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

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.

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