Funding & Disrupting

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 ...

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 o...

Show Notes:How Marco's education and career path led him to venture capitalWhy Marcos created VamosVentures and their investment thesisThe role failure plays in the success The importance of curiosity VamosVentures ideal investment, typical involvement, and exit strategyInvesting in All Up and how it came togetherThe mindset Marcos looks for in foundersAn overview of where VamosVentures is with fundraising and investing todayConnect With Funding and DisruptingApply to be a guest on ...

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-IEHis experience at Oracle and how it impacts how he invests todayYork-IE’s investment thesis and what differentiates them fro...

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 FundH...

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 crea...

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 NotesWhat lead Daniel to create Mindset VenturesMindsets operation structureThe firm's current and past funding roundsWhat is PayJoyHow Daniel and Mindse...

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 NotesWhat is EQIFIHow Brad and Kim metWhat Grand Rock looks for in investmentsThe financial journey of EQIFIAdvice for entrepreneurs in their quest for capitalAdvice on growing a company from the ground upHow Grand Rock is ...

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 ...

This week’s episode of Funding & Disrupting presented by Oura Collective welcomes guests Bryson Hearn, the Manager at Village Capital and Eric Chebil, the Founder and CEO of Cher.App. In this episode, Keith Herman interviews Bryson and Eric to know more about Cher.App, a free service helping renters co-own their dream home.Story Notes:Bryson and Eric BackgroundsReceptivity to Advice and FeedbackHow do Cher.App WorksVillage Capital’s Investment ProcessExperience Learned on Village CapitalT...