Investor Talk
Investor Talk is a podcast by Epic Angels, the largest women-only angel investment network globally, focusing on APAC and LATAM. The show demystifies angel investing by offering behind-the-scenes looks at startup founders, investors, and venture capital. Hosted by Epic Angels founders Maaike Doyer and Hester Spiegel, it aims to educate and inspire women to become angel investors.
Episodes
Popular Power - Building the system of record for Latin America's rooftop solar
Solar is going up on factories, warehouses and farms faster than any other way of making electricity, and those panels are meant to stay there for 30 to 40 years. Keeping them producing is the hard part. In Mexico, three out of four installed sites underperform, and most owners can't tell whether the cause is dirt, a broken part, a new building throwing shade or simply a cloudy week.In this episod
Matilda Health – The support layer around gynaecological surgery
Listen to the story of Jo Ingram Morris and Kelly Spoerk from Matilda Health. Based in Perth, Australia, they are filling a gap most women know first-hand: a knee replacement comes with a full preparation and recovery program, but a woman going into endometriosis surgery, a hysterectomy or a caesarean usually leaves with a pamphlet. Matilda is the support layer around gynaecological surgery: educa
Yindii - Rescuing a meal a minute from Asia's bakeries, hotels and supermarkets
Almost a third of all the food available to us is thrown away. In Hong Kong alone, 3,300 tonnes go to landfill every single day, nearly a third of everything the city bins. And most of it is perfectly good. Bakeries bake for the last customer who might walk in, hotels lay out a full buffet until closing, so ten to fifteen percent of what they make is surplus by design.In this episode we speak with
Zumma – AI that automates the most hated job in finance, building toward autonomous finance
Listen to the story of Marinella Pinate, Daniela Lascurain and Fernanda De La Colina from Zumma. Based in Mexico, they are taking on one of the most hated jobs in corporate finance: chasing the government-stamped invoices every company needs.In Mexico, an expense is not deductible without the official invoice, the CFDI, for every single transaction, and this kind of mandatory e-invoicing is now sp
Oraan - Giving Pakistan's 60 million unbanked women their first financial identity
In Pakistan, bank CEOs have a ready answer for why women don't have access to credit. They call them "not economically viable." So 60 million women built their own system. No bank needed. No credit score. No permission. $14 billion moves through these informal savings circles every year — entirely in cash, entirely invisible to the formal economy.In this episode, we speak with Halima Iqbal, founde
Living Roots - Data driven biological fertilizer that boosts yields and regenerates soil
Listen to the story of Avika Narula and Abhi Agarwal from Living Roots. Based in Thailand, they taking on the large and real-world problem of food safety. Growing pressure on soil health, rising fertilizer costs and supply chain fragility, fuels the demand for regenerative agriculture. Living Roots tackles this problem by starting from first principles in science and farming economics by combining
Sehat Kahani - Getting a doctor to Pakistan's 240 million — in 60 seconds
In Pakistan, 36% of women never see a doctor in their entire lifetime. The doctors exist — Pakistan trains more female doctors than male. But 80% never practice after marriage. They're called "doctor brides." The supply is there. The connection isn't.In this episode, we speak with Dr. Sara and Dr. Iffat — both physicians, both former "doctor brides" — who built Sehat Kahani (meaning "story of heal
TripWip - The carsharing platform bringing Turo-style mobility to Latin America's 650 million people
The average car in Latin America sits idle 90% of the time. Renting one still means queuing at a counter, signing paper forms, and arguing about insurance. For 650 million people, that is still the only option.In this episode, we speak with Juan Manuel Pancic and Juan Andrés Vico — MIT-trained data scientist and tech lead veteran of BlackRock and McDonald's — about TripWip, the peer-to-peer carsha
Samay - The AI wearable bringing hospital-grade lung diagnostics to billions of people
COPD is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. 550 million people have it. 80% don't know — because the only reliable test requires an $80,000 machine, a specialist, and 40 minutes of forced breathing that many patients simply cannot do. Most people find out they have COPD after they've already lost 40% of their lung function.In this episode, we speak with Colombia / Silicon Valley entrepren
Alkemio - Reinventing Rare Earth Refining
Alkemio is an Argentina-based deep tech company rethinking rare earth refining at a time when global supply chains are under pressure. With over 90% of refining capacity concentrated in China, industries and governments are seeking independent access to critical minerals essential for EVs, semiconductors, defense systems, and energy transition infrastructure.In this episode, we speak with founders
TeenCare - Emotional AI changing how parents understand their teenagers
