Inflexion Point

dss+ is a global business headquartered in Switzerland that supports clients to reduce risk, transform culture, maximise impact and improve sustainability by operating more responsibly. In the first episode of the second series of Inflexion point, Tim Smallbone speaks with Davide Vassallo, dss+ CEO, and Inflexion Partner and Head of Business Services, Isabelle Pagnotta, about the key to making an impact and how that can ultimately save lives. 

Welcome to the new podcast from Inflexion, exploring those crucial moments in a company's journey that change the trajectory of success.     ee85208335ec661b6dbc76ff1c9d98857e944338

Most pharma businesses are built on new drugs. CNX Therapeutics was built on the ones big pharma had overlooked. Carved out of US group Sunovion in 2021 with a single product, it now spans more than 60 countries, has grown to 25 products, and become the first UK pharmaceutical company to earn B Corp status. 💊 In this episode, CNX CEO Guy Clark joins host Tim Smallbone and Inflexion's Christian Fellowes to explore how a thesis first sketched on a napkin became a pan European platform, why so many effective medicines never reach the patients who need them, and how you scale from 17 people to nearly 70 without losing your culture.

Artificial intelligence will decide which businesses thrive over the next decade and which get left behind. But the biggest barrier is not the technology. It is people, culture, and leaders who have not yet seen what it can really do. 🤖 In this episode, Greg Nieuwenhuys, chair of Inflexion portfolio company Nodor and senior partner at AI advisory firm WAIMAKERS, joins Inflexion's Alex Mathers and host Tim Smallbone to explore what it takes to make AI stick in a business: why adoption has to be owned by the CEO, why the prize is reimagining your value proposition rather than cutting costs, and why human skills matter more than ever. 🧠

In 1999, three students at the University of Karlsruhe built a free stock market platform because they couldn't afford the data they needed to invest. Twenty-five years later, Finanzen.net is Germany's number one financial media and investing platform, with 6 million monthly users, a free neobroker, and an ambitious vision to become the leading investment and savings platform across the DACH region. 📈 In this episode, co-founder Jens Ohr joins Inflexion Partner and Head of Financial Services Andrea Bertolini and host Tim Smallbone to tell that story, including the 2025 carve-out from Axel Springer that gave the business its independence. They explore why only one in five Germans invests in the stock market and how that is changing fast, what made Finanzen.net stand out to Inflexion, and how you find the right partner for a business you've spent 25 years building. Jens and Andrea also share why the ambition from here is to become the home for every investor across the DACH region.