Roundtable Recap: September 24 – Dynamic Startup Discussions

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Roman Kikta, Managing Partner and Founder, Mobility Ventures. Roman discussed his firm’s investment thesis.

MysteryMonks

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Aditya Vikram from New Delhi, India, pitching MysteryMonks, a video production service that has nuances of a marketplace, but is a managed service.

Online CheckWriter

Next up, Sabeer Nelli from Tyler, Texas, pitched Online CheckWriter, a competitor to Bill.com that is projecting $5M in ARR for 2020, and expects $15-20M in 2021.

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501st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Robert Weber, Great North Labs

Robert Weber is Managing Partner at Great North Labs located in Minneapolis.

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501st Roundtable Recording on September 17, 2020: With Robert Weber, Great North Labs

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sonali Vijayavargiya of Augment Ventures (Part 4)

Sonali Vijayavargiya: I think the engine has started. People are engaging. There is an increasing awareness of teams and solutions that are coming out of different regions other than just the Bay Area or New York. People are willing to get on a plane and meet with these teams.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Julianne Zimmerman of Reinventure Capital (Part 5)

Julianne Zimmerman: At the conference, I was approached by several women. The conversation we had is a conversation I have with far too many founders from MIT and many other alma maters.

I have formed a really spectacular team around me. I have customer demand. I have contracts that are waiting to be filled. I have significant inbound interest from customers, but I cannot get a meeting. When I get a meeting with a venture capital partner, the questions I get are about my children or husband.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sonali Vijayavargiya of Augment Ventures (Part 3)

Sonali Vijayavargiya: Another example that I would share with you is a company called Flume. It’s in the water space. This came out of Cal Poly. This was brought to our attention by one of our champions and co-investors from the Bay Area. It’s a very elegant solution for leak detection and water management.

I’m sure a lot of people have spent time trying to understand water and how we are not fully valuing the cost of water. I tried to play in that space for a long time but hadn’t found the right solution to get behind.

Roundtable Recap: September 17 – Around the World with Startups in Ninety Minutes

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Robert Weber, Managing Partner at Great North Labs located in Minneapolis.

Medifees

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Hugo Gallegos from Portland, Oregon, pitching Medifees, a solution for assessing medical expenses.

Halalworkchop

Next up, Muyideen Ayinla from Nigeria pitched Halalworkchop, a digital services company catering to small businesses.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Julianne Zimmerman of Reinventure Capital (Part 4)

Julianne Zimmerman: The company did eventually have mainstream well-known investors. It took us a long time to get there. Also, that company was one of innumerable companies that were killed off in the extinction event that occurred when the markets imploded in 2007.

I had an amazing experience of being at the forefront and accomplishing something incredible with my colleagues, but the ultimate success was outside our control. That was an excellent learning experience.