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De Tomaso
For more than 60 years, De Tomaso has been a name to stir the blood of automotive aficionados, racing enthusiasts and historians of everything from design to manufacturing and engineering. The ingenuity and innovations of its eponymous founder, and era-defining cars such as the Vallelunga, Mangusta and Pantera, have captivated…
Eureka 279: Nio cocktails
Started in 2017, Nio, which stands for Needs Ice Only, is an Italian drinks brand that has come up with a clever solution to revolutionise the habits of consumers of alcoholic beverages. It sells ready-to-drink cocktails in single-serving packets that can be easily made at home and at events when…
Ghia
Melanie Masarin is the founder and CEO of Ghia, a non-alcoholic beverage brand inspired by Mediterranean aperitivo culture. Originally from Lyon in France and having spent summers along the Côte d’Azur, Masarin has a deep understanding of the best in food and drink. Meant to bring people together, Ghia’s first…
Eureka 278: Pip Jamieson’s lessons in fund-raising
With many small ventures planning their next steps to grow their business, we turn to the pages of ‘The Monocle Book of Entrepreneurs’. In this episode we present a simple guide to securing funding by Pip Jamieson, founder and CEO of creative-industries networking site The Dots.
Koio
Johannes Quodt co-founded luxury shoe brand Koio with Chris Wichert in 2015. The company has made a huge mark with its Italian-made leather sneakers and boots, which marry good design, sustainability, comfort and top craftsmanship. Last year it began sourcing all of its leather from suppliers that use regenerative farming…
Eureka 277: Solios
Samuel Leroux and Alexandre Desabrais are the co-founders of Solios, a Canadian certified B Corp watch brand that they created in 2016. The idea was to combine elegance and minimalism with solar technology. The pair met at university and each started their career in finance, before realising that they wanted…
Dai
Joanna Dai is founder and CEO of Dai, a B Corp-certified womenswear brand that the Orange County native launched in 2017. Having spent many long days in the office and on the road in nearly a decade of working for JP Morgan between New York and London, Joanna set out…
Eureka 276: Nothing
Nothing is a London-based consumer technology company with a mission to remove barriers between people and their devices. Nothing’s debut product, its Ear 1 wireless headphones, was one of the most anticipated product launches of 2021. Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent Petri Burtsoff met Nothing’s co-founder Akis Evangelidis at the start-up event…
Prestat
Micaela Illy is the CEO of heritage chocolate brand Prestat. The London-based company, which was created by the inventor of the chocolate truffle, will celebrate its 120th anniversary this year. The brand was acquired by the Illy family in 2019. Micaela is the fourth generation of the iconic Italian coffee…
The best of ‘The Entrepreneurs’, part two
In the second part of our favourite interviews of 2021, we hear from Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky on how the turbulence of the pandemic has allowed the California-based company to get back to its roots and focus on being a better partner for cities. Plus: we meet Dr…
