 pm UK Time.
The friendly discussion focused on:
- Founder journeys
- Investment journeys
- Growth Plans
We hope the audience benefited from the knowledge shared.
Speakers
1. Nimrod Priell – Cord (Series A)
Nimrod is the Co-founder and CEO of Cord, which recently £12.85 million Series A investment led by Index Ventures.
Nimrod is a former Facebook product manager and was an advisor to founders and CPOs of $1B+ startups, and worked at various startups and organizations as a data scientist and software engineer all the way back to 2002. He is also an angel investor in B2C, SaaS seed/pre-seed startups and a mentor at TechStars London.
Radical HQ (t/a Cord) provides a simple API for developing first-class, on-brand collaboration experiences in web products. With Cord, developers can build native multiplayer experiences including chat, annotations, integrations with other team software and more in minutes not months.
2. Sam Peters – Octaive (Seed)
Sam is the Co-founder and CEO of Octaive, which recently secured £500k Seed investment.
Sam is experienced in online advertising and marketing and was the Client Servicing Director at Goallover and the General Manager at LEADSCALE UK/USA operations. He co-founded Octaive on the belief that advertising should be a 2-way conversation and the consumers demand.
Octaive is a pioneering ‘conversational media’ platform that helps brands look past outdated ‘click’ metrics and create ads that generate ‘active attention’. The technology powers meaningful conversations between consumers and brands within standard display and video inventory.
3. Mat Rule – Toca (Seed Follow On)
Mat is the Founder and CEO at Toca, which secured £2 million Seed Follow On investment from private investors.
Mat is a Chartered Engineer with over 18 years industry experience, predominantly working in the test and automation field around new technologies, for leading organisations including Nortel, Vodafone, Atos and PA Consulting, prior to founding Toca. Mat is a thought leader and technical innovator, with a passion for bringing simplicity to complicated technology landscapes..
Tocalabs (t/a Toca)‘s no code apps and automation fabric enables organisations to rapidly build apps, overcome integration challenges, and streamline business processes. Reduce pressure on developers and deliver digital transformation projects quicker, at lower cost and with no technical debt.
4. Tamara Goldstein – Smart Container Co (Seed)
Tamara is the Co-founder and COO at Smart Container Co, which secures £1.1 million Seed investment via CrowdCube.
Tamara is a former venture capitalist and startup veteran with over 13yrs of experience and has worked at Millennium Management, Thrive Capital as the Director of Operations & Investor Relations and as the CEO of Pickable before founding The Smart Container Company with her co-founder Eduardo.
The Smart Container Company is the team behind KegTracker™ and BeverEDGE™, a first-to-market IoT device and platform that instantly turns kegs into SMART containers. Their technology tracks real-time location, volume, temperature, and motion for each keg and delivers actionable insights that enable transparency and net zero.
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