The Mergers Podcast

The official podcast of The Mergers! Listen to learn from those currently rising up the ranks in High Finance and from those who have already built their empire! Frequent guest episodes including those who run their own Private Equity, Family Office or Venture Capital Firms! We cover: - Industry Insights into: Investment Banking, Private Equity, Venture Capital - Bulge Brackets to Niche: Goldman Sachs & Blackrock to Sports & Media Private Equity. - Career Advice for how to get ahead. Expect a healthy mix of anecdotes, advice and laughs from those at the top of their game!

The Mergers Podcast is a business podcast hosted by The Mergers, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

The Mergers hosts The Mergers Podcast, a business show with 27 episodes published.

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  Compliance's role in disrupting markets (ft. Ambreen Khasru, Head of compliance)

  May 21, 202658 minS0

  <p>"I helped break up a human trafficking ring in Stockholm. That was one of my first forays into compliance."</p><p>Ambreen Khasru isn’t your typical corporate executive. As the Head of Compliance at <b>eToro</b> and a former leader at <b>Zilch, Juni, and Monese</b>, she has spent her career at the bleeding edge of the Fintech revolution. But her journey didn't start in a boardroom; it began in the music industry of Paris and Sydney before a "zigzag" move into the high-stakes world of international money transfers.</p><p>In this episode, Ambreen pulls ba...

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  Reflecting on a career picking unicorns (Ft. Jon Coker - Co-Founder, Eka Ventures)

  Apr 30, 202653 minS0

  <p>Jon Coker is the Founding Partner at Eka Ventures - the UK's largest early-stage impact VC, which has just closed an £80M Fund II. Before founding Eka, Jon spent 11 years at MMC Ventures, rising from analyst to Co-Managing Partner and backing some of Europe's most iconic consumer companies: Interactive Investor (£1.7B exit), Gousto, Bloom & Wild, and Mubi. In this episode, he breaks down the frameworks behind those picks; why the road less travelled is often safer; and the counterintuitive reason sustainability and commercial returns aren't just compatible - they're companions.</p><p><br/></p><p><b>What you'll learn:</b>...

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  Investment Banking for startups [Jason Kirby, Founder, Thunder.VC]

  Nov 13, 202552 minS0

  <p>What happens when a founder exits multiple startups and then builds a start-up focused Investment Banking platform from scratch?</p><p>In this episode, Rory and Ken sit down with <b>Jason Kirby</b> — founder of <b>Thunder VC</b>, ex-founder of LiquidSky (acquired for $40M+), and an advisor on over <b>$200M in startup transactions</b>.</p><p>Jason shares the raw truths about venture capital, selling companies, the AI investment bubble, and how founders can protect themselves during M&A deals.</p><p><b>Key topics we cover:</b></p>The real story behind his $40M+ startup ex...

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  My 2 Cents: Leaving Banking to found an AI Company [Rob Cossins, Scribe.AI]

  Oct 23, 202539 minS0

  <p><b>Rob Cossins (Co-founder & CEO, Scribe)</b> on the real founder journey: why entrepreneurship is not for everyone, the seven-year build-up from Barclays to AI/data, and how to decide <b>when to raise</b> (and when not to). We get into failing his very first interview (PE at BlackRock), why the jobs are still there (it's just more competitive) and why <b>your founder network is your unfair advantage</b>.</p><p>Rob explains what Scribe does (AI data extraction for private markets), what incumbents miss about adoption, and why the best founders <b>sell the vision before...

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  Tech, Banking & Surviving 2008 [Thomas Hughes, Workera]

  Oct 2, 202544 minS0

  <p>Tom Hughes’ career has been anything but normal. <br/><br/>He started out as a Dublin kid tracking stock prices on BBC Ceefax, went into equity research before the ’08 crash, and then got 'super-fired' like thousands of others.<br/><br/>From there he somehow blagged his way into Bloomberg with a bold doorstep pitch. He’s moved through private capital research (Gartner), relationship intelligence (Affinity), commercial leadership roles, and now into the world of AI and enterprise upskilling at Workera - where an “AI mentor” isn’t just hype, it’s the actual product.<br/><br/>In this episode we talk about...

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