DealMakers

Yuchun Lee is the founder and CEO of Allego which provides a mobile video-based sales learning and development platform. Prior to this, he was the founder and CEO at Unica which offered enterprise marketing management and cloud-based marketing solutions to companies and different industries. Unica was acquired by IBM for $500 million after taking it public. Interestingly, while at MIT he was also a member of the famed MIT Blackjack Team that inspired the bestseller Bringing Down the House and subsequent movie “21.” The post Yuchun Lee On Being An MIT Blackjack Prodigy, Selling His Business For $500M, And Growing 140% Per Year With His New Startup first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Yuchun Lee On Being An MIT Blackjack Prodigy, Selling His Business For $500M, And Growing 140% Per Year With His New Startup appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Jay Chaudhry is the co-founder and CEO of Zscaler which is a global cloud-based information security company. He took Zscaler public and currently has a $10B market cap. Prior to this, he founded AirDefense (acquired by Motorola), CipherTrust (acquired by Secure Computing), CoreHarbor (acquired by AT&T) and Secure IT (acquired by VeriSign). The post Jay Chaudhry On Growing Up Without Electricity In The Himalayas And Building A $10B Business first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Jay Chaudhry On Growing Up Without Electricity In The Himalayas And Building A $10B Business appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Bill Clerico is the co-founder and CEO of WePay which is a leading provider of integrated payments for software platforms. The company raised $75 million from SV Angel, Highland Capital Partners, Ignition Partners, August Capital, and founders of YouTube and PayPal. Ultimately the company was acquired by JPMorgan for a reported $400 million. The post Bill Clerico On Leaving His Corporate Job At 22 To Build A Business That JPMorgan Acquired For $400M first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Bill Clerico On Leaving His Corporate Job At 22 To Build A Business That JPMorgan Acquired For $400M appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Joe DeSimone is the cofounder and CEO of Carbon which is reinventing how polymer products are designed, engineered, manufactured, and delivered, towards a digital and sustainable future. The company has raised over $680 million from Sequoia, Google Ventures, GE, Adidas, BMW, Johnson & Johnson, and JSR. They’ve also got Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, and Madrone Capital Partners as well as investment from additional international sovereign funds. Prior to this Joe DeSimone was a university professor for over 20 years. The post Joe DeSimone On Building A $2.5B Business At Age 50 That Is Disrupting A 7,000 Year Old Industry first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Joe DeSimone On Building A $2.5B Business At Age 50 That Is Disrupting A 7,000 Year Old Industry appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Tim Hwang is the co-founder and CEO of FiscalNote which uses artificial intelligence and big data to deliver predictive analytics of governmental action to determine its impact. The company has raised $230 million from investors like Mark Cuban, Jerry Yang (co-founder of Yahoo!), New Enterprise Associates, Plug and Play, AME Cloud Ventures, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Dorm Room Fund, Winklevoss Capital, Middleland Capital, Visionnaire Ventures, or 645 Ventures to name a few. The post Tim Hwang: A Cold Email To Mark Cuban Led To Raise $230M To Predict Politics With AI first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Tim Hwang: A Cold Email To Mark Cuban Led To Raise $230M To Predict Politics With AI appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Sanjay Beri is founder and CEO of Netskope which is a leading cloud access security broker. The company has raised $400 million at a $1B+ valuation. Investors include Lightspeed, Accel, Social Capital, and ICONIQ. Prior to this, Sanjay was the co-founder of one of the world’s first data center encryption companies, Ingrian Networks, which was acquired by SafeNet. The post Sanjay Beri On Building A $1B Business By Keeping Your Data Safe first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Sanjay Beri On Building A $1B Business By Keeping Your Data Safe appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Michael Cammarata is the CEO of Neptunes Wellness Solutions which is a publicly-traded company around health and wellness products with a valuation north of half a billion. Prior to this Cammarata cofounded Schmidt Naturals which he sold to Unilever. From 13 to his mid-twenties he also established several other companies which brought him hundreds of millions in revenues. The post Michael Cammarata: He Was Expected To Fail Due To Dyslexia And Then Made $1M At 13 And Over $100M By Age 20 first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Michael Cammarata: He Was Expected To Fail Due To Dyslexia And Then Made $1M At 13 And Over $100M By Age 20 appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Amit Sharma is the founder and CEO of Narvar, an intelligent customer experience platform that helps commerce companies simplify the everyday lives of consumers. The company has raised $64 million from Accel, Battery, Freestyle Capital, Scale Venture Partners, and Salesforce Ventures. Prior to this Amit was a senior executive at Walmart and Apple. The post Amit Sharma On Discovering Retail’s Biggest Weakness During His Time at Apple And Then Raising $64M To Address It first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Amit Sharma On Discovering Retail’s Biggest Weakness During His Time at Apple And Then Raising $64M To Address It appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Andy Ory is the co-founder and CEO of 128 Technology which allows company networks to better facilitate the delivery of business services and applications. The company has raised $70 million from G20 Ventures and The Perkins Fund. Prior to this Andy co-founded Acme Packett which provided voice, data and communications services and applications across IP […] The post Andy Ory On Selling His Business To Oracle For $1.2B And Now Raising $70M To Disrupt Networking first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Andy Ory On Selling His Business To Oracle For $1.2B And Now Raising $70M To Disrupt Networking appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Gene Berdichevsky is the CEO of Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. which is a chemicals and materials company making next-generation Li-ion battery materials. The company has raised $295 million from investors such as Bessemer Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Next47, and 8VC. Prior to Sila, Gene was also employee number 7 at Tesla. In this […] The post Gene Berdichevsky On Being Employee Number 7 At Tesla And Building A $1B Business That Makes Your Phone Or Car Run Longer first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Gene Berdichevsky On Being Employee Number 7 At Tesla And Building A $1B Business That Makes Your Phone Or Car Run Longer appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.