Investor Connect: Gerardo Legorreta of Altum Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Gerardo Legorreta, CEO at Altum Capital. Founded in 2014, Altum Capital is a senior secured private debt fund manager (managing three funds, one private fund in Mexican pesos, another private fund in USD, and an ALTUMCK-19 public fund in Mexican pesos) focused…
Investor Connect: Bill Reichert of Pegasus Tech Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Bill Reichert, General Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures. Pegasus Tech Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley with over $1.5 billion in assets under management. Pegasus offers intellectual and financial capital to emerging technology companies around the world….
Investor Connect: SC Moatti of Mighty Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes SC Moatti, Managing Partner at Mighty Capital. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Mighty Capital is an early-growth Silicon Valley venture capital firm. They deliver exceptional returns by investing in great products that are also great businesses, like Airbnb, MissionBio, and Amplitude. SC…
Investor Connect: Zacary Sherman of cielo24 inc.
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Zacary Sherman, Director of Strategy and Business Development at cielo24. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, cielo24 has blended the best of human intelligence with AI technology to create caption, transcription, and intelligence data at scale to make video and audio accessible, searchable,…
Investor Connect: Ashmeet Sidana of Engineering Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Ashmeet Sidana, Founder and Chief Engineer at Engineering Capital. Founded in 2015, Engineering Capital partners with great entrepreneurs driven by technical insights and boldly invest before traditional venture firms are willing. They lead and anchor the seed round in companies with the…
Investor Connect: Joe Tonnos of Ketch Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Joe Tonnos, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Ketch Ventures. Headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, Ketch Ventures partners with early-stage entrepreneurs and management teams to add value and grow businesses to the next level. Ketch focuses on emerging consumer-facing businesses that have…
Investor Connect: Denise Dunlap of Sage Growth Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Denise Dunlap, Founder and Managing Partner at Sage Growth Capital. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho, Sage Growth Capital makes revenue-based investments in companies that need growth capital. It is their mission to provide a more flexible funding option to…
Investor Connect: Barbara Clarke of The Impact Seat
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Barbara Clarke, Angel Investor, and Founder and President at The Impact Seat. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, The Impact Seat invests in ideas that solve the world’s biggest problems – focusing on the most innovative, diverse, early-stage startups. Their approach combines advocacy, philanthropy,…
Investor Connect: Erwin Jager of Barrows Hotel Enterprises
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Erwin Jager, Chairman, and CEO at Barrows Hotel Enterprises. Headquartered in Dubai, Barrows is a family-owned private company, established in 2008, with a successful track record in property investment, development, and strategic land promotion in the Middle East, Africa, and the USA. …
TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: Setting Valuation Q&A
Thank you for joining us today for our TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program. In this program, we help startups prepare for a fundraise. We provide templates, tools, eGuides, and advice to founders who are working towards raising funding. We’ll kick off the session with a short overview on a fundraising…
Investor Connect: James Pringle of Goldsmith Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes James Pringle, Managing Partner at Goldsmith Ventures. Goldsmith Ventures invests in and provides support to early-stage UK companies developing innovative technology across fintech and insurtech. The Goldsmith Ventures Fund I is targeted exclusively at investors who understand the risks of investing in…
Investor Connect: Wesley King of Coherent Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Wesley King, Co-Founder of Coherent Capital. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Coherent Capital is focused on supporting successful late Seed and Series A fundraises ($4m to $20m raises) with a health and wellness technology focus. The company exists to support early-stage entrepreneurs…
Investor Connect: Adrian Mendoza of Mendoza Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Adrian Mendoza, Founder and General Partner at Mendoza Ventures. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, and founded in 2016, Mendoza Ventures is women-owned and the first LatinX-owned venture fund on the East Coast. They are an early-stage and growth fintech, AI, and cybersecurity venture…
Investor Connect: AJ Shepard of Uptown Properties
