On our eleventh and last episode of Two Pence Worth: Stories from female Founders in Climate, I spoke to Nikki Gaddo: Founder and CEO of GoodMine.

Nikki is CEO and Founder of GoodMine, a female-led, profit-for-purpose technology company redesigning how consumer goods flow through the system to advance the circular economy (SDG12). In her earlier career, she spent 13 years in investment banking, which equipped her future entrepreneurial self with the skills required for success!

0:00: Podcast introduction

01:50: Tell us about GoodMine. What are you building and who is it for?

07:45: What was your inspiration for GoodMine? And tell us about the early days of getting it off the ground?

15:30: How was the process winning your recent grant with Innovate UK?

17:00: How have you found going through this journey as a sole female Founder? Do you feel you’ve faced adversity?

26:30: What people-based resource would you recommend others access to support them?

30:05: What media-based resource would you recommend others access to support them?

32:10: Do you have anyone that you look up to?

30:28: Conclusion

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On our tenth episode of Two Pence Worth: Stories from female Founders in Climate, I spoke to Saasha Celestial-One: Co-Founder and COO of OLIO.

Saasha is Co-Founder and COO of OLIO, a free app harnessing the power of mobile technology and the sharing economy to provide a revolutionary solution to the problem of food waste. Before OLIO, Saasha founded London’s first pay-as-you-go high street childcare provider, and prior to that she spent 13 years at Morgan Stanley, McKinsey and American Express.

00:00: Podcast Introduction

02:28: Talk to us about Olio

03:45: What’s the origin story? How did you meet Tessa?

12:50: What are the key milestones that you’re most proud of?

17:10: Given that your platform is primarily B2C, would it work as well as B2B do you think?

20:30: What as your experience going through the funding process? Why do you think you got the money where perhaps others haven’t?

27:30: What people-based resource would you recommend others access to support them?

28:40: What media-based resource would you recommend others access to support them?

30:28: Conclusion

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On our ninth episode of Two Pence Worth: Stories from female Founders in Climate, I spoke to Lucy Lyons: Co-Founder and CEO of Kestrix.

Lucy, commercial Co-founder of Kestrix, is an entrepreneurial leader with international experience founding and scaling sustainability-focused ventures and conducting policy research. After their first experience as a founder as the CEO of reLive, an angel-backed sustainable end-of-life platform, she was the first hire under the CCO at Berlin-based Plan A, Europe’s first B2B carbon accounting SaaS company.

00:00 - Podcast introduction

02:45: About Kestrix

04:18: Was this an idea you came into the Venture Builder with or is it one you formed after meeting Matt?

06:15: When did you actually come out of Cohort 4 and go it alone? How has the business evolved since that point?

09:35: How has the fundraising process been? Have you found through the journey that you have felt any gender adversity?

16:23: How have you found the rest of your working career? Can you share some of your journey with us please?

21:38: What people-based resource would you recommend others access to support them?

24:20: What media-based resource would you recommend others access to support them?

27:37: Do you have a role model you look up to?

29:57: Conclusion

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