

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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Feb 13, 2022 • 34min
Cosmo Feilding Mellen On Selling His First Company For $80 Million And Now Raising $100 Million To Fuel Psychedelics
Cosmo Feilding Mellen has been making huge strides in fueling the second psychedelic renaissance. This time with a professional pharmaceutical theme. His venture, Beckley Psytech has raised funding from top-tier investors like Leafy Tunnel, Palo Santo Fund, Delphi VC, and What If Ventures.
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Feb 10, 2022 • 39min
Marci Zaroff On Selling Her Last Company For Millions And Now Creating Sustainable Brands
Marci Zaroff has had a string of startup successes. She has raised, launched, grown, and sold a variety of brands that enable us to live the change, eat the change, drink the change, be the change, and wear the change that we all wish to see in the world. Her venture Good Catch raised funding from top-tier investors like Big Idea Ventures, Clear Current Capital, Louis Dreyfus Company, and Unovis Asset Management. Marci has now moved on to her next startup, Eco Fashion Corp.
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Feb 6, 2022 • 39min
Allon Bloch On Taking Two Startups To IPO And Now Raising $375 Million To Do Healthcare Differently
Allon Bloch is a repeat founder who has been with at least two ventures through going public so far. His newest venture has raised nearly $400M to disrupt and transform the third industry. K Health has successfully raised funding from top-tier investors like Kaiser Permanente, Counterpart Advisors, BoxGroup, and Valor Equity Partners.
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Feb 3, 2022 • 32min
Allison Barr Allen On Raising $125 Million To Help You Shop And Buy In Seconds
Allison Barr Allen is the cofounder and COO of Fast which provides an online login and checkout solutions designed to provide users with a secure shopping experience. The company has raised over $100 million from top tier investors including Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, or Global Founders Capital to name a few.
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Feb 1, 2022 • 30min
Kevin Bennett On Raising $75 Million To Save You Money On Auto Loans
Kevin Bennett has been on a mission to transform consumers’ financial relationships with their cars. His startup has already raised tens of millions of dollars from notable investors and is growing rapidly. The venture, Caribou has acquired financing from Moderne Ventures, Goldman Sachs, CMFG Ventures, and Link Ventures.
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Jan 30, 2022 • 34min
Anoop Gupta On Selling His First Startup To Microsoft And Now Raising $200 Million To Deliver AI-Powered Recruiting
Anoop Gupta had his first startup acquired by Microsoft, just 18 months after launching. He has now raised nearly $200M for his current company. The venture, SeekOut has acquired funding from top-tier investors like Tiger Global Management, Madrona Venture Group, Mayfield Fund, and Founders Circle Capital.
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Jan 25, 2022 • 33min
Anand Janefalkar On Raising $100 Million To Help You Deliver A Better Customer Experience
Anand Janefalkar left corporate America to launch his first startup. It has already raised $100M and has become one of the fastest-growing ventures in its space on the way to transforming customer service. The venture, UJET has raised funding from top-tier investors like Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, Citi Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, and DCM.
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Jan 23, 2022 • 37min
Patrick de Nonneville On Raising $600 Million To Simplify Funding For SMEs
Despite initially resisting the call of entrepreneurship, Patrick De Nonneville has since built a fast-growing fintech startup that has raised over $50M in equity. He has also raised almost $1B in credit facilities to fund other small and medium-sized businesses. Patricks's venture, October, has raised funding from top-tier investors like The Caisse des Depots, Intesa Sanpaolo, Idinvest Partners, and Matmut.
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Jan 18, 2022 • 37min
Anshuman Singh On Raising $135 Million To Thrust India’s Supply Chain Into The Future
Anshuman Singh is now on his second startup. A bold and fast-growing venture that is transforming and accelerating India’s supply chain. His company, Future Supply Chain Solutions has raised funding from top-tier investors like SSG Capital Management. It has also acquired ventures like Brattle Foods and Nippon Express.
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Jan 16, 2022 • 30min
Ira Cohen On Raising $70 Million To Help You Find Business Incidents In Real-Time
Ira Cohen’s SaaS startup has already raised $70M and is expected to attract even more capital from investors this year. Anodot has acquired funding from top-tier investors like Redline Capital, Alicom, Softbank Ventures Asia, and Intel Capital.
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