Daniel Ibri is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Mindset Ventures. This is an excellent discussion about the changing dynamics of AI and venture capital.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had Daniel Ibri, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Mindset Ventures. It was an excellent discussion about the changing dynamics of AI and venture capital.
Time Bank
As for our entrepreneur pitches, first we had Narenkumar Muthukumaran from Ahmedabad, India, pitch Time Bank, an app for monitoring how people are spending their time on devices and screens versus offline.
vNFTy
Next, we had Vara Prasad from Rajampet, India, pitch vNFTy, a marketplace for NFTs.
Brevon
Then we had Sabyasachi Chandra from Bengaluru, India pitch Brevon.io, a small business BPO solution.
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