DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture Capital
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Adam Schwartz On Selling A Company For $40+ Million And Now Building An AI Tool To Help Organizations Manage Their Time Efficiently
32 mins; April 09, 2025
Dan Magy On Selling A Company To Blue Halo For Nine Figures And Now Raising $50 Million To 3D-Print Drones In 20-Foot Container-Sized Spaces
31 mins; April 09, 2025
Wes McKinney On Raising $110 Million To Develop And Promote Open-Source Standards And Tools For Data Analytics And Now Supporting Other Tech Founders
32 mins; April 02, 2025
Suneera Madhani On Founding And Selling A $1-Billion Payments Company And Now Building A Credit Assessment Platform For Small Businesses
29 mins; March 29, 2025
Bill Shufelt On Raising $225 Million To Revolutionize Craft Beer For The Modern Adult
38 mins; March 27, 2025
Vadim Rogovskiy On Building & Exiting Companies And Now Creating An AI Executive Assistant To Extend Human Capabilities
36 mins; March 25, 2025
Vikram Shekhawat On Selling A Company To Blackboard And Now Building An AI Platform To Offer Companies A Suite Of Tools To Streamline Content Creation And Business Workflows
32 mins; March 22, 2025
Rami Tamir On Selling Two Companies To Cisco And Red Hat, A Third $500-Million Company To Oracle, And Now Helping Businesses Configure Their Applications
40 mins; March 20, 2025
Colin Wiel On Taking A $1 Billion-Company Public, Merging A $800 Million-Company, And Now Deploying and Managing Custom AI Workforces For Businesses
38 mins; March 18, 2025
Molham Aref On Selling Two $100+ Million Companies And Now Raising $122 Million To Help Organizations In Efficient, Data And AI-Driven Decision-Making
36 mins; March 17, 2025
Manolo Atala On Building And Exiting Several Companies And Now Raising ~$130 Million To Offer Revenue-Based Financing to SMEs
36 mins; March 15, 2025
David Young On Selling A Company For $170 Million To Samsung And Now Providing Global Businesses With Economical Open Source Software
32 mins; March 14, 2025
Rish Gupta On Raising $93 Million To Provide Companies With AI Camera Systems And Video Intelligence Software To Improve Safety And Efficiency
36 mins; March 14, 2025
Michael Friedrich On Raising Over $250 Million To Build A Medical Device Company, Developing Surgical Robots To Make Minimally Invasive Surgery Available To Everyone
29 mins; March 10, 2025
Christine Spang On Raising $175 Million To Build A Platform That Provides Universal Accessibility To Email, Calendar, And Contacts Providers With A Single Integration
41 mins; February 27, 2025
Jonah Greenberger On Raising $100 Million To Bring Subscription-Based Solar Power Solutions To Homes And Local Businesses In Mexico
25 mins; February 11, 2025
Yoseph West On Raising Over $51 Million To Build A Digital Banking and Money Management Platform That Brings Cash Flow Clarity to SMBs
29 mins; January 31, 2025
Henrik Werdelin On Taking A $1.6 Billion Dog Products Company Public, Running An Incubator Supporting Repeat Founders, And Creating An AI Platform to Assist Entrepreneurs
31 mins; January 19, 2025
Frederik Fahning On Raising Over $100 Million To Build A Casual Job Matching Marketplace For Students
27 mins; January 18, 2025
Quentin Sannié On Raising Over $200 Million To Design And Manufacture High-End Audio Equipment And Now Revolutionizing Data Solutions To Drive Agricultural Soil Rejuvenation
27 mins; January 17, 2025
Saman Farid On Raising $60 Million To Build A Robotics-As-A-Service Company, Delivering Robotic Automation At Low Hourly Rates
28 mins; January 07, 2025
Steven Galanis On Raising $200 Million To Build A Platform And App Allowing Fans To Request Personalized Video Messages From Celebrities
41 mins; December 29, 2024
Zach Dunn On Raising $60 Million To Build The First Hybrid Workplace Experience Platform With AI Capabilities
26 mins; December 28, 2024
