Accelerators And Related Episodes

Carey Ransom, Founder and President at OC4 Venture Studio in this episode talks about the differences between venture studios, incubators and accelerators and explains how to choose the right program for your startup (hint: know your 3-month goal really well). We also discussed major downsides of v…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Michael Dunn, the CTO at Ultra explains how he sees the future of team building, networking and fundraising and he also talks about the current situation and how early stage startups can use it to their advantage. We also touch onto what value Techstars and simi…

Christopher Hussain, the Co-Founder and CEO at RealKey in this episode talks about what he learned from his past fundraising experiences and how it affected his approach of raising money for his current company - RealKey. We also discussed what should early stage founders do to raise money now and …

Brandon Maier, Founder at LVLup Ventures explains how he sees coronavirus unfolding for founders (hint: according to Brandon - not too well, the inflation is coming). We also talked about acceleration programs and where should early stage founders go now.

In this episode Caroline Duffy, Investor in AI Fund explains how she thinks AI field was affected by the COVID-19 and how founders in this field should approach fundraising now.

In this episode Nirman Dave co-founder and CEO at ObviouslyAI explains how they raised their pre-seed round without having any traction and we also go into discussion of raising money from scouts of large funds (such as Sequoia capital). We also talk about how ObviouslyAI came up with their pricing…

Juliana Garaizar, the board member at Angel Capital Association, member of Portfolia, President of Business Angel Minority Association and Launch Director at Greentown Labs in this episode of Fundraising Radio explains about work of ACA and how can entrepreneurs benefit from it. We also talk about …

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.

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 Twitte…

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 a…

In this episode we go into the topic of the venture studios - how does the model work, how is it different from accelerators, who should go through venture studio and what the the pros and cons. Everything in this episode with Jake Hurwitz - founder and CEO at Parallel Ventures.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Jamie Gull tells about his experience of building a startup in deep tech and going through YC. What are the major reasons one should join YC and what are its main benefits? All in this episode of Fundraising Radio with the CEO of Talyn Air, Jamie Gull.

In this episode Michael Riemer, Managing General partner at New Urbana talks about investing in critical infrastructure and his path to the investment world. How should startups in urban tech raise money and how it should be done through a venture studio and much more in this episode with Michael R…

Brian Mac Mahon - founder and CEO of Expert Dojo tells about investing in early stage startups. In this episode he also compares startup founders to Vikings and it's really fun to listen to:)

In this episode Taj Ahmad-Eldridge, managing partner at Babylonian Ventures and a senior investment director at LACI tells about fundraising for a startup in clean tech field. This episode is full of great resources and here is the list of resources for fundraising in clean tech: