{"podcast":{"title":"Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology","slug":"riding-unicorns-venture-capital-entrepreneurship-technology-3057693","podcast_index_feed_id":3057693,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1620178.rss","website_url":"https://linktr.ee/ridingunicorns_","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/jf3ttbi3zp9fmtxbjspym1v9vxum?.jpg","author":"Riding Unicorns","episode_count":242,"summary":"Riding Unicorns is a podcast featuring the world's best minds from venture and 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 conversations with top founders, operators, and investors unpacking the strategies, challenges, and insights behind scaling category-defining companies. From fundraising and product-market fit to hiring, growth, and beyond, no topic is off-limits. Whether you're a founder, VC, angel investor, or just curious about the world of startups, you’ll find valuable takeaways in every episode.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T14:21:27.851790+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/riding-unicorns-venture-capital-entrepreneurship-technology-3057693"},"episode":{"title":"Inside SVB's dramatic acquisition and the Future of UK Venture with Erin Platts, CEO of Octopus Ventures","slug":"inside-svb-s-dramatic-acquisition-and-the-future-of-uk-venture-with-erin-platts-ceo-of-octopus-ventures","published_at":"2025-11-26T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/riding-unicorns-venture-capital-entrepreneurship-technology-3057693/inside-svb-s-dramatic-acquisition-and-the-future-of-uk-venture-with-erin-platts-ceo-of-octopus-ventures","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/riding-unicorns-venture-capital-entrepreneurship-technology-3057693","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1620178/episodes/18234610-inside-svb-s-dramatic-acquisition-and-the-future-of-uk-venture-with-erin-platts-ceo-of-octopus-ventures.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1620178/episodes/18234610-inside-svb-s-dramatic-acquisition-and-the-future-of-uk-venture-with-erin-platts-ceo-of-octopus-ventures.mp3","summary":"Erin Platts is the CEO of Octopus Ventures and former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank UK & Europe — one of the most pivotal figures in the UK tech ecosystem. In this conversation, Erin opens up in remarkable detail about her personal journey from two decades inside SVB to leading one of Europe’s most active venture firms. She shares the inside story of the SVB collapse — the all-nighters, the adrenaline, the leadership decisions made under extreme pressure, and what it was really like to shoul...","meta_description":"Erin Platts is the CEO of Octopus Ventures and former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank UK & Europe — one of the most pivotal figures in the UK tech ecosyste…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2600,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/riding-unicorns-venture-capital-entrepreneurship-technology-3057693/episodes/inside-svb-s-dramatic-acquisition-and-the-future-of-uk-venture-with-erin-platts-ceo-of-octopus-ventures/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/riding-unicorns-venture-capital-entrepreneurship-technology-3057693/inside-svb-s-dramatic-acquisition-and-the-future-of-uk-venture-with-erin-platts-ceo-of-octopus-ventures.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}