# Angel Insights: the investor podcast, by episode

> Angel Insights: Angel investors on how they source, judge and support early companies. 110 episodes, each linked to the investors in it.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/angel-insights (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Investors · new episode 21 Oct 2026

# Angel Insights

Hosted by **Angel Insights**

Angel investors on how they source, judge and support early companies.

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**110** episodes

**45** investors heard as guests

**27 min** an average episode

11 in the last 12 months

## The regulars

Investors named as guests in the most episode titles on Angel Insights.

[PC *2* **Peter Cowley** 2 episodes](https://millionrounds.com/person/peter-cowley)[ST *2* **Simon Thorpe** Cambridge Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/person/simon-thorpe)[AD *1* **Alex Dunsdon** 1 episode](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-dunsdon)[AC *1* **Alexandre Covello** AngelsCube](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandre-covello)[AR *1* **Alicia Robb** Next Wave Impact](https://millionrounds.com/person/alicia-robb)[AS *1* **Alicia Syrett** 1 episode](https://millionrounds.com/person/alicia-syrett)[AE *1* **Alister Esam** 1 episode](https://millionrounds.com/person/alister-esam)[AR *1* **Avin Rabheru** 1 episode](https://millionrounds.com/person/avin-rabheru)[BL *1* **Ben Luntz** Indicator Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-luntz)[CS *1* **Chris Schultz** Voodoo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-schultz-2)[CB *1* **Colette Ballou** 1 episode](https://millionrounds.com/person/colette-ballou)[DB *1* **David Barrie** Wild Blue Cohort](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-barrie)

