Culture: Founders, Entrepreneurs & Innovators

PrimeTimeVC is headlining TechDay 2024 highlighting 4 Venture Capitalists going head to head debating startup growth strategies, investment thesis and recent tech news.... while founders will vote them off the stage and crown one winning VC! ​Featuring Defending Champion Zehra Naqvi, Investor at Headline Ventures, along with former PrimeTime Champions Chris Cunningham GP at C2 Ventures, Erica Duig...

Featured Venture Capitalists : ​Jesse Middelton is a GP at Flybridge Capital, ​Olivia O'Sullivan is a Partner at Forum Ventures, Zehra Naqvi is an Investor at Headline Ventures, ​Victoria Kennedy is a GP a Seed to Harvest an early stage fund investing in software companies.  Supported by  ⁠ Fidelity Private Shares | Equity Management Solutions ⁠  cap table/data room platform helping startups with...

Electric VC lineup: ​Erica Duignan Minnihan, Founder & General Partner at Reign Ventures, ​Adam Mastrelli, Partner at Woodstock Fund US, Carolina Rojas, Principal at Distributed Ventures, Austin Flon, Portfolio Development Leader at IBM Ventures. In this special edition for IBM Z Day, selected StartUp Investors will be answering questions on topics related to how a startup improves its investibili...

Top VCs MatchUp: Elliott Robinson Bessemer Ventures Partners, Ashley Aydin Vamos Ventures, Jason Scott ANIM Fund and Samantha Rodriguez Google for Startups. Venture Capitalists debate the state of venture funding, Ai wave, Cloud computing, tips for the best founder intro calls, moving the needle on driving more $$ to diverse founders & funders, habits of the best founders, unpopular investment ver...

Top VCs MatchUp: Nihal Mehta Partner at Eniac Ventures, Nia Johnson Investor, Olivia O'Sullivan Forum Ventures and Ollen Douglass VC & Board Advisor (Formerly Motley Fool Ventures) Investors debate: What should investors consider when making a bet on Ai during this frenzied environment?  How should founders structure their fundraise? Will VCs start using ChatGPT or Google's BARD as an investment t...

Top Venture Capitalists Elana Dickman at Red Beard Ventures, Saka Nuru at Funnder, Megan Ananian at H/L Ventures & Pete Mathias at Alumni Venutes matched up April 13th to debate the following Topics: + Current VC Mindset w/ SVB Disrupting Market Conditions + Most Exciting Verticals to Invest In & New Unicorns to look out for + Advising Portfolio Companies on how to handle Competition + PreSeed to...

Soraya Darabi, General Partner & Founder of Trail Mix Ventures an early stage investment firm focused on the future of living well.   We talk through qualifying startup investments, the process of raising capital & traits of successful founders. As a 3x Mentor of the Year by Techstars, we discuss the secrets mentorship & finding a good mentor. Advice for female founders, tips for networking & the...

Kai is a partner at Courtside Ventures is an early-stage fund focused on sports, fitness and gaming. Kai talks about his past work as 3x Founder,   working at Comcast Ventures leading investments focused on investing underrepresented founders, Hear his process in qualifying startups, founders who stand out, building teams, hiring to motivate & align company culture. He explains thoughts on raising...

Venture Capital Investor Panel, from Angel to IPO w/ speakers Nikita Singareddy  Investor @ RRE Ventures  |  Kunal Mehta  Principle @ Hearst Ventures  &   Mario Gabriele  @ Charge Ventures  Panel Presented by  Entre  CEO  Michael Marra Talking Covid-19 Impact on investing, raising capital & how to best strategies approach investors. What Qualities they look for in successful founders, networking &...

Laura Chau is a Principal at Canaan Partners who focuses on investing in early stage consumer technology companies that are changing the way we live, work, and think. Laura has partnered with category-defining startups in various roles, including Coterie, Kabam, Cuyana, Branch Metrics, Greenhouse, Kustomer, and KonMari Media. Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in entreprene...

Jeremy Levine is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) in NYC.  BVP supports entrepreneurs who want to create revolutions of their own by investing in technologies companies seed, early stage, and growth stage. From his early business career at McKinsey to working with BVP for near two decades, Jeremy gives us his principals on communication, customer acquisition, raising capital and networ...

From Wall Street to working with Scott Harrison CEO of Charity Water. Lessons from interviewing the Founders of Betterment, Pintrest, Yippit, Eniac Ventures and others in the Venture Capital Ecosystem.  We discuss his role at Hearst Ventures and their history of Investments in Netscape, Roku, Pandora & Buzzfeed. Thoughts on Investment strategy for Transportation Mobility, FinTech, Cyber Securities...

