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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Semyon Dukach of One Way Ventures (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Let me ask the question in the context of non-Indian and non-Israeli founders. We also talk to a lot of European investors. One of the things I’m hearing is, there’s a real optimism right now in France. Paris is the story of 2017 as one of the investors based in London quoted recently
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Semyon Dukach of One Way Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What else can you tell us? Besides founder-related traits, what else can you tell us about that’s interesting about your fund? Semyon Dukach: It’s a unique fund in that we are specifically targeting immigrants. The value add that’s differentiated is, we’re building a network between these people who have a shared identity. We’re
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Semyon Dukach of One Way 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 Semyon Dukach, One Way Ventures was recorded in January 2018. Semyon Dukach is the Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, a firm that is 100% focused on immigrant entrepreneurs. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jake Seid of Stone Bridge Ventures (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: I’m surprised that you haven’t talked about selling when these very high level of investments start coming into a company. Sometimes it’s not just companies that are not just doing well. Sometimes if a company is a hot company, the trend has been to raise huge amounts of money. There are risks raising
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jake Seid of Stone Bridge Ventures (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Your point about the fund sizes being larger and mitigating the later stage pro rata opportunity is well taken. I’m going to elaborate on my question. There is a lot of competition to get into some of the deals for Series A and Series B. If you look at the numbers, there are
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jake Seid of Stone Bridge Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What about geography? What’s your preference? Jake Seid: Proactively, I’m focused on Silicon Valley and outside of Silicon Valley opportunistically. Sramana Mitra: Talk about your current portfolio. What are the highlights? What have you invested in? How do you decide what you have chosen to invest in? Jake Seid: We look at great
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jake Seid of Stone Bridge 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 Jake Seid of Stone Bridge Ventures was recorded in November 2017. Jake Seid, Managing Director, Stone Bridge Ventures, talks about trends, AngelList Syndicates, ICOs and more. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about Stone Bridge Ventures.
5 Seed Investors Discuss Trends They See in Their Dealflow in Podcasts
Entrepreneurs interested to learn more about raising funds for their startups need to keep up with what is happening with seed investors today. The seed eco-system has become a 5-stage process, spanning pre-seed, seed, post-seed, pre-Series A, small Series A, big Series A. To provide a deeper look, I’ve recently asked several seed investors what
