
Riding Unicorns is the go-to podcast for anyone interested in venture capital and high-growth startups. Hosted by VCs James Pringle and Hector Mason, the show explores what it takes to build and back successful tech unicorns.
Each episode features candid conversations with top founders, operators, and investors unpacking the strategies, challenges, and insights behind scaling category-defining com... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 232 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | EntrepreneurshipInvestingBusiness | |||

Nikola Mrkšić is the Co-Founder and CEO of PolyAI, one of the world’s leading voice AI companies, helping enterprises automate customer service through conversational AI at massive scale.
Before PolyAI, Nikola was a machine learning researcher and p... more
This week on Riding Unicorns, Matt Wilson returns to the podcast. Matt previously joined us in September 2022 to talk about Omnipresent, which has since been acquired by Deel. He is now back building Jack and Jill, one of the most talked-about ventur... more
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George Davis, Founder and CEO of Lorum.
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I love listening to the founder stories. It's so interesting to hear how they started and grew their businesses.
Have thoroughly enjoyed listening to Riding Unicorns. As an entrepreneur myself it’s been fascinating hearing about how some of the most successful people in business have done it. Looking forward to future episodes.
It may just be a personal thing but I get distracted with very obvious editing in podcasts. It disrupts the flow and natural element of a conversation and becomes very cold and robotic. Unfortunately that’s very evident in this series. Aside from this annoyance, really insightful content.
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The series centers on the world of venture capital and high-growth tech, featuring candid conversations with founders, operators, and investors about fundraising, product-market fit, hiring, and scaling unicorns. Episodes often explore go-to-market strategies, LP relations, platform and infrastructure bets, and how emerging technologies—from AI to fintech—reshape markets. A notable strength is the pragmatic, founder- and investor-driven dialogue that surfaces real-world lessons, including fundraising momentum, competitive positioning, and the challenges of selling to enterprise networks. The show tends to attract professionals interested in building fast-moving tech businesses, investing in early-stage and growth rounds, or staying ahead of... more
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