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Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?
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>>>Julie Lein, Managing Partner at Urban Innovation Fund, discusses pre-seed and seed funding in companies focused on the betterment of cities.
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Sramana Mitra: So you had Naren on your Board for a while?
Kashyap Deorah: Yes. I said, “I’ll go with Nexus if you’re on the Board. Would you have the bandwidth for me?” He said, “I have all the time in the world.” He actually lived that. I never felt short of time with him. He would make time with me.
Sramana Mitra: Tell me about the business. You had early customers and validation. You had a significant financing round. What were the next major milestones?
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Sramana Mitra: When does the acquisition happen?
Jonathan Foltz: After that, I was thinking that e-commerce is the way. We did $5 million in a month. Then I decided to raise money. We send the pitch deck out. We got a lot of interest. We came across a family office. The family office loved what we had. We gave them the story.
They said, “We love your company, but we only invest in public companies.” I never really thought about being a public company. I was always okay being private. I can do it, but do I want to do it.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Julie Lein, Managing Partner at Urban Innovation Fund discussing Pre-Seed and Seed funding in companies focused on the betterment of cities.
IdeaMySpace
As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Sidhartha Domathoti from Hyderabad, India, pitch IdeaMySpace, a vertically integrated business for designing and building homes.
Nriway
Next we had Chintesh Chopkar from Nagpur, India, pitch Nriway, a 2-sided marketplace for NRIs to get tasks done in India.
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