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

Eunice is the Founding Partner at Ajim Capital. Ajim Capital is an early-stage fund that invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies that focus on using technology to fill significant economic and infrastructure gaps for consumers and enterprises across Sub-Saharan Africa. In this episode, we talk about: - The African startup ecosystem - Why Africa is a great place to invest? - Most exciting sectors in Africa - Portfolio companies doing great work - How we can increase diversity & inclusion in Venture Capital? .. and a lot more.. Links mentioned in the episode: Pitch Ajim Capital - https://www.ajimcapital.com/ Follow Eunice on Twitter - https://twitter.com/euniceajim Follow Ajim on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/euniceajim/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/investing-in-africa

Morgan Flager is the Manging Partner at Silverton Partners. He has over 25 years of experience as a venture investor and technology executive. He joined Silverton in 2006 and has sponsored 24 investments and realized 11 acquisitions and two IPOs. He currently sits on the boards of multiple portfolio companies. Prior to Silverton, Morgan worked with FTV Capital in San Francisco, where he focused on growth investments in software and financial technology. Morgan started his career at Ingrian Networks (acquired by SafeNet) and Kintana (acquired by Mercury Interactive Corp.). In this episode, we talk about: - Investing landscape 20 years back - Growing startup ecosystem in Austin, Texas - How to conduct diligence for pre-revenue startups? - What it means to have a board seat in portfolio companies?  - VCs fueling unsustainable growth .. and a lot more.. Links mentioned in the episode: Silverton website: https://www.silvertonpartners.com/ Follow Morgan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mflager/ Follow Morgan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mflager Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/silverton-partners

Jason Kirby is the Founding Partner & Managing Director at Thunder. A platform that connects capital raisers to the right capital allocators using AI and human relationships. Thunder serves startups raising $1-$20M for their Seed/A/B+ rounds or GP raising $10M+ for their funds. In this episode, we talk about: -How investment banking is broken? -How Thunder is democratizing access to capital? -Balancing Founders, VCs, & LPs on the platform -How to build a company to sell? -Taking on Morgan Stanley & JP Morgan and more.. Links mentioned in the episode- Thunder website- https://thunder.vc/ Follow Jason on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonrkirby/ Follow Jason on Twitter- https://twitter.com/JasonKirby Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/democratizing-access-to-capital

Udit Akhouri is a co-founder & MD of Aim Capital (Aentor), a unique venture studio that partners with colleges & student entrepreneurs in India, and helps them build their startups. Udit has previously sold his past startup for $200,000. What makes his story even more exciting is that he's only 20 years old. In this episode, we talk about: What is Aentor? How Aentor partners with colleges? How Aentor helps student entrepreneurs build companies? Long term vision for Aentor Indian Startup Ecosystem Links mentioned in the episode: Aentor website: https://aentor.com/ Follow Udit on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AkhouriUdit Follow Udit on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/udit-akhouri-10160a168/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode post at https://vc10x.com/fostering-entrepreurship-in-india

Today we've Raymond Brown with us. Angel investing since early 2018 Raymond has personally invested in over 60 startups. He was the lead investor for Zestbloom which is a web3 NFT marketplace built on the Algorand which also support NFTs search capabilities blockchain.  He has helped founders raise over $500K from investors. Scouted for DVC and Global millennial capital. He's been know to invest in startups before that masses.  He's also interviewed over 35 founders who have raised on platforms like Republic.com and Wefunder.com on the Money Clip Podcast. Some of his well known investments are Immersed, AltoIRA, Asaak, Stacksource and Beaconsai. In this episode we talk about: -Raymond's story & how he started investing? -What he looks for in companies while investing? -Investing on crowd funding platforms like wefunder and Republic -Helping founders raise capital .. and a lot more Links mentioned on the episode: Raymond's beacons page: https://beacons.ai/raymond_brown Follow Raymond on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chandler_Invest Follow Raymond on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-c-brown Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/investing-on-crowdfunding-platforms

Matt Wilson is the founder and Managing Director at Allied Venture Partners. He founded Allied VC after being a private angel investor since 2012. Allied has since grown to more than 1400 investors globally, and they've deployed over $3.5 million into early stage startups across Canada and United States. In this episode, we talk about- -How the Canadian starter ecosystem is shaping up? - What's their investment thesis at Allied Venture Partners? - Involving LPs in the value add and diligence process? - Some exciting portfolio companies - How they are tackling the recent slowdown? .. and a lot more. Links mentioned on the episode- Allied VP website: https://www.allied.vc/ Follow Matt on Twitter- https://twitter.com/MattWilsonYYC Follow Matt on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwilsonyyc/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/the-canadian-startup-ecosystem

Jeff Wald is a serial entrepreneur, Angel investor in "Future of Work" and an LP in several Venture Capital firms. A couple of his past companies have been sold to ADP and Salesforce. He also serves as a board member to some of his portfolio come. In this episode, we talk about- -How Jeff started investing?  -What is the $10 Million "Future of Work" prize all about?  -What he looks for in founders and GPs while investing? -How he does not track his investments at all? -Making a call to his accountant asking him to write off his investment as soon as he makes it ..and a lot more Links mentioned in the episode- Jeff's website- https://www.jeffwald.com/ Follow Jeff on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffwald/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/the-dream-investor

Mat Sherman is the founder of Seedcout - A platform that helps founders build their investor networks. Seedscout has 800+ investors in its network that are regularly reviewing deals on Seedscout and also giving feedback to founders on how they can improve. In this episode, we talk about: - Mat's story and why he started Seedscout? - How Seedscout is a Social Capital bank for founders? - Who is wealthier: Venture Capitalists or Angel Investors? - What is Scouting? ..and lots more Links mentioned on the episode: Seedscout website: https://seedscout.com/ Follow Mat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mat_Sherman Check out Seedscout blogs: https://words.seedscout.com/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab) Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/social-capital-bank

Seth Levine is a Co-author of "The New Builders", a book that brings you Face to Face with the true future of business.  A long-time venture capitalist, Seth is a co-founder and Managing Director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, CO based venture firm. He's a passionate advocate for entrepreneurship, Seth also spends time as an advisor to venture funds and companies around the world. In this episode we talk about: -How Seth started Foundry? -Reverse Inflation in Venture Capital -All about his book The New Builders -Why e thinks entrepreneurship in the US is in a state of decline and a lot more.. Links mentioned: Get the book: https://thenewbuilders.com/ Seth's blog: https://sethlevine.com/ Foundry Website: https://foundry.vc/ Follow Seth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sether Follow Seth on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethjlevine/ Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/the-new-builders

Eze is co-founder and Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. Previously, he was a General Partner at Google Ventures (GV), Alphabet’s venture capital arm, the European head of Google for Entrepreneurs and the founding head of Campus London, Google’s first physical hub for startups, now available in 7 countries and 30 partner hubs.  While at Google, Eze spearheaded strategic commerce partnerships in EMEA, and helped launch Google Shopping, Local Shopping, and Google Wallet in various European markets. At Remagine, he's investing in seed/pre-seed startups in interactive entertainment, metaverse, and consumer tech with a focus on Israel. Full episode blog at https://vc10x.com/metaverse-gaming-web3 Remagine website ventures: https://remagineventures.com Read Eze's blog at https://vccafe.com Subscribe to Eze's Newsletter at https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/firgun-6954740769651871744/ Follow Eze on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezevidra/ Follow Eze on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ediggs Hosted by Prashant Choubey (https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab)