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Angel Investing Episodes

July 31, 2020

How to build a new branch within a startup - Airbnb story. Also, how …

In this episode Marc McCabe tells how he created Airbnb for business travel, how he acquired first customers and what does he like to invest in now. We also discussed the process of evaluation of the companies that have no revenue and fundraising climate during coronavirus.

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July 29, 2020

Coming up with pricing for your product and raising from Sequoia scou…

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…

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July 27, 2020

Angel Capital Association, what is it, how does it work and how to us…

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 …

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July 26, 2020

What to do if you have a small network? Matt Miesnieks explains how t…

Co-Founder and CEO at 6D.ai Matt Mieskieks in this episode of Fundraising Radio explains how to grow your network organically and what are the best tactics for it. We also discuss the acquisition of 6D.ai by Niantic and talk about how this happened.

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July 25, 2020

Series C raising and spinning out of Coca-Cola's incubator - Jeremy B…

In this episode, Jeremy Burton the Co-Founder and CTO at Wonolo explained how they managed to raise over $52 million dollars, how Wonolo pivoted after it was created in Coca Cola's incubator and how it is operating now. We also go back in time and see what mistakes would Jeremy fix in terms of fund…

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July 24, 2020

2008 VS 2020 crisis - how should founders deal with it? By Emanuel Pl…

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 t…

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July 22, 2020

Fundraising during COVID-19, who will struggle and who can use it to …

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.

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July 21, 2020

Pipeline Angels - how it works and how is angel investing working dur…

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-1…

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July 19, 2020

Your competitors might be dead soon - advice on going through COVID b…

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 …

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July 18, 2020

Fundraising for capital-intensive and highly regulated fields, how do…

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.

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July 17, 2020

Consumer internet space fundraising - how does it work and how is it …

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.

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July 16, 2020

Comparing 3 sources of capital: equity crowdfunding, Friends and Fami…

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.

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July 14, 2020

What is a Venture University and how it sources its deals, by Jasmine…

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.

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July 11, 2020

Getting acquired by IBM and starting to invest in companies - Edith S…

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 Logis…

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July 8, 2020

On-demand CFO - what does that mean, who needs a CFO and what is the …

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 fi…

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