516th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording on January 21, 2021: With Padmaja Ruparel, Indian Angel Network

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Roundtable Recap: January 21, 2021: Evolution of the Indian Startup Eco-system

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Padmaja Ruparel, Co-founder, Indian Angel Network and Founding Partner, IAN Fund. The Indian startup eco-system has grown tremendously, and IAN has contributed heavily in that evolution.

WolfPack

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Jonathan Chashper from Rockville, Maryland, pitching WolfPack,  a group travel app.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: I’m going to get to talking about specific trends and specific companies in a moment. I just want to clarify one thing which is the stage issue. Give us a sense of what is your definition of seed.

What do you like to see by way of validation before you’re willing to write a check? What sized checks do you write as your first check?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 1)

Keith Bank is Founder CEO at KB Partners, a venture firm focused on sports technology.

515th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners

Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners, focuses on B-to-B selling as a key factor in startup success.

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515th Roundtable Recording on January 14, 2021: With Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners

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514th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital

Venktesh Shukla is General Partner at Monta Vista Capital. I have known Venk for more than 20 years, and we discussed both industry trends and his fund strategy.

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Roundtable Recap: January 14 – Entrepreneurs from Smaller Cities

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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Mark Achler, Managing Director at MATH Venture Partners. The discussion focused on B-to-B selling as a key factor in startup success.

Makerspad.ai

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Pavan Gourisetty from Campbell, California, pitching Makerspad.ai, an e-commerce analytics venture.

E-Panipuri Cart

Next, Harish Neotia from Ranchi, India, pitched E-Panipuri Cart, a machine for auto-dispensing the famous Indian street food, Panipuri.

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