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cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Carlo Gualandri is the Founder and CEO of Soldo , a fintech startup that focuses on the flow of money inside organizations with a focus on managing multi-user spending for businesses and enterprises. Raised $83M since its founding, Soldo has offices in London, Rome, Milan, and Dublin. What’s in this episode? 1) 20 years of experience...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Melih Odemis is the Co-Founder and previous CTO of Yemeksepeti, the largest food delivery platform of Turkey acquired by Delivery Hero in 2015 for $600M. Having co-founded Yemeksepeti only 1 year after graduating from college, Melih spent years at his first endeavor against many odds, both internal and macroeconomic. Currently Melih i...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Artem Gassan is the General Partner of SaaS Growth Ventures, a VC fund with an operational approach to scale revenue and sales for SaaS companies in the US market. Artem is an expert to fuel growth and revenue for SaaS companies and has been involved with 500 Startups for over 6 years. What’s in this episode? 1) Investment thesis behi...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Kinga Stanisławska is the General Partner of the Experior Venture Fund and actively invests in data-driven startups from CEE. She founded one of the oldest VC funds in Poland and also started the European Women in VC initiative. What’s in this episode? 1) Outlook of Polish ecosystem from a decade ago 2) Success of the Warsaw Stock Exc...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. John started Five9 with only $10k in his bank account and grew the company $20M annual revenue in 5 years. Five9 IPO’d in 2014 and now has a market cap of ≈$8B. John then started DoctorBase and exited it to Kareo in 2016. He is now on a mission to build the #1 offshore software development team, JetBridge. What’s in this episode? 1) G...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Barbaros is the co-founder and CEO of Iyzico, the leading payment management systems platform in Turkey, which was acquired by PayU in 2019 for $165M. Prior to Iyzico, Barbaros had the opportunity to work with payment leaders such as Telecash, FirstData and Klarna. He came back to Turkey with the intention of building Iyzico, because...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Emma Tracey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Honeypot , Europe’s leading developer-focused job platform. Honeypot started in 2015 to rethink the tech job market and scaled profitably to 150k developers. Honeypot eventually got acquired by XING in 2019. What’s in this episode? 1) Candidate-driven, developer-first approach pulls more develo...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Joanne Chen is a Partner at Foundation Capital and focuses on entrepreneurs that leverage proprietary data assets to disrupt business functions. She invests in AI-first B2B applications and data platforms that are the building blocks of the automated enterprise. What’s in this episode? 1) Diverse backgrounds from the start breed bette...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. One of the most prolific technology investors in Israel, Gigi is a two-time CEO, founder, board member, and was previously a super-angel, before becoming the Managing Partner of NFX. He served as the CEO of 888 Holdings, one of the world’s leading online gaming entertainment companies in the world, until mid-2011 when he turned his ho...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Raul Popa is the founder of TypingDNA, the AI-based typing biometrics technology company that identifies users by the way they type. The need for keystroke dynamics and authentication has skyrocketed and TypingDNA leveraged its first-mover advantage to dominate new verticals in a well-established industry. What’s in this episode? 1) H...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Anton is a General Partner at Project A Ventures, an early stage European VC with over € 460M of assets under management. Project A starts investing at Seed and Series A stages, and reserves up to € 15M for future rounds combined with heavy operational support. Anton co-leads venture capital investment activities and the investment te...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Richard Mabey is the co-founder and CEO of Juro, the contract collaboration platform that raised $8M from top tier investors like Seedcamp, Union Square Ventures, and Point Nine Capital. Juro’s team is dispersed in Latvia and UK, while its customers are from 65+ countries. What’s in this episode? 1) Reasons for the developer-centric A...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Deena Shakir is a partner at Lux Capital, a $2.4Bn stage and sector agnostic VC firm, that is looking to back mission driven entrepreneurs in frontier sectors. Deena is the first-generation daughter of immigrants from Iraq and has grown up in Silicon Valley, even before she realized she wanted a career in tech. A former journalist and...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Cristina Fonseca is the co-founder of Talkdesk, the unicorn help desk software company that raised $125M to date. Cristina then joined Indico Partners to fund the next generation of startups coming out of Portugal. What’s in this episode? 1) Talkdesk’s journey starting with a startup competition 2) Challenges and advantages of interna...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Allen is the Managing Director of Endeavor Catalyst, an innovative co-investment vehicle through which Endeavor can invest into its portfolio companies. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has raised more than $120M+ across two funds and made 130+ investments to date in 27 different countries across Latin America, EMEA and Southeast A...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Gil Dibner is the General Partner of Angular Ventures, an early-stage enterprise fund focused on founders across Europe and Israel. Prior to Angular, Gil led investments across the region during his time at DFJ Esprit, Index Ventures, Gemini Israel Ventures, and Genesis Partners. He has a special eye to spot enterprise opportunities t...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Oguzhan is the co-founder and CEO of BilliontoOne, a precision diagnostics company that makes molecular diagnostics accurate, efficient, and accessible for all. Born and raised in Turkey, Oguzhan studied Molecular Biology at Princeton University and received his PhD in Systems Biology from Stanford University. If that wasn’t enough st...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Semyon is the General Partner of One Way Ventures, the VC fund that is solely focused on immigrant entrepreneurs. As an immigrant himself, Semyon is a former professional blackjack player with the MIT Blackjack Team and has invested in 100+ companies as an angel investor. After running Techstars Boston for a couple of years, he starte...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Nina Achadjian is a Partner at Index Ventures. She began her career as a high yield bond trader at Citigroup and then joined Google’s AdSense team where she managed a multi-billion dollar book of business covering Amazon, IAC and eBay. Prior to joining Index, Nina built HIVE Ventures, the first seed venture fund focusing on Armenian e...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Mark Suster is the Managing Partner of Upfront Ventures, the LA-based VC fund with homerun success stories such as Bird, Ring (acquired by Amazon), and Maker Studios (acquired by Disney). Prior to Upfront, Mark co-founded BuildOnline (merged with Citadon) and Koral (acquired by Salesforce). What’s in this episode? 1) LA’s unique posit...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Romain is a General Partner at Partech, a global seed-to-growth stage fund with offices in Paris, San Francisco Berlin and Dakar. Romain has deployed over 300M into 120+ companies across 4 continents and 22 countries. Apart from Europe, Partech is bullish on investing in frontier markets, with a special focus on Africa and Southeast A...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Andrej is a General Partner at Credo Ventures, a Central European fund that backs entrepreneurs on their global ambitions. Credo’s portfolio includes top companies from the region including UI Path, Apiary (acquired by Oracle), and productboard. What’s in this episode? 1) Advantages and disadvantages of starting in Central Europe 2) S...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Hosted by Enis Hulli and Rina Onur . Reid is a General Partner at CRV, one of the oldest VC firms with investments in 400 startups including Twilio, Zendesk, and Hubspot. Half of the companies CRV has backed have gone public or been acquired and the firm focuses on enterprise, consumer, and bioengineering. What’s in this episode? 1) E...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. Hosted by Enis Hulli and Rina Onur . Rebecca Kaden is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. She began her career as a journalist and prior to USV was  a General Partner at Maveron, a consumer-focused early stage fund. Rebecca was born in New York City, where she now resides. She has invested in numerous technology companie...

cc: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets. This is an introductory episode to cc: Podcast. You’ll learn the reasons for our rebranding, our goals moving forward and the upcoming guests for Summer 2020. Get ready for a small surprise. What’s in this episode? 1) What was bad about Glocal and what’s great about cc: 2) Meet your new host 3) Learn about upcoming guests You can reac...