VC10X - Startups, GTM, Investing, Venture Capital, Asset Management, Private Equity, Family Office

Dominic Lau is a Partner at Ripple Ventures, leading pre-seed and seed-stage investments ($250K to $1M) into enterprise software, developer tools, and web3 infrastructure companies at Ripple Ventures. Also supporting student and first-time founders with $25-50K checks building in the same categories through the Ripple Fellow Fund. In this episode we talk about: - Why Ripple Ventures started the student fellowship? - How is the fellowship structured? - How do they select candidates for the fellowship? - What are the standard deal terms? - Past alumni doing exciting work - How is it different from other student fellowships? and lots more.. Links mentioned: Ripple Ventures website - https://www.rippleventures.com/ Tank Talks Podcast - https://www.rippleventures.com/podcast Follow Dominic on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicyclau/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab/ Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/ripple-ventures

Shashank is a Co-founder of 100x.vc - India's first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups via iSAFE notes. In this episode we talk about: - Shashank's story & how he started investing - Targeting to invest in 100 companies every year - Investment thesis at 100x.vc - Why India is the next big thing? - What are iSAFE notes? - Who can apply for funding from 100x.vc? - Exciting portfolio companies & lots more Links mentioned: Apply to Class 10 - https://www.100x.vc/class10 100X.VC Portfolio - https://www.100x.vc/portfolio Follow Shashank on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashankrandev/ Follow Shashank on Instagram - https://instagram.com/shashankrandev_100x Follow Shashank on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ShashankRandev Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/100xvc

Yash Patel leads Telstra Ventures' consumer tech investing efforts, with an emphasis on esports/gaming, social media, ecommerce, web3 and SaaS. Yash has sourced and led TV’s investments in BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC), Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP), Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ), Near (Nasdaq: NIR), MPL among others In this episode we talk about: - How Yash makes investment decisions? - What are Network Effects? - Investing in an Esports team as a VC fund - Perspective on Esports & Gaming sectors - Why they're bullish on crypto? - Exciting portfolio companies Links mentioned: Telstra Ventures website- https://telstraventures.com/ Follow Yash on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ypatel1/ Full episode post at https://vc10x.com/telstra-ventures

Robert Cote founded COTE Capital with a mission of finding, funding, and scaling breakthrough innovations that can have an impact in the world for people and bring advanced manufacturing back to America. We talk about: -What is IP Capital? - How is IP Capital different from Venture Capital? - What's broken about Venture Capital? - How the IP investing model works? - How IP Capital turns Venture Capital and Big Tech in Silicon Valley on its head? - How's IP capital recession-proof? - Robert's story of investing in PCR, OFDM, and other breakthrough innovations and how that produced over $3 billion dollars, 112% annual return Links mentioned: COTE Capital website: https://www.cotecapital.com/ Follow Robert on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobertcotechannel/ Follow Robert on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therobertcote Subscribe to COTE Capital Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cotecapital9399 Hosted by Prashant Choubey: https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/cote-capital

Kristina Chapple is a Director at 11Tribes Ventures where they're investing in purpose-driven founders with a special focus on founder wellness. Previously Kristina was working at a Private Equity firm before making the switch to Venture Capital. We talk about: - Kristina's story and how she started her journey in Venture Capital - What does founder-friendly investing look like in practice? - Leveraging Venture Partners for value-add and dealflow - Exciting Portfolio companies at 11tribes - Advice for folks looking to break into VC - Venture Capital 101 course by Meagan Loyst - Insights into LP fundraising and lots more.. Portfolio companies mentioned: Ryze Mushroom Coffee - https://www.ryzesuperfoods.com/ Brain Space - https://www.brainspacemed.com/ Scheduler AI - https://www.scheduler.ai/ Links mentioned: 11Tribes website - https://11tribes.vc/ Follow Kristina on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-chapple-48052717a/ Follow Kristina on Twitter - https://twitter.com/KristinaChapp Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/11tribes

Jonathan is the Founder & General Partner of Space.VC. Jonathan is an active advisor to Space startups globally, serving on Board of Directors, advising prospective entrepreneurs and international Space Agencies. Previously, Jonathan was the Founder of an enterprise software company, Jebbit, in the digital experience & data infrastructure space. The company would go on to raise $90M+ in venture capital, work with a large portion of the Fortune 500, and successfully exit. We talk about: - Origin story of SpaceVC - Investing in the Space sector - Major opportunity areas with Space - Being an investor in SpaceX - Will we get to Mars in our lifetimes? - How will the Space sector evolve in the next 5-10 years? Links mentioned: SpaceVC website: https://www.spacevc.co/ Follow Jonathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lacostejonathan Follow Jonathan on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanlacoste/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey: https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/spacevc

Ethan is Founder & General Partner at Newtype Ventures where they're investing in underrepresented founders. In this episode we talk about: -Investment thesis at Newtype Ventures -How investing in underrepresented founders gives better returns? -Having internal democracy while making investment decisions -Some exciting portfolio companies and lots more.. Portfolio companies mentioned: Sendme- https://www.sendme.ng/ Talently - https://talently.tech/ Kudos - https://www.joinkudos.com/ Links mentioned: Newtype Ventures website - https://newtypeventures.com/ Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/newtype-ventures

Tristin is a General Partner at Spark, a VC fund, incubator & venture studio investing in Esports & Creator economy. He's an avid creator & a 15 times founder. We talk about: - Tristin's story & how he started investing - How he operates a Startup incubator, VC fund & Venture Studio at the same time - How to think about investing in Esports? - How's the creator economy shaping up - How he adds value to portfolio companies - His prediction for the future & a lot more Links mentioned: Find all links to Trinstin at https://taze.tv Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/spark

Rahul Samat is the India Partner at Entrepreneur First. Previously he was Head of Strategy & New Initiatives at Swiggy for 6 years. In this episode we talk about: - What is Talent investing? - How does the Entrepreneur First model work? - How's the 3-month program structured? - Who can apply? - Dedicated India push & lots more Links mentioned: Entrepreneur First website- https://www.joinef.com/ Follow EF on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneur-first/ Follow Rahul on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulsamat/ Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/entrepreneur-first

Zain Latif is the founder of TLG Capital, a private equity firm focused on Venture Debt investments in high-impact African businesses. In this episode we talk about: - What is Venture Debt? - Startup ecosystem in Sub-Saharan Africa - How is Venture Debt different from Venture Capital? - Problems faced by African founders & lots more Links mentioned: TLG Capital website - https://tlgcapital.com/ Follow Zain on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zain-latif-8139bb1/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab/ Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/tlg-capital