1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Parthib Srivathsan of Companyon Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: When you say you have an operational team, what did your operational team do in this case?

Parthib Srivathsan: We announced the deal on the 1st of April so it’s still early days. Our competency is primarily around the go-to market. We act as an extension of the startup. We identify areas where the team potentially lacks depth in. We roll up our sleeves and do the work.

487th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Christian Czernich, Round2 Capital Partners

Christian Czernich is Founder and CEO at Round2 Capital Partners, a firm that is experimenting with an alternative financing model.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Parthib Srivathsan of Companyon Ventures (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 Parthib Srivathsan was recorded in May 2020.

Parthib Srivathsan, Co-Founder and Head of Platform at Companyon Ventures, discusses his firm’s investment thesis.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Garrett Goldberg of Bee Partners (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How much money had gone into the company at the point of exit?

Garrett Goldberg: Probably around $60 million. They raised Series A, a Series A extension, and then Series B.

Sramana Mitra: Interesting. A question about real estate since that’s a background you have. What do you see happening given that we are going through this tremendous work-from-home trend at the moment.

487th Roundtable Recording on May 28, 2020: With Christian Czernich, Round2 Capital Partners

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Roundtable Recap: May 28 – Alternative Financing for Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Christian Czernich, Founder and CEO at Round2 Capital Partners, a firm that is experimenting with an alternative financing model.

Prometeo

As for entrepreneur pitches, Jonathan Mentz from Cape Town, South Africa, pitched Prometeo, a risk analysis and monitoring solution.

Hustlebeez

Next Bing Huang from Sunnyvale, California, pitched Hustlebeez, a personal finance app for debt management.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Garrett Goldberg of Bee Partners (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: You had both transaction revenue and marketplace revenue.

Garrett Goldberg: The company exited right as we were turning on marketplace transactions. The next one had that as well. It’s a marketplace in the chemicals industry called Knowde. Instead of having a software product, it had a storefront tool for chemical producers to sell their wares.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Garrett Goldberg of Bee Partners (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: When you made the decision to invest in this young founder, how did they find you or how did you find them?

Garrett Goldberg: That’s part of what we do here, we try to make sure we’re approachable by founders. This particular one came through another founder that we had a relationship with. We see a lot of good deal flows from later-stage VCs.