## Every episode 110 · page 1 of 4

- 110 **Making retrofit an investable asset with GreenFlip's Amandeep Kalra** 21 Oct 2026 · 37 min [Carbon13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carbon13)[Roger Federer](https://millionrounds.com/person/roger-federer) About this episode England has millions of homes below EPC band C in need of updates. We have the technology to fix them, and pension funds are keen to pay for it, so why is retrofit still stuck at the pilot stage? On today’s episode, we’re joined by Amandeep Kalra, co-founder and CEO of GreenFlip, a Carbon13 portfolio company that… ▶Show page
- 109 **"Buyers are liars" - Inspir’em’s Emma Maslen on the 6 sales checks angels make before investing** 14 Oct 2026 · 35 min [Angel Academe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-academe-increasing-female-investment) About this episode Most startups don’t fail because the product is bad. They fail because nobody can sell it. On today’s episode, we’re joined by Emma Maslen, CEO of sales consultancy inspir’em and an angel investor with Angel Academe. After a career selling for IBM, SAP and Concur, Emma now works with everyone from early-stage… ▶Show page
- 108 **"Your coffee cuts blood flow to your brain by 30%": Thomas Kirk on whether dementia drugs work** 8 Oct 2026 · 32 min [Smith & Nephew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smith-and-nephew) About this episode Here's a fact we didn't expect: that coffee you're holding cuts blood flow to your brain by around 30%. Today's guest has built technology that can see it happening, and the bigger prize is using it to show whether the new wave of Alzheimer's drugs is working for each patient. On today's episode, we're joined by… ▶Show page
- 107 **99% of AI investors will lose money -and that's expected. Oli Hammond, Fuel Ventures** 27 Jul 2026 · 34 min [Oli Hammond](https://millionrounds.com/person/oli-hammond)[Fuel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures) About this episode Could the first wave of AI turn out to be a capital destruction event? On today's episode we're joined by Oli Hammond, Partner at Fuel Ventures, where he leads seed rounds of £1–2 million into B2B companies, and, full disclosure, a SyndicateRoom alumnus who started his career with us before going on to bigger things.… ▶Show page
- 106 **The Google Maps of Heat Loss with Lucy Lyons, Co-founder & CEO of Kestrix** 18 Jun 2026 · 33 min [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) About this episode The UK is set to spend ~£15bn upgrading 5 million homes by 2030, but much of the insulation we've already paid for is failing, and the way we survey buildings hasn't really changed in 30 years. Lucy Lyons is fixing that. Her company, Kestrix, flies thermal imaging drones over buildings to map exactly where heat is… ▶Show page
- 105 **From Pig Farmer to Top 1% Angel Investor: Alister Esam's Framework for Backing Winners** 28 May 2026 · 24 min [Alister Esam](https://millionrounds.com/person/alister-esam) About this episode How does someone go from Pig Farmer, to Actuary, to successfully exited Entrepreneur, and now top 1% Angel Investor? I sat down with Alister Esam to find out and to unpack the hard-won investing framework behind his success and the portfolio companies he backs. Tune in as Alister explains why he ignores the hype,… ▶Show page
- 104 **The £237 Billion Repayment Gap: Revolutionising Debt with Hannah Baynham (haboo money)** 29 Mar 2026 · 30 min About this episode While the last decade of FinTech made accessing credit as easy as a single swipe, the technology behind repaying that debt remained stuck in the dark ages of rigid direct debits and impersonal collections. With UK unsecured consumer debt hitting a staggering £237 billion, averaging £4,400 per adult, the "repayment gap"… ▶Show page
- 103 **Colin Van Ostern: Why Alumni Ventures is Betting on UK Venture Capital** 24 Feb 2026 · 34 min [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) About this episode In this episode, SyndicateRoom Co-founder Tom Britton sits down with Colin Van Ostern, the incoming Head of UK and EMEA for Alumni Ventures, to discuss the fundamental shift toward a multi-polar venture capital landscape. While much of the media narrative has focused on a "funding winter," the ground-level reality… ▶Show page
- 102 **The 1% mission: why Europe’s climate tech future runs through industrial giants, not consumer apps** 6 Feb 2026 · 35 min About this episode “We are looking for one thing: people who want to start a business in climate, and want to start it now.” In this episode of Angel Insights, host Tom Britton sits down with Michael Langguth, Founding Partner of Carbon 13, the venture builder for the climate emergency. While much of the climate conversation… ▶Show page
- 101 **Profitability, Pivots, and Why AI Needs Trustworthy Data with Jessi Baker MBE** 9 Dec 2025 · 39 min About this episode Join Tom Britton and Jessi Baker, MBE (Founder & Chair of Provenance), as they break down the brutal choices founders must make to build a resilient, market-leading B2B SaaS company. In this episode, Jessi discusses: Strategic Flexibility: Why she made the critical decision to cut profitable consulting services to… ▶Show page
- 100 **The Startup Building Edible Insulation to Tackle a 1.4 Gigaton CO2 Problem** 4 Nov 2025 · 27 min About this episode Heating and cooling drive 40% of all energy-related CO2 emissions, yet 60% of that energy is wasted by bad insulation. Is there a better way? We got the chance to speak with Theresa Hoffmann, founder of Nanoplume, a UK startup that has developed a revolutionary bio-aerogel 3x more insulating and 60% thinner than… ▶Show page
