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Venture Capital Episodes

April 15, 2020

Managing Partner at Unicorn Venture Partners - Jonathan Hung on investing during COVID-19.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Jonathan Hung, managing partner at Unicorn Venture Partners and experienced entrepreneur tells about fundraising during COVID-19, raising money from professionals of your field instead of VC, alternative capital to VC and angel funding and much more.
April 9, 2020

Hiring someone to help you with fundraising? Make sure you do it right.

Anastasia Green, managing partner of Burgundy Capital tells about fundraising through brokers and how to make sure that you comply with all the SEC regulations on securities offering.
April 7, 2020

Raising $26 million - how do you get to this stage, how do ICOs work and much more explained by Alex Fedoseev, CEO of 1Wold Online

How does fundraising work at later stages? How do you get to this late stage? What is coin-swap during an ICO? How did 1World Online survive the "Crypto Winter"? That and much more explained by Alex Fedoseev, founder and CEO at 1World Online.
April 7, 2020

How to raise capital for blockchain projects: Christian Kameir Managing partner at Sustany capital on how to raise money for your blockchain product.

In this episode our guest speaker is Christian Kameir, managing partner at Sustany Capital - blockchain focused VC. Today we are focusing on making the right pitch to the blockchain-focused investors, discussing why no "world currency" will be adopted in the near future and much more fun stuff.
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March 27, 2020

Fundraising in deep-tech - Peter Lee on funding startups in deep-tech field.

Peter Lee, founder and managing partner of Embark Ventures. Embark ventures focuses on investing in deep-tech and is located in Los Angeles, so in this episode we are really focusing on fundraising for startups working with deep-tech and steps that one should take if he or she decides to start a project in deep-tech. Check out the episode to find out more about deep-tech funding in SoCal and about Embark Ventures.
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March 18, 2020

$150 million under management: Sergey Gribov on how big funds invest and operate.

In this episode Sergey Gribov, partner of Flint Capital, shares his experience working in the investment field. In our discussion we focused on how to reach decision makers at big investment firms and how choose the right investor for your company. We also reviewed differences between early stage investors and later stage investors and how a late-stage investment firm can make multiple X return in a few months! Link to Flint Cpital: http://www.flintcap.com/
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Feb. 9, 2020

CEO of Fueltime on "easy fundraising" through angel and accelerator.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Anatoly Corp, CEO and co-founder of Fueltime tells about raising $170,000 for his startup through one angel investor and one accelerator. 
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Jan. 11, 2020

How do VC firms raise money? Managing partner of lvlup Ventures will explain.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Josh Schlisserman talked about how his fund – lvlup.vc is raising funds right now! In this episode you can learn about the difference between fundraising for a fund and for a startup (hint – your struggles are nothing compared to struggles of venture capitalists). If you want to raise money for your company, understanding struggles of investors is crucial and this episode will be helpful for all founders, not only for investors, so take 30 minutes while you are driving and listen to Josh:)
Dec. 22, 2019

Partner or Ruvento Ventures tells about the investing cycle, structure of the Venture Capital firms and about the career growth within VC firm.

Partner or Ruvento Ventures tells about the investing cycle, structure of the Venture Capital firms and about the career growth within VC firm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fundraising-radio/message
Dec. 7, 2019

Managing partner of GVA.capital and Mindrock.capital tells about raising money in Silicon Valley and gives great tips on how to approach investors.

Managing partner of GVA.capital and Mindrock.capital tells about raising money in Silicon Valley and gives great tips on how to approach investors. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fundraising-radio/message
Nov. 23, 2019

Co-founder and CEO of Discotech tells about raising $1.6 million and about all the "secret sauces" in the startup world.

Co-fouder and CEO of Discotech tells about raising $1.6 million and about the importance of keeping current investors updated.
Oct. 28, 2019

Co-founder of Gehr Capital speaks about why should more funds invest in students and how the LA is different from SF.

Co-founder of Gehr Capital speaks about why should more funds invest in students and how the LA is different from SF. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fundraising-radio/message
Oct. 21, 2019

Co-founder of One Dollar Capital tells what are the investors mainly looking at in the startups.

Co-founder of One Dollar Capital tells what are the investors mainly looking at in the startups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fundraising-radio/message
Oct. 8, 2019

Principal of Ruvento Ventures shares his knowledge about fundraising and working with VCs.

Principal of Ruvento Ventures shares his knowledge about fundraising and working with VCs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fundraising-radio/message
Sept. 16, 2019

Founder of Openland tells about his journey through Y-combinator and tells how Openland raised $2.25 million from 30 investors!

Founder of Openland shares his story of fundraising while going through YC. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fundraising-radio/message