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Dmitry Chikhachev is a Managing Partner at Runa Capital. A Series A focused VC firm with over $500M in assets under management and 100+ Investments across 13 countries. We talk about: - How is Series A investing different from Pre-seed/Seed investing? - How VC is a 'hit' driven business? - Shifting Runa Capital HQ to Europe - Investing in 13 countries and more Exciting portfolio companies mentioned: Mambu - https://runacap.com/companies/mambu/ Pasqal - https://runacap.com/companies/pasqal/ Links mentioned in the episode: Follow Runa Capital on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/runacapital/ Follow Runa Capital on Twitter - https://twitter.com/RunaCapital Follow Dmitry on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitrychikhachev/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/runa-capital

Vic Pascucci III is a Managing General Partner at Energy Capital Ventures. The only early-stage venture capital fund focused on the ESG imperatives and digital transformation of the natural gas industry. In this episode, we talk about: - Investing in Natural Gas and ESG - How to think about investing in the ESG space? - How capital-intensive are ESG startups? - How to conduct diligence for tech-intensive startups? - Portfolio companies doing exciting work and more.. Links mentioned: Energy Capital Ventures website - https://www.energycapitalventures.com/ Follow Vic on Twitter - https://twitter.com/victorpascucci3 Follow Vic on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorpascucci/ Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/energy-capital-ventures

Max Fleit is a Founding Partner of Wizard Ventures, where he's building a portfolio of profitable internet businesses. Max is a serial entrepreneur & has run both bootstrapped & VC-funded businesses, he contrasts the two in this episode. In this episode, we talk about: - Why you should not raise VC Money? - Expectations that come with VC Money - Difference between VCs and Angels - What all info should your pitch deck contain? - At what stage should founders seek external funding? Links mentioned: Wizard Ventures: https://www.wizardventures.co/ Base Templates: https://www.basetemplates.com/ Follow Max on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxFleit Follow Max on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilian-fleitmann/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey: https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Episode post at https://vc10x.com/max-fleit

Abhishek Sethi is a co-founder & General Partner at Grad Capital. They invest $40k in student entrepreneurs in India. We talk about: - How two 24-year-olds started a VC firm? - Why student entrepreneurs is a great category to invest in? - Sourcing student entrepreneurs - Conducting diligence on student entrepreneurs & lots more.. Links mentioned: Grad Capital website - https://gradcapital.in Follow Abhishek on Twitter - https://twitter.com/abhisheksethi96 Follow Abhishek on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhisheksethi1996/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/grad-capital

Peter Livingston is a General Partner at Unpopular Ventures. An angel syndicate investing across countries & sectors. We talk about: - How Unpopular Ventures got started? - How they got their initiatial syndicate LPs? - Sourcing super early-stage startups - What they look for in companies while investing?  - Being an early investor in companies like Zepto - Syndicate Vs VC Model - How is a deal memo prepared? - What is a Rolling fund? and more.. Links mentioned: Unpopular Ventures website- https://unpopular.vc Follow Peter on Twitter- https://twitter.com/unpopularvc Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/unpopular-vc

Andrew Yeung is what I'd call "The Master Connector". He's organized 100+ events in places like Toronto, NYC, etc bringing people together. This isn't a typical VC10X episode where Prashant (host) talks to VCs. Venture Capital is more of a people business than a money business. That's what this episode is about. In this episode, we talk about- - Andrew's story - Difference between Toronto & NYC vibe - What makes Andrew passionate about bringing people together? - How to strike a conversation with people at parties/conferences? - Recipe for community building - What goes into organizing an event? - What categories of people attend these events? Note- This episode was recorded earlier, Andrew has since moved on from his role at Facebook to take a new role as Global Product Lead at Google. Links mentioned: Follow Andrew on Twitter- https://twitter.com/andruyeung Hosted by Prashant Choubey- https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/the-master-connector

Mike Jarmuz or Muzz is a General Partner at Lightning⚡️Ventures where he's focused on investing in Bitcoin companies.  We talk about: - Why Bitcoin is the only thing that matters? - Commonalities between Music industry & Venture Capital - Benefits of the Angel syndicate model - Exciting portfolio companies Links mentioned: Lightening Ventures website - https://ltng.ventures Swan Bitcoin code- https://www.swanbitcoin.com/ltngventures/ Become an LP in Lightening Ventures- https://ltng.ventures/lp-application Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@LightningVentures Follow Mike on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MikeJarmuz Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Episode post at https://vc10x.com/lightening-ventures

Dan Rosen is the Founder & General Partner at Commerce Ventures. Commerce Ventures is a sector-focused VC fund, which invests in infrastructure and enablers for the Commerce Continuum: Shop (Retail), Spend (Payments), Save (Banking/Investing), Secure (Insurance). In this episode, we talk about: - Building a sector-specific firm - Difference between sector-specific and sector-agnostic firms - Difference between 'Commerce' & 'Fintech' - Sub-sectors within Commerce - Shop, Spend, Save, Secure - Trends in the Commerce sector - Hosting a pitch competition at Money 20/20 for startups focused on financial inclusion Links mentioned in the episode: Commerce Ventures website: https://commerce.vc/ Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/venturedan Pitch at dan@commerce.vc Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode blog & video at https://vc10x.com/commerce-ventures

Daniel Ibri is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Mindset Ventures. The firm invests in B2B software startups based in the U.S. and Israel. In this episode, we talk about: - Focus on Israeli & US startups - Growth in fund size over time - Factors they look for while investing - Speaking to all the Co-founders before investing and more.. Links mentioned in the episode: Mindset Ventures website - https://mindset.ventures/ Follow Daniel on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielibri/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode blog & video at https://vc10x.com/mindset-ventures

Jordan Nel is an investor at Hummingbird VC, backing emerging GPs, & non-linear founders. In this episode, we talk about: - What LPs look for in fund managers? - Importance of picking, vs sourcing or winning deals - VC Tools ecosystem - Media-led VC firms and more.. Links mentioned in the episode: An LPs Guide to Venture Funds- https://jordsnel.substack.com/p/unbundling-one Hummingbird VC website- https://www.hummingbird.vc/ Follow Jordan on Twitter- https://twitter.com/jordsnel Follow Jordan on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordsnel/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey- https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Subscribe to VC10X to learn from the top VCs across the globe!