- 99 **Temperate: The Tech Beaming Heat Into Space to Disrupt the Trillion-Dollar Cooling Market | Angel Insights** 22 Oct 2025 · 29 min About this episode Temperate: The startups building tech that beams heat into space and aims to disrupt the trillion-dollar cooling market Air conditioning consumes 10% of the world's electricity, a figure set to double by 2050. Is there a better way? I got the chance to speak with Charlie, founder of Temperate, a UK startup that has… ▶Show page
- 98 **An angel’s prescription: Pam Garside’s guide to spotting winning health tech founders** 15 Sept 2025 · 32 min [Pam Garside](https://millionrounds.com/person/pam-garside)[Cambridge Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cambridge-angels) About this episode Join us for a fascinating conversation with Pam Garside, a leading angel investor in the health tech sector and the first female chair of Cambridge Angels. Pam shares her unique journey from managing NHS organisations to becoming a trusted advisor and investor, offering a rare glimpse into how a true healthcare… ▶Show page
- 97 **Backing resilient founders from the CEO who turned Avon around during Covid** 23 Jul 2025 · 44 min About this episode Angela Cretu spent 25 years at Avon, rising from area manager to Global CEO, where she led one of the most remarkable corporate turnarounds in recent history. Taking over in January 2020 when the company was predicted to go bankrupt, she navigated COVID-19 as a new CEO and transformed one of the world's most… ▶Show page
- 96 **The wandering professional's discovery: how Jodie O'Keeffe turned three careers into angel investing mastery** 8 Jul 2025 · 39 min [Angel Academe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-academe-increasing-female-investment)[Scale Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-investors) About this episode In this episode, we explore Jodie O'Keeffe's fascinating journey from IT contractor in 1990s Australia to becoming one of Angel Academe's most insightful investors. Starting with a chance magazine discovery in a Melbourne supermarket, Jodie shares how her unconventional career path through technology, journalism, and… ▶Show page
- 95 **From late-night copy machine frustration to corporate revolution: how deployed tackles the billions spent on enterprise procurement** 17 Jun 2025 · 32 min [Angel Academe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-academe-increasing-female-investment)[HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) About this episode Standing at a copy machine at HSBC late one night, reviewing 50 statements of work that needed urgent attention, Kayleigh Kuptz had her lightbulb moment. "Technology should do this," she thought, "this should not be done by me." Four years later, that frustration has become Deployed, a B2B SaaS platform that's saving… ▶Show page
- 94 **From Empty Planes to Full Pints: How Days Brewing is Redefining Beer for the Health-Conscious Generation** 10 Jun 2025 · 45 min [Boris Johnson](https://millionrounds.com/person/boris-johnson) About this episode The last flight out of London carried just two passengers on that fateful March day in 2020. As Boris Johnson announced the UK's first lockdown, Mike Gammell and his co-founder Duncan were airborne, heading to Scotland with nothing but faith in their vision for alcohol-free beer. Four years later, Days Brewing has… ▶Show page
- 93 **25 years of angel investing: hard-won lessons from Simon Blakey** 30 May 2025 · 37 min [Simon Blakey](https://millionrounds.com/person/simon-blakey)[AngelList](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angellist)[Cambridge Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cambridge-angels)[Playfair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playfair) About this episode How a biochemist turned management consultant became one of the UK's most experienced angel investors, and what new angels can learn from his journey. When Simon Blakey made his first angel investment in 2000, the startup ecosystem looked radically different. There was no AngelList, no Seed Legals, and certainly no… ▶Show page
- 92 **SEIS or EIS? It shouldn’t be a question of one over the other..** 12 May 2025 · 24 min About this episode On today's episode, we are joined by Aled Phillips, Co-Managing Director at Niche Private Clients, who helps us take an in-depth look at the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), their similarities, differences, and when they might be right for your investment strategy.… ▶Show page
- 91 **How Deep Blue Biotech is reprogramming bacteria to produce chemicals and eat CO2** 9 Apr 2025 · 28 min [Carbon13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carbon13) About this episode In a world searching for sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel-derived products, Deep Blue Biotech – a graduate of climate-tech-focused fund Carbon13 ’s 2023 Venture Builder programme – is making waves with an innovative approach to chemical production. Using cyanobacteria – one of the most efficient… ▶Show page
- 90 **Moth Drinks: How a single litre of Chai Masala Old Fashioned turned into a global premium ready-to-drink brand.** 17 Mar 2025 · 30 min [Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlantic) About this episode In the latest episode of Angel Insights, we sat down with Rob Wallis, co-founder of Moth Drinks, a SyndicateRoom portfolio company revolutionizing the ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail market. From humble beginnings in a home kitchen to expanding across the Atlantic, Moth has established itself as a premium brand in a… ▶Show page
