DealMakers

Lidia Yan is the CEO and Co-Founder of NEXT which is the world’s first trucker-centric, tech-enabled marketplace that efficiently matches freight with available truck capacity- easing the logistics bottleneck. The company has raised to date $125 million from investors like China Equity Group, Sequoia, or Brookfield. The post Lidia Yan On Raising $125 Million To Take On The $800 Billion Trucking Industry first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Lidia Yan On Raising $125 Million To Take On The $800 Billion Trucking Industry appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Ajeet Singh has built two multibillion-dollar technology companies from the ground up - ThoughtSpot and Nutanix. ThoughtSpot is a company revolutionizing analytics with search and AI. He has raised over $300M for ThoughtSpot from the likes of Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, or General Catalyst. Prior to starting ThoughtSpot, he was co-founder and Chief Products Officer at Nutanix, the leader in the enterprise cloud industry and largest tech IPO of 2016. The post Ajeet Singh On Building A $7B Business And Raising $300M For His Next Startup Valued Now At $1B first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Ajeet Singh On Building A $7B Business And Raising $300M For His Next Startup Valued Now At $1B appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Frida Polli is the co-founder and CEO of pymetrics which improves the efficiency and diversity of hiring through neuroscience games and AI. The company has raised $58 million from Khosla Ventures, General Atlantic, Salesforce Ventures, Workday Ventures, and Jazz Venture Partners to name a few. They have their U.S. headquarters in New York, as well as offices in London, Singapore, and Sydney. The post Frida Polli: Single Mom Scientist That Raised $58M To Make Hiring Less Biased Despite Rejection first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Frida Polli: Single Mom Scientist That Raised $58M To Make Hiring Less Biased Despite Rejection appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Max Rhodes is the co-founder and CEO of Faire which helps retailers find and buy wholesale merchandise for their stores. The company has raised to date $115 million from investors such as Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, or DST Global to name a few. The post Max Rhodes: Building In 24 Months A $500M Business By Addressing The Gap Left By Amazon first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Max Rhodes: Building In 24 Months A $500M Business By Addressing The Gap Left By Amazon appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Stefan Heck is the cofounder and CEO of Nauto which is an AI technology company on a mission to make driving safer and smarter. Today, the company has raised over $174 million with partners and investors including General Motors, Toyota AI Ventures, BMW iVentures, SoftBank Vision Fund, Greylock Partners, and DNX Ventures at a valuation rumored to be over $1 billion. The post Stefan Heck On Building A $1 Billion Business By Saving Lives With AI first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Stefan Heck On Building A $1 Billion Business By Saving Lives With AI appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Doug Winter is the co-founder and CEO at Seismic which offers a global sales and marketing enablement solution for improving close rates and delivering larger deals for sales. The company has raised $179 million at a valuation that is rumored to be $1 billion from investors like JMI Equity, General Atlantic, Jackson Square Ventures, Lightspeed, and T. Rowe Price. Prior to that, he co-founded Objectiva Software Solutions, a software outsourcing company that provides projects and products to help ISV's and enterprise companies. The company was sold to EMC for $90 million. The post Doug Winter On Selling His First Startup For $90 Million And Then Building A Billion Dollar Business first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Doug Winter On Selling His First Startup For $90 Million And Then Building A Billion Dollar Business appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Ray Reddy founded PushLife which was a mobile commerce platform for mobile operators. He sold the company to Google and after spending 4 years there he went on to launch his next company, Ritual. The company is a social ordering app that taps into networks of co-workers and colleagues for fast and easy pick up and pay at a wide variety of local restaurants and coffee shops. So far Ritual has raised $120 million from investors such as Greylock, Insight Partners, or Golden Ventures. The post Ray Reddy On Selling His Business To Google And Raising $120 Million For His Next Startup first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Ray Reddy On Selling His Business To Google And Raising $120 Million For His Next Startup appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Henry Ward is the CEO and co-founder of Carta, which is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage their equity. The company has raised close to $150 million from investors like Meritech, Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, and Menlo Ventures. Carta has a valuation that is rumored to be over $1 billion.  The post Henry Ward: 300 Investor Rejections And 1 Failed Startup Led To Build A $1 Billion Business first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Henry Ward: 300 Investor Rejections And 1 Failed Startup Led To Build A $1 Billion Business appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Nick is the co-founder and CEO of Thrive Market, which is an online retailer with over 2,500 high-quality healthy foods, vitamins, home goods, and beauty supplies. Thrive Market is doing $200 million in sales and also raised $200 million from celebrity investors. Some of those investors are Demi Moore, John Legend, Deepak Chopra or Tony Robbins. On the VC side, they have investors like Greycroft, e.ventures, and Kapor Capital. The post Nick Green: From 50 Investor Rejections To $200 Million In Sales first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Nick Green: From 50 Investor Rejections To $200 Million In Sales appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Reggie Aggarwal is the founder and CEO of Cvent which is an event management platform enabling planners to manage all aspects of an event. Reggie raised over $130 million for Cvent from investors like NEA or Insight Partners before doing an IPO in 2013. He ended up selling his business to Vista Equity Partners for $1.65 billion.  The post Reggie Aggarwal: From $400,000 In Credit Card Debt To Selling His Business For $1.65 Billion first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Reggie Aggarwal: From $400,000 In Credit Card Debt To Selling His Business For $1.65 Billion appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.