Podcasts
Insights from an Angel Investor with Marjorie Radlo-Zandi
Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur turned long-term Angel Investor, board member, mentor and consultant to early-stage companies. Marjorie focuses on investing for impact and diversity, with a particular interest in health and tech. Prior to her role as an Angel Investor, she founded food diagnostics company VICAM, which positively impacted the lives of millions by protecting and enhancing the global food supply. Under her leadership, the business expanded to over 100 countries. Marjorie led the sale of VICAM to Waters, a two billion dollar publicly-held firm, and continues to lead the VICAM business unit within Waters.
Marjorie has been actively investing for a number of years through Launchpad Venture Group, a Boston based angel investing group that focuses primarily on high-tech and life sciences; and Branch Venture Group, a US based angel group investing in food and food-tech.
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Darryl Bates-Brownsword
CEO | Succession Plus UK
Darryl is a dynamic, driven Business Mentor and Coach with over 20 years of experience and passion for creating successful outcomes for founder-led businesses. He is a great connector, team builder, problem solver, and inspirer – showing the way through complexity to simplicity.
He has built 2 international multi-million turnover businesses; one now operating in 16 countries. His quick and analytical approach cuts through to the core issues quickly and identifying the context. He challenges the status quo and gets consistent, repeatable and reliable business results.
Originating in Australia, Darryl’s first career was as an Engineer in the Power Industry. Building businesses brought him to the UK in 2003 where he quickly developed a reputation for combining systems thinking with great creativity to get results in challenging situations.
A keen competitive cyclist, he also has a B Eng (Mech) Engineering and an MBA.