1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sonali Vijayavargiya of Augment 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 Sonali Vijayavargiya was recorded in July 2020. Sonali Vijayavargiya, Founder and Managing Partner at Augment Ventures, discusses her firm’s investment approach, including early exits.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Julianne Zimmerman of Reinventure 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 Julianne Zimmerman was recorded in July 2020. Julianne Zimmerman is Managing Director at Reinventure Capital, a firm focused on minority founders.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Dan Roselli of CFV Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What is your modus operandi? You have a small fund. Are you looking for unicorns? Are you looking for early exits? Dan Roselli: We know that we will still have a relatively high failure rate. When you look at the failure rate of companies in general, you get less of that in the

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Dan Roselli of CFV Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What does the company need to have by way of proof point to qualify for your funding? Dan Roselli: I’ll start by saying what’s next and then work backwards. Series A investors want to see about $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Dan Roselli of CFV 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 Dan Roselli was recorded in July 2020. Dan Roselli is Founder and Managing Partner at CFV Ventures, a North Carolina firm focused on FinTech and InsureTech.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Raoul Maier of Eudemian Ventures (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What is the background of the founder that makes him so high quality? Raoul Maier: He was a senior leader at Minerva Project before. He had a very strong leadership background and he also had a strong founder-product fit. He has been working in the child care space for a long time.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Raoul Maier of Eudemian Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: The valuation numbers you are quoting are Series A and B numbers, right? It’s interesting that you are not experiencing these valuations in post-seed. Raoul Maier: Are you referring to five or ten years ago when you say Series A and B numbers?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Pamela York of Atasi Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: The best way to go about this segment is to talk about examples, so talk about two specific examples.  Pamela York: Sugarlogix is one company that we invested in. They are based in the Bay area. The company develops milk sugars which are found in human breast milk. They add that to a

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