Dominik Senn On Raising $250 Million To Build A Gated Luxury Golf And Lifestyle Club
22 mins; December 27, 2024
Alexi Suvacioglu On Raising $70 Million To Help Older Adults Live Independent Lifestyles By Delivering Essential Products
28 mins; December 24, 2024
Sami Khoreibi On Taking An Energy Company Public At 26, Building A Renewable Energy Business, And Developing Tech For Sustainable Drinking Water
29 mins; December 22, 2024
Lárus Ásgeirsson On Raising Over $100 Million To Farm Salmon And Other Seafood Sustainably
24 mins; December 21, 2024
Eloa Guillotin On Raising $44 Million To Build The World’s First Electric Business Aircraft With Low Emission Hydrogen Propulsion
29 mins; December 20, 2024
Mark Heynen On Breaking Down Barriers to Access To Fintech, Smartphones, And AI, Raising Over $400 Million
36 mins; December 18, 2024
Daniel Lee On Raising $70 Million To Build An AI-Driven Sales Assistance Platform To Automate Sales Tasks
24 mins; December 17, 2024
Casper Henningsen On Raising $55M To End Traditional Research with AI
26 mins; December 15, 2024
Sverre Dueholm On Raising $200 Million To Start A Local-First Premium Audio Entertainment Subscription Service And Building A Tool For Accessing Reliable Energy Data
35 mins; December 14, 2024
Mary Lou Jepsen On Building $100 Laptops And Now Raising $100 Million To Develop Wearable Imaging Devices And Therapeutic Tools
34 mins; December 13, 2024
Thomas Laurent On Raising Over $60 Million To Develop Natural, Biological Crop Protection Solutions Using Micropeptides
30 mins; December 12, 2024
Sergio Fogel On Building A $18 Billion Company To Enable Cross-Border Payments By Connecting Global Merchants To Emerging Markets
30 mins; December 06, 2024
Bradley Bostic On Raising $80 Million To Build A PE Firm Supporting AI And ML-Driven Companies Working For Improved Patient Outcomes
29 mins; December 05, 2024
Operator-Turned Entrepreneur, Shawn Weidmann, On Raising Over $90 Million To Build The First Technology-Forward, Home-Services Platform
26 mins; December 04, 2024
Richard Socher On Selling A Company To Salesforce And Now Raising $99 Million To Build An AI Assistant Helping Knowledge Workers Be More Productive
28 mins; December 03, 2024
Brian O’Kelley On Building A $1.6 Billion Company Acquired By Microsoft And Creating A Protocol To Measure And Lower Carbon Emissions In Digital Supply Chains
42 mins; December 02, 2024
David García Aceves On Raising $60 Million In Equity And Debt To Build A Financial App Helping Prime Customers In LatAm Eliminate Debt And Improve Their Finances
26 mins; November 28, 2024
Bruce Lahn On Raising $80 Million To Build A Global Company Providing Gene Delivery Technologies To Enable Research And Clinical Studies
23 mins; November 27, 2024
Kristian Ranta On Raising $50 Million To Provide Online Access To Therapy And Holistic Mental Healthcare Services Via A Smartphone App
29 mins; November 22, 2024
Ayal Yogev On Raising $50 Million To Allow Businesses To Run Cloud Applications With Complete Data Security And Privacy
30 mins; November 21, 2024
Matthew Kligerman on Raising $50 Million To Build A Conversion Platform and AI Sales Agents In Brazil
41 mins; November 20, 2024
Sky Kurtz On Building A Company Acquired By Merck For $150 Million And Raising $300 Million To Grow Food In The Middle East Sustainably
36 mins; November 19, 2024
Fawn Weaver On Raising Over $230 Million To Build A Whiskey Brand That Honors The World’s First-Known African-American Master Distiller
38 mins; November 16, 2024
Anand Chandra On Raising $275 Million To Build An Agritech Platform To Streamline India’s Agricultural Ecosystem
27 mins; November 15, 2024
Gaurav Misra On Raising $100 Million To Develop AI-Powered Tools For Video Editing And Creation
28 mins; November 11, 2024
Amir Ben-Efraim On Selling A Company To Juniper For Over $100 Million And Raising $260 Million To Make Internet Browsing Safe From Threats
30 mins; November 10, 2024
