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.
>>>Todd Belfer, Managing Partner of Canal Partners, talks about financing early-stage niche B-to-B SaaS opportunities.
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Don Hutchison 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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Julien Nguyen is General Partner at IT Farm, a seed-stage fund focused on Digital Health. We explore trends in the industry, as well as what IT Farm’s sixth fund likes to invest in.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Mark Achler, Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners, to discuss their investment strategy and the industry trends.
GoGo Places
First, Epi Ludvik Nekaj from Singapore and Berlin, pitched GoGo Places, an AirBnB like service catering to digital nomads who want longer term rentals. Very nice presentation and a good value proposition given the trends in that segment.
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 Swati Chaturvedi of Propel(x), a B-to-B angel network:
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Sunil Bhargava, Founder and Managing Partner, Tandem Capital, helped us explore the difference of post-seed versus pre-Series A financing.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Sunil Bhargava, Founder and Managing Partner, Tandem Capital, helped us explore the difference of post-seed versus pre-Series A financing.
WishKnish
Then Alisa Gus from Great Falls, Virginia, pitched WishKnish, an online storefront cum affiliate marketing platform. The company is getting ready to launch its beta soon.
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Amir Banifatemi, Founder and Managing Partner of K5 Ventures – This fund is focused on pre-seed, seed, post-seed and early-stage investments from Southern California. Amir is also a Board Member and former President of Tech Coast Angels, a group of 340 angel investors from Southern California.
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Padmaja Ruparel is Co-founder, Indian Angel Network (IAN), and Founding Partner, IAN Fund. She has been a key player in shaping India’s still somewhat nascent startup eco-system. Those interested in Indian startups and the funding trends must listen to this interview.
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Oded Hermoni is Managing Partner at Rhodium Venture Partners, and is also co-founder of an Angel group, J-Angels.
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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.
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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 Venk Shukla of Monta Vista Capital and TiE Angels:
Come talk to me to brainstorm, strategize, and weigh your funding options.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Padmaja Ruparel, Co-founder, Indian Angel Network (IAN), and Founding Partner, IAN Fund. Padmaja has been a key player in shaping India’s still somewhat nascent startup eco-system. Must listen interview for those interested in Indian startups and the funding trends.
LoanGini
As for the pitches, Kanchan Dwivedi from Bangalore, India, pitched LoanGini, a peer-to-peer lending platform for India. The concept has been tried elsewhere with success, so I see no reason why it cannot be implemented in India. We discussed details of strategy and execution.