In this episode, we explore tech and innovation with investor Alois Eder. With 20 years in the high-tech industry at major players like Texas Instruments, Siemens, Infineon, and Intel, Alois brings a wealth of experience. He's managed global organizations in engineering and business roles and co-founded Intel's startup growth program, Ignite, in 2021, where he now focuses on driving innovation and engaging with startups. Join us for this captivating interview with Alois Eder ..read more

In this episode, join Dr. Aarti Gupta, a seasoned investment strategist with 13+ years as Chief Investment Officer at Jagran Group, where she masterfully manages family assets and seeks innovative solutions. Discover her unique perspective, forged by her expertise in investment strategy and economics. Learn about her role as an investor on India's TV show, Horses Stable, and her commitment to women's entrepreneurship through FICCI FLO Start-ups. Dr. Gupta's extensive experience as a board member for family-owned businesses and start-ups, along with her impressive credentials including a PhD fr ..read more

In this captivating episode, join Andreas, a Partner at Kompas VC, as he takes us on a remarkable journey of venture capital and sustainable innovation. With his vast experience in investment, Andreas spearheads impactful investments across eastern and southern Europe, as well as the German speaking region. Discover how his dedication to creating a better world led him to pivotal roles, such as Managing Director of an Energy- and Smart-City venture fund in Austria, and Investment Director for Europe and Israel at the renowned Volvo Cars Tech Fund. Andreas's unwavering commitment to reducing ou ..read more

Anton Wibowo has more than 12 years of diverse business, management, and investment experience in the Singaporean biotechnology and agribusiness communities. Anton led Biomax Group's technical and sales teams, served on the investment committee, and was a key contributor to an award-winning biotech company recycling waste into fertilizer while serving as the company's operations director and former business development director. He led the company's investment committee and was a key contributor to an effective multimillion-dollar fundraising effort with institutional and individual investors ..read more

Raising capital during an economic crisis can be a challenging task, José shares what is important here. Co-founding Dux Capital, José Luis is an enthusiast for business development, finance, startups, and golf. Prior to receiving a BA in Finance from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico City, he obtained an MBA from the IE Business School in Madrid, where he focused on private equity and venture capital, and a dual certificate from Singapore Management University. José Luis has founded over eight startups, with both successes and failures. Listen to this e ..read more

Tae Hea co-founded Storm Ventures, an early stage VC fund based in Silicon Valley. Storm has invested in nearly 200 B2B software companies leading to 11 unicorns, including Marketo, Talkdesk and Workato. At Storm, Tae Hea was the founding CEO of Airespace, a B2B startup, which was later sold to Cisco for $450m. Storm has been actively investing in Europe leading to 4 European unicorns: Algolia in France, Pipedrive in Estonia, Solarisbank in Germany and Talkdesk in Portugal. An investor and growth specialist, he offers insights into why Storm Ventures invests in B2B startups and how they c ..read more

Angel investor with a track record of success, Mandi Joshi, partner at Asia's largest intergrated incubator, Venture Catalysts, managing partner at Ms Strategy Global, and director at Horse Production, a multimedia production company that is co-producing India's first TV series on start-up investment with Bollywood superstar Suniel Shetty.  As an experienced investor, he knows what is required by investors in founders and startups to enable them to take a chance on them at all stages of the company's growth. Sharing his extensive investment experience, he discusses the traits, drive, busi ..read more

Sunny Kumar is a Partner at GSR Ventures, where he focuses on investments in early-stage companies applying artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to the healthcare sector. He is a physician as well as a published medical researcher with a focus on applying informatics and artificial intelligence to translational medicine in the fields of neurosurgery and gene therapy. Serial entrepreneur, he founded a company to reduce readmissions for high-risk chronic disease patients using voice-enabled natural language processing.  A graduate of Yale University, Sunny earned a BS i ..read more

Giuseppe Stuto is a first US generation, Boston-based entrepreneur who currently serves as the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of 186 Ventures, an early-stage VC fund. Prior to co-founding 186 Ventures, Giuseppe was the Co-Founder and CEO of Fam, a group video technology start-up that exited to DraftKings in 2018.  Today Giuseppe spends most of his time investing in and helping entrepreneurs build in web3, FinTech, Future of Work, Media, and Digital Health. A founder turned successful venture capitalist shares what well-established VC investors expect from early-stage startups as well as ..read more

Ellen is passionate about innovation and about helping build great companies in Philadelphia. She is the Executive Director of Robin Hood Ventures , a leading angel group helping to fuel startup growth in the Philadelphia region. She also serves as the Executive Director of Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures, a venture forum for early-stage companies, and serves as adjunct faculty for Temple University’s Fox School of Business. In this episode, Ellen shares her insights on how angel networks help startups succeed in early stages, and how startups can pitch these networks to convince their members t ..read more