229th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Mackey Craven, OpenView Venture Partners

Mackey Craven, Partner at OpenView Venture Partners, discusses what Series A VCs are looking for in the realm of software investments. We talk at length about the Series A gap from the perspective of a fund that focuses on Series A and beyond.

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236th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Semyon Dukach, One Way Ventures

Semyon Dukach, Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, a firm that is 100% focused on immigrant entrepreneurs.

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239th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Hussein Kanji, Hoxton Ventures

Hussein Kanji, Partner at Hoxton Ventures, is based in London and the primary focus is on European ventures.

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Roundtable Recap: January 11 – Going Broad Usually Isn’t a Great Startup Strategy

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest William Hsu, Co-founder, Partner at Mucker Capital, a Los Angeles based fund that invests largely outside Silicon Valley and follows a more fundamentals oriented approach.

True TRP
As for the pitches, first, Ramkumar R S from Mumbai, India, pitched True TRP, a content monetization platform.

Amascope
Next, Catalin Lesscu from San Francisco, CA, pitched Amascope, a film-based promotional service for marketing books.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Alastair Mitchell of EQT Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: It’s great to hear your enthusiasm. I’m married to a European. I love Europe. We spent a lot of time in Europe and London. I do see the energy change in London as well, which is a negative energy change. It’s kind of sad.

Overall, I do think that the momentum in Europe has improved and that’s a very good thing. What do you feel you as a counterpoint of the unicorn mania that we’ve seen in the Valley or in the US over the 2014 to 2016 timeframe?  >>>

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Alastair Mitchell of EQT Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Can you look at the 2017 deal flow, and talk about where are the pockets where there are good companies in Europe right now? Is it France? Is it Portugal? Is it Stockholm? Is it Spain? Where are you seeing the really interesting activity?

Alastair Mitchell: By deal flow, London still represents over 50% of deals in Europe. But there are two big buts. That is changing rapidly because of Brexit. A lot of those companies were actually European companies that moved to London and are now staying where they started.

It’s causing a huge boom for Paris, Lisbon, Berlin, less for the Nordic, but also for other parts of Europe. Some of the  best >>>

Seed Investors On How They Decide What To Finance In Podcasts

Startup entrepreneurs interested in seeking financing should learn how seed investors decide what to invest in. Different investors look for various qualities in the entrepreneurs and startups that are presented to them. Previous experiences, domain expertise, and revenue run rate are obvious qualities to check. Entrepreneurs stress-tested by tragic circumstances may not be. Listen to the following seed investors discuss their decision-making processes, their portfolios, fund sizes, and more during these recent 30-minute podcast interviews.

Laurel Touby, Managing Partner at Supernode Ventures, and a former entrepreneur and avid angel investor, has now launched her new institutional pre-seed fund.

John Frankel, Partner at ff Venture Capital, discusses the firm’s investment thesis as well as key trends in the industry.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Alastair Mitchell of EQT Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: So let’s double-click down into your portfolio and talk about some of the highlights. Where are you seeing really interesting companies emerging? What are some examples of companies you invested in that could also give us a view on what is happening in Europe?

Alastair Mitchell: We invest across US and Europe. We are trying to be the most preferred and trusted partners to entrepreneurs in Europe. If you’re looking to grow your company from US into Europe, we would love to be the go-to guys. That’s our objective.

Certainly in Europe, if you believe you’re going to grow a global business, we want to be the go-to VCs. Looking at our >>>