

DealMakers
Alejandro Cremades
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/
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Apr 10, 2022 • 30min
Angus McDonald On Raising $100 Million To Protect Customers Of Large Corporations
Angus McDonald has gone from growing up on a rural farm, to operating a fast-growing global tech startup that has raised tens of millions of dollars in capital. The venture, Cover Genius has raised funding from top-tier investors like G Squared, Sompo Holdings, King River Capital, and Leap Capital.
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Apr 7, 2022 • 35min
Wei Gan On Raising $630 Million To Open The Doors To Homeownership
Wei Gan has brought together hundreds of millions of dollars in both equity and credit facilities to scale his startup in an incredibly fast-growing market. The venture, Ribbon Home has raised funding from top-tier investors like Thomvest Ventures, NFX, Guy Gal, and Nyca Partners.
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Apr 5, 2022 • 41min
Dheeraj Pandey On Building A $6 Billion Business And Raising $50 Million To Bring Developers And Customers Together
Serial entrepreneur Dheeraj Pandey has raised tens of millions of dollars for his latest tech startup. He took his first venture, Nutanix public, and has now moved on to DevRev. Top-tier investors like Mayfield Fund, Firebolt Ventures, Bradley Horowitz, and Khosla Ventures have funded the startup.
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Apr 3, 2022 • 33min
Kirat Singh On Raising $100 Million To Bring Financial Markets To The Cloud
Kirat Singh’s startup is empowering the future of financial markets. They just put tens of millions of additional capital in the bank to fuel their growth too. His venture, Beacon has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Pimco and Blackstone.
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Mar 31, 2022 • 36min
David McFarland On Raising $75 Million To Simplify Small Business Insurance
David McFarland has raised tens of millions of dollars to improve the insurance industry, and in turn, empower brokers and their small business customers to survive and thrive. His venture, Coterie Insurance has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Weatherford Capital, Alpha Edison, Group 1001, and RPM Ventures.
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Mar 29, 2022 • 36min
Sam Hodges On Taking His First Company Public And Now Raising $160 Million To Insure Startups
Sam Hodges took his first startup all the way to IPO, after raising $370M in funding for it. His latest venture has already raised $160M to help other founders reduce risk. The venture, Funding Circle has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Waterfall Asset Management, DST Global, Rocket Internet, and Union Square Ventures.
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Mar 27, 2022 • 36min
Ali Albazaz On Raising $85 Million To Reinvent The Publishing Industry
Ali Albazaz has now raised nearly $100M for his new method of publishing that is rivaling the kindle. His venture Inkitt has acquired funding from top-tier investors like Stefan von Holtzbrinck, Redalpine, New Enterprise Associates, and Speedinvest.
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Mar 24, 2022 • 39min
Reed McGinley-Stempel On Building A Billion Dollar Business In 2 Years By Building The Passport For The Internet
Reed McGinley-Stempel is the cofounder and CEO of Stytch which improves security and user experience with passwordless authentication. The company has raised over $100 million from top tier investors such as Index Ventures, Benchmark, Coatue, Thrive Capital, and Contrary to name a few.
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Mar 22, 2022 • 35min
Ankur Rungta On Raising $100 Million To Create The Ultimate Vertically Integrated Cannabis Business
Ankur Rungta has started not one, but two companies. His venture into cannabis alone has raised over $100M. The venture C3 Industries has acquired funding from top-tier investors like Navy Capital, Madison Square Park Capital, and WelCan Capital.
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Mar 20, 2022 • 40min
Troy Pospisil On Raising $250 Million To Modernize Legal Workflows
Troy Pospisil is the cofounder and CEO of Ontra which is a provider of technology and services for contract automation and intelligence. The company has raised $250 million from investors like Battery Ventures and Blackstone Group.
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