About

Inside Europe's technology ecosystem

Riding Unicorns exists to tell the story of European technology — from the founders building it to the investors backing it.

The podcast

Your hosts

James Pringle

James Pringle

Head of Investments at Redbus Ventures

Founder turned investor. Investments in Swap, Orbital, YASO, StackOne, and more.

Hector Mason

Hector Mason

General Partner at Episode 1

Invests in B2B software at pre-seed and seed, alongside angel investing. Investments in Fluidstack, Lawhive, Jack&Jill, StackOne, and more.

What we do

We sit down with Europe's most ambitious founders, operators and investors for long-form conversations about how companies are actually built. Alongside the podcast, we track the ecosystem itself: company profiles, funding activity, and the Future Unicorn Index — a running record of the companies our guests believe become Europe's next generation of technology giants.

What you'll find here

  • Podcast. The full archive of the show, with summaries, key takeaways and transcripts.
  • News and insights. The stories moving the ecosystem, and the sharpest thinking from our conversations.

How we work

We keep an editorial standard: submissions are reviewed before anything is published, and the Future Unicorn Index only ever records what was actually said on the record. If your company has news worth telling, send it to us — funding rounds, launches, milestones, hiring — and our editors will take it from there.

Contact

Have a story, question or opportunity? Get in touch.

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