687th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Warren Packard, AI Fund

Warren Packard, Partner at AI Fund, discusses his firm’s investment thesis. Instead of founders pitching, the AI Fund operates as a Venture Studio and recruits repeat entrepreneurs with domain knowledge to build ventures based on their ideas.

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687th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: May 29 – AI Investment Thesis with Warren Packard, AI Fund

During this week’s roundtable, we had Warren Packard, Partner at AI Fund, discuss his firm’s investment thesis. Instead of founders pitching, the AI Fund operates as a Venture Studio and recruits repeat entrepreneurs with domain knowledge to build ventures based on their ideas.

Revive Analytics

As for our entrepreneur pitches, we first had Modi Daryani from Pune, India, pitch Revive Analytics. Modi needs to validate and position before spending more time building the product.

APL System

Next, we had Laurence Gontariu from Bucharest, Romania, pitch APL System, a semiconductor process innovation.

Eco Genie Services

Then we had Gitanjali Chandrasekharan from Mumbai, India, pitch Eco Genie Services, a green business services idea.

Digital Ads Idea

And then Jabeer Hussain from Hyderabad, India, pitched a texting platform.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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1Mby1M AI Investor Forum: Manu Rekhi, Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: And what is the AI angle in this? How are they using AI?

1Mby1M AI Investor Forum: Manu Rekhi, Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: So, let’s talk about the type of AI companies that you are investing in. We could do some case studies first of what you have invested in, and if you could share with us in what stage and state you encountered these companies and what is it about them that made you write the checks?

687th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes

Today’s 687th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 20 minutes, on Thursday, May 29, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

1Mby1M AI Investor Forum: Manu Rekhi, Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let me ask you what you are seeing and how you’re processing this exception, which is usage-based pricing, right? SaaS became so popular because it was subscription pricing, and subscription business models are very attractive to investors, whether it’s public market investors or private market investors. It’s extremely popular because of its predictability and the fact that it’s recurring.

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.