Roundtable Recap: October 17 – Cool Companies, Exciting Opportunities

During this week’s roundtable, we had as a guest Ray Chan, Managing Director at K5 Ventures and Tech Coast Angels shared his views on the segments his firms invest in.

Locol
As for pitching, we had Sriniva Nag Mandali from Hyderabad, India, pitched Locol, a flexible fleet access solution for tour operators and municipal governments a la Uber, but in a B-to-B context. Very cool!

ViaMaan
Next, Rahul Sharma from Bangalore, India, pitched ViaMaan, an aerial cargo delivery solution. Also very cool.

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Roundtable Recap: October 11 – Global Startup Acceleration Networks are Growing

During this week’s roundtable, we had as a guest Shuly Galili, Founding Partner, UpWest Labs, who talked to us about pre-seed and seed investments in the Israel – Silicon Valley corridor.

Sensfix
As for pitching, we had Balaji Renukumar from Palo Alto, California, pitching Sensfix, an IOT-based venture addressing the repair and maintenance of street lights and other infrastructure assets. Very cool company, and a great example of how various eco-systems are collaborating to produce new startups. This one has been accelerated in India and in Amsterdam, before showing up in Palo Alto.

We also discussed our new partnership with EIT Health to accelerate over 100 European Startups. More on this coming soon.

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Roundtable Recap: October 4 – Diversity in Focus

During this week’s roundtable, we had as a guest Miriam Rivera, Partner at Ulu Ventures, a firm committed to diversity as its core investment philosophy.

undivide
As for the pitches, first up, we had Mohan Perera from Melbourne, Australia, pitching undivide, a compliance management software for blue collar workforces.

The Fractal Entrepreneurship Foundation
Then Radha Eswar from Bangalore, India, pitched The Fractal Entrepreneurship Foundation, a network of bottom-of-the-pyramid franchises focused on generating livelihoods in a systematic way. Very interesting.

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Roundtable Recap: September 27 – Fall 2018 Oracle-1Mby1M Intrapreneurship Challenge Launches

During this week’s roundtable, we had a lot of attendees from Oracle. The Fall 2018 Oracle-1Mby1M Intrapreneurship Challenge launched this week. To all those getting excited about applying, please have a look at this interview I did with Paolo Juvara of Oracle Application Labs this Spring.

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Roundtable Recap: September 19 – Startup Opportunities in Blockchain

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Brock Pierce, Co-Founder at Blockchain Capital, who discussed his worldview of the Blockchain investment opportunity. Brock is one of the pioneers of investing in Blockchain companies.

RVLhub.com
As for the pitches, first up, we had Paulius Vegele from Copenhagen, Denmark, pitching RVLhub.com, a platform where buyers specify what they want to buy and for what budget level, and sellers can make bids to sell them those goods and services.

MyHomeBuy
Then Eileen Merriman from Australia pitched MyHomeBuy, an app to educate first-time home buyers.

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Roundtable Recap: September 13 – Three Cool Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had three interesting entrepreneur pitches.

VedaJunction
First up, we had Rahul Sharma, from Dallas, Texas and Ludhiana, India, pitching VedaJunction, an AI-based personalized learning platform and marketplace. Very cool idea.

Prackr
Next Rahul G from from Bangalore, India, pitched Prackr, a CRM workflow management software that he will most likely be positioning for the Banking sector where he already has a paying customer. The company is already in revenue. Great execution thus far.

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Roundtable Recap: September 6 – Bootstrapping Using Services Works Great for Many

During this week’s roundtable, we had three interesting pitches.

Hexaform Technologies
First up, we had Sri Raghunath, visiting California from Bangalore, India, pitching Hexaform Technologies. The company focuses on moving legacy data centers to moden infrastructure, and is bootstrapping using services.

Palacio
Then Rahul Ranjan from Santa Clara, California, pitched Palacio inc. a digital art display product company that has already received about $175,000 worth of orders in a crowdfunding campaign.

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Roundtable Recap: August 30 – Positioning is the Key to Accelerating your Venture

During this week’s roundtable, we had five pitches from different parts of the world.

Thinkster
First we had Raj Valli from Princeton, NJ, pitching Thinkster Math, an AI-powered online tutoring company that is already doing over $1M ARR. The company can accelerate by fine-tuning its positioning and customer acquisition strategies.

Ethnic Khazana
Then Altamash Jaffer from Mumbai, India, pitched Ethnic Khazana, an Islamic fashion e-commerce company selling to the MENA market. The company is already doing $100k in revenue. Quite promising.

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