Nicola McClafferty's guest appearances

Nicola McClafferty

Tech.eu

The Scaling Startups Podcast

Slush

Eze Vidra

Avi Meir

Semil Shah

Julien Codorniou

Ian Smith

Ada Lovelace

Peter Reinhardt

Bruce Daisley

Matthew Williams

Tommy Palm

Daniel Ek

Margrethe Vestager

Guy Podjarny

Roxanne Varza

Mattias Ljungman

OwlTail

Nicola McClafferty, partner at the London-based VC firm Molten Ventures, estimates that it would've taken at least a decade to see as many people switch from brick-and-mortar to online shopping experience across the world if not for the lockdowns that saw a big part of the global population confined to their dwellings for months on end.While presenting a huge opportunity for the companies who were ready to handle this shift, this shift has also emphasised the shortcomings and issues of today's e-commerce and adjacent industries."We're looking at a large volume of retail and a change in purchase behaviour happening online that's leveraging an infrastructure, be it software or physical infrastructure, that has been built to service previous generations of retail," McClafferty said.This and similar issues in the field of consumer tech — or rather the startups that can solve them — is what McClafferty focuses on at Molten. We sat down to discuss what the future holds for this segment, and what trends are the most important to follow.

Nicola McClafferty, partner at the London-based VC firm Molten Ventures, estimates that it would've taken at least a decade to see as many people switch from brick-and-mortar to online shopping experience across the world if not for the lockdowns that saw a big part of the global population confined to their dwellings for months on end.While presenting a huge opportunity for the companies who were ready to handle this shift, this shift has also emphasised the shortcomings and issues of today's e-commerce and adjacent industries."We're looking at a large volume of retail and a change in purchase behaviour happening online that's leveraging an infrastructure, be it software or physical infrastructure, that has been built to service previous generations of retail," McClafferty said.This and similar issues in the field of consumer tech — or rather the startups that can solve them — is what McClafferty focuses on at Molten. We sat down to discuss what the future holds for this segment, and what trends are the most important to follow.

Content, community, and commerce: The future of consumer tech with Nicola McClafferty

On Season 2 episode 4 I’m joined by Venture Capitalist Nicola McClafferty who is investment director at Draper Esprit as we dive into the world of venture capital, Nicola is a former founder of Covetique backed by retail giant Asos. We discuss a bunch of topics starting with the art &amp; science of VC and how Nicola leverages her founder experience to be a successful investor. Secondly we dive behind the decision making process Nicola goes through to as she funds entrepreneurs. Finally we talk about the future of venture capital and where the VC model will evolve to over the next 10 years.

On Season 2 episode 4 I’m joined by Venture Capitalist Nicola McClafferty who is investment director at Draper Esprit as we dive into the world of venture capital, Nicola is a former founder of Covetique backed by retail giant Asos. We discuss a bunch of topics starting with the art &amp; science of VC and how Nicola leverages her founder experience to be a successful investor. Secondly we dive behind the decision making process Nicola goes through to as she funds entrepreneurs. Finally we talk about the future of venture capital and where the VC model will evolve to over the next 10 years.

Nicola McClafferty : The founder and venture capitalist on the art and science of VC 