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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Gary Little of Canvas Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What is your focus? B2B or B2C? Gary Little: Both. I focus more on the B2B. I have a partner Rebecca Lynn who is strong in FinTech and healthcare IT. I have a partner Paul Hsiao who’s strong in marketplaces. He led an investment which combined SaaS for designers with marketplaces to buy
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Christina Brodbeck of Rivet 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 Christina Brodbeck of Rivet Ventures was recorded in March 2018. Christina Brodbeck, Founding Partner at Rivet Ventures, talks about the firm’s investment thesis of funding companies that target the female demographic in
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Amos Ben-Meir at Sand Hill Angels (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 Amos Ben-Meir of Sand Hill Angels was recorded in February 2018. Amos Ben-Meir, Investor and Board Director at Sand Hill Angels, is a veteran angel investor. You will hear lots of details
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Gary Little of Canvas 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 Gary Little of Canvas Ventures was recorded in March 2018. Gary Little, Co-founder at Canvas Ventures, discusses the various types of venture capital and the evolution of the industry into a rather
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rami Elkhatib of Acero Capital (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: How do you process unicorn mania? Are you chasing unicorns? Rami Elkhatib: No, not really. Our entry point is either the Series A or Series B. In a Series B scenario, we come in and lead a Series B only if there is a situation where a company has awesome technology but is
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Mark Hasebroock at Dundee Venture Capital (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: What is the geographical distribution of these six companies that you have exited? Mark Hasebroock: They’re all in the Midwest – from Texas to Kansas City and between the mountains. Sramana Mitra: Have you sold anything from Omaha? Mark Hasebroock: No, we haven’t. Sramana Mitra: It’s interesting. I’ve known for a long time
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Alan Chiu at XSeed (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: The question that I’m constantly intrigued by as I talk to many investors is that how can so many investors find unicorns. It’s just not mathematically viable if you’re obsessed with just investing in companies that have the potential of being unicorns. There aren’t that many of those. Alan Chiu: That’s very true.
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rami Elkhatib of Acero Capital (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: What trends do you see? If you look back on the 2017 calendar year, what have you seen in your deal flow that you can synthesize as key trends? Rami Elkhatib: I’ll answer this in two parts. As we are focused on enterprise software, we look at trends that have been persistent for