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes AJ Shepard, Co-owner of Uptown Properties. Uptown Properties offers a full range of property management services tailored to you as an investor, homeowner, or landlord. They have an extensive portfolio of single-family homes, townhouses, and condos in the Portland Metro area. They…
Investor Connect: Nick Spiller of Beta Business
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Nick Spiller, Podcast Host and Fundraising Coach at Beta Business. Beta Business is “The essential podcast for first-time entrepreneurs”. Through multiple episodes per week as well as in-person events, Beta Business helps entrepreneurs gain practical tactics and meaningful connections for starting their…
Investor Connect: Elizabeth Edwards of H Venture Partners
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Elizabeth Edwards, Managing Partner at H Venture Partners. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and founded in 2017, H Venture Partners is a seed, venture, and early growth equity fund that invests in consumer products and devices. H Venture Partners invests across the US…
Investor Connect: David A. Rosen of Acrelic Group
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes David A. Rosen, President and CEO at Acrelic Group. Acrelic Group is a strategic advisory firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional locations in Philly, Chicago, Cleveland, and Tel Aviv. Their principals are experienced business owners, operators, executives, and board directors who…
Investor Connect: Brett Brohl of Bread & Butter Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Brett Brohl, Managing Partner at Bread & Butter Ventures. Bread & Butter Ventures is an early-stage VC firm based in Minnesota – the “Bread and Butter State” – investing globally while leveraging the State and region’s unparalleled access to strong corporate connections,…
Investor Connect: Matteo Scarabelli of L Marks
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Matteo Scarabelli, Director of Insight at L Marks. Headquartered in London, England, and founded in 2014, L Marks is an investment and innovation advisory firm, specialising in applied corporate innovation. Working with some of the worlds’ best-known brands, including, BMW Group, Lloyd’s…
Investor Connect: Matt McGraw of Anthropocene Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Matt McGraw, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Anthropocene Ventures. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Anthropocene Ventures is a global, early-stage VC firm investing in founders that leverage exponential technologies and hard science to make humanity more resilient. Matt is a successful leader,…
Investor Connect: Carlos Gutierrez of Simma Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Carlos Gutierrez, Managing Partner at Simma Capital. Headquartered in Bogota, Columbia, and founded in 2019, Simma Capital invests in early and growth-stage companies that are cofounded by outstanding teams, are scalable, have solid unit economics, and are connected with Colombia and the…
Investor Connect: Fred Walti of The Network for Global Innovation
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Fred Walti, CEO of the Network for Global Innovation (NGIN). The Network for Global Innovation is an international network of entrepreneurial support agents. Its mission is to accelerate the expansion of new sustainable technologies while simultaneously generating significant economic growth in both…
Investor Connect: Giuseppe Liberati of Bridging Value
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Giuseppe Liberati, Executive Director at Bridging Value, Board Member of the Houston Angel Network, and Author of “Next: How to Innovate From Within”. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 2012, Bridging Value has successfully helped global startups, business units, and small-to-large…
Investor Connect: Philip Webb of Investors In Community Limited
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Philip Webb, Managing Director at Investors In Community Limited (IIC). Headquartered in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, and founded in 2015, Investors In Community Limited is a for-profit company operating a B2B SaaS platform, providing businesses with the measurement and verification tool for all…
Investor Connect: Brian Parks of Bigfoot Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes back Brian Parks, Founder & CEO of Bigfoot Capital. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and founded in 2017, Bigfoot has provided over $30M in non-dilutive capital commitments to growth-stage software companies across the U.S. Their relationships with their portfolio companies tend to last…
Investor Connect: Eric Stegemann of TRIBUS Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Eric Stegemann, Managing Partner at TRIBUS Capital. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, TRIBUS Capital provides advisory services and investment in early-stage proptech companies. The fund looks to leverage the network effect of the TRIBUS portfolio which has relationships with nearly 100,000 realtors…
TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: TENFL Setting Your Fundraise Target Q&A
Thank you for joining us today for our TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program. In this program, we help startups prepare for a fundraise. We provide templates, tools, eGuides, and advice to founders who are working towards raising funding. We’ll kick off the session with a short overview on a fundraising…
