Jemma Phibbs

As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Nikolaus Thomale, MD and co-founder of MYNE about turning idle houses into shared and sustainable assets and giving more people the opportunity to enjoy amazing homes across Europe. Temps de lecture : 6 minutes MYNE is Europe’s leading managed co-ownership platform for premium holiday homes.

As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Shawn Du, CEO of Revenir about tax reclaim, Y-combinator and a covid pivot. Temps de lecture : 8 minutes Revenir was born from personal frustration. When friends and family visited me in London, they were eligible for VAT refunds—but the process was so clunky and convoluted that we barely saw a fraction of what we were owed. That experience opened my eyes to how inefficient, fragmented, and outdated global VAT systems really are.

As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Aymeric Monod-Gayraud, co-founder at Loantube about building a lean and focused team to simplify borrowing. Temps de lecture : 7 minutes LoanTube was born out of frustration with how broken and opaque the UK credit market had become. At the time, borrowing often meant teaser rates, hidden fees and misleading practices that made the process needlessly complex.