Startup Project: Build the future

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Ajay, Co-Founder of Simplified.co. Prior to co-founding simplified.co, Ajay was a serial entrepreneur and was founder of Roomi, which helps people find flexible, affordable co-living solutions. Full conversation includes: India to U.S Raising venture for Roomi vs Simplified Funding landscape for repeat founder vs first time founder Competing against $40B Canva Building in Public, Marketing-Product Fit. Why be a repeat entrepreneur? Follow Ajay Yadav on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadavajay/ and learn more about Simplified.co. Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at NVC & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam & stay up to date here.

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Ali Jamal, Founder of First Check Ventures. Prior to starting First Cheque Ventures, Ali was at companies like RockYou, Agoda & Rappi in growth and marketing roles. Full conversation includes: Career in Growth and data analytics Early Angel investing  Transition from Angel Investing to founding first check ventures YC MFN clause  Strategy behind the growth of First Check Ventures Building unique deal flow Investing in LATAM, Asia & Africa Follow Ali Jamal on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mralijamal/ and learn more about First Cheque Ventures here. Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at NVC & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam & stay up to date here.

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Harvey Multani, Founder of RUV Alliance & Miami100 DAO.  Prior to starting RUV Alliance, Harvey was at Coinbase and Plaid in business development and GTM Strategies.  Full conversation includes: The origins of RUV Alliance Goals as an investor community Macro factors that helped RUV Alliance Dynamics with other SPVs  AngelList's reaction to RUV Alliance Who funds RUV Alliance? Miami100 DAO Where is the leverage for individuals today? Follow Harvey on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvey-multani-95b591208/ and learn more about RUV Alliance here.  Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at planbcapital.co & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam & stay up to date here.

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Richrad White, Founder of Fathom.VIdeo. It is one of the companies invested by Zoom Apps Fund. Prior to starting Fathom.Video, Richard was CEO & Founder of Uservoice.com (Product feedback for B2B SaaS)/ Full conversation includes: Journey of Uservoice Insights that led to starting Fathom.Video Why repeat founders look at having more investors on cap table than less? Optimization for Angels and New funds on cap table Taking investment from Zoom Fund How to think about B2B marketplaces like Zoom Apps Follow Richard on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rrwhite/ and learn more about Fathom here. Go to https://fathom.video/pod to skip the waiting list and try fathom.video. Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at planbcapital.co & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam & stay up to date here.

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Luba Lesiva, Founder of palumni.vc Prior to starting palumni.vc she was head of investor relations for Palantir and had a career in investing at Sovereign Wealth Funds and was an investment banker at various Wall Street firms. We talked about: Origin story of palumni.vc Investing in Palantir Alumni Challenges & growth tactics in creating and growing an Alumni Syndicate  Leveraging communities to create value Follow Luba on Twitter at https://twitter.com/loobah_l and learn more about palumni.vc here. Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at planbcapital.co & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam & stay up to date here.

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Eric Satz, Founder & CEO of Alto IRA. Prior to his role as founder and CEO of Alto, Eric worked in investment banking at DLJ/Credit Suisse and co-founded several companies, including: Currenex, an FX trading solution sold to State Street for more than $550M; Plumgood Food, and; Tennessee Community Ventures, a VC firm We talked about: - The problems that led to creation of Alto IRA Advantages of using Alto IRA  Working with partners like Coinbase, Angellist & Republic Diversification of investments Fundraising via Equity Crowdfunding Peter Thiel's 401k strategy Follow Eric on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ericsatz and learn more about Alto IRA here. Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at planbcapital.co & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam and stay up to date at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/bmb/members

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Sajid Rahman, Founder of My Asia VC. Sajid is an operator-investor who invested in 1000+ Startups with 40+ Exits. He is the founder of myasiavc.com and his portfolio companies span all geographical regions including North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latam. We talked about: Transition from Banking to Angel Investing Solving the cold start problem  Best way to start leading investments in 2021  Graduating from a syndicate to fund Thought process behind Investing in different stages Thesis for the new late stage fund Why he thinks startup investing is not risky Decisions making style Trends he is looking forward in next couple of years. Follow Sajid on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SajidRepublic and learn more about My Asia VC at myasiavc.com Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at planbcapital.co & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam and stay up to date at getrevue.co/profile/bmb

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Martin Tobias, Founder of Incisive Ventures. Martin is a serial entrepreneur, investor in 100+ deals as an angel, also the Founder of a leading Angel network, Element8. He is also 3x CEO, and has raised over $500M (including two IPOs). We talked about: First Angel Investment Meta Themes  Capital Efficiency in North America vs India Looking at valuations with the lens of notional capital What led to his investment in DocuSign at a time when electronic signatures were not legal. Story behind starting Incisive in the middle of a pandemic Follow Martin on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MartinGTobias and learn more about Incisive at Incisive.vc Follow Nataraj on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam and stay up to date at thestartupproject.io

This is a special episode. I have known Vipul for over 6 months now. With in just couple of conversations I have come to realize that he is one of the most interesting founders I have come across. In this episode we talked about: Vipul's journey prior to starting unlu.io & building Rutogo & CricnWin. Making money using  Internet The concept of Fandom vs Respect How his experience working with influencers in cricket and co-producing movies is helping him build Unlu? How does the journey of making an Unlu Class happen, from concept to production? How does Unlu convince the like of Ruskin Bond & Manoj Bajpayee come and teach their craft on Unlu? Market size of Indian Influencer economy what's next after Unlu Shoutouts & Unlu class? What are the moats that are separating Unlu from the competition? Thesis behind Angel investing and the experience of seeing exits like Fitso (aq by Zomato) Follow Vipul on Twitter at https://twitter.com/iamvipulagrawal and learn more about Unlu at unlu.io Follow Nataraj on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam and stay up to date at thestartupproject.io

In Episode 5 of The Startup Project (thestartupproject.io) Nataraj talked to Ani Mohan who is the founder and General Manager of Gamesnacks (gamesnacks.com), a web based game platform incubated inside Google's Area 120.  The conversation included the following topics: Start of the Gamesnacks and all the previous versions of it  Incubation of projects inside google area 120 How a decision to Pivot to Gamesnacks was made? Embedding as a distribution Strategy Value chain of Gaming Ecosystem & Future trends in gaming Follow Ani on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ani_c_mohan and learn more about Gamesnacks at gamesnacks.com Follow Nataraj on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam and stay up to date at thestartupproject.io