Cambridge Tech Podcast

Cambridge Tech Podcast covers all things tech from the heart of the UK’s tech capital, Europe’s biggest technology cluster, and one of the most respected tech and Innovation hubs in the world. Subscribe via CambridgeTechPodcast.com Hosted by James Parton and Faye Holland, the duo talk tech with a full house of experts and personalities exploring this exciting ecosystem, sharing insights and opinions, and bringing you all the latest on the innovators, the innovations, the game changers and the fundraiser. Cambridge’s strong startup ecosystem and entrepreneurship builds on the city’s long history of invention: the reflecting telescope, the hovercraft, the pacemaker, IVF, DNA, the pregnancy predictor test, wireless Internet, inkjet printing, Bluetooth, smart meters, round teabags and, of course, good old Alexa (to name but a few). Around 61,000 people are employed by more than 5,000 knowledge-intensive firms in the area, with a combined annual revenue of over £15.5 billion. Unsurprisingly, Cambridge receives four times the amount of tech investment per head than London and boasts more patents published per resident than any other in the UK. As managing director of Cambridge’s premier tech hub, The Bradfield Centre, James Parton is well placed to talk tech in a fast-growing world of co-working, incubation and accelerators. His 25 years in tech includes executive roles at BT, O2, Telefonica, and Twilio. At Twilio, James was the company’s first hire outside of the US, building the EMEA business from scratch to IPO, and running it for its first five years. Entrepreneur Faye Holland is a well-known protagonist on the Cambridge tech startup circuit - as creator of the #21toWatch innovation awards, which spotlights and promotes the outstanding innovators and innovations from the east of England, and as founder of multi-award-winning PR & communications consultancy, cofinitive, which promotes innovative and disruptive early-stage tech startups and scaleups.