1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Joe Silver (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 Joe Silver was recorded in July 2020. Joe Silver discusses his firm’s debt-financing model for startups.

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Bootstrapping a Marketplace from Brazil: Diego Gomes, CEO of Rock Content (Part 1)

Diego has built a terrific content marketing company from Brazil. He bootstrapped first, raised money later, and has recently acquired a sizable US company to scale. Excellent story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Tell me about your background. Where are you from? Where were you raised?

Catching Up On Readings: IPO Rush

This feature from Crunchbase looks at the tech startups Unity, Asana, Snowflake, Sumo Logic, and JFrog that filed an S-1 registration document with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last Monday. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Raoul Maier of Eudemian Ventures (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What is the background of the founder that makes him so high quality? Raoul Maier: He was a senior leader at Minerva Project before. He had a very strong leadership background and he also had a strong founder-product fit. He has been working in the child care space for a long time.

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping an Ad Tech Company from Paris

Europe is facing difficult times. Entrepreneurs are its best hope. BidMotion CEO Daniel Nathan is building a really cool company based in Paris. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Daniel Nathan: I was born very

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Raoul Maier of Eudemian Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: The valuation numbers you are quoting are Series A and B numbers, right? It’s interesting that you are not experiencing these valuations in post-seed. Raoul Maier: Are you referring to five or ten years ago when you say Series A and B numbers?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Pamela York of Atasi Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: The best way to go about this segment is to talk about examples, so talk about two specific examples.  Pamela York: Sugarlogix is one company that we invested in. They are based in the Bay area. The company develops milk sugars which are found in human breast milk. They add that to a

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Raoul Maier of Eudemian Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Please go ahead with the next one.  Raoul Maier: The next one is called Underground Cellar. They are revolutionizing the way brands sell online which is a fascinating concept. They think that discounting should be a thing of the past and that it should be switched to upgrades instead. They think that there

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