Ann Winblad, Co-founder of Hummer Winblad, is one of the most successful women VCs in our industry, and as I mentioned in my introduction, I have never heard her whining about bias against women. One of the most encouraging things she discussed today is how her firm is sourcing interesting ventures from all over the world, not just Silicon Valley. Mulesoft, one of their hot portfolio companies, had its CEO based in Malta, originally!
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Bryce Roberts, Managing Director, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), and Founder, Indie.vc, discusses the issues with the venture capital financing model, and explored alternatives.
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During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Bryce Roberts, Managing Director, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), and Founder, Indie.vc. We discussed the issues with the venture capital financing model, and explored alternatives.
ADDVentures
First up pitching, Alina Shcherbinina from St. Petersburg, Russia, shared ADDventures, an adventure travel planning service. I gave her extensive feedback on the product direction and business model based on my own travel planning experiences.
Vdrink App
Then Sanket Jain from San Francisco pitched Vdrink App, an app for organizing impromptu happy hours for groups of people focused on Indian cities. The concept needs validation.
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