Viraj Parekh On Raising $290 Million To Allow Data Engineers And Data Scientists To Orchestrate Data Workflows
23 mins; November 09, 2024
Khadim Batti On Raising $270 Million To Co-Found A Platform To Help Users Navigate Software Applications By Providing Guidance And Support
25 mins; November 08, 2024
Kate McAndrew On Co-Founding A $100 Million Venture Fund To Support Founders And Businesses At The Frontiers Of Technology And Design
30 mins; October 26, 2024
Alexander Jekowsky On Raising $80M To Build A Tech Platform To Help Laundry Businesses Run More Efficiently And Grow
37 mins; October 25, 2024
Adeniyi Abiodun On Raising $336 Million With His Team To Build An Infrastructure And Tools To Decentralize The Internet And Make It Secure And User-Friendly
26 mins; October 24, 2024
Othman Laraki On Raising $350 Million To Build The First Virtual Cancer Clinic
47 mins; October 22, 2024
Chris Walti On Raising $78 Million To Build Software-Driven Robotics To Automate Moving And Storing Goods In Warehouses
32 mins; October 21, 2024
Barney Balmforth On Raising $60 Million To Build A Genomic Technology Platform For Genome Testing And Cancer Diagnostics
29 mins; October 20, 2024
Mario Schlosser On Raising $2.2 Billion To Build A Tech-Driven Health Insurance Company, Making Good Health Accessible And Affordable For All
39 mins; October 19, 2024
Jeffrey Wessler On Raising Over $65 Million To Build The Largest Virtual Cardiologist Practice In The US, Serving All 50 States
27 mins; October 18, 2024
Guilherme Weigert On Raising Over $60 Million To Build A Digital Health Platform Providing Improved Access To Telemedicine Solutions in Brazil
24 mins; October 17, 2024
Evan Richardson On Raising $65 Million To Build A Virtual Clinic Offering High-Quality, Science-Based Obesity Care
27 mins; October 16, 2024
Diane Yu On Selling A Company To Comcast For ~$400 Million And Now Building A Platform To Revolutionize The Mortgage Industry
28 mins; October 15, 2024
Micha Grueber On Raising $400 Million To Build A Climate Tech Startup That Helps Customers Reduce Energy Bills And Carbon Footprint
26 mins; October 14, 2024
Taher Elgamal On Building And Exiting A Cybersecurity Company, Delivering 5x Returns To Investors, And Now Co-Managing A $2 Billion Fund Supporting Startups
29 mins; October 13, 2024
Kieran Donovan On Raising Over $50 Million To Build A Platform To Ensure Regulation-Compliant Gaming For Kids And Teens
27 mins; October 12, 2024
Ran Shaul On Raising $380 Million To Build A 24×7 Virtual Healthcare Platform To Offer Assistance Via A Mobile App
33 mins; October 11, 2024
Shawn Marcell On Selling His Healthtech Company For $350M, Bringing 6x Returns To Stakeholders in 4 Years
31 mins; October 10, 2024
Tanuj Mohan On Raising Over $100 Million To Build An Intelligent Buildings Systems Platform Later Acquired By Siemens
33 mins; October 04, 2024
Maheen Rahman On Raising $50 Million To Build A Credit Enhancement Company To Issue Guarantees For Promoting Private Infrastructure Projects
27 mins; October 02, 2024
Daphna Nissenbaum On Raising $125 Million To Develop And Manufacture Compostable Packaging Solutions For The Food And Fashion Industries
29 mins; September 29, 2024
Tomer London On Raising $700 Million To Build A Payroll and HR Software Platform Enabling SMEs To Manage And Grow Their Workforce
38 mins; September 28, 2024
Bence Jendruszak On Raising $100 Million To Build A Fraud Prevention And Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Platform
31 mins; September 27, 2024
Greg Mulholland On Raising $75 Million To Build An AI And informatics Platform For Creating Cost-Efficient And Performance-Oriented Materials
27 mins; September 25, 2024
Priit Lepasepp On Selling A Renewable Energy Company For $319 Million And Raising Over $1.44 Billion To Offer Renewable Energy to Customers
30 mins; September 24, 2024
Mark Slack On Raising A Record-Breaking $660 Million In The MedTech Space To Pioneer Robots To Perform Keyhole Surgery
