Laura Lewandowski - from journalist to entrepreneur to investor

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Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying mathematical concepts that power modern machine learning, to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives–even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…

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Laura Lewandowski - from journalist to entrepreneur to investor.

Laura's work cannot be put into a one-liner bio, but summarised as story-teller-entrepreneur - now turned investor with her investment in @passionfroot.

Listen to Laura on the power of stories, the future of the creator economy and her very personal route to investing.

Follow Laura on Twitter, Linkedin & Instagram

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Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram (@female_business_angels)

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Laura Lewandowski - from journalist to entrepreneur to investor

Female Business Angels Podcast

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Laura Lewandowski - from journalist to entrepreneur to investor.

Laura's work cannot be put into a one-liner bio, but summarised as story-teller-entrepreneur - now turned investor with her investment in @passionfroot.

Listen to Laura on the power of stories, the future of the creator economy and her very personal route to investing.

Follow Laura on Twitter, Linkedin & Instagram

Follow Tine on Linkedin

Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram (@female_business_angels)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It's a wrap - 1 year of podcasting with Darya Kamkalova 33:35

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Dear podcast listeners! It's a wrap! As originally planned the year of podcasting is over! Our podcast community will live on this Telegram group, feel free to join and contribute. We would love to have you there <3 If you are an aspiring angel, check out: https://www.auxxo.de/evangelistas https://encourage-ventures.com/ https://www.alma-angels.com/ https://www.angelacademe.com/ https://sistafund.com/ https://www.femmesbusinessangels.org/ https://angels4women.com/ Thank you so much, dear Darya, for recording this last episode together with us! Darya is the host of the Venturing Women podcast host, a data industry professional with more than 10 years of experience, a startup mentor, and a speaker. She is committed to narrowing the gender investment gap for female founders and diverse teams. Follow Darya on LinkedIn & listen to her podcast! Follow Tine on LinkedIn & Twitter Follow Katia on LinkedIn & Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Faye Maidment - investing in virtual beings and extended realities 32:19

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Faye has been a long-time metaverse (m)user; building products and communities across extended realities (XR) and studying the intersection between culture and new technologies. Most recently, she led investments in areas such as virtual world platforms, digital fashion, web3 and virtual beings, at a top-tier gaming fund (Seed/Series A) and co-writes the pop culture newsletter, High Tea Since July, Faye has been investing as part of Atomico's Angel Programme. Follow Faye on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Katia on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Sarah Turner - introducing more women to angel investing since 2014 35:45

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Sarah is an entrepreneur and angel investor. In 2014 she co-founded the fast-growing and award-winning angel network, Angel Academe. They help female founders and co-founders access a unique pool of engaged, mainly female investors. Angel Academe investors have backed 45+ startups through 70+ funding rounds, helping them raise over £100m from angels, VCs and family offices to continue to grow their med tech, clean tech, fintech and enterprise software businesses, many of them with ESG goals at the core of their mission. Their investors are successful entrepreneurs and senior leaders who want to be part of an experienced, professionally managed and trusted network. Follow Sarah on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Tine on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Kerstin Bock - backing diverse founders with long-term horizons and focus on impact 44:30

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Kerstin is the CEO and co-founder at Openers, a boutique communications agency in Berlin that partners with tech companies including Sorare, Pipedrive, Spotify , and Pleo as well as several other unicorns. She is an active mentor and advisor to several start-up initiatives including the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund — Europe's largest Deep tech fund. Kerstin invests as a hands-on angel in early-stage startups across sectors ranging from climate tech to food tech and health tech, always with a focus on diverse founding teams (including one.five, Hier Foods , The Climate Choice , Endogene.Bio) and recently also joint the Atomico Angel Programme. Follow Kerstin on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Tine on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Nicole Büttner - on the privilege of where you were born and inequalities we still need to fix 35:40

