Tim Maurer

This month on our podcast we had the pleasure of speaking to Tim Maurer. Tim's 15+ year career at the intersection of technology, cybersecurity, policy, strategy, and geopolitical risk spans the White House National Security Council, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the United Nations, think tanks and academia.

Tom Henriksson

Tom Henriksson is a General Partner at OpenOcean Capital. Tom started his career in VC at Holtron Ventures, one of the A round investors in MySQL, delivering industry leading returns for the fund. Later, he was at Nokia for almost 9 years in various leadership roles, developing and investing in new businesses. Since 2011, Tom is at OpenOcean, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B software across Europe.

Fred Gil

Our guest this month is Fred Gil, a former professional tennis player who competed in the ITF Men's Circuit, achieving a career-high singles world ranking of No. 62. Now retired from professional tennis, Fred still competes and is World Champion of the ITF Young Seniors World Championships and is mostly dedicated to his new business venture: a groundbreaking tech-enabled world class tennis academy.

Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher is Editor-at-large of TechCrunch. He has been named one of the most influential journalists in European technology. He has advised the UK government on tech startup policy and was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to the technology industry.

Mike Sigal

Mike Sigal is an entrepreneur, consultant and advisor specializing in business development, corporate innovation strategies and financial innovation, with over 25 years’ experience in the global startup ecosystem, including as founder of 7 companies (3 exits, 1 IPO) and advisor to dozens of institutions.

Cristina Fonseca

To rightfully kick off Season 2 of The Red Chair, Stephan sat down with Cristina Fonseca, one of Indico's founding partners and our entrepreneur in residence. Cristina is a well-known figure in the tech startup community and has been instrumental in shaping Indico's vision and direction over the years.

Ítalo Ferreira

Ítalo Ferreira is a professional surfer from Baía Formosa. As a child Ítalo began surfing on a styrofoam lid, once he got his first surfboard his talent quickly became seen, and he quickly climbed the ranks. Ítalo became the WSL World Champion in 2019 and in 2020 became the first-ever Olympic gold medalist for surfing at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Diogo Mónica

Diogo Mónica is the co-founder and president of Anchorage Digital, the premier digital asset platform for institutions. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Técnico Lisboa, and has worked in software security for over 15 years. In 2017, he co-founded Anchorage, the first-ever federally chartered digital asset bank.

Fred Destin

Fred Destin is the founder of Stride.VC, a seed fund based in London. Prior to Stride, Fred was a General Partner at Accel and Accomplice (formerly Atlas Venture) where he played key roles in the success of companies such as Deliveroo, Pillpack, and Carwow. In addition to his work in venture capital, Fred is also a noted blogger and conference keynote speaker.

Kunal Gupta

Kunal Gupta is is the founder and CEO of Nova (formerly Polar), a creative advertising software provider to the world's largest media publishers, platforms, brands and agencies. Kunal is a devoted meditator and regularly writes about leadership, culture, and mindfulness.

April Rinne

April Rinne is equal parts global authority, advocate, ally and adventurer. She sees trends early, understands their potential, and helps others do the same. She connects people, ideas and resources in ways that say "wow, that's what the world needs" – and then makes it happen.

Nic Von Rupp

Nic Von Rupp spent his teenage years in competitive surfing, but nowadays is focused on moving frontiers in Big Wave Surfing. While chasing the heaviest waves around the world, Nic has grown his YouTube channel and personal brand.

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