Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology
By Riding Unicorns Productions
Riding Unicorns is the go-to podcast for anyone interested in venture capital and high-growth startups. Hosted by VCs James Pringle and Hector Mason, the show explores what it takes to build and back successful tech unicorns.Each episode features candid conversations with top founders, operators, and investors unpacking the strategies, challenges, and insights behind scaling category-defining companies. From fundraising and product-market fit to hiring, growth, and beyond, no topic is off-limits. Whether you're a founder, VC, angel investor, or just curious about the world of startups, you’ll find valuable takeaways in every episode.
Recent Episodes
Matt Wilson, Co-Founder & CEO at Jack and Jill, on AI Career Agents, Talent Density, and Building the Next Network-Effect Marketplace
11 Mar 2026
Nicolò Frisiani, Co-Founder & CEO at Lupa, on Building the AI Operating System for Vets, Enterprise Sales, and Scaling at Speed
4 Mar 2026
George Davis, Founder & CEO at Lorum on Rebuilding Global Clearing, Why Dollars Are Broken, and Building a Payments Only Bank
25 Feb 2026
David von Rosen, Founder of Lottoland on Majority Stake Investing, Loving Risk, Dubai’s Energy, and the Steve Jobs Turtleneck Story
18 Feb 2026
Harrison Rose, Co-Founder at GoodFit on Mapping Your Market, Modern Go To Market, and Lessons from Building Paddle
11 Feb 2026
Ben Freeman, Co-Founder & CEO at Omnea on Building an AI Native Procurement Platform, Talent Density, and Founder Paranoia
28 Jan 2026
Why "AI Visibility" is critical for your brand with James Cadwallader, Co-Founder & CEO at Profound
17 Dec 2025
From Formula 3 to AI Accountants: Ariel Harmoko, Co-Founder & CEO @ Artifact
10 Dec 2025
Building the AI Super Connector with Andrew D’Souza, Founder of Boardy and Clearco
3 Dec 2025
Inside SVB's dramatic acquisition and the Future of UK Venture with Erin Platts, CEO of Octopus Ventures
26 Nov 2025
How SuperAwesome Built the World’s Biggest Kid Tech Platform with Co-founder Lee Veitch
19 Nov 2025
Pioneering the AI-rollup model in the property management space with Dan Lifshits, Co-Founder @ Dwelly
12 Nov 2025
Building the "Spotify of Textbooks" with Gauthier Van Malderen, Founder @ Perlego
5 Nov 2025
Building the capital operating system for fast-growing tech companies with Paul Becker, Co-Founder & CEO of re:cap
29 Oct 2025
What happened to Babylon Health after reaching $1bn+ revenue? And how Ali Parsa is continuing his mission to fix healthcare for all with AI startup Quadrivia.
22 Oct 2025
The future of Social Commerce with Sam Jacobs, Co-Founder @ Go Places
15 Oct 2025
AI, Infra vs Apps & Spotting Red Herrings with Akash Bajwa, Principal @ Earlybird
8 Oct 2025
Investing in Africa's Digital Future, Lexi Novitske, GP @ Norrsken22
1 Oct 2025
Growth Equity, VCTs and Exits with Rupert West, Managing Director @ Puma Growth Partners
24 Sep 2025
Building Outreach to a $4bn unicorn and helping AI agents get paid with Paid.ai - Manny Medina, Co-Founder & CEO @ Paid.ai
17 Sep 2025
Building, Backing & Scaling in an AI-Native World with Kenneth Auchenberg, Partner @ AlleyCorp
10 Sep 2025
Inside the Quantum Infrastructure Revolution with Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder & CEO @ Nu Quantum
3 Sep 2025
Building the "Lovable of Marketing" with Patrick Haede, Co-Founder & CEO @ Superscale AI
27 Aug 2025
Scaling from startup to £70M+ funding in 16 months with Paul Anthony, Co-founder of Primer & Colossal
13 Aug 2025
Simone Maini, CEO @ Elliptic, on Leading Through Crypto Winters and Building Elliptic into a Blockchain Analytics Leader
6 Aug 2025
Pattern recognition and backing Europe's next unicorns with Andrei Brasoveanu, Partner @ Accel
30 Jul 2025
Building Europe’s Investment Rails with Martin Kassing, Founder & CEO @ Upvest
2 Jul 2025
RU Summit 2025 with Yoann Pavy and Oana Jinga, in Partnership with Cooley LLP
25 Jun 2025
From Founder Failure to Building a €100M+ European VC Fund with Apostolos Apostolakis, Managing Partner @ VentureFriends
18 Jun 2025
Investing as a multi-stage fund into Europe's top startups with Deepka Rana, Principal @ Northzone
