What Are Seed Investors Looking For With Venk Shukla

We’re doing a deep dive into the current seed investment eco-system and talking to our investor friends about what they’re looking for. Here, you can hear the perspective of Venk Shukla of Monta Vista Capital and TiE Angels: Come talk to me to brainstorm, strategize, and weigh your funding options.

6 Podcasts of Successful Startup Founders Sharing E-commerce Strategies

Can you still build e-commerce companies? Yes, niche e-commerce can still work, but you must differentiate. Entrepreneurs interested to learn how e-commerce and online startups are succeeding today should listen to these 30-minute podcast interviews with six startup founders who have managed to build quite profitable businesses. Tom Fallenstein, President and CEO of Fun.com –

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331st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Amir Banifatemi, K5 Ventures

Amir Banifatemi, Founder and Managing Partner of K5 Ventures, a fund focused on pre-seed, seed, post-seed and early-stage investments from Southern California. Amir is also a Board Member and former President of Tech Coast Angels, a group of 340 angel investors from Southern California.

332nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Victoria Pettibone, Astia Angels

Victoria Pettibone, Managing Director of Astia Angels, a group focused on funding women entrepreneurs. She discusses what they like to invest in, as well as the trends she sees in the deal flow and the portfolio.

10 Podcasts with Investors on Seed Financing for Startups

Once upon a time, there used to be Seed and Series A as financing options for startups. Now, we have pre-seed, seed, pre-Series A, and THEN Series A. And the Series A can often be a small $1-3 Million round, which typically comes from small venture firms. The bigger, more traditional firms have moved upstream,

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368th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Cindy Padnos, Illuminate Ventures

Cindy Padnos, Founder and Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures, discusses a topic that we’ve been highlighting recently: the need for multiple seed rounds as a way to bridge the Series A gap.

339th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Aniruddha Malpani, Malpani Ventures

Aniruddha Malpani, Director and Founder of Malpani Ventures, is an active angle investor in the Indian circuit. He discusses what he looks for in companies he wants to invest in.

350th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Darshan Vyas, LOUD Capital

Darshan Vyas, Co-Founder Managing Director, LOUD Capital, discusses seed investing in the startup eco-system in the Mid-West from Ohio.