

We explore AI Connectivity in this discussion.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having the two of you introduce yourselves as well as Pandio.
Gideon Rubin: I’m the CEO and Co-Founder along with Josh Odmark. I’m a serial entrepreneur. I focus primarily on using big data and data science to gain an advantage. Pandio came from the fact that Josh and I both came from different startups. We were talking about what to do next. We realized that IoT and a lot of the data sources were getting really good.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Itai Sadan, Co-founder and CEO of Duda. I first met Itai back in 2013 and started getting to know his story. It’s a compelling case study of bootstrapping with a paycheck and then raising significant funding to scale over more than a decade.
Escrow Protocol
As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Dennis Schulte from Toronto, Canada, pitching Escrow Protocol, a 2-sided marketplace for milestone-based funding.

I spoke with Nick back when Gainsight was very young. Much has happened since. This conversation catches us up on the interim years since 2013.
Gainsight recently raised money from Vista Equity at a $1.1 billion valuation.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator. We had a terrific discussion on what we each are seeing in the ecosystem.
Re:Mind
As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Bindu Thirupathi from Bengaluru, India, pitch Re:Mind, a wellness wearable.
CultureTalk
Then, 1Mby1M Premium members Theresa Agresta and Cynthia Forstmann pitched CultureTalk, a corporate culture solution.
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Ben is a serial entrepreneur with a long experience in bootstrapping and fundraising. Read on to see how he has navigated his journey.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?
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Tom discusses a very important aspect of building a product company: pivots.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?
Tom Coburn: I was born in a suburb outside of Boston, Massachusetts. It’s where the Boston Marathon starts. I grew up there and lived there all my life. I went to high school there at a local public high school. I ended up going to Boston College. I went there to study Biology and become a doctor. I ended up dropping out. I’d also picked up Theology as a double major. I was studying science and religion and ended up doing a marketing technology and data company instead.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Ben Narasin, Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital, a new Seed fund.
Agricoltura
As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Davide Balbi, from Cassino, Italy, pitching Agricoltura, a farming venture.
PontApp
Next, we had Charvi Garg from New Delhi, India, pitching the PontApp, a scheduling app that she needs to position more precisely.
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Karthee Madasamy is the Founder and Managing Partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures. We discuss the nuances of Deep Tech investing.
Sramana Mitra: Karthee has been here before. We are going to catch up and level set on how COVID has been and how the ecosystem around us is evolving. Welcome back. It’s great to see you.
Karthee Madasamy: It’s great to see you too. Thank you.
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