510th Entrepreneurship Podcast With Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest

Vishesh Rajaram, Managing Partner, Speciale Invest, discusses his fund’s investment thesis.

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510th Roundtable Recording on November 19, 2020: With Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest

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Roundtable Recap: November 19 – Seed Funding for B-to-C Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Vishesh Rajaram, Managing Partner, Speciale Invest, who discussed his fund’s investment thesis.

AYA AsYouAre

As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Sunali Aggarwal from Chandigarh, India, pitch AYA AsYouAre, a matchmaking site for LGBT in India. This discussion would be useful for any entrepreneur considering funding for a B-to-C startup.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shripriya Mahesh, Founding Partner at Spero Ventures (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Shripriya Mahesh was recorded in August 2020.

Shripriya Mahesh, Founding Partner at Spero Ventures, talks about mission-driven investing.

Sramana Mitra: Tell us a little about your background as well as Spero Ventures. 

509th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording on November 12, 2020: With Ashmeet Sidana, Engineering Capital

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509th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Ashmeet Sidana, Engineering Capital

Ashmeet Sidana, Chief Engineer at Engineering Capital, is the founder of a small venture firm that we have a great deal of respect for, and a personal friend. This is a wonderful conversation.

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Roundtable Recap: November 12 – Great Discussion on How to Build Platform Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Ashmeet Sidana, Chief Engineer at Engineering Capital. Ashmeet is the founder of a small venture firm that we have a great deal of respect for, and a personal friend. It’s a wonderful conversation.

DeepBrainz AI

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Arunkumar Venkataramanan from Bangalore, India, pitch DeepBrainz AI, an enterprise AI platform idea. The discussion offers valuable insights for those entrepreneurs trying to build platform companies.

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508th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Keith Bank, KB Partners

Keith Bank is Founder CEO at KB Partners, a venture firm focused on sports technology.

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508th Roundtable Recording on November 5, 2020: With Keith Bank, KB Partners

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Roundtable Recap: November 5 – Spotlight on Indian Startups, as America Counts Votes

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners, a venture firm focused on sports technology.

SafeNet

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Joginder Singh from Haryana, India, pitched SafeNet – an Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the Indian market. The company is already in revenue.

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505th Roundtable Recording on October 15, 2020: With Elizabeth Yin, Hustle Fund

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505th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Elizabeth Yin, Hustle Fund

Elizabeth Yin is General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed investment firm.

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Roundtable Recap: October 15 – Brainstorming Post Covid Startup Ideas

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Elizabeth Yin, General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed investment firm.

Relefant

As for our entrepreneur pitch, this week we had Marko Lauhiala from Helsinki, Finland, pitching Relefant.

In addition, we had a great brainstorming session around one of my ideas from 8 Startup Ideas for the Post-Covid World around travel:

Facilitating Travel Experiences

There are two major trends that the world will need to take in stride in the Covid era: air travel will become expensive and people will be working remotely. The startup idea addressing these trends as explained here would be a $5-$10 Billion market cap company, a Unicorn.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Mike Edelhart of Social Starts and Joyance Partners (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Mike Edelhart was recorded in August 2020.

Mike Edelhart, Managing Partner at Social Starts and Joyance Partners, shares some fascinating developments from their portfolio, especially a healthcare startup that is thriving in the COVID-era.

504th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Suman Talukdar, AiSprouts.VC

Suman Talukdar is Founder and Managing Partner at AiSprouts.VC.

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