
Ross Mccarthy
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Sep 17, 2026
Ross McCarthy - Founder @ Fruga.co.uk
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17:26Ross McCarthyGUEST
I mean, you probably could tell by the common accent that I'm not from London.
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17:38Ross McCarthyGUEST
it all has to come from london and there's probably there's probably a lot to be said for that because a lot the majority of the funding for my type of business does come from london it's not a big arena in manchester for insurtech especially fintech starting to rise and i would probably consider our business hybrid between a fintech and an insurtech i'd probably say that it was more accessible the way you can find it without having to hunt for hours of where these people live, breathe, work, that would make it a lot easier and bring that barrier down because unless you know where to look, who to speak to, and it's all built on connections, but if you If you're a founder that has no clue of the tools to use or where to go or potentially to give yourself a head start, it can be very daunting and you might even get your business off the ground without even having the tools to be able to do it.
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18:39Ross McCarthyGUEST
So yeah, that would be my only gripe really is where are these angel investors? Where are these VCs? Where do they hang out? What do they want to see? And yeah, to be more visible.
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28:26Ricardo PeschualHOST
yeah but it is and you know for the future how does he uh Fergus growth what are the plans for the future