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

Will Sacks is a founder & CEO at Falcrum Venture Accelerator, where he's helping mission-driven founders raise their seed rounds. This is a must listen episode for startup founders looking to raise venture capital. In this episode, we talk about- -What's the right time for fundraising? -How to prepare your pitch deck? -How to find your ideal VCs? -How to reach out to VCs? -How to close your round on the best terms? -Perspective on Downrounds & more Links Mentioned- Falcrum Venture Accelerator - https://fulcrumventureaccelerator.com/ Follow Will on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamsacks/ Follow Will on Twitter - https://twitter.com/willsacks Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/falcrum

Alex Ferber is a Partner at Green Egg Ventures, investing in early-stage B2B SaaS. In this episode, we talk about- - How Green Egg Ventures got started? - Investment thesis at Green Egg Ventures - What do they look for in companies? - Perspective on exits & more.. Portfolio companies mentioned: Near Space labs- https://nearspacelabs.com/ Native Voice- https://www.nativevoice.ai/ Links mentioned- Pitch Alex at alex@greenegg.vc Follow Alex on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-ferber/ Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/green-egg

Hershel Mehta is a Co-founder & General Partner at 2amvc, where they're investing in early-stage startups in India. In this episode, we talk about: - How 2amvc got started? - Why India is the next big thing? - Exciting sectors within India - How they get their India-specific deal-flow? & more Links mentioned- 2amvc website- https://www.2amvc.com/ Follow Hershel on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/hershelmehta/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey- https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/2amvc

Richard Kerby is a General Partner at Equal Ventures, where they're investing in Retail, Care, Insurance, Supply Chain, Climate sectors at the seed stage. In this episode, we talk about: -How Equal Ventures got started? -How do they evaluate startups? -Investing in a concentrated set of companies -How they conduct due diligence? -Mistakes to avoid for emerging managers Portfolio companies mentioned: Ghost: https://www.ghst.io/ Wrapbook: https://www.wrapbook.com/ Threeflow: https://www.threeflow.com/ Links mentioned: Equal Ventures website: https://www.equal.vc/ Follow Richard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerby Follow Richard on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardkerby/ Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/equal-ventures

John Bailey is the Co-founder of OneFund. At OneFund, they're increasing access to the Venture Capital & Private Equity asset class. In this episode, we talk about: - How OneFund got started? - Making Venture Capital more accessible as an asset class - Increasing awareness about PE & VC investing - How investing at OneFund works? - What is Private Equity? - Different stages of Private Equity - Return expectations in VC investing & more.. Links mentioned: OneFund website - https://www.onefundinvestments.com/ Follow John on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-bailey-51037793/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/onefund

Eric Woo is Co-founder & CEO at Revere. They help LPs build their VC portfolios. In this episode, we talk about: - How Revere got started? - Revere's rating system to evaluate fund managers - What should emerging GPs do before starting to raise their fund? - Helping GPs refine & communicate their story to LPs and more.. Links mentioned: Revere website - https://www.reverevc.com/ Follow Eric on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwoo/ Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/revere

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