

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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Mar 17, 2022 • 35min
Alasdair McLean-Foreman On Going From Cleaning Bathrooms To Raising $65 Million For His AI-Driven Startup
Alasdair McLean-Foreman came to America with virtually nothing and has already started and sold two startups. He is now on his third. Alasdair's venture, Teikametrics has raised funding from top-tier investors like Granite Point Capital, Jump Capital, Centana Growth Partners, and Lydia Jett.
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Mar 15, 2022 • 31min
Eben Bayer On Raising $100 Million To Create Sustainable Materials With Mushroom Technology
Eben Bayer appears to have struck on a truly remarkable solution for more environmentally friendly materials, with massive potential. His startup has already raised over $150M in capital from top-tier investors like Siam Capital, Viking Global Investors, Senator Investment Group, and Alpha Impact Investment Management Partners.
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Mar 13, 2022 • 43min
Sunil Paul On Selling His Startup For $370 Million And Now Accelerating Electric Vehicle Adoption
Sunil Paul is the cofounder and CEO of Spring Free EV which is a financial technology company built to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles through innovative fintech products. Prior to this he cofounded Brightmail Inc. which he sold for $370 million as well as Freeloader which he sold for $38 million five months after launching the business.
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Mar 10, 2022 • 38min
Cesar Jimenez On Raising One Of The Largest Pre-Seed Financing Rounds Ever
Cesar Jimenez raised a $60M pre-seed funding round for one of his startups. After the financial crisis of 2008, this entrepreneur vowed to keep on going, and currently operates two successful ventures.
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Mar 8, 2022 • 41min
Clayton Gardner On Going From 110 Investor Rejections To Raising $60 Million In Just 48 Hours
Clayton Gardner has raised $75M in capital to modernize investing. His startup is already helping tens of thousands of individual investors diversify into new asset classes with ease. The venture, Titan has raised funding from top-tier investors like Will Smith, Jared Leto, Andreessen Horowitz, and Kevin Durant.
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Mar 6, 2022 • 31min
Duncan McIntyre On Selling His First Company For $100 Million And Raising $250 Million To Create Electric School Buses
Duncan McIntyre is the founder and CEO of Highland Electric Transportation which is a comprehensive turnkey solutions provider that delivers electric school buses. The company has raised $250 million from investors like Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Fontinalis Partners, and Vision Ridge Capital Partners to name a few.
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Mar 1, 2022 • 35min
Mike Cataldo On Raising $80 Million To Take The Drill And Needle Out Of Dental Visits
Mike Cataldo is now on his second healthcare startup. After a successful exit on his first venture, his new company is rolling out a whole line of new innovative products in the dental space. Convergent Dental raised funding from top-tier investors like George Gund Foundation, Arboretum Ventures, and LRV Health.
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Feb 27, 2022 • 34min
Raymond Nobu-Chang On Pulling Off His First IPO At 29 And Now Helping Cannabis Brands To Grow Quicker
Raymond Nobu-Chang has had a series of highly successful startup launches and exits. That includes taking his first company public when he was just 29. The venture, LuckyPai has raised financing from top-tier investors like Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Tenaya Capital, DT Capital Partners, and Intel Capital. Raymond's next company, Agrify is also making waves having acquired three organizations like Precision Extraction Solutions, TriGrow, and Cascade Sciences.
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Feb 20, 2022 • 35min
Jim Cacioppo On Taking His Cannabis Startup From Zero To $200 Million In Revenue In Just 4 Years
Jim Cacioppo has experienced being on all sides of the table. Including investing in companies, starting and growing them, and acquiring them. His current venture has gone from launch to hundreds of millions in revenue and is becoming a public company in just a few years. Jushi Holdings has raised financing from top-tier investors like Graticule Asset Management Asia and Rockshield Capital.
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Feb 15, 2022 • 32min
Mark Hookey On Raising $60 Million To Use Data For Customer Benefit
Mark Hookey bootstrapped and took one startup through to an exit before raising tens of millions of dollars for his most recent company. A venture which is working to empower businesses to get better data, and be able to use it more efficiently and effectively. DeMyst Data has raised funding from top-tier investors like Notion Capital, Singtel Innov8, MissionOG, and SCB 10X.
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