Hosted by Ravi Belani, Founder and CEO of Alchemist Accelerator

Alchemist Accelerator: Influencer Series Fireside Chat

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The Influencer Series Fireside Chat, hosted by Alchemist Accelerator Founder & CEO Ravi Belani, offers intimate, high-energy conversations with influential leaders. Prominent VCs, startup founders, corporate executives, and academics come together for authentic, unscripted "dinner table" dialogues. After a decade connecting 4,000+ leaders and sparking 15,000+ influential relationships, the Influencer series now invites you to join the conversation.

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Hosted by Ravi Belani, Founder and CEO of Alchemist Accelerator

Episodes

How CVC's can Bridge the Deep Tech Startup Funding Gap 20.06.2025 18:15

How do we keep groundbreaking deep tech startups alive past Series B? In this episode, Ravi Belani talks with Tom Gwinn, Investment Manager at Evonik Venture Capital, about why so many promising deep tech startups struggle to get enough funding and how corporate venture capital can help close that gap. Tom shares practical ideas on how CVCs can pool resources, share risks, and provide patient capi...

Unless Tied to Hardware or Network Effects, Will AI Render Standalone Software Obsolete as an Asset Class? 04.06.2025 17:19

In this compelling episode of Alchemist Accelerator’s Influencer Series Fireside Chat Podcast , Ravi Belani sits down with Kristian Marquez , Founder & CEO of FinStrat Management , for a wide-ranging conversation that traverses the future of standalone software, the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing, AI in robotics, and the global implications of demographic decline. Kristian shares his unique...