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Tim Flannery: CEO & Co-Founder of PassThrough
Funding & Disrupting
04/26/23 • 17 min
Tim Flannery co-founded Passthrough and currently serves as its CEO. He's known for his entrepreneurial spirit and competitive drive. In his 30s, he took up rugby and now enjoys playing the sport with his two children and his work.
Show Notes:
● Working as a VC exposed Tim to different business models and leadership styles, but he realized he enjoyed building things more than investing in them.
● Passthrough was created to solve the problem in the onboarding process of venture firms. They developed a solution that makes it easier for people to invest in venture funds quickly, and they are now helping around 250 fund managers.
● Passthrough bootstrapped its business and raised $5 million in seed funding in 2021, followed by another round of $10 million in 2022.
● Positive Sum, an investor in Passthrough, has a large network and takes a hands-on approach that has been invaluable to Passthrough. They also provide a highly effective distribution channel through Patrick O'Shaughnessy's podcast "Invest like the Best."
Passthrough - Automates The Subscription Process For Private Funds. Focusing on Less Time Spent Going Back and Forth, Better Compliance, and Structured Investor Data
Check the podcast for:
• Tim's Entrepreneurship Path to Passthrough
• What Tim Learned in VC and Why He Transition to Founder
• Passthrough Overview
• Passthrough's Capital Raising Experience
• Passthrough's Initial Interactions with Positive Sum
• Other Ways Positive Sum Supports Passthrough
• No two Investors are the Same
• Advice for Vetting and Connecting to Partners
• The Plan to Scale Passthrough
Currently, Passthrough is providing fund closing services for fund managers, and their goal is to become their go-to option. However, they also see potential opportunities in serving enterprise and API customers. Over the next few years, they'll explore these avenues and figure out how to scale them.
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Marcos Gonzalez: Founder and Managing Partner of VamosVentures
Funding & Disrupting
01/03/23 • 41 min
Show Notes:
- How Marco's education and career path led him to venture capital
- Why Marcos created VamosVentures and their investment thesis
- The role failure plays in the success
- The importance of curiosity
- VamosVentures ideal investment, typical involvement, and exit strategy
- Investing in All Up and how it came together
- The mindset Marcos looks for in founders
- An overview of where VamosVentures is with fundraising and investing today
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Kyle York: Co-Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of York-IE
Funding & Disrupting
12/07/22 • 39 min
In this episode, Keith interviews Kyle York, the Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Partner of York-IE. York-IE invests at the earliest stage through Series A startups. They are exclusively focused on business-to-business (B2B), subscription, and Software as a Service (SaaS) companies. In this discussion you’ll hear about:
- Kyle’s background and what lead him to create York-IE
- His experience at Oracle and how it impacts how he invests today
- York-IE’s investment thesis and what differentiates them from other VC firms
- What due diligence looks like with York-IE
- Vetro: What they do, how Kyle met them, and why he decided to invest
- Kyle’s advice for investors and founders
Dr. Melody Lang of MPA Learning Fund and Vivi Friedgut of Blackbullion
Funding & Disrupting
11/30/22 • 44 min
This episode marks an exciting milestone for Funding and Disrupting with our very first interview of both a female VC Firm Founder and a female Tech Company Founder. Our VC firm guest is Dr. Melody Lang, the Founder of the MPA Learning Fund, and our Tech Company Founder is Vivi Friedgut, the CEO & Founder of Blackbullion.
- Introductions to MPA and Blackbullion
- A look into Dr. Melody Lang’s background and what makes her a unique investor
- What differentiates MPA Learning Fund
- How Vivi and Melody met and their experience working together
- What excited Melody about Vivi’s vision
- How Blackbullion is turning learning into action
- Due diligence from Blackbullion’s and MPA’s Perspective
- Vivi’s advice to other entrepreneurs
- How MPA is working with Vivi to support her vision
- Melody’s advice to women entering the venture capital space
- Vivi's advice to other female tech founders considering partnering with a VC firm
José Luis Silva Vázquez of Dux Capital and Brian York of Cubbo
Funding & Disrupting
11/23/22 • 37 min
In today's episode of Funding & Disrupting, host Keith Herman interviews Jose Luis Silva, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Dux Capital, and Brian York, Co-Founder & CEO of Cubbo. Dux is an early-stage VC firm investing in US-based Latinx founders. They provide funding to groups that have been historically underinvested, overlooked, and underrepresented. Cubbo is a Latin American technology company that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands.
- Why Dux was created and where the name came from
- Dux’s portfolio, what sets them apart, and how they decide whom they invest in
- How Dux and Jose Luis came to know Brian and Cubbo
- Why Brian decided to start Cubbo in LatAm and how they are innovating the supply chain
- Why Brian likes working with newer VC’s like Dux
- The importance of having a great team
- Cubbo’s pivot away from a self-storage concept
- The due diligence process with Dux
- Brian's advice to tech founders if they want Dux as an investor
- Jose Luis’s advice for tech founders in the early stages of raising capital
- How to get in contact with Jose Luis and Brian
Nathaniel Harding of Cortado Ventures and the Funding of Recuro Health
Funding & Disrupting
01/26/22 • 34 min
This week’s episode of Funding & Disrupting presented by Oura Collective welcomes Nathaniel Harding, Managing Partner at Cortado Ventures. Keith interviews Nathaniel to know more about Cortado Ventures. It is an early-stage funding company investing in growth-driven companies. The interview digs deep into the working of Cortado and their investment strategies.