Investor Connect: David Goldberg of Alpaca VC
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes David Goldberg, General Partner at Alpaca VC. Headquartered in New York, New York, Alpaca VC is a seed-stage venture capital firm that believes that layering technology over daily life transforms how the real world works so they invest in the people, products,…
Investor Connect: Allison Piper Kimball of Wave 27 Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Allison Piper Kimball, Managing Partner at Wave 27 Ventures. Allison, MSPH, MBA is also the founder of the Blue Catalyst Group. Angel investing is Allison’s third career, after first working as an environmental and occupational health consultant and then spending almost two…
Investor Connect: Michael Nogen of Overton Venture Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Michael Nogen, Managing Partner at Overton Venture Capital. Overton Venture Capital is a woman-led fund that invests in seed and early-stage, revenue-generating companies whose entrepreneurs break the world’s confines and reimagine it with transformational solutions for next-generation businesses. They partner with ambitious…
Investor Connect: Heeten Doshi of Doshi Capital Management
In this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Heeten Doshi, Founder and Managing Partner at Doshi Capital Management. Headquartered in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, Doshi Capital Management, LLC (‘DCM’) is a private investment management firm, that was incorporated in 2011. DCM relies on its decades of extensive research in understanding…
Investor Connect: John Zic of EQUIAM
In this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes John Zic, Partner and Founding Team Member at EQUIAM. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, EQUIAM is a non-traditional, systematic VC firm. They use deeply researched, proprietary, data-driven algorithms to make their investment decisions. EQUIAM focuses on finding great firms and capturing the…
Investor Connect: Sarah Jennings of Beyond Angel Network
In this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes back Sarah Jennings, Director at Beyond Angel Network and Fund. As a national community for faith-driven investment and entrepreneurship, Beyond provides increased access to faith-aligned capital for founders of faith-based companies as they seek to invest in scalable, for-profit companies. Beyond’s investment…
Investor Connect: Adam Haber, Angel Investor/Trellus
In this episode, Hall welcomes Adam Haber, angel investor and CEO and Co-Founder of Trellus. Headquartered in Long Beach, New York, Trellus is a team of business owners who created a service to assist small retail and home-based businesses compete with the fast-growing online delivery business. Trellus has created an…
Investor Connect: John McEvoy of Tribeca Early Stage Partners
In this episode, Hall welcomes John McEvoy, Managing Partner at Tribeca Early Stage Partners (ESP). Headquartered in New York, New York, and founded in 2014, Tribeca ESP is an early-stage venture group primarily focused on pre-A and A-stage companies in FinTech. They have brought together a network of entrepreneurs and…
Investor Connect: Tom Wisniewski of Newark Venture Partners
In this episode, Hall welcomes Tom Wisniewski, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Newark Venture Partners. Newark Venture Partners identifies, invests in, and supports the best in class B2B software founders from all over the country as they build innovative solutions for some of today’s most complex business challenges. They lead…
Investor Connect: Kareem Elsirafy of Modus Capital
In this episode, Hall welcomes Kareem Elsirafy, Managing Partner at Modus Capital. Modus Capital is a global venture capital and venture builder firm that combines the operational and financial capital needed to build ideas into scalable and sustainable tech companies. Modus Capital partners with founders, emerging startups, and corporates to…
Investor Connect: Sam Silvershein of Alpha Partners
In this episode, Hall welcomes Sam Silvershein, Associate at Alpha Partners. Headquartered in New York, New York, Alpha Partners is a next-generation growth equity firm that focuses on accelerating private technology companies. To these companies and their investors, they offer an option to quickly fill out a growth or expansion…
Investor Connect: Carolyn Lowe, Book Review
In this episode, Hall welcomes back Carolyn Lowe, Founder of ROI Swift, and Author of “Business Growth Do’s and Absolute Don’ts”. What is “Business Growth Do’s and Absolute Don’ts”? Markets fluctuate and trends come and go, but some principles of the business world are here to stay. Founders and leaders…
Investor Connect: Dr. Raymond Levitt of Blackhorn Ventures LP
In this episode, Hall welcomes Dr. Raymond Levitt, Operating Partner at Blackhorn Ventures LP. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Blackhorn Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in companies using breakthroughs in engineering and science, coupled with the infrastructure of the information revolution, to redefine resource productivity. They have…
Investor Connect: Mike Audi of TIKI Inc.
