For those interested in the venture capital, particularly in the UK and investors through the Enterprise Investment Scheme, EIS, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, or SEIS, and Venture Capital Trusts. Guests are leading people in the industry, whether fund managers, company founders or experts from other service providers. The aim is to dig deeply into topics, getting away from the promotional material that predominates elsewhere. Venture capital investing is a long-term endeavour and we will focus on topics that are relevant at any time. New episodes come out every two weeks (although we do take holidays!)Your host, Brian Moretta, is Head of Tax Advantaged Services at Hardman & Co. The latter supplies independent research in the industry and he has examined many EIS funds, VCTs and companies. His background is an actuary turned fund manager who then moved into equity research. He also has some academic chops, being an Honorary Fellow at Heriot-Watt University where he does some lec
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Signup to Generate a PitchFor those interested in the venture capital, particularly in the UK and investors through the Enterprise Investment Scheme, EIS, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, or SEIS, and Venture Capital Trusts. Guests are leading people in the industry, whether fund managers, company founders or experts from other service providers.
Recent episodes include "131 Using AI and YouTube in a VC investment process with Johnathan Matlock of Empirical Ventures" (24 March 2026, 65 minutes), "130 How deeptech can insulate investors from AI software concerns with Ilian Iliev of EMV Capital" (10 March 2026, 53 minutes), and "129 Why the bear view of AIM is overdone with Oliver Bedford of Hargreave Hale**" (24 February 2026, 59 minutes).
The EIS & VC Navigator publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 138 episodes.
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Episode #131
<p>For a business that looks so much at technology, venture capital is often poor in applying it. How should they use AI? Empirical Ventures has already embedded it into their investment process, so we asked Co-founder...
Episode #130
<p>There are lots of concerns about how AI will affect software companies, but could deeptech give investors some insulation from that? EMV Capital CEO, Ilian Iliev, certainly thinks so. In this episode we examine the...
<p>You don't need to look too hard to find negative views about AIM, but is it overdone? Oliver Bedford, Lead Manager of the Hargreave Hale AIM VCT certainly thinks so and in this episode we give him a chance to make...
<p>Founding a new VC firm isn't easy, and one headed by two women is exceptionally rare in the UK. Jessica Rasmussen co-founded Two Magnolia to invest in underrepresented founders and the regions so can tell us all...
<p>Deep maketech is not well known to investors, but is the theme that Everquest Capital Partners focus on. In this episode, Partners Stephane Mery and Hannah Wade discuss this blend of technology and manufacturing and...
<p>Now the successful Basics series is past, we return to normal programming with our usual year-end panel. An all-star group of experts get together to discuss what happened in 2025 and the prospects for 2026. This...
Episode #125
<p>In the last in the EIS & VC basics series for the EIS Navigator podcast we discuss exits and why they matter to investors. Symvan Capital are building a track record of successful exits. Co-founder Kealan Doyle also...
<p>In the latest in the EIS & VC basics series for the EIS Navigator podcast we discuss how investors and advisers can pick the right EIS fund or VCT. SyndicateRoom have moved into third-party management, so have good...
<p>In the latest in the EIS & VC basics series for the EIS Navigator podcast we discuss how companies can find the right EIS or VCT manager for investment. Symvan Capital has been investing through EIS for over a decade...
<p>In the latest in the EIS & VC basics series for the EIS Navigator podcast we discuss how investors should choose between EIS and VCTs. Calculus Capital manage products under both schemes, so their Head of Investor...
Episode #121
<p>In the latest in the EIS & VC basics series for the EIS Navigator podcast we discuss Knowledge Intensive EIS funds, sometimes called KI funds. These are still relatively new in the market, so it's good to get a full...
<p>In our latest in the EIS & VC basics series for the EIS Navigator podcast we discuss the tax reliefs for the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). Despite only launching its first SEIS fund a few years ago...
<p>In the fifth of the basics mini-series for the EIS Navigator we discuss the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). Jenson Ventures is one of the longest standing SEIS managers, and Jeffrey Faustin has been with...
<p>In the fourth of basics mini-series for the EIS Navigator we discuss Venture Capital Trust (VCT) tax reliefs. Mercia manage the three Northern VCTs, so we asked their head of investor relations, Paul Mattick, to come...
<p>In the third of basics mini-series for the EIS Navigator we introduce Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). Foresight Group manage four VCTs, so we asked Nel Isaac to come on and explain what they are about. VCTs are the...
<p>This is the second in the new basics mini-series for the EIS Navigator. This episode follows on directly from episode 115 and we go into the tax reliefs that are available on investments using Enterprise Investment...
<p>This is the first in a new mini-series for the EIS Navigator on basics. We had some feedback from listeners that they would like to have more introductory material to EIS, VCTs and SEIS. In the EIS Navigator Basics...
The EIS & VC Navigator
<p>The EIS Navigator host is taking a break, so there will be no episodes of the podcast. We will re-release a few episodes from the back catalogue. We'll be back in the autumn and are planning a great new series on EIS...
Episode #114
<p>While software may not eat the world, sometimes it seems like it has eaten the venture industry. However, hardware has its merits too. Climatetech investor OnePlanetCapital invests in both, so CEO Matt Jellicoe is...
Episode #113
<p>With climatetech being one of top areas of investor interest, it was time we checked in to see how things are. Dr Nicky Dee is co-founder and CEO of venture builder and fund manager Carbon13. With 25 years of...
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