Welcome to The Haatch Up, our new exclusive investor podcast, which provides a short monthly update on everything happening at Haatch.
The Haatch Up podcast is an informal update on Haatch and may cover portfolio company news however it does not replace the formal quarterly fund updates which every Haatch investor receives in line with our investment management agreement.
Although The Haatch Up is designed exclusively for our underlying investors, we often share clips and full episodes publicly. So if you’re here and you’re not an investor, welcome!
Episode Seven – May 2024
Welcome to the May 2024 edition of The Haatch Up, our monthly podcast update on all things happening at Haatch.
In today’s episode, Charlie Weavers-Wright and Jeremy Luzinda are joined by Nico Pascarelli Ghitti. Nico is CRO at Native Teams, a Haatch portfolio company that recently announced a €6m raise. In this conversation, you’ll hear about revenue ops, what it takes to lead a sales team from startup to scale-up and so much more.
Episode Six – March 2024
Welcome to episode Six of The Haatch Up, our monthly podcast on all things happening at Haatch.
This month, Co-Founder and Partner Fred Soneya covers our end-of-tax year EIS Fund, answers investors’ questions and talks about the companies we’re planning to invest into.
Episode Five – February 2024
Welcome to the February 2024 edition of The Haatch Up, our monthly podcast on all things happening at Haatch.
For the first episode of the year, our Co-Founder and Partner Fred Soneya hands over the microphone to Haatch’s Principal Jeremy Luzinda who caught up with Masamba Senghore.
Masamba is currently an operator at a Series B UK fintech but previously spent time as a venture investor at Episode 1 and MMC, primarily investing in Series A. He has worn multiple hats as an operator, venture investor, LP and angel. In this episode, we get a transparent take on how Series A investors review Seed companies, what diligence entails, and what some qualitative and quantitative benchmarks are. We then evaluate venture capital in the UK and what successful venture investing looks like.
Episode Four – December 2023
In this episode, Co-Founder and Partner Fred Soneya and Associate Charlie Weavers-Wright break down our end-end investment process, including;
- Sourcing investment opportunities, including our outbound strategy
- Moving investment opportunities through our pipeline, from assessing, to diligence and customer references
- Making the most informed investment decisions we can
- Our investment committee process & asking the hard questions
Episode Three – November 2023
In this episode, Co-Founder and Partner Fred Soneya hands over the microphone to Haatch’s Principal Jeremy Luzinda, who is in conversation with Greg Freeman, founder and CEO of Data Literacy Academy – a Haatch portfolio company. Jeremy and Greg have a fantastic conversation about GTM, sales, being a revenue leader, and what this means for Data Literacy Academy as well as the current market.
Episode Two – October 2023
In this episode, our Co-Founder and Partner Fred Soneya is joined by Haatch Co-Founder & Partner Scott Weavers-Wright to discuss how Haatch supports portfolio companies through the good & bad, including the current Metro Bank challenges. They also spoke about AI and how Haatch takes a structured approach to reviewing deals in this area.
Episode One – September 2023
In this episode, our Co-Founder and Partner Fred Soneya gives an update on new investments completed in August, the reason for launching The Haatch Up and is also joined by Haatch’s Principal Jeremy Luzinda, to talk about our refined investment strategy and what this means for existing and new investors.