Category Archives: Alumni voice

From Classroom to Y Combinator: How Three First-Time Founders Built Metreecs

When Martin Dimitrov (LBS MiM23) walked into his first London Business School (LBS) lecture, he already knew he wasn’t destined for the traditional consulting or finance path. Instead, he was drawn to entrepreneurship. “Even in my application, I positioned myself towards startups,” he recalls. LBS proved to be the perfect launchpad, with its entrepreneurship-focused curriculum, […]

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Stotles founders

LBS Alumni-Founded Stotles Raises $13M to Grow Private Sector Sales to Government

Stotles has created a single platform for private sector companies to grow their revenue in the public sector in the new age of government efficiency. Founded in 2020 by London Business School MBA alumni John Witt, Taj Kamranpour and Carsten Schaltz (MBA 2019), and having taken part in the LBS Incubator, Stotles is on a […]

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Sailing- Everpay

Scaling a Payment Fintech Solution: Learning from Greece’s EveryPay

In this conversation, Gary Dushnitsky sits down with Georgios Syntelis, CEO of EveryPay – a leading Greek fintech at the forefront of payment innovation. A Columbia-LBS Global EMBA graduate, Georgios shares how his international banking experience shaped his approach to scaling a high-impact venture in a cash-first economy. Together, they explore the evolution of digital […]

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Two people facing each other with the TFL mind the gap logo behind them on a wall.

Mind the Gap: Why Aligning as Co-Founders is Critical for Your Company’s Growth

As you progress in your entrepreneurial journey, you understand that finding a co-founder is the easy part. Managing long-term co-founder relationships that are healthy and powerful is the real challenge. As a company scales, the relationship matures as well and you need to work hard to make it mature well. We know many co-founder stories […]

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Alex Ryvkin sitting on stage.

LBS Alumnus Alex Ryvkin: Raising Funds and Innovating in Crypto Finance

Founded in late 2022 by Alex Ryvkin, a London Business School (LBS) MBA2014 alumnus, Rho Labs is revolutionising the financial landscape with its innovative approach to crypto-specific and traditional finance rates. After raising $2.2 million in a pre-seed round led by Speedinvest in April 2024, the company secured an additional $4 million in seed funding […]

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Arka Dhar and Ioannis Ioannou in conversation in front of an audience

AI for Good: How is Generative AI going to change the world? 

It was a huge pleasure to host Arka Dhar at our IEPC event last week on “AI for Good”.  While there are many people speaking on this topic, few are as well informed as Arka, the current Product Lead at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and also a recent graduate of our Sloan Programme. Arka’s […]

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Regulations and compliance

Private Equity: Staying Ahead of the Game with Strong Compliance Practices

Private equity firms operate in a complex regulatory landscape that varies by jurisdiction, and navigating these regulations can be a challenge. In the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates private equity firms that manage over $150 million in assets under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. This requires private equity firms to […]

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Vishnu Chundi (MBA2017), the founder and CEO of AssetVault

AssetVault founder shares how an ‘old school’ issue was answered by a high-tech solution

AssetVault founder and LBS alumnus Vishnu Chundi leverages AI and Blockchain to remedy an age-old concern. There is a staggering $6bn left in unclaimed assets in India and a further $4bn unclaimed by the Indian diaspora located around the world, and this figure is set to quadruple in the years ahead.  This money is simply […]

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Swizzle co-founders Guillaume Jacomin MBA2022 and Capucine Codron MBA2022

Swizzle co-founder shares tips on how to recession-proof your startup

London-based Swizzle launched in August 2022 just as the UK’s economic downturn worsened. In this Q&A, cofounder Capucine Codron MBA2022 reveals why the threat of recession failed to deter her and fellow co-founder Guillaume Jacomin MBA2022 from launching a startup during an economic downturn. 5 tips for starting up in a downturn Investors don’t want […]

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Ammar Naveed and Haider Raza MBA2021, co-founders of DealCart

LBS alumnus and DealCart co-founder who recently raised $4.5m in pre-seed funding shares his journey

DealCart, co-founded by Haider Raza MBA2022, is swimming against the tide. While many tech firms are cost-cutting, downsizing and realigning their focus amid difficult economic conditions and steep inflation, Karachi-based DealCart, which opened for business in March as global financial markets started to turn sour, is on the up and up. The trailblazing startup, which […]

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