TeenCare is a Vietnam-based technology company rethinking how families support teenagers during the most difficult years of growing up. As academic pressure, digital exposure, and emotional challenges intensify, parents are expected to guide their children with little real-time insight into what their teens are actually experiencing.TeenCare tackles this by combining live human mentors with AI-pow
Givvable - The data layer behind trusted supplier decisions
Companies rely on thousands of suppliers, yet struggle to answer a simple question: do we really know who we’re doing business with right now? With 2,677 ESG and sustainability policies globally, supplier diligence has become a moving target, turning supplier intelligence into core enterprise infrastructure.Givvable addresses this by embedding continuously verified supplier data directly into proc
Neem - building the Stripe of Pakistan for 250 million people
Neem is a Pakistan-based fintech startup building the payments infrastructure that simply doesn't exist in the world's fifth largest country. While 71% of transactions still happen in cash, businesses juggle 10+ payment providers just to collect money or pay vendors. Neem has built the full stack: collections, disbursements, branded wallets, and unified reconciliation—all through a single API.Foun
Eolic Wall - making wind energy as accessible and scalable as solar
Eolic Wall is a Peru-based renewable energy startup revolutionizing distributed wind generation. While 40% of solar capacity is distributed, less than 1% of wind energy is—because traditional turbines need massive scale to be efficient. Eolic Wall has cracked the code with the Eolic Cell, a 2x2x2 meter modular wind system that delivers utility-scale efficiency with 20x the power density of solar.F
BioPlaster Research - turning invasive algae into biodegradable materials - replace plastics and restore marine ecosystems
BioPlaster from Mexico transforms invasive sargassum algae into high-performance, certified biodegradable materials that replace petroleum-based plastics in packaging and textiles. Their product line includes compostable films, bags, foams, and threads designed for circularity, industrial scalability, and environmental impact. Listen to the story of Andrea and Daniel, Co-founde
Refurbi - Turning Latin America's e-waste crisis into a profitable, circular smartphone business
Refurbi is transforming Latin America's massive e-waste problem into a profitable circular economy solution, generating $7.5M in annual revenue while making quality smartphones accessible to millions. With 1.3 million tons of electronic waste piling up annually and only 3% properly managed, co-founders Sebastian and Sylvia have built the region's most trusted refurbished device ecosystem.Listen to
Salva Health - AI breast cancer detection for underserved women
Salva Health is tackling breast cancer screening accessibility with their portable device Julieta, which delivers screening results in under 5 minutes without requiring medical professionals or internet connectivity - reaching underserved women who would otherwise never get tested.Listen to the story of Valentina, the founder of Salva Health, as she tackles the challenge of late-stage breast cance
Arogga - Bangladesh’s #1 Digital Pharmacy
Listen to the story of Rosina Mazumder and Yawar Mehboob from Arogga. Arogga is dedicated to tackling the challenges faced by the healthcare system in Bangladesh today - unregulated, small, poorly stocked pharmacies where 30% of the medicines available are counterfeit. By providing 100% genuine, convenient, and cheaper medicines, Arogga is Bangladesh's number 1 digital pharmacy. They are building
Altai Casting - A single platform for actors, agents, casting directors, and studios
Altai Casting from Australia is transforming the entertainment industry by connecting artists with global opportunities while streamlining workflows for casting directors, agents, and production clients, all through a single platform. Listen to the story of Renee and Josh, the founders of Altai, as they tackle the challenges of a manual and fragmented casting process through their platform th
Enaxiom - Patented data center cooling technology
Enaxiom is tackling water and energy consumption of data centers with their proprietary technology HydroCool which can cut liquid cooling electrical consumption up to 80% while improving data centers water footprint. Listen to the story of Tia and Bijan, the founders of Enaxiom, as they tackle the challenges of bio-manufacturing and unbundle the value chain for a more sustainable, cruelty-free fut
Boost Capital - a B2B AI SaaS solution for financial institutions
Listen to the story of Lucinda Revell and Gordon Peters from Boost Capital. Headquartered in Singapore, Boost is the white-label AI platform, that enables financial institutions in emerging markets to reach their customers through messenger services. They add the neo-bank infrastructure to traditional financial institutions, which allows the customers of these banks to apply for loans, savings, an
Opo Bio: cultivating meat from the cell up
