1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Yanai Oron of Vertex Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What are some of the highlights of your portfolio? Yanai Oron: One of the interesting companies that we had the fortune to invest in was CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR). It’s a cyber security company trading with a valuation of around $1.7 billion. They help companies secure their information. Another interesting company is called SolarEdge

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Yipeng Zhao of Embark Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Talk about what trends you see in your deal flow. You’ve been investing for about a year. What have you seen in the deal flow that can be synthesized as key trends? Yipeng Zhao: That’s a very good question. We see a lot of different trends. Last year, a lot of AI companies

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Thursday, August 30 – 412th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 412th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, August 30, 2018, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 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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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rob Schultz of Serra Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: To write a check for half a million, what do you like to see in terms of proof points or validation? Rob Schultz: Primarily, we’re looking for great teams. What’s special about the team? We love opportunities where the founder might kick off a story that goes something like this, “I’ve worked in

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Yanai Oron of Vertex Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: It’s interesting. Your comment that in the US your fund would be called a seed fund is not correct. In the US, $150 million fund is still a Series A fund but it’s a fund that is structured to be able to make smaller Series As. A lot of the traditional venture funds

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A Vision India 2020 Experience: Brijrama Palace, Varanasi

  We spent six days in August 2018 at Brijrama Palace, a heritage hotel in Varanasi, and loved every moment of it. With me were my elderly parents. I am an experienced traveler. Thus, this review and its tone of effusive affection come from the heart, a rare level of endorsement that I don’t give

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Yipeng Zhao of Embark Ventures (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Yipeng Zhao of Embark Ventures was recorded in March 2018. Yipeng Zhao, Managing Partner at Embark Ventures, talks about the firm’s investment thesis, as well as broader industry trends and what should

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rob Schultz of Serra Ventures (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Rob Schultz of Serra Ventures was recorded in March 2018. Rob Schultz, Managing Partner at Serra Ventures, discusses catering to startups in under-served geographies. His point of view aligns with what we’ve

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