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🗓️ 25 May 2015
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Simon Menashy is Investment Director at MMC Ventures where he is responsible for leading new and follow on investments as well as supporting existing MMC portfolio companies. He also sits on the board for WeDo, Boticca and Sky Futures and works closely with a number of other B2B and B2C businesses including Growth Intelligence, Mubi, Small World, Somo. Prior to MMC Simon worked in European tech and media consulting, working with clients including the BBC, Virgin Media, BT, Thompson Reuters and Ofcom as part of the Deloitte Strategy team in London
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In Today's Episode You Will Learn:
1.) How Simon made his move from consulting into the world of VCs?
2.)Simon recently tweeted how not to pitch to VCs, so what should founders be doing when pitching? What are the fundamentals in terms of required documentation?
3.) Does Simon agree with Peter Thiel’s opinion that disruption is fundamentally bad for society? What industries does Simon feel will be next disrupted?
4.) With the increasing length of time it takes for venture backed companies to IPO, how does Simon feel the funding path is changing?
5.) How does Simon believe the tech eco system is going in London and what can be done to increase VC funding and engender a silicon valley esque feel to London?
Today's episode finishes with a quick fire round where we hear Simon's thoughts on the apple watch, what the biggest red flags are when viewing a pitch and his most recent investment and why he said yes?
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0:00.0 | You're listening to episode 39 of the 20 minute VC with your host, Harry Stebbings, |
0:05.4 | and I am so excited to welcome Simon Manashi to the hot seat today. |
0:10.1 | Simon is an investment director at MMC Ventures, |
0:13.5 | where he is responsible for leading new and follow-on investments, |
0:17.8 | as well as supporting existing MMC portfolio companies. Simon sits on the board at |
0:23.2 | Sky Futures, Bautica, and we do. But you've heard enough from me, so without further ado, |
0:29.1 | here is Simon Manashi. |
0:31.0 | 3.2.1.0. |
0:36.2 | You have now arrived at your destination. |
0:39.3 | Simon, welcome to the 20 minute VC. |
0:41.3 | It's an absolute pleasure to have you on the show. |
0:43.9 | Thanks very much for inviting me, Harry. |
0:45.0 | Looking forward to it. |
0:46.3 | Let's start by hearing a little about yourself and your background |
0:50.2 | and how you made your move into the venture industry. |
0:53.1 | Sure. |
0:53.7 | So I grew up in London and I guess |
0:56.5 | I was one of those kids that was always into technology. I was very lucky to have my first computer |
1:01.3 | when I was four years old and that's something I always sort of carried through as I was a kid. |
1:06.4 | And when I was at university, I guess I added to that a bit of an entrepreneurial urge. |
1:11.3 | And I, you know, I did a bunch of entrepreneurial-type projects. |
1:14.7 | I was leading some societies and organized a big festival. |
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