In this episode, Hall Martin and Kat DelGaudio host a Ten Capital investor education session highlighting how Ten Capital connects growth startups with accredited investors through relationship-driven events and coaching, and they point attendees to tenthcapital.group/events and a QR code for startups seeking to raise.

Hall introduces Ava, Ten Capital’s AI venture assistant on startupfundingespresso.com, built from over 500 blogs, podcasts, and calculators to answer startup funding and investing questions. The investor panel features Vadim Balashev of Viaduct Ventures, a Series A B2B AI-focused VC writing roughly $500K checks, and Nola Masterson of Portfolia, a venture fund with 2,000+ investors (about 90% women) across 14 funds and $70M deployed in areas including women’s health, active aging, and sustainability.

Founder Nathan Monte pitches Enamel Pure’s $35K laser-and-camera hygiene device that cleans plaque, hardens enamel as a fluoride replacement, whitens via a mouth guard, and creates 2D/3D dental scans for AI-driven diagnostics and aligner measurement files; he cites FDA clearance, distributor-led go-to-market, per-procedure recurring revenue, and an upcoming $8M Series A at a $32M pre after finishing a $1.5M round.

 

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