Roundtable Recap: August 1 – A Conversation on Niche E-commerce Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had Sean Dawes, Co-founder at Modded Euros, as our guest. We discussed the state of the union in niche e-commerce startups in the shadow of Amazon’s dominance.

BetterPT

As for the pitches, up first we had Greg Peters from New York, NY, present BetterPT, a SaaS company catering to hospitals that have physiotherapy units. The company currently has $50k in MRR and is executing nicely.

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Roundtable Recap: July 25 – Deep Dive into FinTech Investing

During this week’s roundtable, we had Doug Atkin, Managing Partner at Communitas Capital Partners, as our guest. Doug has extensive experience in FinTech and this conversation explored the nuances of that sector.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Roundtable Recap: July 18 – A Conversation About India’s Next 400 Million Consumers and the Startups Targeting Them

During this week’s roundtable, we had Rahul Chandra, Managing Director at Unitary Helion Ventures, as our guest. Rahul provided an excellent overview of the opportunity around India’s next 400 million consumers.

The pitches today were all from women entrepreneurs.

Empower

First up, we had Soya Somanathan from Chennai, India, pitch Empower, a digital service for helping non-STEM kids find their career paths through content and mentoring.

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Roundtable Recap: July 11 – Niche Expertise Can Be Turned Into Excellent Small Businesses

During this week’s roundtable, we had one entrepreneur pitch, and a lengthy discussion around a very niche business that I found very promising as a viable small business. It’s an interesting case study of how niche expertise can be turned into great small business.

Mid-Atlantic Amateur Radio

Pete Young from Thurmont, Maryland pitched the Mid-Atlantic Amateur Radio Service, a repair service for old ham radios.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable, especially if you are working on a niche idea, here:

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Roundtable Recap: June 27 – Startup Trends Discussion with Nnamdi Okike, 645 Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Nnamdi Okike, Co-founder and Managing Partner at 645 Ventures. Excellent conversation about trends and his firm’s investment thesis.

Rigava Solar

As for the entrepreneur pitch session, we first had Arun Joshi from Haryana, India, pitch Rigava Solar, a solar systems integration firm.

Serve Community

Then Matt Turner from Alameda, California, pitched Serve Community, a gamified app for volunteering for non profits. Great concept!

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Roundtable Recap: June 20 – Startups, Prune Your Grapes

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest, Victoire Laurenty, Associate at Kerala Ventures in Paris who discussed the French eco-system.

Probus Sense

As for the entrepreneur pitch session, we first had Ankit Vaish from New Delhi, India, pitch Probus Sense, an IoT company that is focusing on the energy sector and is already generating revenues.

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Roundtable Recap: June 13 – Spotlight on The Philippines

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest, Francis Simisim, Partner at Original Pitch Venture Capital based in the Philippines. We had a very good discussion on how that eco-system is developing.

Asets-Lux

As for the entrepreneur pitch session, we first had Ashwini Oke from Dalheim, Luxembourg, pitch Asets-Lux, an enterprise software solution focused on the Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, and a few other segments.

Sukhi

Next we had Rahul Kulkarni from Washington, DC, pitch Sukhi, a mental health solution.

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Roundtable Recap: May 23 – Spotlight on Sports Tech

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest, Deepen Parikh, Partner at Courtside Ventures, a firm focused on investing in sports related ventures. Fascinating window in a little discussed sector.

Cloudely

At the top of the program, we had Suren Reddy from San Jose, CA, pitch Cloudely, a quote to cash SaaS integration provider with a large number of services clients that is making a push to bootstrap products.

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