- 89 **Methane: the super warmer gas that everyone's overlooked, and the startup turning it into clean energy** 19 Feb 2025 · 25 min [Carbon13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carbon13) About this episode While carbon dioxide (CO2) often dominates climate discussions, methane plays a disproportionately large role in global warming. "Methane is a bit like the ugly duckling compared to CO2. It's between 28 and 84 times more potent, which means when it's in the atmosphere, it absorbs much more heat." We had the… ▶Show page
- 88 **How Cocoon is tackling 7% of global carbon emissions** 22 Jan 2025 · 29 min [Carbon13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carbon13) About this episode Cocoon was formed through the ⁠ Carbon13⁠ ⁠ venture building programme with the desire to tackle the emissions produced by the world's second most consumed good, concrete. Eliot Brooks, CEO and Co-founder, joins us to share more about Cocoon's journey and how its product uses a byproduct of steel production to reduce… ▶Show page
- 87 **James Milner, CEO of Wild Hydrogen, on Angel Insights** 4 Oct 2024 · 39 min About this episode Join us as we speak all things Hydrogen fuel and climate-tech related with James Milner, CEO of Access portfolio company Wild Hydrogen. Learn how the hydrogen fuels industry has evolved, where it's headed, and why it's such an exciting time to be in the space.Find out more about what we do at www.syndicateroom.com… ▶Show page
- 86 **David Hickson of Founders Factory on Angel Insights** 28 Aug 2024 · 29 min [Founders Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-s-factory) About this episode David Hickson, part of the founding team at Founders Factory, joins us to give a bit of background on Founders Factory and why they are starting a new Pre-seed B2B SaaS programme and fund when so many others thought B2B SaaS was saturated. To find out more about the fund SyndicateRoom and Founders Factory are… ▶Show page
- 85 **Hannah Leach and why so many investors get ESG wrong.** 4 Apr 2023 · 28 min [Hannah Leach](https://millionrounds.com/person/hannah-leach) About this episode Hannah Leach, Partner at Houghton Street Ventures & Co-founder at VentureESG, joins us on this exciting episode of Angel Insights where we delve into ESG and what it really boils down to when it comes to startups and Venture Capital. In this episode we look beyond the products and services being built to the supply… ▶Show page
- 84 **How to review and choose an EIS fund with Dr. Brian Moretta of Hardman & Co** 1 Mar 2023 · 26 min About this episode We had the opportunity to sit down and chat with the incredible Dr. Brian Moretta of Hardman & Co. Brian is a quant by nature, a former fund manager by past, and a fund analyst and reviewer at present. Not to mention, in his spare time, Brian is a professor at the prestigious Heriot-Watt University. Brian spends his… ▶Show page
- 83 **From a Magic Pony to Angel Investing with Zehan Wang** 23 Jan 2023 · 39 min [Zehan Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/zehan-wang) About this episode What does one do with a PhD in visual processing? Naturally, one would join the entrepreneur first accelerator, launch a machine learning-based visual processing business, sell it to twitter, then work one's way up the Twitter hierarchy before retiring around 30. Then one would turn one's hand to angel investing.… ▶Show page
- 82 **Addie Pinkster lessons from the city to angel investing** 7 Nov 2022 · 45 min About this episode Addie Pinkster is the Founder and Chief Executive of Adelpha, a female-led corporate financial advisor and leading investment network, that specialises in high-quality, fast-growth, UK-focused companies. Prior to that, she spent 15 years in investment banking, most recently as Head of Hedge Fund Strategy at Citi. She… ▶Show page
- 81 **Andy Ayim MBE chats Angel Investing and Purpose** 17 May 2022 · 44 min About this episode Andy Ayim MBE joins us on Angel Insights to discuss all things angel investing and how he finds time to balance family, work, and purpose. From product manager to entrepreneur, to angel investor, and opening his own angel investing school, Andy is on a mission to make the angel investing pool as diverse as the… ▶Show page

## Who the show talks about

Firms named in its episodes, and people named in descriptions: talked about, rather than on the show.

[**Angel Academe** *5*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-academe-increasing-female-investment)[**Carbon13** *4*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carbon13)[B **Brad Feld** *3*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-feld)[**British Business Bank** *3*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund)[**Cambridge Angels** *3*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cambridge-angels)[**Techstars** *3*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**AngelList** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angellist)[C **Chris Mairs** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-mairs)[**Golden Seeds** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-seeds)[**Indicator Ventures** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indicator-ventures)[J **John Spindler** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-spindler)[L **London Co-Investment Fund** *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/london-co-investment-fund)

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