1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: I’m going to get to talking about specific trends and specific companies in a moment. I just want to clarify one thing which is the stage issue. Give us a sense of what is your definition of seed.

What do you like to see by way of validation before you’re willing to write a check? What sized checks do you write as your first check?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 1)

Keith Bank is Founder CEO at KB Partners, a venture firm focused on sports technology.

515th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners

Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners, focuses on B-to-B selling as a key factor in startup success.

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515th Roundtable Recording on January 14, 2021: With Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners

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514th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital

Venktesh Shukla is General Partner at Monta Vista Capital. I have known Venk for more than 20 years, and we discussed both industry trends and his fund strategy.

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Roundtable Recap: January 14 – Entrepreneurs from Smaller Cities

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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Mark Achler, Managing Director at MATH Venture Partners. The discussion focused on B-to-B selling as a key factor in startup success.

Makerspad.ai

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Pavan Gourisetty from Campbell, California, pitching Makerspad.ai, an e-commerce analytics venture.

E-Panipuri Cart

Next, Harish Neotia from Ranchi, India, pitched E-Panipuri Cart, a machine for auto-dispensing the famous Indian street food, Panipuri.

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514th Roundtable Recording on January 7, 2021: With Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital

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Roundtable Recap: January 7 – Lean Startups vs. Fat Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Venktesh Shukla, General Partner at Monta Vista Capital. I have known Venk for more than 20 years, and we discussed both industry trends and his fund strategy.

Amelia

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Holger Ippach from Los Altos, California, a drone based logistics solution venture.

Share

Next, Jack Jia from Vancouver, Canada, pitched the Share app, a social media app for connecting neighbors.

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