1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jukka Alanen, Rebellion Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra:  So if you are doing a pre-seed round in AI, what do you ask to see in the company? Do you see an MVP? Do you see just a concept? What stage are you investing in?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Jukka Alanen, Rebellion Ventures (Part 1)

Jukka Alanen, Managing Partner at Rebellion Ventures, discusses his portfolio, investment thesis and related trends.

650th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Nexus Venture Partners

Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Partner at Nexus Venture Partners, has been investing in AI startups for over a decade. This is an excellent and insightful discussion about his AI investment thesis.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: There’s another factor to consider. There’s this company called Tempus that went public in June this year. I don’t know if you’re tracking them. Tempus is an AI company that focuses on the pharmaceutical industry. It has all kinds of pharmaceutical use cases and healthcare use cases. It doesn’t look like a language model-based solution. It’s an older company, obviously. It already has revenue of over $500 million.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures (Part 1)

Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures, discusses how he is investing in AI startups and what he is learning from the market.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Naganand Doraswamy, Managing Partner and Founder at Ideaspring Capital (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: I think for entrepreneurs listening to this conversation, there are two takeaways that you want to consider. One is, find a platform that you can build on. If you’re building enterprise products or mid-market B2B products, look at a platform called Cohere.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Naganand Doraswamy, Managing Partner and Founder at Ideaspring Capital (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: The other point I want to make in this discussion is that AI is not only generative AI. There are many, very powerful problems that are being solved with AI, but not necessarily generative AI.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Naganand Doraswamy, Managing Partner and Founder at Ideaspring Capital (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s double click down on your current portfolio. Let’s discuss the AI company that you have invested in and let’s also discuss the five to seven AI SaaS companies that are bringing in AI co-pilots. So, let’s do some case studies and understand these trends a little bit from the ground so that you can talk with real experience.