

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 2, 2020 • 40min
Gangesh Ganesan On Raising $70 Million To Help You Organize Your Data
Gangesh Ganesan is the cofounder and CEO of PeerNova which enables financial firms to quickly optimize their data, processes, and business. The company has raised over $70 million from investors such as Revolution, Blockchain Capital, Mosaik Partners, Three Tree Ventures, Medici Ventures, Intuitive Venture Partners, and Overstock to name a few.
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Mar 31, 2020 • 35min
Steve White On Raising $300M To Grow His Cannabis Business To Over 1,000 Employees
Steve White is the founder and CEO of Harvest Health which is a multi-state cannabis operator (MSO) and vertically-integrated cannabis company. The business has raised over $300 million from investors such as Canaccord Genuity Group or Alliance Global Partners.
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Mar 29, 2020 • 42min
Adam Jiwan On Raising $40 Million To Disrupt The $70 Billion Credit Reporting Industry
Adam Jiwan is a serial entrepreneur and most recently the co-founder and CEO of Spring Labs which is a transformative and centralized infrastructure for credit and identity data. The company has raised $38.8 million from investors such as RRE Ventures, August Capital, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Jump Capital, General Motors Ventures, and GreatPoint Ventures to name a few.
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Mar 26, 2020 • 42min
Craig Unger: From Living In A 350 Sq. Ft. Apartment To Selling His Startup For $50 Million
Craig Unger is the co-founder and CEO of HyperProof which is radically reducing the risk and cost of keeping companies and their customers' data in compliance. The company has raised over $5M. Prior to this Craig Unger cofounded Azuqua which he sold for over $50 million.
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Mar 24, 2020 • 25min
Pierre-Francois Thaler On Raising $200 Million To Make Supply Chains More Accountable
Pierre-Francois Thaler is the co-founder and co-CEO of Ecovadis which offers a collaborative platform that allows companies to assess the environmental and social performance of their suppliers. The company has raised over $200 million from top tier investors such as Partech, CVC Capital Partners, and Zobito to name a few.
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Mar 22, 2020 • 34min
Michael Katz On Taking His First Company Public In His 20s, Selling It For $300M, And Now Raising $120M For His Next Startup
Michael Katz is the cofounder and CEO of mParticle which is a customer data platform for multi-channel consumer brands. The company has raised $120 million from top tier investors such as Greylock Partners, Google Ventures, Battery Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Social Capital, Correlation Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Golden Ventures, and Bowery Capital to name a few. Prior to this Michael Katz founded Interclick which he sold to Yahoo for $300 million.
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Mar 19, 2020 • 45min
Josh Genderson On Building A $500 Million Cannabis Business At The Back Of A Nail Salon
Josh Genderson is the founder and CEO of Holistic Industries which operates as a medical cannabis company. The company has raised over $60 million at a $500 million valuation.
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Mar 17, 2020 • 33min
Roman Rittweger On Starting His Business At 52 And Raising $100 Million To Disrupt The Health Insurance Industry
Roman Rittweger is the founder and CEO of Ottonova which provides health insurance through its digital platform. The company has raised over $100 million from HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, btov Partners, TEV Ventures, Vorwerk Ventures, STS Ventures, and Debeka to name a few.
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Mar 15, 2020 • 48min
Deidre Paknad On Raising $60 Million After Her Startup Grew 3x Two Consecutive Years
Deidre Paknad is the cofounder and CEO of Workboard which is an enterprise SaaS company that helps companies unlock growth by making alignment and accountability remarkably easy. The company has raised over $60 million from Andreessen Horowitz, GGV Capital, Crosslink Capital, Floodgate, Granite Ventures, M12, and Opus capital to name a few.
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Mar 12, 2020 • 39min
Charlie Bachtell On Building A $600 Million Cannabis Business With 1,800 Employees
Charlie Bachtell is the co-founder and CEO of Cresco Labs which serves medical cannabis patients and incites the progressive evolution of the medical cannabis industry. The company went public and raised closed to $400M in debt and equity.
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