Recording from the Everything Marketplaces "Meet the investors" virtual discussion & event on 4/23. This was an event with our investor guests Neel Murthy (Pioneer Fund), Andrew Blachman (Marketplace Capital), and Matt Brown (Headline) discussing the current state of fundraising for marketplaces, new opportunities with AI, and more.

Neel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neelmurthy

Pioneer Fund: https://www.pioneerfund.vc

Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajblachman

Marketplace Capital: https://www.obsessedwithmarketplaces.com

Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-brown-52785a34

Headline: https://www.headline.com

Everything Marketplaces: ⁠⁠https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com

The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Jake Disraeli, who’s the Co-founder & CEO of Treet. Treet is a platform that makes it easy for brands to launch resale programs. Treet is used by over 150+ brands and they’ve also raised $18M+ in capital from top investors like First Round Capital.

Jake on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakedisraeli

Treet: https://www.treet.co

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Mike (Yoroomie) on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoroomie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Vijay Raghavan, who's a leader in the AI space. Vijay is currently the Senior Director of ML Engineering and Applied Science at Thumbtack, which is one of the largest marketplaces for home services. Prior to Thumbtack, Vijay also led the AI/ML team at Chewy.

Vijay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayarag

Thumbtack: https://www.thumbtack.com

Thumbtack Engineering Blog: https://www.medium.com/thumbtack-engineering

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠⁠⁠

Mike (Yoroomie) on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoroomie⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Chris Bennett, who’s the CEO of Wonderschool. Wonderschool is a marketplace that helps enable teachers to start child care businesses and parents to find trusted child care nearby. Wonderschool has also raised over $49M+ in capital from top investors like a16z.

Chris on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/8ennett

Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisebennett

Wonderschool: https://www.wonderschool.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠⁠

Mike (Yoroomie) on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoroomie⁠⁠⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Matthew Woods, who’s the CEO of Apartment List. Apartment List is one of the largest marketplaces for apartment rentals. It's also been mentioned as one of the fastest-growing rental marketplaces and they've raised over $150M+ in capital from top investors.

Matthew on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/MatthewWoodsL3B

Matthew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-w-woods

Apartment List: https://www.apartmentlist.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠

Mike (Yoroomie) on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoroomie⁠⁠

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Recording from our Everything Marketplaces community workshop on paid ads. This workshop covered a "Paid Ads 101", followed by a deep dive into using Google Ads and Meta Ads for marketplaces.

Workshop recap post with deck, notes, & resources: https://community.everythingmarketplaces.com/c/marketing-growth/paid-ads-for-marketplaces-workshop-recap-post-with-recording-notes

Everything Marketplaces: ⁠https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com

The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Deb Liu, who was recently the CEO of Ancestry and before that was at Facebook for 11+ years, where she led the launch of Facebook Marketplace. Prior to Facebook, Deb was also at PayPal and eBay, so she has some really incredible marketplace experience.

Deb on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/debliu_

Deb on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahliu

Deb’s newsletter: https://debliu.substack.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: ⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠

Mike (Yoroomie) on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoroomie⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Andrew Parker, who’s the Founder & CEO of Papa. Papa is a marketplace that pairs older adults and families with companions (Papa Pals) for assistance and care. Papa is one of the fastest growing marketplaces in healthcare and they’ve also raised over $220M+ in capital from top investors like Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, and SoftBank.

Andrew on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/aparkthelark

Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-parker-30904417

Papa: https://www.papa.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/yoroomie

Mike (Yoroomie) on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoroomie

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Jason Bornstein, who’s a Partner at Forerunner. Forerunner is a leading venture fund that's backed marketplaces like Faire, Wonder, Fora, and more. Jason is also Head of Research at Forerunner and behind their recent post "Our Source of Truth on Marketplaces".

Jason on Twitter/X: https://www.x.com/jasondbornstein

Jason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-bornstein

Forerunner: https://www.forerunnerventures.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X:⁠⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠⁠

Mike (Yoroomie) on LinkedIn:⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoroomie⁠⁠

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The Everything Marketplaces podcast is an audio version of our group chats. This episode is with Brendan Candon, who’s the Co-founder & CEO of SidelineSwap. SidelineSwap is the largest marketplace for buying & selling sports gear. They've been mentioned on a16z’s Marketplace 100 list as one of the fastest growing marketplaces and have also raised over $18M+ in capital from investors like 500 Startups, FJ Labs, and eBay Ventures.

Brendan on Twitter/X:https://www.x.com/brendancandon

Brendan on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendancandon

SidelineSwap:https://www.sidelineswap.com

Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X:⁠https://www.x.com/yoroomie⁠

Mike (Yoroomie) on LinkedIn:⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoroomie⁠

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