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.

375th Roundtable Recording On November 9, 2017: With Vinny Lingham, Newtown Partners

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Roundtable Recap: November 9 – What Seed Investors Look for with Vinny Lingham, Newtown Partners

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Vinny Lingham, Co-founder and CEO, Civic.com and Managing Partner of Newtown Partners, discussing his investment thesis in B-to-C seed ventures. We also discussed the role ICOs are playing in filling the gaps in certain seed-stage ventures.

Rummoli
As for the pitches, first, Scott Mayhew from Prince George, BC, Canada, pitched Rummoli, a mobile game that is a well-known Board game in Canada. The venture is still very early, but the concept of taking a known game and turning it into an online one is promising.

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373rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Charlie O’Donnell, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

Charlie O’Donnell, Partner at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, talks about his Seed investing activities and related industry trends.

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288th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Jonathan Lewy, Investo

Jonathan Lewy, Managing Partner at Investo, discusses pre-seed investment strategies and the Series A gap.

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What Are Seed VCs Looking For With Cindy Padnos, Illuminate Ventures

We’re doing a deep dive into the current seed investment eco-system and talking to our investor friends about what they’re looking for. The Seed eco-system is now a 5-stage process, spanning pre-seed, seed, post-seed, pre-Series A, small Series A, big Series A.

Here, you can hear the perspective of Cindy Padnos of Illuminate Ventures on Startups on all that and more:

Come talk to me to brainstorm, strategize, weigh your funding options.

374th Roundtable Recording On November 2, 2017: With Jon Staenberg, Staenberg Venture Partners

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Roundtable Recap: November 2 – People or Market: Which Takes Priority for an Investor?

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Jon Staenberg, Managing Partner at Staenberg Venture Partners, and a Seed Investor in over 300 ventures over the last 30 years. Jon drew from his long background and discussed some of what interests him to invest in a startup. He also reflected on the question People or Market: Which takes priority?

SmartServ
First, Arnav Anand from San Franciso and Pune, India, pitched SmartServ, a mobile SaaS app for managing field technical services SMBs. The company is at about a $180k revenue run rate. Nice execution so far.

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What Are Indian VCs Looking For With Sandeep Singhal

We’re doing a deep dive into the current seed investment eco-system and talking to our investor friends about what they’re looking for.

Here, you can hear the perspective of Sandeep Singhal of Nexus Venture Partners on Indian Startups:

Come talk to me to brainstorm, strategize, weigh your funding options.

8 Investors Discuss Trends in Seed Investing in Podcasts

Entrepreneurs in the early stages of building startups need to be aware of the myriad stages of seed funding that have emerged. By the time you’ve gone through three to five rounds of seed funding, you have spent huge amounts of time and energy (and possibly, equity). To bring yourself up to speed on the developing trends in seed funding, please listen to the following 30-minute podcast interviews with a varied group of seed investors, Angels and VCs.

Don Hutchison, Independent Investor – Don is one of the most experienced and long term Angel Investors in Silicon Valley. We discuss the trends of the industry and ways to mitigate the Series A gap that is a serious issue right now.

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372nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners

Mark Achler, Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners, discusses their investment strategy and the industry trends.

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289th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Yanev Suissa, SineWave Ventures

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.

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293rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Nathan Lustig, Magma Partners

Nathan Lustig, Managing Partner of Magma Partners, a Latin-America-focused fund. He talks about their strategy, as well as the dynamics of the LatAm market.

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294th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Nitin Pachisia, Unshackled Ventures

Nitin Pachisia, Founding Partner at Unshackled Ventures, discusses pre-seed and seed investing.

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What Are Indian Seed Investors Looking For With Padmaja Ruparel

We’re doing a deep dive into the current seed investment eco-system and talking to our investor friends about what they’re looking for.

Here, you can hear the perspective of Padmaja Ruparel of Indian Angel Network on Indian Startups:

Come talk to me to brainstorm, strategize, weigh your funding options.

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372nd Roundtable Recording On October 19, 2017: With Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners

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