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Angel Investing Episodes

Jan. 15, 2021

371 ideas and $1.7 million raised at pre-seed. Story of Heru by Stive…

Stiven Rodríguez , Co-founder and COO at Heru talks about how they managed to raise such a large pre-seed round, why they decided to start a company in Mexico instead of the US and how his work at Uber helped …

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Jan. 11, 2021

Raising during covid Winter, by Adam Jackson.

Adam Jackson, Founder & CEO at Braintrust talks about how he managed to close a round during the covid and how different it was from the "normal" fundraisings. We spoke about early stage fundraising VS raising for Series A+ and …

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Jan. 6, 2021

Money, Data, Product and Healthcare. By Abboud Chaballout

Abboud Chaballout, Co-Founder at Diagnoss talks about working in a heavily regulated field and what it takes to get into healthcare space. We also talked about fundraising for Diagnoss and how he approached it during the pandemic.

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Jan. 4, 2021

Building relationship after the rejection, by co-founder of Toucan - …

Taylor Nieman, Co-Founder and CEO at Toucan talks about raising money from investors who previously rejected her. We spoke how to maintain good relationship with investors and how that can lead to an investment from someone who previously rejected you.

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Dec. 28, 2020

Using referral networks and how to get intros to investors. By Martij…

Martijn De Wever, CEO & Founder of Force Over Mass and Floww, talks about using (and building) referral networks and getting warm introductions to investors you've never met before. Martijn also talks about his experience of raising money during COVID …

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Dec. 23, 2020

YC during pandemic - how did it work out? By Vladimir Klimontovich

Vladimir Klimontovich, Co-founder & CTO @ Jitsu (YC S20) talks about how it felt to be in the YC during the pandemic. He explained what major problems he saw in participating in the program fully remotely and also discussed the …

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Dec. 18, 2020

Importance of startup culture and mission statement. By Steve Morin

Steve Morin, Head of Mobile Engineering at Asana talks about the importance of the mission statement of the company and its culture and how it affects hiring talented employees. We also talked about Steve's investment/mentorship thesis and his advice to …

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Dec. 15, 2020

How to conduct customer interview if you don't have much money? By Sa…

Sandy Huang, Head of Product Growth at Alexa Mobile, talks about understanding your customers early on, running individual customer interviews, releasing surveys and doing the customer development in a lean way. We also spoke about how larger companies do that …

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Dec. 11, 2020

Dave Krauthamer, a digital disruptor for The Band of Angels and a gro…

Dave Krauthamer, Founder and CEO at QuSecure, Founder at Quantum Thought, Founder at Neural Sales and Chair of Digital Disruption Group at the Band of Angels. In this episode he speaks about how the Band of Angels invests, what major …

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Dec. 9, 2020

Disruption was disrupted - story of iStrategyLabs. By Peter Corbett

Peter Corbett, founder of iStrategyLabs talks about his journey through the startup world and shares his thoughts on fundraising for early stage startups.

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Dec. 7, 2020

Selling the company and talking to 170 startup founders. By Blake Smi…

Blake Smith, Co-Founder and CEO at Cladwell that exited in 2019 and currently the founder of Jumpdocs.com (formerly named Boilerplate.legal) talks about his previous experiences in fundraising and selling his company. We also spoke about the major problems that startup …

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Dec. 4, 2020

Pascal Levy-Garboua, angel investor of 120 startups including a few u…

Pascal Levy-Garboua, currently the Venture Partner at Long Journey Ventures, talks about his previous experiences with both - fundraising and building companies in general. We also talked about what Long Journey Ventures likes to invest in and those who are …

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Dec. 2, 2020

How the seed round was raised. By Drew Moffit

Drew Moffitt, Exited Founder turned Corporate Venture Builder, Mentor at Techstars and a Fledgling Angel, talks about how he raised his seed round for Tailbus and how that company got to an acquisition. We've also talked about how a startup …

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Nov. 30, 2020

Raising money through KickStarter - how and who should do it? By Zach…

Zach Cohen, currently the Director of Business Development at Vista Investments and previously the President at Cohen and Sons Apparel that was acquired in 2018. In this episode he speaks about his fundraising experience and specifically about raising money through …

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Nov. 23, 2020

How do SAFEs work? By Phil Nadel

Phil Nadel, Founder and Managing Director at Forefront Venture Partners (formerly Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners), talks about the major instrument used for raising money - SAFEs or SAFE notes. We talked about the major misunderstandings about this instrument, who should …

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