DueDash Investability Podcast

Join us as we explore the exciting trends and challenges in the FinTech industry with Tahira Dosani, Managing Partner of ResilienceVC. From the highs of new FinTech unicorns to the lows of The First Republic Bank panic, 2023 was a rollercoaster. With the industry set to triple by 2030, Tahira shares insights on what FinTech founders need to succeed with both customers and investors, and the growing importance of impact. Drawing from her experience at Accion Venture Lab, LeapFrog Investments, and launching Afghanistan’s first mobile money platform, Tahira offers a deep dive into the future of FinTech. Don't miss this compelling conversation on the disruptions reshaping the industry.

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.

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 from IIT Kanpur and a Harvard University post-graduate diploma, make her a trailblazer in the investment world. Tune in for insights on entrepreneurship, investment, and finance, and delve into her advocacy for global women's empowerment via Harvard Alumni for Global Women's Empowerment.

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 our modern lifestyle's environmental impact shines through as he focuses on minimizing carbon footprints in the built environment and improving the quality of life for individuals in their homes. Tune in for captivating insights and explore the intersection of venture capital, sustainability, and the pursuit of a brighter future.

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.

As CEO of The Trendlines Group, Anton oversees their S$25M Agrifood Fund and invests in innovation-based agrifood tech companies that improve quality of life. Pay heed to this episode to find out why he is so passionate about investing in innovative startups with a greater purpose.

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 episode to learn how he took a chance by leaving his job to start a path that led to him being a successful and motivational investor.

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 can help businesses unlock growth. In addition, he explains how their investment filters work in pre-revenue companies, depending on whether they will invest in a startup that has a promising team structure or one that already exhibits high traction. Learn more in this episode about how to identify the right startups to invest in and how to manage them to achieve revenue success.

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, business models and innovative solutions that investors seek in startups and founders. Additionally, he shares insights into how he helps startups and founders through the TV show he produces, "Horses Stable".

Michael is the Managing Partner and co-founder of the early-stage venture capital firm Cocoon Capital. Cocoon focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage deep tech and enterprise tech companies across SE Asia. Set up alongside Will Klippgen in 2016, Cocoon adopts a hands-on, founder-first approach to investing.

Rev. Dr. M. Keith Daniel is the Co-Founder and Managing Director for Resilient Ventures, LLC acommitted capital fund investing in AfricanAmerican-led high-growth companies. He is also the owner of Madison Consulting Group,LLC (MCG), a company committed to serving individuals and institutions striving for the greatest good where all may enjoy flourishing work and life outcomes.

Two experienced investors share their secrets on connecting with investors and getting your early stage startup funded as a first time founder.

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 in Molecular Biology and an MD from Stanford University School of Medicine. Markets are shaken to the core by some companies. They can transform whole industries and have a profound impact. However, such companies are rare and difficult to identify at an early stage. This episode gives us a glimpse into how funds looking for unicorns find these gems and decide which companies to back.