Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology
Riding Unicorns is the go-to podcast for anyone interested in venture capital and high-growth startups. Hosted by VCs James Pringle and Hector Mason, the show explores what it takes to build and back successful tech unicorns.
Each episode features candid conversations with top founders, operators, and investors—unpacking the strategies, challenges, and insights behind scaling category-defining companies. From fundraising and product-market fit to hiring, growth, and beyond, no topic is off-limits. Whether you're a founder, VC, angel investor, or just curious about the world of startups, you’ll find valuable takeaways in every episode.
Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology
Building the universal integration layer for modern products and raising a Series A from GV with Romain Sestier & Guillaume Lebedel, Co-Founders @ StackOne
In this episode of Riding Unicorns, we're joined by Romain Sestier and Guillaume Lebedel, the co-founders of StackOne, a rapidly growing startup that’s building the universal integration layer for modern SaaS and AI products. Hot off the back of their $20M Series A led by GV, the duo joins us to share their journey, insights, and lessons from the trenches.
Romain and Guillaume have known each other for over a decade, having worked together across multiple companies before launching StackOne. Their deep co-founder chemistry and clarity of vision have helped them move fast and build credibility with customers and investors alike.
We dive into:
🔧 What StackOne does and why integrations are mission-critical infrastructure
🧠 How they approached finding a co-founder (and why that came before the idea)
🚀 Their path from idea to Series A, including early customer acquisition and GTM learnings
💼 Building a high-talent, low-ego team and making tough hiring decisions
💡 How to scale enterprise sales as a founder
🔥 The mindset shift required to build a venture-scale company
🧪 How they stay nimble while evolving the product and org structure
📣 Tips on empowering internal champions and structuring a sales process that scales
This is a must-listen for any B2B SaaS or infrastructure founder looking to build something big, fast, and globally relevant.
