Roundtable Recap: September 16 – Startups from Tanzania, New Delhi and New York

During this week’s roundtable, we did a global romp through startup land.

Beem

First up we had Taha Jiwaji from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, pitch Beem, a terrific cPaaS company that is already doing over $1M in revenue.

OneNDF

Then we had Nitin Khandelwal from New Delhi, India, pitch OneNDF, a terrific FinTech company that is also doing over $1M in revenue, although not all of it through their FinTech platform yet.

Green Transport

Next Mohammed Tai and Jian Ming Lin pitching Green Transport, a concept stage idea. Mohammed is an intern in the 1Mby1M program.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Roundtable Recap: September 2 – Discussion on the SaaS-enabled Marketplace Trend

During this week’s roundtable, we had an excellent discussion with Claudia Giannoni from London, UK, pitching Relai, a real estate marketplace leveraging the SaaS-enabled marketplace trend that we like a lot.

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Roundtable Recap: August 26 – A Deep Dive into Blockchain Infrastructure

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Hamiz Awan, Founder and Partner at Plutus21 Capital, discussed BlockChain infrastructure and platforms.

xAQUA ODT

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Silk or Lace

Next, Suran Yoo from Dallas, Texas, pitched Silk or Lace, a hair piece marketplace that is already in revenue.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Roundtable Recap: August 19 – A Discussion on Small Exits

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Warren Weiss, Managing Partner at WestWave Capital and former General Partner at Foundation Capital. We had a terrific discussion on small exits as seen by a seasoned investor.

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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Brian Kibby, CEO of Modern Campus (Part 1)

Brian discusses a gigantic white space in continuing education that colleges and universities have left open. Modern Campus is trying to address this gap, among other things. Very interesting conversation.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Modern Campus.