In this episode, Hall welcomes Mike Audi, Co-Founder and CEO of TIKI Inc. Tiki was founded by Mike Audi and Brian Gagnon at the beginning of 2020 to address fundamental issues in how user data is stored, consumed, and monetized. With decades of experience building massive-scale data-driven solutions, Tiki began…
Investor Connect: Richard Teideman, Angel Investor
In this episode, Hall welcomes angel investor, Richard Teideman. Richard is the Commercial Director and an investor with a private family office based in the UK. He has owned 7 companies, with one trade sale and one IPO on the London Stock Exchange. He has been personally investing since 2008…
Investor Connect: Davron Karimov of FunderHunt
In this episode, Hall welcomes Davron Karimov, CEO of FunderHunt. Funderhunt specializes in getting capital to business owners across America who are doing $5,000 and above in monthly revenue. If you take a look at their website, there is no application in order to get a business loan, there is…
Investor Connect: Ross Darwin of Owl Ventures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Ross Darwin, Principal at Owl Ventures. Founded in 2014, Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the education technology market with over $1.3 billion in assets under management. The Silicon Valley-based firm was purposely built to partner with and…
Investor Connect: Nikita Demidov of the Houston Angel Network
In this episode, Hall welcomes Nikita Demidov, Venture Associate at the Houston Angel Network. The Houston Angel Network (HAN) is the oldest angel network in Texas and the most active angel network in the USA. HAN is also a non-profit organization dedicated to developing the innovation ecosystem in Houston, Texas…
Investor Connect: Neil Senturia of Blackbird Ventures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Neil Senturia, CEO at Blackbird Ventures. Blackbird Ventures is a California-based principal investment firm specialized in funding technology and real estate companies. Their mission is to work with high-tech entrepreneurs who are passionate about the relentless pursuit of their dreams. With over 30 years of…
Investor Connect: Ron Thompson of CAIL
In this episode, Hall welcomes Ron Thompson, CEO of CAIL. Headquartered in Winnetka, Illinois, CAIL successfully enables organizations to leverage the considerable investment in current systems and services with solutions that provide an evolutionary strategy to evolve and improve information services. This approach provides clients with immediate and important advantages…
Investor Connect: Brad Aelicks of Pyfera Growth Capital Corp.
In this episode, Hall welcomes Bradley Aelicks, Co-founder and President at Pyfera Growth Capital Corp. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Pyfera Growth Capital Corp. is an investment corp specializing in investing in private technology companies with a near-term objective of accessing the public markets. The Pyfera Capital team is comprised…
Investor Connect: Rohit Gupta of Future Communities Capital
In this episode, Hall welcomes Rohit Gupta, Managing Director at Future Communities Capital. Headquartered in Berkeley, California, Future Communities Capital looks for technology entrepreneurs focused on disrupting legacy industries such as government, healthcare, finance, and real estate. Portfolio companies are tackling problems ranging from smart city infrastructure to disease outbreak…
Investor Connect: Julio Moreno of Santa Cruz Angeles
In this episode, Hall welcomes Julio Moreno, Partner, and Co-Founder of Santa Cruz Angeles (SC Angeles). Santa Cruz Angeles invests in early-stage startups from across Latin America in areas of fintech, logistics, AI, and more. As of now, SC Angeles has close to 40 angel investors as members who pay…
Investor Connect: Dr. Neal Vail Angel Investor/Progenerative Medical, Inc.
