Yes, concept financing still happens from time to time, especially for fat startups, but you need to have deep domain knowledge, and strong investor relationships, to pull one off. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and what kind of background? Tomer Shiran:
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Daniel Keiper-Knorr, Founder and General Partner at SpeedInvest, a venture firm based in Vienna. It’s great to see exciting energy and activity in Vienna, one of my favorite cities. Luvvul As for entrepreneur pitches, first up, we had Nedra Fabito from Encinitas, California, pitch Luvvul, an
Sramana Mitra: In a nutshell, you are still looking at unicorn exits as the preferred investment thesis. Spencer Crawley: Correct. Sramana Mitra: It is the conventional wisdom of venture capital. Spencer Crawley: We debated it at length. It’s not something that we took as gospel from day one. It’s a more organic process of building
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Sramana Mitra: What are some of the highlights of your portfolio? Tell us about what stage and what condition you encountered when you chose to invest in them. What is it about them that caused you to place the bet? Spencer Crawley: I have to think through my head about which ones are public and
Sramana Mitra: We just announced a partnership with EIT Health. They are going to be accelerating 115 companies with us. The first 15 have been named. Spencer Crawley: How did that come about? That seems really impressive and exciting. Sramana Mitra: We have very deep connections in Europe. I am married to a European. My
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 427th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, January 10, 2019, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/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