1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: Alex Benik, Encoded Ventures (Part 1)

Alex Benik, Partner/Founder at Encoded Ventures, discusses the fund’s investment thesis. Great discussion on how we each view the disruptions AI is causing on multiple fronts. VCs investing today have to think about the next 5-7 year window and what changes are likely to come.

Investor Introductions For Entrepreneurs Outside Silicon Valley

Can I get introductions to relevant investors, customers, or partners—even if I’m not in Silicon Valley?

Yes, 1Mby1M does facilitate introductions to relevant investors, customers, and partners, even for entrepreneurs outside Silicon Valley. Here’s a breakdown:

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures AI Fund (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Yes, but I was not asking you about AI rollups. I’m asking you about this Y Combinator model of starting a full stack company from scratch.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures AI Fund (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Interesting. There is a completely opposite trend, but it’s kind of similar. Y Combinator put out the types of companies they’re looking for a few months ago. One of the types of companies is full stack AI.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures AI Fund (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: If you were to highlight some themes that you’re seeing in the deal flow right now, what are some of the trends that you’re seeing?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures AI Fund (Part 1)

Ray Wu, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures AI Fund, discusses the fund’s investment thesis.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: Amir Kabir, Overlook Ventures (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: I think proprietary domain knowledge is going to be the driving factor, and you’re focusing on something where the underpinning of your investment thesis is proprietary domain knowledge. You cannot do this without proprietary domain knowledge.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: Amir Kabir, Overlook Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You are investing in risk and data-driven risk products. This domain requires people who are working in some domain-specific use cases around all that. Otherwise, you don’t really have insights into the problems to solve, right?