In this episode, Hall welcomes Dr. Neal Vail, angel investor and Chief Technical Officer/Co-founder at Progenerative Medical. Progenerative Medical is a pre-commercialization stage medical device company focused on expanding clinically proven reduced pressure therapy into spinal and orthopedic indications. Their initial clinical application is to significantly improve clinical outcomes and…
Investor Connect: Josh Chodniewicz of Fundify
In this episode, Hall welcomes Josh Chodniewicz, Founder and CEO at Fundify. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Fundify is a tech-driven equity crowdfunding marketplace that enables anyone to invest in next-gen startups alongside industry experts. They work closely with experts in a wide variety of industries to review and comment on…
Investor Connect: Nicolas Colin of The Family
In this episode, Hall welcomes Nicolas Colin, Co-founder and Director at The Family. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, The Family nurtures entrepreneurs through education, unfair advantages, and capital. Moving at startup speed, The Family is transforming a portfolio of non-linear companies, special projects, and virtual infrastructures into a…
Investor Connect: Darren King of Unbridled Ventures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Darren King, Fund Manager and General Partner at Unbridled Ventures. Unbridled Ventures’ fund consists of accomplished angel investors who provide funding and expertise to help entrepreneurs fulfill their American dream. Darren has spent a lifetime working for and consulting with small businesses in Indiana and…
Investor Connect: David Blackledge – Angel Investor (Grand Canyon University/Davis Miles Law Firm)
In this episode, Hall welcomes David Blackledge, Angel Investor, Professor at Grand Canyon University, and Attorney at Davis Miles Law Firm. David is full-time faculty at Grand Canyon University’s College of Business and 2020-21 Teacher of the Year. Fall 2021 will be his seventh year teaching at the school which…
Investor Connect: Eric Thome of VentureSouth
In this episode, Hall welcomes Eric Thome, Director at VentureSouth. VentureSouth is an early-stage venture firm that provides capital and expertise to Southeastern startups through their angel investment network and funds. Since their inception with the Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN) in 2008, VentureSouth has grown to include more than…
Investor Connect: Wes Barton of Third Prime
In this episode, Hall welcomes Wes Barton, Founder and Managing Partner at Third Prime. Headquartered in New York, New York, Third Prime is a venture capital firm focused on identifying and investing in seed-stage companies that are using technology to develop business models with the potential to disintermediate incumbents within…
Investor Connect: Neetu Puranikmath, Early-Stage Investor
In this episode, Hall welcomes Neetu Puranikmath, Early-Stage Investor. Neetu is an experienced investor, operator, and startup advisor. Neetu worked at Alumni Ventures Group as a pre-seed/seed investor where she focused on Fintech and SaaS. Previously, she was Chief of Staff for a Fintech startup and worked in operations at…
Investor Connect: Dr. Eric Tait of Vernonville Asset Management LLC
In this episode, Hall welcomes Dr. Eric Tait, Founder and Fund Manager at Vernonville Asset Management (VAM). Vernonville Asset Management is a private investment firm created to provide investors the opportunity to invest in real assets. Their focus is creating and maintaining investor wealth through alternative investment strategies. Returns are…
Investor Connect: Dr. Hector Jirau of Jirau Capital Management LLC
In this episode, Hall welcomes Dr. Hector Jirau, Chief Investment Officer at Jirau Capital Management. Headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jirau Capital Management is a scientist-led investment advisory firm at the intersection of breakthrough science providing exposure to the latest advancements in healthcare and innovation. Jirau Capital Management is…
Investor Connect: Tim Marx of Baird Capital
In this episode, Hall welcomes Tim Marx, Venture Partner at Baird Capital. Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity, and private equity investments in strategically targeted sectors around the world. They are value creators who identify exceptional opportunities and partner with senior industry executives to build world-class companies. Their in-depth…
Investor Connect: Kenneth Alan Goodwin of Jeanensis Ventures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Kenneth Alan Goodwin, General Managing Partner and Founder at Jeanensis Ventures. Headquartered in New York City, New York, Jeanensis is a capital markets advisory and digital asset management firm that focuses primarily on advising multi-nationals and mid-market firms. Jeanensis has developed its expertise and continues…
Investor Connect: Andrea Belz of the National Science Foundation
In this episode, Hall welcomes Andrea Belz, Division Director at the National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…”. The NSF…
Investor Connect: Krishna Srinivasan of LiveOak Venture Partners
In this episode, Hall welcomes Krishna Srinivasan, Founding Partner at LiveOak Venture Partners. LiveOak Venture Partners is a venture capital fund based in Austin, Texas. With 20 years of successful venture investing in Texas, the founders of LiveOak have helped create nearly $2 billion of enterprise value. While almost all…
Investor Connect: Kevin A. Kaylakie of SineCera Capital
In this episode, Hall welcomes Kevin Kaylakie, Founder & CEO at SineCera Capital. Located in Austin, Texas, SineCera Capital is a boutique multi-family office and wealth advisory firm focused on delivering sophisticated investments, independent advice, and trusted relationships to a select group of ultra-high net worth clients. SineCera Capital provides…
Investor Connect: Ryan Falvey of Financial Venture Studio
In this episode, Hall welcomes Ryan Falvey, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Financial Venture Studio. Financial Venture Studio invests in the best early-stage fintech companies and provides the access and insights founders need to build transformational companies. They provide a bespoke program when investing at an early stage, introduce seed-stage…
Investor Connect: Lucas Caneda of Uniqorn Incubator
In this episode, Hall welcomes Lucas Caneda, Global Team Lead & Director at Uniqorn Incubator. The largest rural incubator-accelerator of its kind in the world, UNIQORN features an eclectic team of seasoned professionals with a proven track record in taking technology startups from inception all the way to exit. UNIQORN’s…
Investor Connect: Lee Shapiro of 7wireVentures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Lee Shapiro, Managing Partner at 7wireVentures. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, 7wireVentures is dedicated to building and investing in early-stage digital health companies supporting an informed connected health consumer. Lee served as Chief Financial Officer of Livongo Health until November 2020. He serves on the boards…
Investor Connect: Gerard van Swieten of LvS Partners
In this episode, Hall welcomes Gerard van Swieten, Managing Partner at LvS Partners. Laursen van Swieten (LvS) specializes in funding and executing the international expansion of innovative growth-stage companies. They are especially active and experienced in Asia/China expansion. They make active expansion investments to establish footholds outside of home markets….
Investor Connect: Andreea Danila of Global Millennial Capital
In this episode, Hall welcomes Andreea Danila, Founding General Partner at Global Millennial Capital. Global Millennial Capital was established by Andreea in 2019, backed by the Al Attiyah family office. It is the first female-founded venture capital investor from the Middle East to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) in the investment…
Investor Connect: Pano Anthos of XRC Labs
In this episode, Hall welcomes Pano Anthos, Founder and Managing Director of XRC Labs. XRC Labs is a startup accelerator and venture fund dedicated to fostering the next generation of disruptors in the retail technology and consumer goods sectors. The NYC-based company launched in 2015 with its founding sponsor, the…
Investor Connect: Elisa Miller-Out of Chloe Capital
In this episode, Hall welcomes Elisa Miller-Out, Managing Partner at Chloe Capital. Chloe Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in women-led innovation companies. Despite recent progress, only 2% of female founders receive venture capital funding, with only 0.2% going to African American founders. Chloe Capital is on…
Investor Connect: Kim Banham of Connetic Ventures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Kim Banham, Principal at Connetic Ventures. Connetic Ventures is an early-stage VC that uses proprietary data and machine learning to remove bias, increase efficiency, and create transparency. They view themselves as a data company that happens to invest in startups. Venture capital is inefficient, biased,…
Investor Connect: Riley Oickle of Riley Oickle Investments
In this episode, Hall welcomes Riley Oickle, Owner and CEO of Riley Oickle Investments. Investing in real estate can be a stressful endeavour. Without systems and processes in place, chaos can set in quite quickly and money can be lost. For those of you that are ready to do your…
Investor Connect: Jeffrey H. Bunin of Capital Lending Corp.
