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In this episode of Fundraising Radio Emanuel Pleitez Investor at East Los Capital, tech-enabled private equity firm. Emanuel also worked at the U.S. Department of Treasury during 2008 crisis and a large part of this episode is about comparing the 2008 crisis to the current crisis and of course we talked about how East Los Capital makes its investments and what does it mean to be tech-enabled PE fi...

Brock Weatherup, the CEO and Co-Founder of Metamorphosis Partners, the CEO and Founder of Pet360 acquired by PetSmart and the CEO and Co-Founder of Petcoach acquired by Petco explains how staying super focused on one field helped him in his career and also talks about his experience raising money for his companies and then selling them. Metamorphosis Partners: https://www.metamorphosis.com/ Link t...

Phin Upham, the Managing Partner at Haymaker Capital explains what is going on in the fundraising world during coronavirus, what kind of startups can raise money right now and what should early stage founders do when all investors are focusing on later stages. Haymaker Capital: https://www.haymakercapital.com/ Pipe, SaaS financing: https://www.pipe.com/ Talking about 3 different sources of capital...

Rishwie Cauvery, member of Pipeline Angels and a CTO at Time Study in this episode explains how Pipeline Angels work, how she personally invests and how she sources deals. We also cover the current situation on the market and discuss what should early stage founders do to raise money during COVID-19. Pipeline Angels: https://pipelineangels.com/ Time Study: https://www.timestudy.co/ Episode on pitc...

Marik Hazan, the Founder at Tabula Rasa Ventures explains what does it even mean to "invest in psychedelics" and how this can be done. If you are interested in investing in CBD and related fields or if you want to open a startup in this field, this episode is just perfect for you. Tabula Rasa: https://tabularasa.ventures/ Psychedelics Industry Analysis: https://fraqtal.space/ (no similar episodes...

Roberto Machado the CEO at BetaBlocks and a member of Tech Coast Angels explains his vision of going through COVID and emerging as a stronger company while many of your competitors die. We also talked about Roberto's view on the pitch decks as he has seen over 4,000 of them and wanted to share his major takeaway from them. Roberto Machado's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robmachadosf/ BetaB...

Katelyn Johnson, the Principal at American Family Ventures talks about starting a business in capital-intensive and highly regulated fields like insure-tech. We discuss how these startups should fundraise and where should people, willing to work in those field start. American Family Ventures: https://www.amfamventures.com/ Generator Accelerator: https://www.gener8tor.com/ Speaking of raising a lot...

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Jad Esber, the Co-Founder at Koodos and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard talks about the consumer internet, how fundraising in that space works and what founders in this field focus on. Here are the links to some of the things mentioned in the episode: Koodos Hiring a creative developer Koodos: koodos.substack.com Berkm...

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Todd Thompson the Co-Founder & CEO Carnot Compression goes over the 3 sources of capital that Carnot used to raise money. In this episode Todd compares Friends and Family, crowdfunding and grants as sources of capital for a startup. Carnot Compression campaign on Startengine: https://www.startengine.com/carnot-compression Grants 101 by the CEO of Opengrants...

This is the 7th educational episode by Fundraising Radio and in this episode Kristina Subbotina, corporate and securities attorney at Ross Law Group explains what are the major mistakes that founders make while hiring new employes. Video explanation that Kristina made specifically for this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LogLsQ-xky4

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Jasmine Yu Zhang explained how Venture University works, how do they source deals and how their deal sourcing is different from other firms and individual angels. We also discussed the current situation and talked about fundraising during pandemic. Venture University: https://www.venture.university/ SoGal Ventures: http://www.sogalventures.com/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Brandon Walker a Venture Fellow at Go Paladin explains how to construct your pitch deck, shares the major rule of it and then goes into details of the common mistakes he sees on the pitch decks of the founders he works with. We also discuss how much time should you spend on researching your competitors and how much should you know about the competitive landsca...

In this episode of Fundraising Radio our guest speaker is Osayi Igharo, the Managing Parter at Ripple VC that focuses on investing in African startups. And Osayi explains why Africa is a good place to invest in, how can you do cross-border investing while living in the US and how funds are being raised for VCs. Osayi's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osayiigharo/ Ripple VC: https://twitter.c...

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Edith Simchi-Levi the VP of operations at Logictools explains how the acquisition by the IBM went and how times are different now. We also discussed where should founders go to get their first funding. New York Angels: http://newyorkangels.com/ Leaf Logistics: https://www.leaflogistics.com/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio David Whelan, the CEO of BioscienceLA explains how founders working in bioscience and health tech can use this pandemic to their advantage during their fundraising and how other founders should adjust. BioscienceLA: https://biosciencela.org/  David's Twitter: twitter.com/djwhelan

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Jason Scharf the Associate Director at Illumina and a Co-Fund Manager at San Diego Angel Conference explains how biotech and life-science startups should adapt to the current situation and use it to their advantage and how should other founders make sure they are prepared for the investor's questions regarding covid. Illumina Accelerator -  https://w...

In this episode, Georgia Athanasiou the on-demand CFO and an angel investor at Keiretsu Forum explains what CFO's do, who really needs a CFO and what CFO really does in the company. We also talk about early stage founders and how should they make their financial projections. Article on making financial projections for your startup by Guy Kawasaki: https://guykawasaki.com/how-to-create-an-enchantin...

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Saeed Zeinali co-founder of Tranqool acquired by HumanaCare and a private investor at Keiretsu Forum explains how Canada is different from the US, how he invests in the US-based startups and how cross-border investing works. Saeed's current company - EdgeCollab: https://www.edgecollab.com/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Preethy Padman an impact investment Partner at SV2 and a member of Portfolia explains who are impact investors, what impact investing even means and who should try to take this route. Preethy also explains how to reach out to the right impact investors and what are the major benefits of working with them.  Apply for funding at SV2: https://www.sv2.org/ Po...

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Greg Miaskiewicz the Co-founder and CEO of Capbase explains how he managed to raise money for Capbase, while there is such a large firm (Carta) operating in this field. He also explains how to differentiate your company from large (and small) competitors and sell that to investors. Capbase (simple to use legal and financial foundation for your startup): https:...

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Kristina Francis Principal at The Marathon Fund and a member of Pipeline angels explains how this angel group works and who should try working with it. Kristina Francis' podcast: Get Found Get Funded https://getfoundgetfunded.com/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Sebastian Zhou Investor at Alpha Square Group explains how family offices act now VS how they act in the "normal" times and also gives recommendations on which investors to approach first during this pandemic. Alpha Square Group's website: https://alphasquaregroup.com/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Gregory Lim, the CEO and co-founder of Persosa explains how they are raising their new round during this pandemic and how is it different from fundraising in the times of "peace".  Gregory Lim's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorylim/ Greg's Email: greg@persosa.com Stratechery: https://stratechery.com/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Steve Shwartz, co-founder of Device 42 that raised nearly $40 million and who is currently an angel investor explains how founders should reach out to angels now during this pandemic and how he himself raised money for device 42. Device 42: https://www.device42.com/ AIMadeEasy.com

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Ramsay Brown, the co-founder of Boundless Mind explains how he as a first time founder was raising money for his company and gives advice to other entrepreneurs on this process. Ramsay's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsaybr/