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Venture Capital / December 9, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #30 Investing in Brands – Nick-Raj Birdi (Imbiba)

In our closing episode of the season, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin had an incredibly insightful and wide-ranging conversation with Nick-Raj Birdi from Imbiba and dived into what it takes to build and scale location-based businesses, the upcoming House of Gods launch in Canary Wharf, and Nick’s take on the current state of deal flow in the

AI Tech / December 1, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #29 Founding Engineer – Dmitrii Iniutin (Seamflow, Fuse Energy)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin had a great conversation with Dmitrii Iniutin, the first founding engineer at Seamflow, and discussed how startups can attract early-stage hires, how AI is reshaping the software engineering job market, and why the founding engineer role isn’t for everyone..

BigTech / November 25, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #28 Building Experience – Ada Kirsch (Meta, Haiilo, Xyrality, Coppertino)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin hosted Ada Kirsch, an iOS Software Engineer at Meta, for a deep conversation about why collaboration is the most important element of product building, the social dangers of AI in the current market realities, and what big UX innovations we can expect to see in the near future.

BigTech / November 14, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #27 Building for FAANG – Svyatoslav Babinets (Meta)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin hosted Svyatoslav Babinets, a talented engineering manager at Meta with over a decade of experience, and had a deep conversation about big tech culture, the skills that make truly world-class engineers, and how the future of the software engineering industry is evolving.

Venture Capital / November 8, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #26 Analysing Unicorns – Sean Sukonnik (Outward VC, Thunder.vc, Diagram Capital, Malevich AI, DVC, Lunar Ventures)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin talks with Sean Sukonnik, covering the current venture finance market, the future of alternative energy, and his inspiring journey from being the last human analyst at DVC to becoming the youngest investor at Outward VC.

Supply Chain / November 1, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #25 $60M Transformations – Julia Sanzharova

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin had a chat with Julia Sanzharova, a digital transformation leader with over $60M in managed innovation programs across global FMCG companies. Julia shares her experience driving large-scale transformation projects, the pitfalls of digitalisation, and what it really takes to modernise enterprise systems.

Venture Capital / October 28, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #24 Endorsing Founders – Doris Zhang & Alexander Godber (Envestors)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin talks with Doris Zhang and Alexander Godber from Envestors, one of the UK’s leading endorsing bodies for the Innovator Founder Visa. Together, they unpack how the programme works, what makes a successful application, and why the UK continues to attract ambitious global entrepreneurs.

HealthTech / October 17, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #23 Building Growth Engine – Alexandra Trotsik (Simple App, Vivid Money)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin has a chat with Alexandra Trotsik, Head of Operations, Growth at Simple, about the evolving role of operations in startups — from investability and team culture to people management and scaling sustainably.

Yotewo News / October 17, 2025

10 questions with Ritchie Beckett

So this has been way overdue, but we wanted to properly introduce Ritchie Beckett, our newish Chief Business Officer. We caught up with him this week in London for a quick Q&A to to introduce the person behind the role.

CreativeTech / October 10, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #22 Super App for Events – Bassey Eyo (Lybertine, Virgin Media O2)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin talks with Bassey Eyo, CTO at Lybertine, about his transition from system administration to software engineering, leading tech teams, and bridging the communication gap between technical and non-technical founders.

Venture Capital / October 8, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #21 From Finance to VC Studio – Anastasia Rodina (Dreamdaze, Sumsub, Blackmoon)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin chats with Anastasia Rodina from Dreamdaze, about her journey from the corporate world to startups, the evolution of venture studios, and how to build products that truly resonate with users.

Venture Capital / September 26, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #20 Investing in Skills – Toby Palmer (Ufi Ventures)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin sits down with Toby Palmer, Associate at Ufi Ventures, to explore the evolving field of impact venture capital - investment thesis at Ufi, what early-stage metrics matter most when assessing startups and his outlook on the future of work.

Yotewo News / September 22, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #19 Building for Twenty Years – Ilia Volkov (DRW, bp, Vaticle, Binance, Facebook)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin had a chat with Ilia Volkov, an experienced software engineer whose career spans across Facebook, Binance, Vaticle, bp, and DRW about his journey into engineering, the realities of hiring at top tech firms, and what it takes to build world-class teams.

Venture Capital / September 12, 2025

Yotewo™ Podcast #18 From Cambridge to VC- Garat Chandigere Uria (Love Ventures, Verdance Ventures, Kinetic Investments)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin talks with Garat, founder of Verdance Ventures, about Cambridge startup ecosystem, the current state of venture capital deal flow, and how products in the UK compare to those in emerging markets.

Yotewo News / September 5, 2025

Yotewo™ #17 Innovating in the UK – Fedor Pankratov & Anna Zhabina (Goldman Solutions, Beyond Tech)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin sits down with Fedor Goldman, founder of Goldman Solutions, and Anna Zhabina, co-founder of Beyond Tech, to discuss the UK as a global hub for founders. From immigration pathways to startup challenges, they unpack why London continues to attract entrepreneurs, the most common reasons founders fail in the UK,

Hiring / September 3, 2025

How to Find and Hire an App Developer for Your Business

If you’re building a startup in 2025, mobile app development for startups isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s the stage, the shop, and the handshake, all in one. The addressable audience is immense and still growing: by the end of 2025, 5G will account for roughly one-third of all mobile subscriptions, a concrete sign that richer, faster […]

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