Building a Venture-Scale MarTech Company in Silicon Valley: Chaitanya Chandrasekhar, CEO of QuanticMind (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Trace the process of building QuanticMind till this point. Take us to the very beginning of what was going on in the industry. What signals were you picking up from the market that gave you the idea that there was an opportunity to do something like this? Chaitanya Chandrasekhar: Let’s talk about the

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Thursday, November 9 – 375th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 375th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, November 9, 2017, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Udupi, Karnataka: Rohith Bhat’s Exhilarating Journey with Robosoft (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Fantastic. That’s your big hit from the product company. You’ve built about $18 million worth of revenue across these three businesses. I believe you have raised some financing. Can you tell me a bit about the financing history about the company? Rohith Bhat: We raised our first round in 2013 from Kalaari Capital.

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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

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Building a Venture-Scale MarTech Company in Silicon Valley: Chaitanya Chandrasekhar, CEO of QuanticMind (Part 1)

Chaitanya and his co-founders bootstrapped an MVP and then went on to raise $35 million in several rounds of funding. The company is now over $10 million in Annual Recurring Revenue. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind

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November 9 – Next Rendezvous with Sramana Mitra

For entrepreneurs interested to meet and chat with Sramana Mitra in person, please join us for our informal group meetup this month. If you are living in the San Francisco Bay Area or are just in town for a visit, we hope you will add these meetups to your calendar and join us. Pre-registration is required,

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Udupi, Karnataka: Rohith Bhat’s Exhilarating Journey with Robosoft (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Both of them were structured as subsidiaries of Robosoft? Rohith Bhat: Yes. Sramana Mitra: You continued Robosoft with the regular format of doing services projects? Rohith Bhat: Yes. Sramana Mitra: What was the revenue level of Robosoft at this point when you launched these two companies?

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2017: Afamado, Noida, India

Afamado is an e-tailer that focuses on producing quality and fashionable international clothes for full figured women in India, where about 8% of the population is plus size. It not only offers clothes in plus sizes but also designs clothes keeping in mind the customer’s body type and preferences.