Latest Episodes
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14 December 2020 – Drug Development Company Tempus Secures $200m
Listen nowThe Big Ones 2020 has been a year when, for obvious reasons, innovative drug development has taken a leap forward. Tempus combines artificial intelligence and…
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Leadership Series: Mike Zimmerman (Main Sequence Ventures)
Listen nowIn this week’s podcast episode of the Leadership Series, we talk to Mike Zimmerman, partner at Main Sequence Ventures, about improving commercialisation activities in Australia,…
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07 December 2020 – Salesforce Announces $27.7bn Purchase of Slack
Listen nowThe Big Ones Electronics and appliance retailer Suning has spun off its online retail platform and e-commerce services activities into a newly formed business called…
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Leadership Series: Kelly Sexton (University of Michigan)
Listen nowThierry Heles talks to Kelly Sexton, Associate Vice President for Research – Technology Transfer and Innovation Partnerships at University of Michigan. In this role, she…
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30 November 2020 – Stripe Opens Discussions for Funding at Potential $100bn Valuation
Listen nowThe Big Ones Digital payment technology and services provider Stripe last raised money in October 2019, closing $850m from investors including Alphabet unit GV at…
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Leadership Series: Shiva Dustdar & Lara Koole (Including Both Halves of Society)
Listen nowAmparo de San José Riestra, director, IESE Business School Angel Network, moderates a discussion between Shiva Dustdar and Lara Koole on how to include women…
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23 November 2020 – PingCap Stores £270m in Series D Funding
Listen nowThe Big Ones Distributed database software provider PingCap has secured $270m in series D funding from backers including Bertelsmann Asia Investments that will support research…
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Leadership Series: Alastair Hick (Monash Innovation)
Listen nowThierry Heles talks to Alastair Hick, senior director at Monash Innovation. “Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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16 November 2020 – SentinelOne Bags $267m in Series F
Listen nowThe Big Ones “The door is always open for a second and third [Vision] fund, but we’re not very popular,” according to Masayoshi Son, founder…
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Leadership Series: Oliver Keown (Intuitive Ventures)
Listen nowJames Mawson talks to Oliver Keown, director of Intuitive Ventures on setting up a $100m fund focussed on minimally-invasive care. “Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)…