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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Laurel Touby of Supernode Ventures (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What do you think of this particular phenomenon? We’re in the beginning of 2018. Lots of stuff have already been built. Nowadays, there aren’t so many wide open opportunities with multi-billion TAM’s but there are many niche opportunities. Some of these businesses need to be built for very small amounts of capital –
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With John Frankel of ff Venture Capital (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: That is a very reasonable strategy for Indiegogo. You mentioned that Indiegogo’s equity crowdfunding platform has been successful. What are the trends? What kind of ventures are gaining traction in the equity funding world of Indiegogo? John Frankel: A lot of the things they’ve been going for are what you might consider lower
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Mackey Craven of OpenView Venture Partners (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: It also gives you a flavor of how good a product it is. Is the product really meeting the needs of the customers? I think churn is a very good indicator of that. Mackey Craven: Coming back again, it really doesn’t have to do with revenue scale. It has to do with validating
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Laurel Touby of Supernode Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What have you invested in? Give us an example or two and tell us why you chose to invest in those. Laurel Touby: We are about to close the first close of our fund. We’re now looking at investment for that fund. In my angel investing, you can see some indicators of some
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With John Frankel of ff Venture Capital (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Let’s look at 2017. This is our last roundtable. We are about to close the year off. You have, I imagine, seen thousands of deals this year. What are the trends in your deal flow? John Frankel: We’ve been leaning heavily into AI, cyber security, robotics, FinTech. We’re seeing a ton of opportunities
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Mackey Craven of OpenView Venture 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 Mackey Craven of OpenView Venture Partners was recorded in January 2018. Mackey Craven, Partner at OpenView Venture Partners, discusses what Series A VCs are looking for in the realm of software investments. We talk
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Laurel Touby of Supernode 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 Laurel Touby of Supernode Ventures was recorded in January 2018. Laurel Touby, Managing Partner at Supernode Ventures, and a former entrepreneur and avid angel investor, has now launched her new institutional pre-seed fund. Sramana
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With John Frankel of ff Venture Capital (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 John Frankel of ff Venture Capital was recorded in December 2017. John Frankel, Partner at ff Venture Capital, discusses the firm’s investment thesis as well as key trends in the industry. Sramana Mitra: Tell
