Sramana Mitra: So your primary business on the B2B side is as an online curriculum provider, effectively. Steve Gross: That is true but I don’t think that’s the full description of it. I would say that we are a curriculum provider as well as an online program manager. What that means is we provide the
Sramana Mitra: So let’s double-click down into your portfolio and talk about some of the highlights. Where are you seeing really interesting companies emerging? What are some examples of companies you invested in that could also give us a view on what is happening in Europe? Alastair Mitchell: We invest across US and Europe. We
Laurel Touby, Managing Partner at Supernode Ventures, and a former entrepreneur and avid angel investor, has now launched her new institutional pre-seed fund.
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Sramana Mitra: Can you also explain how the money flows in this situation? You’re talking about employers and employees who are using these benefits. Prashant Srivastava: We’ve been very fortunate to build a win-win-win model. The first winner is the individual who gets to know of the right benefit that is already in their package.
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Sramana Mitra: What is the motivation for private schools to use your digital platform? Steve Gross: A couple of things. We have history on the home school side. Most traditional home schoolers home school their children from grade K through 8. That makes sense. It’s easier to teach third-grade math as opposed to 11th grade
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with EQT Ventures was recorded in December 2017. Alastair Mitchell, Partner at EQT Ventures, talks about the European Startup Funding trends. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about your investing focus. How big is the fund? What