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Nicole Büttner is a tech optimist at heart and is active as an entrepreneur, investor and board member. Her passion is to create real impact with new technologies useful to companies and people. Nicole is co-founder and CEO of MerantixMomentum , a leading AI solutions firm and member of the management board of Merantix, an AI venture studio based in Berlin. Nicole is Digital Leader at the World Economic Forum and was nominated as a Young Leader by the Aspen Institute. She was selected twice as 40 under 40 by Capital Magazine and Rising Talent by the Women’s Forum. Previously, she worked as a hedge fund portfolio manager at OFI AM in Paris and led the global business development for Autionomics, Nobel Prize winner Paul Milgrom’s tech and consulting firm. She serves on the Board of Alumni of the University of St.Gallen and on the board of the German Startup Association . She regularly lectures at the University of St. Gallen and other academic institutions. Nicole trained as an economist and econometrician at the University of St.Gallen, Stockholm School of Economics and Stanford Universit y and holds a MA in Quantitative Economics and Finance. Follow Nicole on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Katia on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Florence Richardson angel investing since 15 years - live from WVCE 37:21

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This episode was recorded live on stage at Women in VC Europe Summit 2022 at Station F in Paris. Florence Richardson graduated with a Masters in Engineering completed by a further Business Masters degree. She began her career with Crédit Lyonnais (LCL) in 1988 and spent 14 years in various roles within the corporate division finishing her time there within the group strategy department. She then co-founded and developed a commercial consulting and sales force outsourcing company. She joined the “ Femmes Business Angels” network in 2009, and is nowadays the President of the Association. As active Business Angel, she has invested in more than 30 startup companies. She is a certified IFA / SC Po independent board member, sits on the board of several startups, and is also a board member of 2 small cap listed companies and a financial institution. In 2021, she cofounded Win Equity, the first venture capital firm in France created to invest in startups founded or co-founded by women. Follow Florence on LinkedIn and Twitter Follow Katia on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram or Linkedin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Michala Rudorfer - the maniac and the business strategist 29:09

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Michala has 15yrs+ experience in investing, private equity and finance and she is CEO of Rose-Sky Investments . The investment focus is on consumer, B2B tech and sustainability. Investments include among others Emma Sleep Company , Clove , Nevernot, Pulpo. Michala is a co-founder of encourageventures and Level 20 DACH . Follow Michala on LinkedIn Follow Tine on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram or Linkedin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Stine Mølgaard Sørensen - taking risks and building your own business 32:17

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Stine has more than 10 years of experience working with new technology both in a corporate global role at H. Lundbeck and founding several tech startups whereas she led one to a successful Silicon Valley exit. Today Stine is an active angel investor and a partner and co-owner of Nordic Fintech Angels, sits on the board of REEL , CPH Village , and MATTER Pension , further, she sits on the Innovation Fund Denmark's investment panel and she is elected to the Danish Competitiveness Council and in 2020 she won the KPMG award as the Scandinavian Entrepreneur of the Year. Finally, she’s a best-selling author with her book “F*ck It, Ship It” which is all about experimenting with new technology. Follow Stine on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Katia on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Jenny Saft - how to diversify VC through scout programs 37:12

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Jenny is one of the co-founders of Apryl, a fertility benefits startup based in Berlin. Before starting Apryl, she worked as VP Business Development for the Dutch fintech company Adyen (IPO 2018). Jenny completed her dual studies at Deutsche Telekom and worked there as an executive assistant after graduating. She completed her MBA at the Hult International Business School in San Francisco. Attracted to the startup world, she stayed there for three years and worked in corporate development for an ad tech company Fyber. Since 2021, she's part of the Atomico angel programme - an initiative which empowers the next generation of European angel investors to partner with the most ambitious early-stage founders. Follow Jenny on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Katia on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Céline Flores Willers - taking risks and being entrepreneurial 33:45

