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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shuly Galili of UpWest Labs (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: As part of UpWest, is there a panel of CISOs who look at your companies? Shuly Galili: We work with a lot of the industry CISOs locally in Silicon Valley as well as across the US. They’re so entrenched in understanding how to work with both ourselves and other players who have access
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shuly Galili of UpWest Labs (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: It sounds like you’re mostly doing B2B. Is that a reasonable point? Shuly Galili: I would say that most of our companies are B2B. We do have a few companies that are more on the consumer side, and most recently, in the esports domain. Sramana Mitra: Can you share a little bit about
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shuly Galili of UpWest Labs (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Are they coming to you with just the concept? Are they coming to you with some idea about what customers are looking for? What tells you that you want to give $250,000 to these two guys? Shuly Galili: Founders typically find us through our network. For many of them, they understand that UpWest
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shuly Galili of UpWest Labs (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 Shuly Galili was recorded in October 2018. Shuly Galili, Founding Partner, UpWest Labs, talks to us about pre-seed and seed investments in the Israel – Silicon Valley corridor. Sramana Mitra: Tell us
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Guy Resheff of Grove Ventures (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: How do you see unicorn mania in Israel? As a seed investor, you could get buried under later-stage liquidation preferences. How do you protect yourself? Guy Resheff: One thing that I would say that’s markedly different is that, in absolute terms, the number of unicorns generated in Israel is significantly smaller. That has
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Guy Resheff of Grove Ventures (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: If you look at the last six months of your deal flow, could you synthesize some of the most interesting trends that you have observed? Guy Resheff: A common one is artificial intelligence. It’s everywhere. Sramana Mitra: SaaS for large markets is kind of over. Everything in SaaS right now is niche. Guy
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Guy Resheff of Grove Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: A follow-on question that comes to my mind is that if you are looking for most of the core R&D to be done before you come in, what is the assumption about how the prospective company funds that R&D phase? Is it coming out of university research? Is it coming out of government
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Guy Resheff of Grove 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 Guy Resheff, Grove Ventures was recorded in December 2017. He is no longer with the firm. Guy Resheff, Partner at Grove Ventures, focuses the spotlight on Israel. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about your
