Hot off the press, we have a company soft launching right now with a database approach that is needed by most SMEs to improve their efficiency.

Entrepreneurship started at school for this week’s guest, amplified by family connections in building tech businesses, and we’re thrilled to talk to Jason Mashinchi, Managing Director at Cambridge Kinetics.

Jason talks to us about the rationale for creating Kinabase – and AI alternative to traditional databases how they are using the power of AI to eliminate the cumbersome and costly development previously required with incumbent alternatives.

Jason also shares some of the lessons learnt along the way, including:

· Selling expertise vs going down the funding route

· Leveraging grant funding

· Disrupting a market that hasn’t changed for decades

· Starting a company straight from university and the lessons along the way

· The importance of being well networked, and

· Mentoring and paying it forward.

See it to believe it, and watch a tailored system being built before your eyes! And if you’re in the Creative Industries, there may even be funding available for Jason to help you!

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We can’t let a $75million raise go without a fanfare, so we invited Rebecca Simmons back on to tell us about the latest fundraise, and provide a moment to pause, reflect and celebrate their news.

Tune in as Bek answers:

· What was the process like?

· How long did it take?

· What are the differences between A, B and C rounds (the answer may be a surprise)?

· What does this mean to the board and decision making?

· How do you spend $75m to scale?

· What are some of the new challenges?

And keep listening to be (re)inspired by Bek’s episode from January 2024.

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Cleantech Venture Day searches for the most interesting 16 companies across pre-seed, seed and Series A in a range of cleantech areas. In this week’s episode Sylvie Russell, COO of Cambridge Cleantech shares details of the day, the industry and the new #Cleantech Super Cluster.

We also hear from two of the founders who pitched on the day:

Sarah Blake, Commercial Director and Co-Founder of Minimass – a construction tech company focussed on reproducing beams in a more sustainable way - tells us about her startup experience and the funding journey they have been on.

Chloe So, CEO and Co-Founder of Pulpatronics – a RFID company who are simplifying the production of tags and revolutionizing sustainability with chipless, metal-free, paper RFID tags – shares her rather different experience from Sarah’s.

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