Opo Bio is revolutionizing bio-manufacturing by solving one of the biggest bottlenecks in cultivated meat and collagen production—scalability. With their patented proprietary technology, they have developed a faster, more cost-effective way to grow high-quality cell lines, enabling a sustainable future for food, cosmetics, and medicine.Listen to the story of Olivia and Laura, the founders of Opo B
Muta: End waste & drive impact ♻️
Muta wants to end waste. Muta wants to make sure that all the materials that are generated, are incorporated in the circular economy. With this vision, they want to be the leader in the market and transform the recycling industry. Listen to the story of Alejandro Caiaffa and Estefanía Abello Plata, the first Epic Angels LATAM portfolio company, on how they are revolutionizing the global recycling
BusCaro - Pakistan's fastest growing mobility startup
Summer 2022: one bus and a founder with a big vision - to make public transport safe, reliable and affordable in Pakistan. Fast forward to 2024, this company is making US$ 4.4M ARR and has processed 10M+ bookings. ‘And we are only scratching the surface’, Founder & CEO Maha says.Listen to the story of Maha Shahzad, and how she is disrupting the transportation market, with high growth AND healt
Kind Kones - Southeast Asia’s leading plant-based dessert
Listen to the story of Ishpal, Serina from and Shubham from Kind Kones. Headquartered in Singapore, Kind Kones is more than an ice-cream company — it's a movement for kindness, inclusivity, and joy. It is Southeast Asia’s leading plant-based dessert brand. Guided by the philosophy of "being kind," their message is clear - "Be kind to your body, the environment, and to others." Indulge in vega
Habitto - a Japanese neobank that aims to end financial anxiety
Listen to the story of Sam Ghiotti and Liam McCance from Habitto. Habitto is tapping into a shifting mindset in Japan, where decades of near-zero interest rates are giving way to a hunger for smarter money management. By offering higher yield savings accounts as an entry point, Habitto then guides users towards insurance and investment products, increasing customer lifetime value while helping the
Dispute Buddy - Access to justice for people in legal disputes
Listen to the story of Jenny Rudd from Dispute Buddy. Dispute Buddy is on a mission to remove the inequalities in the legal system by solving the inefficient process of evidence collection during legal disputes. Messages and emails make the bulk of the evidence and the process to gather these is stressful, disorganised, takes hours, and costs additional legal fees. With Dispute Buddy, it's si
CrediLinq.AI - Powering platforms with embedded finance solutions
Listen to the story of Deep Singh and Kaia Parv from CrediLinq.AICrediLinq is on a mission to drive financial inclusion for SMEs through their API tech infrastructure that integrates into any online platform (like Amazon and TikTok) to provide B2B buyers and sellers financing based on their digital footprint. Unlike traditional players, CrediLinq is not just a financing solution, but rather the te
Fundamento - Powering Contact Centers of the Future with Generative AI
Listen to the story of Megha Aggarwal and Ankit Durga from Fundamento.Fundamento is an AI virtual agent that helps enterprises reduce costs by 60% in their contact centers, while improving accuracy and customer satisfaction. Named among the 'Top AI Companies in Asia' by Google, Fundamento is tackling one of the biggest markets for the application of Gen AI- call center automation.At publication of
Metric - The World's Most Founder-Friendly Business Finance App!
Listen to the story of Meenah Tariq and Omar Parvez Khan from Metric. Metric is a fin-tech startup, offering a B2B SaaS product focused on the SME segment in emerging markets. Accountants are expensive for most MSMEs and even if they do have an accountant doing their book keeping, they don't know what the numbers mean. Enter Metric- the world's most founder-friendly financial analytics a
Qarbotech - a bio-compatible solution revolutionizing agriculture
Listen to the story of Suraya Abdul Rashid and Chee Hoe Chor from Qarbotech. Qarbotech has created a bio-compatible solution that helps improve crop yield by 30-60%, all while being 100% natural and without causing harm to the crops or soil as compared to the chemical fertilizers used by farmers today. Their solution solves for the effect of climate change on agriculture such as increased hea
Matilda Health - Endometriosis care in your pocket
Listen to the story of Joanna Morris and Kevin Wernli from Matilda Health. Living life with chronic and painful conditions can be confusing, isolating, and expensive, but Matilda Health from Australia is on a mission to change that. Matilda is a mind-body gym membership for chronic and painful conditions. The first condition they are tackling is endometriosis. By providing symptom tracking, eviden
Vulcan Augmetics - reshaping the prosthetics landscape by leveraging cutting edge technology
Listen to the story of Rafael Masters and Ella Trinh from Vulcan Augmetics. Vulcan Augmetics is creating a system that uses advanced technology to connect devices and people. With smart sensors and deep learning, they aim to give doctors better information to help patients and allow everyday users to control gadgets using their body signals.At publication of this episode, Vulcan is actively raisi