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Céline is one of the most well-known business influencers on LinkedIn. She started to feed her personal profile with self-created content focusing on the latest innovations, startups and tech-trends. Since then, her LinkedIn experienced dramatic growth in followers and now compromises a large community of +130.000 professionals with a weekly reach of more than 250.000 people. LinkedIn recognised her work by awarding Céline three time in a row as “LinkedIn Top Voice” 2018 and 2019 and 2022. She now founded her own company “ The People Branding Company “ to help multinational brands and professionals harness the power of personal branding & corporate influencing in order to drive influence and reach. As a speaker for personal branding, she is a guest at many top events across Europe, such as TEDx or Bits&Pretzles. Her angel investments include Junto , Tomorrow University and passionfroot . Follow Celine on LinkedIn Follow Tine on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram or Linkedin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Veronica Diquattro - the one who can, has a responsibility to support founders! 28:36

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Veronica Diquattro is Chief Revenue Officer Europe at DAZN . Previously to that, she was Managing Director Southern and Eastern Europe at Spotify . Veronica also worked on the launch of the Android Market and Google Play in Italy for Google . She is a non-executive director and advisor in the media technology sector and a big advocate of “giving back” being a member of Angels4Women and Angels4Impact - both prestigious business angels networks in Europe. Veronica was awarded as one of "The Inspiring Fifty" most influential women in Italy for technology and innovation in 2019. She was recognised as one of the most successful managers within the industry and as one of the best Leaders Under 40 in 2020. Angels investments: Chitè, Cynomis , Ricehouse , Foodlogica , Tackpay , Renoon , Le Cicogne , Aorticlab , Serenis , Buddyfit , Futurely . Follow Veronica on Linkedin Follow Katia on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Female Founders special with Nicole Crentsil - live from LTST conference 31:22

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This episode was recorded live on stage at the Lead Today Shape Tomorrow Conference organised by Female Founders in June 2022 in Vienna. Nicole Crentsil is a Ghanaian-British businesswoman, change maker, angel investor and cultural curator based in London. Nicole is the founder and CEO of Black Girl Fest and the founder of BIG SIS, a new network supporting the personal development of creative working women. Nicole currently sits on the Members Advisory Board for the Tate and is also a VC Scout and Angel Investor with Ada Ventures - a £34 million fund investing in underrepresented founders. She’s since made investments in afro hair care brand Afrocenchix backed by Google in a $1.2million seed round and hair extensions brand Ruka Hair who raised $2.24million in early-stage VC funding. In 2021 Nicole was awarded Forbes 30 under 30 for her contribution to arts & culture. In the same year Time out London named Nicole as a ‘visionary’ changing the city for the better. Follow Nicole on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Tine on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Katia on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Rita Vilas-Boas - finding your competitive advantage 34:55

3 years тому34:55

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Rita Vilas-Boas is an executive turned angel investor and startup advisor. She has a Biotech background and has more than 20 years’ experience working in multinational, family and startup businesses, in 7 countries across 3 continents. In the last years Rita has invested in early stage startups with consumer focus. She is a Limited Partner in the first Portuguese Founders Fund . Rita is founding member of the first Classic Liberal Party in Portugal. She is a strong advocate of gender diversity and actively participates within the European female ecosystem. Follow Rita on Linkedin. Follow Katia on Linkedin or Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram ( @female_business_angels ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Heidrun Twesten - womansplaining: how male investors can understand female entrepreneurs better 37:46

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Heidrun has been an entrepreneur since 2002 and has accompanied numerous companies to the stock exchange during the first German startup wave at the end of the 90s. As a board member, she was instrumental in establishing one of today's leading German investor relations agencies and subsequently founded her own IR consulting firm Impacct. As an executive advisor, mentor and business angel, she supports companies, startups and organizations in capital market issues as well as in transformation processes and is a Certified Designing Your Life Coach (Stanford). Heidrun is co-host of the German Podcast „ EQUALIZER – DER Gründerinnen-Podcast “ and co-author of „Gründerinnen-Handbuch“ (female founders‘ handbook) published by Springer Gabler in June 2022. She is /was invested in several startups such as Avocadostore , clare & me and not less but better . Follow Heidrun on LinkedIn and Twitter Follow Tine on Linkedin and Twitter Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram or Linkedin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Carmen Alfonso Rico - making chocolate and spotting unicorns 45:59

3 years тому45:59