1Mby1M AI Investor Forum: Manu Rekhi, Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners (Part 1)

Manu Rekhi, Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.

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Bootstrapping a High Growth Cyber Security Venture with a Paycheck: Christian Geyer, CEO of ACTFORE (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: So you have a bootstrapped company that is looking to go bootstrapping to exit straight away. Now, what is the ideal acquirer for this business? Is it a private equity firm?

Bootstrapping a High Growth Cyber Security Venture with a Paycheck: Christian Geyer, CEO of ACTFORE (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: So, what you’re describing is a very interesting scenario where you were able to incubate the company to a very large degree – $18.3 million revenue level within your parent company, and the board let you do that. It’s amazing that you were able to do this at this scale.

Now, how many people went with the spinoff – you and your co-founder and who else?

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May 29 – 687th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 687th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, May 29, 2025, 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, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to Attend to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be Interested.

686th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Lisa Chai, Interwoven Ventures

Lisa Chai, Co-founder and General Partner at Interwoven Ventures, discusses her firm’s investment thesis.

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686th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: May 22 – AI Investment Thesis with Lisa Chai, Interwoven Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had Lisa Chai, Co-founder and General Partner at Interwoven Ventures, discuss her firm’s investment thesis.

Additive Fabrication Semi-Conductor Revolution

As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Aman Gupta and Abyaz Adam from Bihar, India, pitch Additive Fabrication Semi-Conductor Revolution.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Bootstrapping a High Growth Cyber Security Venture with a Paycheck: Christian Geyer, CEO of ACTFORE (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Wow. So, by this time you have spun out into a separate entity?

Christian Geyer: Not yet.

Sramana Mitra: Not yet. So, this $18.3 million is happening within, as a subdivision of the original company. Okay, and you’re probably making a lot more money than the original company, right?