Znotes - a global student movement
Listen to the story of how Zubair Junjunia at the age of 16 started Znotes because of witnessing educational inequality firsthand. Today Znotes has transformed into a global student movement that has reached over 4 million learners in 190+ countries. Znotes, an award-winning social-impact startup, is on a mission to end educational inequality for young people everywhere by leveraging community-led
SALT - fintech designed for women in India
Listen to the story of Aditi Sholapurkar from SALT. SALT is targeting the single largest untapped customer base of 140M+ women in India by building users' confidence, and providing them mutual fund portfolios, digital gold, and pass book services, all powered by their 'Money Personality Test.' By sorting customers into categories like 'Cautious Cabbage,' SALT simplifies financial decisions and act
Rebel Girls – raising & inspiring the most confident generation of girls
Listen to the story of Jes Wolfe and Michon Vanderpoel from Rebel Girls. They are bridging the confidence gap in young girls through storytelling of extraordinary women throughout history, geography, and expertise. With a growing community of 23 million girls spanning more than 100 countries, they hope to reach 50 million by 2025! Rebel Girls is more than a publishing house; it's a vast omni-
SpaceBasic - digitizing university life in India
Listen to the story of Madhavi from SpaceBasic. Headquartered in India, SpaceBasic digitizes the student campus housing and cafeteria experience. Whether it’s fixing a light-bulb faster or helping the cafeteria plan ahead for students’ meals- SpaceBasic does it all. With 5x cost savings and 8x faster operations, they have already onboarded 57 universities in India on their platform, and they have
Special edition - angel investing in Asia
What do an American-born Chinese, an overseas Singaporean, and a Dutch professor have in common? Despite living in very different parts of the world, these three women are actively investing in Asian startups.Listen to the enlightening and informative podcast where US-based angel investors Sha-Mayn Teh and Katherine Li share their insights on why they invest in Asian startups, what they look for
Special edition - decoding generative AI investment opportunities
Join us for a special episode of the Epic Angels Investor Talk podcast, where we shift gears from our usual founder interviews to explore the world of venture capital and generative AI! With over six generative AI companies reaching unicorn status and countless generative AI startups emerging daily, we discuss how to analyze these deals and the questions to ask. Our host, Maaike Doyer, is joined b
Lytehouse - real-time intelligence for any security infrastructure
Listen to the story of Natalie Doran and Jean-Vicente De Carvalho from Lytehouse, an intelligence layer for any security infrastructure that provides proprietary risk detection analysis of video feeds in real-time with up to 99% accuracy. Its advanced computer vision technology detects weapons, fires and intruders in real-time and then prioritizes the biggest threats to the operator, who can
CorgiAI - B2B SaaS for payment fraud prevention
Listen to the story of Saif Farooqui from CorgiAI, an end-to-end suite of fraud detection and prevention solutions designed to help mid and large scale entities better monitor, understand and remedy fraud metrics. An AI product that highlights transactions for merchants to follow up on and an AI solution to recommend rules that can be implemented in payment provider platforms (Stripe, Shopify, Ady
Bookr - interactive reading-based edutainment tools for kids
Listen to the story of Dorka and Anna from Bookr, the research-based entertainment tool for kids to learn a second language. Bookr is a story-driven English learning application with animated books and games for an engaging learning experience. At publication of this episode, Bookr is actively raising funds.Angel investor Dr Susan Chen joins the Investor Talk at the end of this podcast.Hosted by H
Relay.Club - SaaS-based influencer management platform
Listen to the story of Jim Fields and Sophia Pederson, founders of Relay.Club, an online marketplace that connects influencers and innovative brands. Relay.Club is an online tool to help cross-border brands find, reach, and manage their perfect influencers on social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.At publication of this episode, Relay.Club is actively raising funds.Angel invest
InvestEd - a fintech in the Philippines, providing low-income high-potential students the 3Cs to succeed; Capital, Coaching, Community
Listen to the story of Carmina Bayombong, founder of InvestEd, an early-stage FinTech that provides low-income / high-potential college students in the Philippines the 3Cs they need to succeed: Capital for education, Coaching for life skills, and a supportive Community. At publication of this episode, InvestEd is actively raising funds. Angel investor Tasneen Padiath joins the Investor Talk at the
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