Catching Up On Readings: VC Funding for Black Women Founders

This feature from Crunchbase News analyzes the trends in venture capital funding for startups led by black women, which reached a 5-year high of $494M this year. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Karthee Madasamy, Founder and Managing Partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: We have been doing 1Mby1M for over a decade and with our experience, technical founders can be taught the business side. I would say that the biggest achievement of 1Mby1M is teaching technical founders this accelerated mini-MBA that gives them all the pieces that they need to put things into perspective at least

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Building HubSpot to a Unicorn: Dharmesh Shah’s Amazing Entrepreneurial Journey (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to your third chapter. What was the genesis of HubSpot? What was going on in the industry and in your life that led to HubSpot? Dharmesh Shah: HubSpot was not supposed to happen. When I sold my first company, I promised my wife that I’m not going to do startups anymore.

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536th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Rajeev Singh-Molares, Alma Mundi Ventures

Rajeev Singh-Morales, Founder and Managing Partner at Alma Mundi Ventures, discusses the Europe – US bridge for tech startups.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Karthee Madasamy, Founder and Managing Partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s double-click down on deep tech and seed investing in 2021. What check sizes are you writing and what does a team need to have in place for you to be willing to write that first check? Karthee Madasamy: We invest between Seed and Series A. A lot of our stuff is with Series

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Building HubSpot to a Unicorn: Dharmesh Shah’s Amazing Entrepreneurial Journey (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Were you going to grad school with some money? Dharmesh Shah: The acquisition price was around $15 million. One thing I stumbled about money is that the first $4 or $5 million is life-changing. During undergrad, I was working full-time the whole way through. It took me seven years for what should ideally

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535th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With San Banerjee, ADDA

San Banerjee, Co-founder of ADDA, talks about her entrepreneurial journey as a bootstrapped entrepreneur tackling heavily funded competitors.

538th Roundtable Recording with Ben Narasin, Tenacity Venture Capital

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 538th 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs with Ben Narasin, Tenacity Venture Capital