Roundtable Recap: February 20 – Comparables are Key

As our guest this week, we had Ashish Jain, Partner at 3Lines Ventures. We discussed his firm’s investment hypothesis.

Everydae

As for our entrepreneur pitch, today we had Christine Outram pitching Everydae, an educational app venture. I suggested to Christine to investigate comparables for her venture. In 2020, with so much innovation already under way, competition and comparables are areas that investors cannot ignore.

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Roundtable Recap: February 13 – You Have 30 Seconds to Capture My Attention

As our guest this week, we had Deepak Jeevankumar, Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital. We discussed his fund’s focus and preferences.

PhonePass

As for entrepreneur pitches, first up we had Shantanu Bhattacharya from Canberra, Australia, pitch PhonePass, a two-factor authentication technology.

Liglo

Then we had Nickson Zachary from Nairobi, Kenya, pitch Liglo, a mobile personal finance management app.

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Roundtable Recap: February 6 – Validation Should Be Done with Potential Customers, NOT Advisors

We had two pitches today.

Etelier

First up, was Sean Dehan from Austin, Texas, pitching Etelier, a membership-based luxury product marketplace. We discussed how to introduce a membership model.

Applicature

Next, Ian Arden from Palo Alto, California, pitched Applicature, a marketplace for VCs to access LPs and startups to access VCs. I advised Ian to validate with prospects, not advisors.

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Catching Up On Readings: IPO Recap

This feature from NASDAQ brings the highlights of the five IPOs in the past week. These included the health clinic unicorn One Medical (ONEM) and titan of tin foil Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN). For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Roundtable Recap: January 30 – Spotlight on Startups in Africa

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Osayi Igharo, Managing Partner at Ripple VC, who discussed startups and venture capital in Africa.

Burloe
First up, today, was Parinita Hendre from Mumbai, India, pitching Burloe, an e-commerce company focused on shoes and accessories.

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Roundtable Recap: January 23 – Focus Relentlessly

During this week’s roundtable, I worked with five entrepreneurs.

Ouja
First up today was Anandth Shoban from Chennai, India, pitching Ouja,
a hyperlocal delivery service. Anandth plans to do other services like taxi,
etc. which I discouraged him to get into. One business is hard enough to build. Focus is of paramount importance.

Constructiv
Next, Thomas Jones from Falmouth, UK, pitched Constructiv, a construction industry recruitment portal for the UK. I like the focused approach.

Tiny
Then Zachary Silverzweig from New York, NY, pitched Tiny, an innovative approach to teaching kids how to read English. I really like the concept and the focused approach.

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Roundtable Recap: December 19 – Wisdom for Startups Selling Deeptech to Enterprises

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Karthee Madasamy, Founder and Managing Partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures. Karthee and I discussed issues related to startups selling deeptech to enterprises.

Find Me Parking

As for pitches, first up today was Prashant Patil from Pune, India, pitching a concept-stage app for real time parking availability.

Cyber2bee Technologies

Next, Prem Kumar from Tamil Nadu, India, pitched Cyber2bee Technologies, an attempt to go against players like BigBasket in e-commerce.

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Roundtable Recap: November 27 – Fundamentals-Focused Venture Capital

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners. Nexus is a fundamentals focused firm that aligns with the 1Mby1M philosophy. Jishnu took us through several examples of how the firm is thinking about investing in startups. Excellent conversation.

Boozimba

Up first, we had Shubhojyoti Ganguly from Bangalore, India, pitch Boozimba. It is a robotics product catering to bars for mixing cocktails. Very interesting.

Bring It!

From Lyndhurst, Australia, Nushan Anguru pitched Bring It! A services for local small businesses like butchers to offer their products and services online. Bring It! Would also take care of the delivery.

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