In this episode of Born to Disrupt, hosts Grant Niven and Mark Walker sit down with Ulf Zetterberg, the founder of Seal Software and now the driving force behind Digital Mirror. Recording from the US, Dubai, and the UK, the trio dives into the next evolution of legal tech: moving beyond static contract management to dynamic performance tracking. Ulf shares candid insights from his exit to DocuSign and his return to the founder's grind. He dissects the current AI landscape, warning against the "noise" of constant hype and emphasising that AI is an enabler, not a psychic solution for undefined business problems. The conversation also covers the "Digital Mirror" concept—empowering individuals to automate their own workflows and the potential for outcome-based pricing models to reshape vendor relationships.

The rapid ascent of generative AI has left many boardrooms scrambling to move beyond experimentation and into a phase of tangible value. However, for Hemant Julka, a veteran technology leader and former executive at Emirates NBD, the path to successful deployment is not found in chasing the latest model, but in a rigorous, foundations-first approach that treats the technology as a multiplier of an existing enterprise's strengths and weaknesses.

In this episode of Born to Disrupt, hosts Mark Walker and Simon Hardie sit down with Nada Shaheen, the first woman to lead a corporate venture capital fund in Africa and a pivotal force advancing startup collaboration across Egypt and the wider continent. Nada shares her remarkable journey from working across Egypt’s startup ecosystem to building and scaling the corporate venture capital division for GB Corp, one of Egypt and Africa’s most influential automotive groups.

In this episode of Born to Disrupt, hosts Grant Niven and Mark Walker are joined by Geir Espeskog, founder of Northwind and former BlackRock executive, for an in-depth discussion on the evolution of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), thematic investing, and how breakthroughs in quantum computing and artificial intelligence are shaping the next industrial revolution. Check out the audio or subscribe via one of your favourite podcast platforms:

In the latest episode of Born to Disrupt, hosts Simon Hardie and Grant Niven sit down with Nicholas Bingham, Founding Partner at Taranis Capital, to explore how biotechnology and data infrastructure are shaping the Gulf’s next chapter of innovation. Having lived and worked across Europe, the US, and Asia since 2001, Bingham has watched the Middle East’s transformation first-hand. What keeps drawing him back, he says, is the region’s ambition, “an air of passion and enthusiasm for success” that he finds unmatched anywhere else.