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Reflect Ventures invests in core infrastructure areas where there are significant barriers to entry and where digitization can enable huge economic gains. Some of their focus sectors include logistics, supply chain, distribution, commerce, and fintech. They primarily co-invest with reputable institutional lead VCs in Series Seed and A/B rounds of B2B and B2B2C startups. In this episode, we talk about: - Investment thesis at Reflect Ventures - Investing in emerging markets - How they generate Venture scale returns with the typical VC risk? - "Hair blown back" moment for syndicates and more.. Links mentioned in the episode: Reflect Ventures website- http://www.reflectventures.com/ Pitch here - invest@reflectventures.com Michel's LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfriedman88/ Jor's LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorlaw88/ Hosted by Parshant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/vc-scale-returns

Steve Walsh is the founder of Hands On Angel LLC.  He is an entrepreneur and angel investor with a 20+-year executive portfolio across the sales, marketing and operations divisions of some of the largest technology and media companies including Comcast & Cox Communications.   Steve has invested in over 60 early-stage companies, helping them raise millions of dollars in capital and countless connections via Hands On Angel’s key strategic relationships and partnerships. In this episode we talk about: - What is Hands on Angel? - Public market investing V/s private market investing - What Steve looks for in founders while investing? - Investing in underrepresented founders - Value add for portfolio companies ..and lots more Links mentioned in the episode: Hands-on Angel website- https://www.handsonangel.com/ Follow Steve on Linkedin-https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-walsh-a791a44/ Follow Steve on Twitter- https://twitter.com/HandsOnAngel1 Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/hands-on-angel

Muieen has been writing on the topic of LP/GP fundraising and is a top writer on Medium for his articles. He has worked with various emerging managers globally helping them in various respects. In this episode, we talk about: - The Mega LP list - How GPs should approach GPs? - How LPs evaluate the funds they want to invest in? - DEI on the allocator side .. and a lot more Links mentioned: Mega LP List- https://www.mega-lp-list.com/ Muieen's blog - https://muieen.medium.com/ Resources for DEI for GPs, Founders and aspiring VCs -https://muieen.medium.com/list/resources-for-gps-d5c220707799 Follow Muieen on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/muieen/ Follow Muieen on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MuieenCader Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/mega-lp-list

Srivats Sivanandan is an operator-investor with a track record of improving organizational velocity. He's skilled at determining where to lay the train tracks (direction) and works with xfn teams to ensure that the trains run on-time (speed). In this episode, we talk about: -Srivats story and how he started investing  -His common sense approach to investing -How to build credibility as a new investor? -The Enthusiasm Interview .. and lots more Links mentioned in the episode: Follow Srivats on Twitter- https://twitter.com/srewats Follow Srivats on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/srivatss/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/the-commonsense-investor

Drew is the Managing Partner of Hawke Ventures Funds 1 & 2, where he operates the venture firm through fundraising, diligence, and operating investments. In this episode, we talk about: - How Drew switched from being a musician to now a venture capitalist? - Similarities between being a music producer & a venture capitalist - Emerging trends in Martech & Adtech - The Entrepreneur Mindset Vs The VC Mindset - Hawke Ventures Scout Program - Biggest learning from Venture career and lots more.. Links mentioned in the episode: Hawke Ventures website: https://www.hawkeventures.com/ Follow Drew on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewleahy/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/musician-turned-vc

Liza Curcio-Rudy is a Portfolio and Investments Associate for Accion Venture Lab. Liza supports and leads investments in early-stage fintech companies, guides our portfolio companies through strategic projects and engagement activities, and supports additional fund initiatives around gender lens investing and LP engagement.  She is also responsible for the assessment of new investment opportunities and the development of investment theses, particularly in the US market.  In this episode, we talk about: - Financial Inclusion across the world - How Accion is helping bring financial inclusion among the 3 Billion financially excluded world population? - Different funds Accion operates - Portfolio companies doing important work and lots more.. Links mentioned in the epiosde: Accion website - https://www.accion.org/ Liza's Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizacr/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/financial-inclusiveness

Matthew (Matt) Weinberg is a Partner at Max Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City that primarily invests in digital commerce and digital healthcare startups across the United States and Europe.  Prior to his current role, he was a White House appointee in the U.S. Small Business Administration and served as Senior Advisor in the Office of Investment and Innovation. He helped drive federal programs that directed over $6 billion in capital to investment funds, early-stage technology companies, and accelerators and incubators across the country. In this episode, we talk about: - How you can get your startup funded by the government for zero dilution? - What types of startups are eligible for government funding? - What's the investment thesis at Max Ventures? - How do they add value to portfolio companies? - Perspective on down rounds and lots more.. Links mentioned: Max Ventures website- https://www.maxventures.vc/ Follow Matthew on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewjweinberg/ Follow Matthew on Twitter- https://twitter.com/mattjweinberg Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full podcast blog at https://vc10x.com/gov-funding-for-startups

Brett Martin is the Managing Partner of Charge Ventures. Charge is an NYC-based pre-seed/seed stage venture fund. They invest 200-500k at the earliest stages of company formation and then help founders take things from 0 to 1. When not working directly with startups, Brett spreads the startup gospel as an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. His teaching focuses on product strategy and entrepreneurial finance. In his spare time, he's written for Harvard Business Review, launched a little website called Vice, found a rock band, and sailed thousands of miles on a 30ft sailboat. In this episode, we talk about: - Investment thesis at Charge Ventures - How are seed-stage startups different from pre-seed startups? - Why do serial entrepreneurs find it easier to raise funds? - Betting on people more than ideas or markets and a lot more.. Links mentioned on the episode: Charge Ventures website- https://charge.vc/ Follow Brett on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettlucasmartin/ Follow Brett on Twitter- https://twitter.com/brett1211 Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/investing-in-exceptional-founders

Hani Azzam is the founder of Viaka, a digital road network that facilitates the flow of capital, talent, expertise, and more between developed and growth markets. He's also a Venture Partner at +Venture Capital. In this episode, we talk about: - What is Viaka? - Startup ecosystem in MENA region - How to become a Venture Scout? - What all you will need to succeed as a scout? and lots more.. Links mentioned in the episode: Viaka website: https://www.viaka.net/ Follow Hani on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hani-azzam-90b5764b Subscribe to VC10X for more amazing episodes!

Jesse Sung is the Principal at Terra Legacy LLC (Previously 357 Investments) where he invests & manages a portfolio of Real Estate & Startups across the United States. In this episode, we talk about- - Contrasting Real Estate & Startup investing - How Jesse finds the right startup investments? - How to spot good real estate investment opportunities? - Hottest Real Estate markets in United States of America. and lots more.. Links mentioned in the episode: Terra Legacy website - https://terralegacyllc.com/ Follow Jesse on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/357js/ Subscribe to VC10X for more insightful episode on startup investing & Venture Capital.