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Venture Capital Episodes

June 23, 2020

Corporate Venture Capital #3 - who is the right fit for the CVC and h…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Tina Tosukhowong the Senior Director at GC International explains how their investment strategies work and how their approach of looking at the companies is different from a VC's approach. We also discussed how founders can improve their chances of getting fund…

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June 22, 2020

Corporate Venture Capital #2 - how small and mid-cap corporations inv…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Gianluca Guerra the CEO at Virgilius Wealth explains how he connects corporations to young startups and how this process works. He also talks about the multistage fundraising process and how it can be done in an efficient way. If you have some questions, reach …

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June 21, 2020

Corporate Venture Capital - how does it work and how is it different …

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Mark Crawford - Venture Capital Investor at Stanley Ventures and Intel Capital will explain how does Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) work and how is it different from a Venture Capital (VC). Lots of insights into this question by an experienced investor who was…

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June 19, 2020

Fundraising as a sales process - how long should the preparation take…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio the guest speaker is Nathan Beckord, the co-founder and CEO of Foundersuite - the tool that helps founders fundraise. And in this episode Nathan explains the major strategies used to fundraising, how much time should you use making a research on investors, how b…

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June 18, 2020

How do VC analysts work#2 - explaining the importance of the younger …

In this episode of Fundraising Radio the guest speaker is Christian Pankovcin, analyst at 13 Ventures and he explains how much more useful a connection to an analyst can be rather than to a managing partner. We also touched onto the deal flow and deal sourcing of 13 Ventures and New York Angels.

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June 18, 2020

How do VC analysts work and how should startup founders leverage this…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio the guest speaker is Erik de Stefanis - analyst at Interlace Ventures. And he explains the role of an analyst in a venture fund and how startup founders can use analysts to get to the managers of the fund. This episode is mainly about going through a less tradit…

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June 17, 2020

Raising after a successful exit and structuring your fundraising proc…

Tristan Pollock built and sold two companies - SocialEarth and Storefront and in this episode we focus on this - how to approach fundraising, how to get first contacts, how the life in the accelerator looks like and what happens after the demo day. Because Tristan was also a partner of 500 Startups…

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June 13, 2020

Cross-border investing, investing in US-based immigrants by Investmen…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Anton Fedorov, Investment Director at Flashpoint Venture Capital explained why Israel is such a popular place for venture investing in Europe and also talked about non-US based companies making 50%+ of their revenue from the US customers. This episode will be in…

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June 12, 2020

Growing network in a completely new location and how scouts operate -…

In this episode we talked about two major subjects: growing your network once you move to a new city/country and how to find new partnerships and the second topic being the fundraising itself. Zenetta Burger explains what she does as a scout for Mucker Capital and how scouts work and can be helpful…

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June 11, 2020

CEO, Republic Crowdfunding Platform tells about equity crowdfunding -…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio our guest speaker is Chuck Pettid, the CEO, Republic Crowdfunding Platform - one of the largest equity crowdfunding platforms in the US. And he explains how equity crowdfunding works, who should consider it, how is it different from regular crowdfunding platform…

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June 8, 2020

Choosing the right city and country to fundraise and traveling overse…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Nicola Mattina co-founder and CEO of Stamplay tells about how he raised nearly $1 million in funding from across the world and how his company got acquired by Apple. In this episode we talk a lot about choosing the right physical location for fundraising - diff…

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June 7, 2020

Real estate investing to consumer tech investing and the differences …

In this episode of Fundraising Radio we had two guest speakers - Filipp Chebotarev and Polina Chebotareva telling about the differences between the current crisis and the crisis of 2008 and how investing during these times works. We've touched onto multiple subjects, including - how to evaluate you…

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June 5, 2020

Acquiring large customers while being a small startup - who should sp…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Andrew Ly, Founder and CEO at ticktBox explains how he managed to acquire a large customer early on and what effects it had on his company. We also talk about the acquisition of tickBox by ScreenEngine and about acquisitions in general - who should expect them, …

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June 4, 2020

Choosing the right person of contact while reaching out to investors …

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Jessica Li, investor at Soma Capital talks about fundraising at the earliest stages, how to reach out to the right person and how to establish that connection with the point of contact at a fund. This episode is full of insights into fundraising from VCs at an …

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June 3, 2020

Angel Investor, Limited Partner, Managing Partner and advisor to fami…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Wally Wang an Angel Investor, Limited Partner at OSS Capital and a Managing Partner at Scale Asia Ventures (sav.vc) tells about the current market situation from the multiple viewpoints that his experience gives him. We covered several different topics the most …

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