

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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Aug 24, 2021 • 40min
Austin Allison On Selling His Company To Zillow For $120 Million And Now Raising $1.7 Billion In Debt And Equity To Help You Buy Your Second Home
Austin Allison sold his college startup for $120M, after raising just $14M. His latest venture has already brought $1.7B in capital onboard and is growing. He has raised funding from top-tier investors like Fortress Investment Group, Kathleen Hale, First Republic Bank, and Acrew Capital.
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Aug 22, 2021 • 35min
Isaac Oates On Selling His First Company To Etsy And Now Raising $143 Million To Make Running A Business Easy
Isaac Oates helped take one startup through to an acquisition by Etsy. Now his current company, Justworks, has already raised $143M across seven rounds of funding to help the thousands of small and medium-sized businesses on its platform grow with confidence. He has raised funding from top-tier investors like Union Square Ventures, Redpoint, Spark Capital, and Latitude.
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Aug 17, 2021 • 33min
Angel Sahagun On Raising $72 Million To Help You Manage Your Money
Angel Sahagun is now on his third company, and it has already raised tens of millions of dollars to completely disrupt a major industry. His venture, Albo has raised funding from top-tier investors like Valar Venture, Dr. Cornelius Boersch, Conny & Co, and Greyhound Capital.
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Aug 10, 2021 • 39min
Ashutosh Garg On Raising $400 Million To Accelerate The Right Career For Everyone In The World
Ashutosh Garg has raised $400M for his latest startup, with almost half a billion raised across his first two ventures so far. His startup, Eightfold has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Foundation Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), and SoftBank Vision Fund.
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Aug 8, 2021 • 33min
Robert Piconi On Raising $117 Million To Decarbonize The Planet
Robert Piconi has been involved in some of the biggest transatlantic M&A deals. He’s now working with Bill Gross on a renewable energy startup that has already attracted significant capital from Softbank. His venture, Energy Vault has also acquired $117M in funding from investors like Helena Special Investments, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Cemex Ventures, and Neotribe Ventures.
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Aug 3, 2021 • 39min
Jeff Seibert On Selling His Business To Twitter For $100 Million And Now Creating The First Financial Engine
Jeff Seibert is a repeat founder, with multiple full cycle startups and exits under his belt. Including going from zero to selling a company to Twitter for $100M in just 14 months. He has raised 10M for his next venture, Digits from top-tier investors like Benchmark, GV, Jeff Fagnan, and Chloe Sladden.
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Aug 1, 2021 • 36min
Tony Atti On Raising $230 Million To Reinvent Cooling Solutions With A Chip
Tony Atti’s startup has raised a substantial amount of capital to bring big change to the working of many things you touch on a daily basis. His venture, Phoninic has raised $230 Million in funding from top-tier investors like Goldman Sachs Asset Management, GGV Capital, Wellcome Trust, and Eastward Capital Partners.
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Jul 20, 2021 • 32min
Varun Talwar On Raising $53 Million To Fuel Easier And Safer Connectivity Across Applications
Varun Talwar has already raised tens of millions of dollars to empower developers to build more new technology faster and to drive the success of small to enterprise-sized companies. His venture, Tetrate has successfully raised funding from top-tier investors like 8VC, Dell Technologies Capital, Scale Venture Partners, and Sapphire Ventures.
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Jul 18, 2021 • 27min
Robin Thurston On Selling His Business To Under Armour For $150M And Raising $180M To Inspire People To Live An Active Lifestyle
Robin Thurston is an energetic person who began life in sports. First as a skier, and then as a professional bike racer who competed internationally before switching to business after a major accident. His rise in the business world has been plutonic ever since, carrying lessons from each part of his life to build better. His venture, Felix has raised more than $180M from top-tier investors like Sequoia Heritage, Jazz Venture Partners, Zone 5 Ventures, and Next Ventures.
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Jul 15, 2021 • 39min
Francis Davidson On Building A $2.2 Billion Business By Turning Apartments Into Hotels
Francis Davidson launched his startup while still in school. That company now has over 1,000 employees and is going public through a SPAC deal. The venture Sonder has acquired funding from top-tier investors like Greenoaks Capital, Sandy Cass, Inovia Capital, and Spark Capital.
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