In this episode, Hall welcomes Jeffrey H. Bunin, Vice President of Commercial Lending at Capital Lending Corp. Founded in 1995, Capital Lending Corp. first offered commercial property loans. Soon after that, the company began to offer residential financing in Northern New Jersey. In 1996, Capital Lending Corp. added business financing…
Investor Connect: Kevin Rivers of Black Ventures, LLC
In this episode, Hall welcomes Kevin Rivers, Managing Partner at Black Ventures, LLC. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, Black Ventures, LLC (BV) is an emerging private equity firm that buys media companies and real estate assets in wildly inefficient markets. They buy revenue-generating assets in music rights, apps, books, YouTube IPs,…
Investor Connect: Daniel Cohen of Viola Ventures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Daniel Cohen, General Partner at Viola Ventures. Viola Ventures is part of Viola, Israel’s leading tech-focused investment group with over $3.5B AUM. Founded in 2000, Viola Ventures empowers early-stage start-ups to become global leaders. The fund manages over $1B and has backed some of Israel’s…
Investor Connect: Jeff Stewart of GPO Fund
In this episode, Hall welcomes back Jeff Stewart, Co-Founder & Managing Director of GPO Fund. The GPO team invests in tech-driven, founder-led, North American companies that can harness Asia-Pacific public capital markets to achieve growth, business expansion, and market leadership. Historically, venture capital succeeded by investing early in companies that…
Investor Connect: Carl Grant III of Cooley
In this episode, Hall welcomes Carl Grant III, EVP of Global Business Development at Cooley. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Cooley is a law practice where clients partner with them on transformative deals, complex IP, regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation, where innovation meets the law. Carl leads Cooley’s business development…
Investor Connect: Jonathan Staenberg of Staenberg Venture Partners
In this episode, Hall welcomes Jonathan Staenberg, Founder and CEO of Staenberg Venture Partners. Staenberg Venture Partners is a Seattle-based venture capital firm focused on the technology industry mostly between San Francisco and Seattle. Early in his career, Jon established several marketing groups at Microsoft. He then joined the senior…
Investor Connect: Gayatri Sarkar of She-VC and Advaita Capital
In this episode, Hall welcomes Gayatri Sarkar, Founder of She-VC and General Partner at Advaita Capital. She-VC is a media platform that featured $100B+ combined capital of institutional investors championing the diversity, equity, and inclusion for VCs/PE investors. Advaita Capital is a growth activist tech fund focussed on DEI-ESG metrics…
Investor Connect: Gady Nemirovsky of Inspiration Ventures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Gady Nemirovsky, Managing General Partner at Inspiration Ventures. Headquartered in Burlingame, California, Inspiration Ventures is an early-stage investment firm that structures its investments in a way that minimizes risk for their limited partners and benefits founders by better aligning the investors’ interests with the founders….
Investor Connect: Karen Contet of AngelHub
In this episode, Hall welcomes Karen Contet, Co-Founder & CEO of AngelHub. AngelHub is Hong Kong’s only SFC-regulated tech investment platform enabling investors to co-invest on a deal-by-deal basis alongside their fund & institutional investors. AngelHub combines a highly selective due diligence process, diverse network of partners, and the WHub…
Investor Connect: James W. Day of EquityZen
In this episode, Hall welcomes James W. Day, Senior Corporate Counsel at EquityZen. EquityZen is a FinTech platform and online marketplace for investors and shareholders in alternative assets. If you are an accredited investor, EquityZen helps you access ordinarily hard-to-find alternative investments (such as secondary sales of pre-IPO equity). If…
Investor Connect: John Dalton of Industrial Device Investments
In this episode, Hall welcomes John Dalton, Managing Partner at Industrial Device Investments (IDI). Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, IDI invests in manufacturers of industrial devices, sensors, machinery, and instruments. More specifically, they prefer specialty product companies that have $5 – $50 million in revenue, $1 – $6 million in earnings,…
Investor Connect: Patricia Costello of Portfolia
In this episode, Hall welcomes Patricia (Trish) Costello, CEO & Founder of Portfolia. Trish is internationally recognized for her pioneering work in preparing venture capital investment partners through the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program, which she launched in 1994 with the Kauffman Foundation, and continues as CEO Emeritus. At Kauffman Fellows,…
Investor Connect: Greg Shepard of BOSS Capital Partners
In this episode, Hall welcomes Greg Shepard, Founder of BOSS Capital Partners. Headquartered in San Diego, California, BOSS Capital Partners is a boutique consulting firm dedicated to working with technology businesses that need operational expertise and guidance to achieve capital-efficient and rewarding outcomes. By utilizing the BOSS – Business Operating…
