Ep 24 - Daria Berman - Co-Founder & CEO of FUSS

In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Philip Smith speaks with Daria Berman, CEO and Co-Founder of Fuss.

Daria shares the story behind Fuss, a mobile app and social platform helping people spend more meaningful time offline by solving two very real problems, cognitive overload and loneliness. She talks about what it was like to fundraise in London as a first-time founder with no network, why chasing institutional VC funding almost cost her everything, and how finding angel investors and the UK's SEIS scheme changed the game for her.

They also discuss what it really takes to keep going through the uncertainty of early stage building, why the best way to attract investment is to not need it, and why having a financial safety net matters more than most founders admit.