1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jason Cahill of McCune Capital (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Are you chasing Unicorns?

Jason Cahill: Yes and no. I don’t get upset when my companies get marked up at billion dollars. If I invest in a company in $5 million, they get to acquire at $50 million, I can live that. That’s the tax. I have done very well at being efficient with capital. I love for all my companies to become unicorns but if they sell for $500 million, I think I’ll buy all. Everybody is happy.

Sramana Mitra: So what is the low threshold? Comment on what I said on the Bootstrapping to Exit article about the smaller opportunities. There is a class of investors emerging who are paying attention to the smaller opportunities that’s acknowledging the fact that most exits in the industry happen at the sub-$50 million price point. Are those of interest to you or are they too small? >>>

191st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Frank Malek, Impacteo

Frank Malek is General Partner at Impacteo, an impact investment fund that invests in companies in the US and in Europe. This includes companies in digital health, climate change, fintech, etc.

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192nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Navid Alipour, Analytics Ventures

Navid Alipour, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Analytics Ventures, talks about their AI-focused venture studio in San Diego.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jason Cahill of McCune Capital (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 Jason Cahill was recorded in January 2019.

Jason Cahill is Managing Partner at McCune Capital, a NY-based firm. He talks about the pros and cons of chasing Unicorns, as well as his firm’s investment philosophy. >>>

426th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Sumner Douglas, BoomStartup

Sumner Douglas is Managing Director and Venture Partner at BoomStartup, a Utah-based accelerator that offers pre-seed funding.

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425th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Alireza Rahnema, 7 Gate Ventures

Alireza Rahnema, Principal and General Partner at 7 Gate Ventures, talks about the Vancouver startup eco-system and his firm’s investment thesis.

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429th Roundtable Recording on January 24, 2019: With Preeti Rathi, Ignition Partners

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Roundtable Recap: January 24 – The Changing Dynamics of Seed Investing

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Preeti Rathi, Partner at Ignition Partners. We discussed the changing dynamics of Seed Investing.

Kitchens On Rent
As for pitches, first up, we had Mohit Walia, from Noida, India, pitch Kitchens On Rent, an innovative concept for leveraging spare capacity in restaurant kitchens. Mohit is a Zomato alum and has just launched his business.

T2India
Next, we had Sutanu Banerjee from New Delhi, India, pitch T2India, a BPO service catering to tour operators. The company is doing over a million dollars in annual revenue, and is looking for growth strategies.

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