Named as Crain's most influential business woman, Kathy Wylde sits down to talk the future on NYC. We discuss mentor David Rockefeller and partnering w/ Fred Wilson of Flatiron Partners & Union Square Ventures. Thoughts on NYC becoming the world hub of transit innovation, FinTech & Life Sciences. " Know where your going and know how to bring others along with you!" New York City's Silicon Alley is...

Heather Hartnett CEO & Founding Partner Human Ventures a venture fund & startup studio investing in exceptional founders who are defining our future. We talk about her mentors Chris Sacca , David Z. Solomon & Beth Comstock - She explains the fund strategy, the type of talent the they like to back, what is the StartUp Studio & the Importance of Adding Value to others first.  http://humanventures.co...

Live at Microsoft Start Up Investor Series w/ Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner, Eniac Ventures talking StartUps, Fundraising, Networking, Company Culture, & Partnerships. So many Gems in this one! Nihal is a 5x Tech Founder & Highly Successful Investor in Uber, Admob and Tapad. Eniac Ventures leads seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies.  Past Shows: ww...

Sean Petterson CEO StrongArm Tech on LinkedInLive at New Lab in the Brooklyn Navy Yard! Sean is a Forbes 30 under 30 nominee and CEO of StrongArm Technologies, Inc. develops data collection, assessment, and safety solutions for the industrial worker. The company offers a risk monitoring device that uses machine learning to capture and analyze physiological and environmental risk; and FUSE Risk Man...

Lo talks  about his mentors Shellye Archambeau & Ken Coleman (Mentor to Ben Horowitz ) & starting Plexo Capital, a venture fund formed inside GV (formerly Google Ventures). The fund is based on GV's strategy to increase access to differentiated deal flows and seeks to make investments into women and minority seed stage VCs. This Live show was broadcasted from Studio at Rock Center! Plexo Capital i...

#LinkedInLive w/ Andrea Turner Moffitt CoFounder Plum Alley Investments , Author & Entrepreneur - Plum Alley Investments is a private membership that gives you access to influence innovation and shape the future by investing in private companies. Our goal is simple: get capital to the most promising women entrepreneurs and provide a powerful experience and return to the women and men who invest in...

Two Time Founder Lio Slama is launching SquarePlan out of the NYC TechStars Accelerator Program. Revolutionizing Property & Facility Management, SquarePlan is making intelligent properties through ai and better communication between landlords and tenants. Check out this episode on the company that is bringing tech to the real estate world straight outta NYC.   http://www.thesquareplan.com   www. C...

Cogent Entertainment is a non-traditional marketing agency connecting brands with the most authentic influencers, celebrities, and experiences. Cogent's headquarters are in New York City and Los Angeles, specializes in talent procurement, brand strategies, influencer marketing and experiential activations. Mark is former Head of Sports for Platinum Rye Entertainment – the worlds largest buyer of c...

From Beer Vendor at MSG to business lawyer and serial entrepreneur, Michael gives us all the Tips and Tricks on his success. Michael founded 6 different business including a multi-million dollar Tech company. He talks about best practices for pitching Investors, the importance of engagement and common pitfalls young founders can avoid. This show was filmed in front of 80 aspiring entrepreneurs at...

From helping grow Seamless, to CoFounding Julius with Tiki Barber and becoming the CEO of Thuzio, Jared lays out the playbook on how to create a great product, lead and grow. Thuzio is hiring & Jared talks about what he wants in an ideal employee, collaborating with other companies and tips on how he built his network. Thuzio is currently partnered with Seedvest in a crowdfunding campaign to grow...

Talking how to handle rapid growth at VaynerMedia, inception of VaynerSports and providing maximum value for the NFL players he's representing. AJ discusses the importance of patience, communication and perspective. VaynerSports is the top sports agency for modern day athlete.  http://www.vaynersports.com/    Check out the CCFA  https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/chapters/newyork Full Video:...

Stephanie Manning, Director of Platform at Lerer Hippeau talks about her early business life at AppNexus and WorkBench into her current role at NYC's top VC Fund. We discuss the funds values, networking tips, business growth, pitch decks, raising capital and being a dot connector. Gems all around on this episode!  lererhippeau.com @ steph_manning07 www. CharlieNYC.com  

Christopher J. Kelly Co-Founder & Vice Chairman Convene Convene offers award-winning flexible-term office spaces, coworking locations, meeting spaces, and event venues across the country.    https://convene.com/   www. CharlieNYC.com