Haatching the Future

In episode four we focus down on our mission to demystify the world of start-up investing and fund raising for both investors and founders, walking through the entire process step-by-step. 

We also spend time talking through all of the key phrases you come across in the world of VC - jargon-busting everything from Liquidation Preferences, to what on earth a 'Waterfall' is - and back again!

Listen in and you'll be well on your way to becoming a seasoned investor or fund-raising founder!

This week we take a trip to the offices of augmented reality marketplace Poplar to speak to its co-founder David Ripert and get the inside line on the decision making process behind the bootstrapping versus fund-raising path. 

In it we also discuss what the wider world of Virtual Reality will mean for the businesses and consumer of the future...and find out his answers to our Quick Fire Nine rapid-fire questions!

In this week's episode, we delve deep into the multi-exit journey of entrepreneur and Haatch founder Scott Weavers-Wright. A man that took his family business online before Google even launched Adwords! Find out what that journey taught him and how those lessons can benefit you as well as uncovering the real reason why he turned down Amazon!

Haatching the Future is a podcast by the team behind the UK-based EIS fund Haatch Ventures, covering stories from inside the world of UK Venture Capital - from an entirely unique angle!

In this introduction we talk about the plans for our content over the coming weeks and more, setting our stall out for what you can learn from this real world journey and why it pays to get funded!

Tune in for a no-holds-barred insight into the world of startup investment and entrepreneurship, one investment at a time!