Investor Connect: Adam Hull of Redbud Advisors
In this episode, Hall welcomes Adam Hull, Partner at Redbud Advisors. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Redbud Advisors is the fulcrum to your wealth. They serve as wealth strategists and focus on winning relationships in all forms. Their ideal client makes a multitude of financial decisions in a day, week, and…
Investor Connect: Hubert Vaz-Nayak of Chicago Booth Angels Network of Texas
In this episode, Hall welcomes Hubert Vaz-Nayak, Co-Founder and President of the Chicago Booth Angels Network of Texas. The Chicago Booth Angels Network (CBAN) of Texas was formed by Booth alumni in Texas who came together to identify and invest smartly in startups. They focus on early-stage companies that are…
Investor Connect: David Meltzer of David Meltzer Enterprises
In this episode, Hall welcomes David Meltzer, CEO of David Meltzer Enterprises. David is the Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. Considered one of the top esports entrepreneurs…
Investor Connect: Ben Rifkin of Ten Eighty Capital
In this episode, Hall welcomes Ben Rifkin, CEO at Ten Eighty Capital. Ten Eighty is a single-family office and diversified private investment firm with three primary focus areas. Ten Eighty Trading develops proprietary technical trading strategies for the public markets. Ten Eighty Capital invests time, capital, and expertise into operating…
Investor Connect: Jim Stallings of PS27 Ventures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Jim Stallings, CEO of PS27 Ventures. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, PS27 Ventures is a veteran-owned venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies that are driving dramatic changes in high-growth markets. Their investments focus on healthtech, e-commerce, fintech, SaaS, and sustainability companies. They work with…
Investor Connect: Caroline Lewis of Rogue Venture Partners
In this episode, Hall welcomes Caroline Lewis, Partner at Rogue Venture Partners and Managing Partner of Rogue’s Women’s Fund. Rogue Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in startups. It seeks to invest in new and growing businesses in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. The company invests…
Investor Connect: Jim Denholm of IronBridge Private Wealth
In this episode, Hall welcomes Jim Denholm, Founder & CEO at IronBridge Private Wealth. IronBridge Private Wealth was founded in Austin, Texas, to combine the strength and resources of a large financial firm with the independence of a local company. They are true fiduciaries of their client’s wealth. Having real…
Investor Connect: Gopi Rangan of Sure Ventures
In this episode, Hall welcomes Gopi Rangan, Founding Partner at Sure Ventures. Sure Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing with a mission to enable peace of mind. The main areas of focus are pre-seed and seed-stage startups in the insurance, aging, care, mental health, wealth management, and…
Investor Connect: Jeffrey Cherry of Conscious Venture Partners, LLC
In this episode, Hall welcomes Jeffrey Cherry, Founder and Managing Partner at Conscious Venture Partners, LLC, and Founder/Executive Director of Conscious Venture Lab. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, the Conscious Venture Fund II (the “Fund” or “CVFUND 2”) is an early-stage venture capital fund by Conscious Venture Partners. The fund partners…
Investor Connect: Connor Davidson of Atlanta Seed Company
In this episode, Hall welcomes Connor Davidson, Partner at Atlanta Seed Company. Established in December of 2019, the Atlanta Seed Fund I aims to expand upon their mission of bringing access to high-quality, early-stage investments to their clients. The Fund’s primary purpose is to purchase minority interests in Seed and…
Investor Connect: Jim Thomas of Kirenaga Partners
In this episode, Hall welcomes Jim Thomas, Partner at Kirenaga Partners. Kirenaga is a Japanese term used to describe a knife or sword blade. It literally translates to the duration of sharpness or amount of edge retention. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Kirenaga Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm focused…
Investor Connect: Eric Levine of Eric Levine Global
In this episode, Hall welcomes Eric Levine, Fitness Expert, Investor, and Founder and CEO of Eric Levine Global. Eric started in the fitness industry in 1979, when he was the first franchisee for Golds Gym, and opened up a chain of six clubs. These six clubs were the most profitable…
Investor Connect: Filipe R. Portela of COREangels Impact
In this episode, Hall welcomes Filipe R. Portela, Managing Partner at COREangels Impact. COREangels Impact makes angel investing professional and global, improving outcomes while contributing and enjoying the journey. They are a pre-seed impact investment fund focused on European social & environmental impact projects. COREangels is a network of people…
