
DealMakers
Welcome to the DealMakers show, hosted by Alejandro Cremades. Alejandro is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and cofounder at Panthera Advisors (M&A and fundraising advisory). On this podcast you will find weekly interviews with entrepreneurs that have been very successful at raising capital or getting their company acquired. You can learn more at https://alejandrocremades.com/
Latest episodes

May 15, 2025 • 29min
Abhi Sharma On Raising $60 Million To Build An AI Platform Helping Organizations Gain Visibility And Control Over Their Enterprise-Wide Data Processing
A second-time founder and a technologist at heart, Abhi has built and sold companies, raised over $60M in venture funding for Relyance AI, a category-defining platform at the intersection of data security, AI governance, and privacy compliance.
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May 14, 2025 • 36min
Nitin Chhabra On Raising Over $50 Million To Build India’s Leading Tech-Native Retail Company, Specializing In Omnichannel Retail For Brands
In the world of startups, a decade feels like a lifetime, and Nitin Chhabra lived it all. From leaving behind a prestigious corporate career with Unilever and Reliance Brands to building one of India’s leading omnichannel commerce platforms, his journey reflects conviction, timing, and resilience.
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May 12, 2025 • 26min
Claes Fredriksson On Raising $65 Million To Create Carbon-Neutral Liquid Fuel From CO₂ And Green Hydrogen To Run The World’s Transportation
Claes Fredriksson has never taken the traditional path. Born in Sweden, raised across different continents from Australia to India, and later entrenched in global corporate life, his story is one of adaptability, grit, and a deep-seated desire to make the world greener.
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May 11, 2025 • 26min
Kelly Littlepage and Stephen Johnson On Raising $82 Million To Build A Tech Company That Designs And Operates Smart Markets Using Algorithms To Enable Trade
Childhood friendships rarely turn into billion-dollar ideas. However, for Kelly Littlepage and Stephen Johnson, a shared curiosity in technology formed during their teenage years in suburban Colorado eventually became the foundation for building OneChronos.
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May 6, 2025 • 30min
Matt Price On Raising $50 Million And Leveraging M&A Growth Strategies To Reimagine The Customer Support Experience And Disrupt A $500 Billion Industry
For Matt Price, entrepreneurship was not a sudden leap but the culmination of decades working at the forefront of tech innovation. His journey progressed from his early days in the UK tech scene to executive leadership at Zendesk and to launching Crescendo.
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May 5, 2025 • 37min
Peter Relan On Selling A Company For $50 Million, Running An Incubator For Aspiring Founders, And Building A Generative AI Math Tutor and Teaching Assistant for Higher Ed
It’s not every day you meet someone who was born without a name and went on to become an early backer of one of the most iconic communication platforms of our time—Discord. This sentence just touches on Peter Relan’s journey, which has culminated in impressive outcomes.
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May 1, 2025 • 31min
Tarun Raisoni On Building And Exiting Two $270+ Million Companies And Now Providing A Suite Of AI-Driven Tech Solutions To Enterprises
Tarun Raisoni is one of the rare “tier zero” founders who has not only built, scaled, and financed world-class businesses but also navigated them through full-cycle acquisition exits. Not once, but twice. He carries an aura not just of success, but of sustained, repeatable excellence.
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Apr 29, 2025 • 29min
Teddy Solomon On Raising $41 Million To Build A Community-Based Social App For Gen Z
Teddy Solomon has demonstrated that in the startup world, the best entrepreneurs aren't just born, they are forged through unexpected challenges, relentless creativity, and the courage to take leaps when the stakes are highest.
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Apr 24, 2025 • 29min
Christopher Pirie’s Companies Secured Hundreds of Millions And Now He’s Converting Waste Into Valuable Products To Decarbonize The Chemicals Industry
Christopher Pirie is one of the few founders in the biotech sphere who has explored multiple frontiers. In this conversation, he shared powerful lessons from his ventures, spanning synthetic biology, RNA vaccines, and sustainable manufacturing.
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Apr 19, 2025 • 27min
Dr. Oliver Harrison On Raising Over $34 Million To Provide Personalized And Integrated Mental Health Care From Prevention To Treatment
In an era where mental health challenges are on the rise but access to care remains limited, Dr. Oliver Harrison has positioned himself to drive meaningful change. He is a trained psychiatrist turned entrepreneur with an extraordinary journey through technological innovation.
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