1Mby1M Udemy Courses with Sramana Mitra: Financing

Raising money to build a startup is a huge challenge. To be able to raise any money at all, you must first understand how investors think. We have developed the following courses catering to entrepreneurs in different stages of their entrepreneurial journey.

3 Seed Investors Discuss European Startup Trends In Podcasts

In The Next European Renaissance,  I explored how Europe’s enthusiasm for culture combined with the enabling technology of today creates a good platform for generating new and important ideas. Then I shared advice and inspiration from a group of successful European entrepreneurs in 8 Founder Podcasts Discuss Building Startups in Europe. Now, for entrepreneurs interested in financing their startups, especially those based in Europe, I’m sharing the perspectives of three seed investors currently active in Europe. In these 30-minute podcast interviews, we thoroughly discuss the size of their investments, preferences, and the European startup trends they see in their dealflow.

Alastair Mitchell, Partner at EQT Ventures, talks about the European startup funding trends.

Hussain Kanji, Partner at Hoxton Ventures, is based in London and the primary focus is on European ventures.

Cem Sertoglu is Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, based in Turkey. Cem brings the spotlight on Turkey and the Eastern and Central European startup eco-systems.

Featured Videos

384th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Gaurav Jain, Afore Capital

Gaurav Jain is Managing Partner at Afore Capital, a firm focused on pre-seed investments. This is an excellent conversation for entrepreneurs looking for insights into pre-seed.

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221st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Andrew Romans, Rubicon Venture Capital

Andrew Romans is General Partner of Rubicon Venture Capital. Our discussion includes an interesting segment on ICOs.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Victoria Pettibone of Astia Angels (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Victoria Pettibone was recorded in October 2017. Victoria Pettibone, Managing Director of Astia Angels, a group focused on funding women entrepreneurs. She discusses what they like to invest in, as well as the trends she sees in the deal flow and the portfolio.

Sramana Mitra: Tell us about Astia Angels. What are you doing? What is the focus of the group? What size investments are you making?

Victoria Pettibone: Astia is an organization >>>

Roundtable Recap: February 1 – A View into Pre-Seed Funding with Gaurav Jain of Afore Capital

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Gaurav Jain, Managing Partner at Afore Capital, a firm focused on pre-seed investments. It’s an excellent conversation for entrepreneurs looking for insights into pre-seed.

Bodhi Academy
As for the entrepreneur pitch, Vadiraj Katti from San Jose, California, Bodhi Academy, a concept focused on improving financial literacy in India. We worked on Vadi’s positioning strategy.

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9 Seed Investor Podcasts, Each Focusing On Different Types Of Startups

There are hundreds of seed investors actively looking for startups to invest in right now, but the types of businesses they are looking for are as varied as each individual investor. To give entrepreneurs the opportunity to hear directly from a wide variety of investors what interests them and the types of startups they focus on, we continue to interview some of the most active investors around the world. Here are my nine most recent conversations with seed investors shared as 30-minute podcast interviews. If you have an interest in financing your venture, listen and learn. Start taking notes on those investors who may be a good fit for your business.

Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures, was first a highly successful serial entrepreneur, and brings to the VC game an entrepreneur’s view of the world. Rajeev highlights the Series A gap in a big way.

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383rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures

Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures, was first a highly successful serial entrepreneur, and brings to the VC game an entrepreneur’s view of the world. Rajeev highlighted the Series A gap in a big way.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Anirudh Suri of India Internet Fund (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Anirudh Suri was recorded in December 2017. 

Anirudh Suri, Founding Partner at India Internet Fund, talks about the funding trends in the Indian startup market.

Sramana Mitra: Help us introduce you to our audience. Tell us about your fund and investment focus. How big is the fund? What size investments do you make?

Anirudh Suri: We are an early stage seed to Series A fund. We invest primarily in technology-based ventures. >>>

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Eva Ho of Fika Ventures (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Fika Ventures was recorded in December 2017. Eva Ho, General Partner at Fika Ventures, discusses their investment thesis.

Sramana Mitra: Tell us about the focus of the fund. How big is it? What are you focusing on? What size investments are you making?

Eva Ho: We launched Fika Ventures in February 2017. I came from another fund that I co-founded. This is my second fund. It’s a $40 million fund. It’s based in Los Angeles. We make investments in California and also other >>>

223rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Brij Bhasin, Rebright Partners

Brij Bhasin, Principal and India Investment Lead at Rebright Partners, which is a Japanese Venture Capital firm, discusses their India strategy. The conversation encompasses broader trends in the Indian startup market.

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Roundtable Recap: January 25 – The Series A Gap is Widening

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures. Rajeev was first a highly successful serial entrepreneur, and brings to the VC game an entrepreneur’s view of the world. Rajeev highlighted the Series A gap in a big way.

CreepBeep
As for the pitches, Pavan Nandan from Hyderabad, India, pitched CreepBeep, an app for women to develop feedback about an area from a safety standpoint. Pavan wants funding to build the app, which would be impossible to get. I am also not convinced about the monetization potential of the idea.

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Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum On The Startups Investors Invest In

To help entrepreneurs to learn which qualities VCs and seed investors are looking for in the startups they will invest in, we have asked a variety of investors to share their specific perspectives as part of our Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum. Naturally, different investors have different interests. As we teach within our virtual accelerator, an entrepreneurs seeking funding needs to figure out who are the best matches for the type and stage of their business. My interviews with the following investors share a range of options available for different sorts of startups that are looking for funding.

Vinny Lingham, Co-founder and CEO, Civic.com, and Managing Partner of Newtown Partners, discusses his investment thesis in B-to-C seed ventures. We also discuss the role ICOs are playing in filling the gaps in certain seed-stage ventures.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Yanev Suissa of SineWave Ventures (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Yanev Suissa was recorded in October 2017.

Yanev Suissa is General Partner at SineWave Ventures out of Washington DC and Silicon Valley. The firm invests alongside some major firms like Andreessen Horowitz and NEA. Yanev talks about how they invest, and also the trends he sees.

Sramana Mitra: So tell us about SineWave Ventures. What is the focus of your firm? How big is the fund? What size investments do you make? >>>

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Vinny Lingham of NewTown Partners (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Vinny Lingham was recorded in November 2017.

Vinny Lingham, Co-founder and CEO, Civic.com, and Managing Partner of Newtown Partners, discusses his investment thesis in B-to-C seed ventures. We also discuss the role ICOs are playing in filling the gaps in certain seed-stage ventures.

Sramana Mitra: So you’ve hadn’t an interesting entrepreneur journey. Tell us about Gyft. >>>

382nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Bruce Cleveland, Wildcat Venture Partners

Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners, is one of the early employees at Oracle, as well as a co-founder of Siebel Systems. He is working on a book on The Traction Gap framework that his firm uses in its venture capital practice.

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