27 mins; September 22, 2024
Malte Rau On Raising $270 Million To Enable Companies To Issue Physical And Virtual Credit Cards And Integrate Data Into Their FinTech Stack
32 mins; September 21, 2024
Adam Mendelsohn On Raising $100 Million To Develop A Portfolio Of Miniature, Long-Term Implants To Deliver Drugs More Efficiently And Consistently
31 mins; September 15, 2024
Ulrik Stig Hansen On Raising $50 Million To Build Data Tools And Infrastructure For Artificial Intelligence Development
26 mins; September 14, 2024
Jason Wyatt On Raising $120 Million To Build A Marketplace Platform And Dropshipping Solution To Help E-Commerce Companies Scale
28 mins; September 13, 2024
Elizabeth Rossiello On Raising $80 Million To Build A FinTech Company To Help Accelerate Economic Growth In Africa
33 mins; September 12, 2024
Shahar Alster On Selling A Company To WeWork And Now Helping Companies Harvest Retail Consumer Behavior Data
38 mins; September 12, 2024
Wayne Slavin On Raising $123 Million To Build The Rails That Connect Consumers To Digital Insurance
40 mins; September 12, 2024
Christian Talmage On Raising $56 Million For His Furniture Company And Now Building An End-to-End Service To Offer Businesses Circular Packaging Solutions
27 mins; September 12, 2024
Colin Walsh On Raising Over $1 Billion To Build The First Customer-Oriented FinTech Platform In The US
28 mins; September 07, 2024
Rohit Choudhary On Raising $100 Million To Build A Platform To Streamline Enterprise Data Efficiency And Reliability
31 mins; September 06, 2024
Ray Chohan On Raising $300 Million To Build An AI-Powered Innovation Intelligence Platform To Enable Better Business Decision-Making
29 mins; September 02, 2024
Carlos N. Escutia On Raising $70 Million For His Furniture as a Service Company And Now Bootstrapping An AI-Driven Platform To Streamline IT Asset Management
27 mins; September 01, 2024
Richard Schenkel On Selling A Company With A 900% Return To Shareholders And Now Creating A $100 Million Fund To Support Growth Companies
31 mins; August 31, 2024
John Clendening On Helping Scale Schwab Bank And Raising $225 Million To Build Earned Wealth, A Tech-Driven Financial Services Firm For Doctors
36 mins; August 30, 2024
Mark Swanson On Helping Build A Company To $2+ Billion Valuation And Now Building The World’s First Virtual Studio Network
27 mins; August 29, 2024
Michael Marks On Scaling A Company To $25 Billion In Revenues And Creating A $1.1 Billion AUM Deep Tech Venture Fund
34 mins; August 27, 2024
Steve Magami On Raising $500 Million To Build A Superfruit Platform To Provide Customers With Healthier Snacking Options
27 mins; August 26, 2024
Bhavin Shah On Raising $315 Million To Build An AI Platform To Automate And Streamline Enterprise Workplace Support
42 mins; August 25, 2024
Rob Bearden On Building Billion-Dollar Companies And Raising $30 Million To Co-Create A Platform That Leverages AI Agents To Transform How People Work
40 mins; August 24, 2024
Arjun Pillai On Selling A Company To Zoom.info And Raising $20 Million To Build An AI Sales Engineer To Maximize Go-To-Market Efficiency
32 mins; August 23, 2024
Lawrence Lin Murata On Raising $77 Million To Provide Businesses With Easy Access To Capital And Favorable Point-Of-Purchase Terms
25 mins; August 09, 2024
Amitai Ratzon On Leading A $1 Billion Cybersecurity Company Redefining The Way Entreprises Defend Against Cyber Criminals
32 mins; August 08, 2024
Robert Grazioli On Taking A Company to $1.1 Billion Valuation And Managing A VC Firm Providing Holistic Support To Aspiring Entrepreneurs
29 mins; August 06, 2024
Rick Nucci On Selling A Company To Dell And Raising $70 Million To Make Relevant Internal Information Available To Enterprise Teams
30 mins; August 04, 2024
Zvi Schreiber On Selling A Company to IBM And Now Raising $200 Million To Build A Freight Shipping Marketplace And Platform
27 mins; August 03, 2024