Roundtable Recap: July 10 – AI Investment Thesis with Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures AI Fund

During this week’s roundtable, we had Ray Wu, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures AI Fund, discussing the fund’s investment thesis. Axon Network KI As for our entrepreneur pitches, first we had Antony Alappatt from Chennai, India, pitch Axon Network Karmic Intelligence. Q3D Sensing, Inc. Next we had Tainyue Yu from Santa Clara, California, pitch Q3D

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Building a Legitimate, Profitable FinTech Unicorn Using AI: Cynthia Chen, Founder of Kikoff (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Okay. Now, on this timeline, we are in 2022. This is also when AI is starting to hit the popular consciousness and the venture capital industry in a big way. What impact did that have on your product strategy, go-to-market strategy, et cetera? So, tell me more about what’s your AI strategy and

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691st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with David Evans, Sentiero Ventures

David Evans, Managing Partner at Sentiero Ventures, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.

691st 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: June 26 – AI Investment Thesis with David Evans, Sentiero Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had David Evans, Managing Partner at Sentiero Ventures, discussing his firm’s AI investment thesis. Espotz As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Parshavv Jain from Ontario, Canada, pitch espotz. Inflahormony Next, we had Yamini Bynagari from San Ramon, California, pitch Inflahormony. Void Then we had Venkat Kalyan from Brisbane,

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What Makes Your Startup Hard to Copy

AI is making it easy to build ultralight startups. AI is also making it easy for copycats to flood the market with competing products. Investors HATE a market full of copycats. If you are looking to raise funding, you have to be able to establish a defensibility thesis. By and large, if you are building

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Roundtable Recap: June 19 – AI Investment Thesis with Felix Hartmann, Hartmann Capital

During this week’s roundtable, we had Felix Hartmann, Managing Partner at Hartmann Capital, discussing his firm’s investment thesis. This segment triggered an excellent discussion on Human Augmentation. (Related reading: Man and Superman). Coach 55 As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Phani Goruganthu from Hyderabad, India, pitch Coach 55, a 2-sided SaaS-enabled marketplace project for sports

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Positioning Drives Velocity

VCs are salivating over ultralight startups right now. The stigma around solo entrepreneurs will vanish soon. Positioning will remain key to achieving Velocity. And Velocity will continue to drive Fundability. Are you trying to raise money for your startup and getting rejections? It’s worth understanding WHY. VCs are looking for Velocity. Their goal is to

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