
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

Apr 19, 2023 • 33min
Drew Oetting On Building An $8 Billion Venture Capital Firm To Invest In Startups That Are Fixing Our Broken World
Drew Oetting is one of the biggest forces providing the financial fuel this new generation of fast-growing, super-sized startups need to make it. His venture capital firm, 8VC, has invested in startups like Unlearn, Chaos, Tome, and Ushur.
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Apr 18, 2023 • 45min
Mance Harmon On Raising $124 Million To Power The Next Generation Of The Web
After two previous successful exits, Mance Harmon is now on his third startup. One which has quickly grown to become a multi-billion dollar venture that aims to be the platform for tokenizing everything. The venture, Hedera Hashgraph, Has raised financing from top-tier investors like Boeing HorizonX Ventures, Vestinwolf Financial Holdings, Digital Currency Group, and Tata Communications.
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Apr 17, 2023 • 43min
Ravi Parikh On Building A $900 Million Business And Now Raising $40 Million To Save Companies Engineering Time
Ravi Parikh is now on his second startup venture. After having built a very successful first company, he is now working to streamline development for other businesses, so they can move faster, and focus on what matters most. The company, Airplane, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Andrew Ofstad, Jaren Glover, Thrive Capital, and Guillermo Rauch.
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Apr 16, 2023 • 44min
Billionaire Naveen Jain On His Framework For Building A Successful Company
Naveen Jain has created a whole string of successful startups. Now with his seventh venture, he is tackling a problem faced by eight billion people around the world. The startup, Viome, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Glico, Khosla Ventures, WestRiver Group, and Physician Partners.
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Apr 15, 2023 • 32min
Alan Chang On Raising $78 Million To Accelerate Renewable Energy Adoption Globally
After leading another great startup to scale and become profitable as their CRO, Alan Chang has raised tens of millions of dollars to take on what is perhaps the largest and most impactful industry on the planet. His startup, Tesseract, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Woorton, Accel, Balderton Capital, and LeadBlock Partners.
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Apr 14, 2023 • 31min
Omer Davidi On Raising $64 Million To Improve The Health Of Bees With Machine Learning
Having already started and sold two companies, Omer Davidi is now working on his biggest project yet. One that he believes will be responsible for most of the food production in the world. His startup, Bee Hero, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Firstime, Rabobank, Cibus Capital, and General Mills.
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Apr 13, 2023 • 33min
Andy Bromberg On Raising $100 Million To Put Your Money Back To Work For You
Andy Bromberg is now on his third startup. One which has already raised $100M from top investors, to make the financial services space simpler, and more accessible to everyone, everywhere. His latest venture, Eco, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners, StartX, Formless Capital, and Blockchange Ventures.
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Apr 12, 2023 • 31min
Stephanie Tilenius On Running An $8 Billion Operation At eBay And Now Raising $200 Million To Prevent Health Issues
Stephanie Tilenius, successfully led a startup through an IPO and is now taking on the healthcare space. In this podcast, she discusses starting a company after an MBA, building a strong company culture, aligning vision and execution, their vision for combating cardiometabolic diseases, and the impact of COVID-19 on the healthcare industry.

Apr 11, 2023 • 38min
Jordan Noone On Building A $4 Billion Business By 3D Printing Rockets And Investing In Space Tech Startups
Jordan Noone was the youngest person in the world to get FAA clearance to fly a rocket into space. His venture capital firm, Embedded Ventures, has funded startups like Slingshot Aerospace (Series A Round), Chromatic, and KittyCAD.
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Apr 10, 2023 • 37min
Daniel Khachab On Raising $336 Million To Bring Transparency To How Food Moves Around The Planet
Daniel Khachab built a billion Euro business in just three years. His startup, Choco, has raised funding from top-tier investors like Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Target Global, and G Squared.
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