1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jukka Alanen, Rebellion Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: So let’s double click down on some of the companies that you have invested in and tell us a bit about the situation. At what stage did they come? What did they have already? What did you see that compelled you to invest in those companies? How do you see the potential? Let’s do

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jukka Alanen, Rebellion Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra:  So if you are doing a pre-seed round in AI, what do you ask to see in the company? Do you see an MVP? Do you see just a concept? What stage are you investing in?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jukka Alanen, Rebellion Ventures (Part 1)

Jukka Alanen, Managing Partner at Rebellion Ventures, discusses his portfolio, investment thesis and related trends.

August 29 – 652nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 652nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 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,

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651st 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: August 22 – It is Expensive to Develop EdTech Content

During this week’s roundtable, we had two pitches. Olive Stacks Education First, we had Jerry Nwodobo from Lagos, Nigeria, pitch Olive Stacks Education, an EdTech venture. Endeavour Education Next Amol Namjoshi from Mumbai, India, pitched Endeavour Education, also pitched an EdTech venture concept. In both cases, and in EdTech in general, assuming that you can

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Bootstrapping to Exit from Saudi Arabia: Emad Daghreri, Co-Founder CEO of Autobia (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: So you exited this company, and you have started another company now, right? Emad Daghreri: Yes. Sramana Mitra: You and your partner bootstrapped the first company. You did not take any external financing and you were profitable all along. Can you speak on how you feel about bootstrapping to exit versus company that

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Bootstrapping to Exit from Saudi Arabia: Emad Daghreri, Co-Founder CEO of Autobia (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: So, Emad, I’m going to try to synthesize all the things that you said into something that people can understand better. What I’m hearing is that in 2019 when you started restructuring the company, you created platforms for doing not only competitions and engagement but also event management and grant management.