Story Notes:
- Working with U.S. Air Force
- Transitioning career journey
- All about Cortado
- Team-building and more
- What is Recuro Health
- Founders of Recuro
- Investment rounds followed
- How to make investment strategies
Early-stage investing and international expansion with Daniel Ibri of Mindset Ventures
Funding & Disrupting
11/16/22 • 34 min
This week’s episode of Funding & Disrupting presented by Oura Collective welcomes Daniel Ibri, the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Mindset Ventures. He discusses what lead him to create the firm, the unique benefits, and challenges of being an international investment group, and talks through Mindset's relationship with PayJoy.
Story Notes
- What lead Daniel to create Mindset Ventures
- Mindsets operation structure
- The firm's current and past funding rounds
- What is PayJoy
- How Daniel and Mindset got involved with PayJoy
- How Mindset adds value to international parents entering Brazillian markets
- Challenges of early-stage investing
Brad Yasar, CEO and CoFounder of EQIFI, and Kim Oishi, President of Grand Rock Capital
Funding & Disrupting
11/08/22 • 35 min
In this week's episode of Funding and Disrupting, host Keith Herman talks with Brad Yasar, CEO and CoFounder of EQIFI, and Kim Oishi, President of Grand Rock Capital about why they decided to work together, what DeFi is, and the keys to starting a successful business.
Story Notes
- What is EQIFI
- How Brad and Kim met
- What Grand Rock looks for in investments
- The financial journey of EQIFI
- Advice for entrepreneurs in their quest for capital
- Advice on growing a company from the ground up
- How Grand Rock is supporting EQIFI
- Where is EQIFI in regard to raising capital
- Information for other investors interested in joining this venture
Upland Attracts C3 Ventures to the Metaverse
Funding & Disrupting
10/13/22 • 52 min
Upland was founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneurs Dirk Lueth, Idan Zuckerman and Mani Honigstein they raised $18M on $300M Series A in October 2021. The team includes 130 members since their launched in early 2020.
They reached profitable in 2021 as one of the largest blockchain-based metaverse mapped to the real world with over 280k "landowners" with various game engagement points; sold over 4M NFTs. It started as a "property trading game" (think Monopoly) and evolved today into a platform where creators, developers, and brands launch their own experiences and applications (think "iOS" for the metaverse).
Upland is also the entrepreneurial metaverse where e.g. players can create and run their own ventures like selling "outside decor" and other creations. It is currently live in 20 US cities, Rio de Janeiro and Porto (Portugal) and available on Mobile and Web. They have partnerships with NFLPA, FC Porto, Hyperloop, and others.
Co-founder, Dirk Lueth, is also the author of the Amazon bestseller book "Navigating the Metaverse"; initiator and co-founder of the Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 oma3.org. Upland is turning from a game into a platform that is launching its 3rd party developer portal this week.
Upland attracted investment from C3 Venture Capital (“C3”) a venture capital company focused on managing early-stage venture funds which invest in exceptional technology companies worldwide. C3‘s mission is, among other things, to accelerate growth, development and especially adoption of blockchain technology.
Karista - A VC Firm Investing in Game Changers from Scratch to Success
Funding & Disrupting
06/29/23 • 31 min
Show Notes:
● Catherine Boule is a molecular biologist turned venture capitalist, with expertise in healthcare, market, and healthcare technologies.
● Karista's relies on internal due diligence and external expert consultation to decrease risk and develop relationships as early-stage investors in complex ideas.
● Karista hires managers with diverse backgrounds to ensure they better understand the people they are financing.
● Karista's exits and experience in M&A, IPOs on Euronext and NASDAQ, and even a rare occurrence of management buyback.
● Expectations for tech companies seeking VC funding include being prepared to share power and strategy with investors, establishing trust with VC partners, and finding investors who share their company's vision.
Background:
Catherine Boule is a Molecular biologist who previously worked as a Scientific Researcher at Institut Curie. However, she realized that she did not want to spend her entire career in the lab and was advised to gain some business experience. To this end, she pursued an MBA, which opened up a whole new world outside of her lab work.
At that time, there were very few VC firms in France, and Catherine's first job was as a Project Manager for Life Sciences at IDFI Incubator, now known as Incuballiance. Later on, she joined Karista VC firm, where her expertise in healthcare, market, and healthcare technologies was highly valued.
Karista’s Portfolio:
Karista, a Paris-based firm, has been operating for 21 years with a team spread across France, the UK, Portugal, and Spain.
Initially, they invested in a broad range of high-tech companies including healthcare and digital, through a generalist fund. However, now they specialize in deep tech and space tech.
Karista’s Exits:
Karista has had around 25 exits with experience in many different outcomes. They have dealt with M&As in Europe, the US, and Asia, as well as IPOs on Euronext and NASDAQ. While they prefer M&A, they were also seed investors in three of the six French biotech companies listed on NASDAQ. In a rare occurrence, they even had one company where the management bought back the company.
What should tech companies expect when they get VC for the first time?
When seeking VC funding, it's important to be prepared to share power and strategy with the investors. Karista won't invest if they can't have a say in the direction of the company. Founders need to establish trust with their VC partners because investors are investing in the dreams and visions of entrepreneurs.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Funding & Disrupting have?
Funding & Disrupting currently has 28 episodes available.
What topics does Funding & Disrupting cover?
The podcast is about Tech, Venture Capital, Marketing, Investing, Private Equity, Crowdfunding, Public Relations, Startups, Podcasts, Technology, Business Growth, Disruption, Business and Innovation.
What is the most popular episode on Funding & Disrupting?
The episode title 'Tim Flannery: CEO & Co-Founder of PassThrough' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Funding & Disrupting?
The average episode length on Funding & Disrupting is 33 minutes.
How often are episodes of Funding & Disrupting released?
Episodes of Funding & Disrupting are typically released every 12 days, 6 hours.
When was the first episode of Funding & Disrupting?
The first episode of Funding & Disrupting was released on Feb 24, 2021.
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