Just Raised

Just Raised

By Joe Sweeny, a Workweek friendBusinessEntrepreneurshipTechnology
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Just Raised episodes

  • Ep.7: Octant Bio: How Drug Discovery Works With Sri Kosuri, Founder | VC
    On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Sri Kosuri, Founder of Octant Bio. This episode is a primer on synthetic biology. We dive into how drug discovery works, the business models behind modern pharma, and the massive potential unlocked by our new ability to engineer DNA.
    You can follow Sri and what Octant is building on Twitter @srikosuri
    To stay up-to-date on all things Just Raised, visit https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/ or follow Joe Sweeny on Twitter @JoeySweeny
    43 min
  • Ep.6: Launch House: How a Meme Launched a Business With Jacob Peters, Founder | VC
    On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Jacob Peters, Founder of Launch House. We talk about how Launch House started life as a meme, how to build great community, and how Launch House evolved into a combination of Soho House, Y Combinator, and executive coaching. Launch House just raised $3M from Flybridge.
    You can follow Launch House and what they're building on Twitter @launch_house
    To stay up-to-date on all things Just Raised, visit https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/ or follow Joe Sweeny on Twitter @JoeySweeny
    35 min
  • Ep.5: Varda: How to Build in Space With Delian Asparouhov, Founder | VC
    On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Delian Asparouhov, Founder of Varda and Principal Investor at Founder’s Fund. They dive into the rise of the new space industry,what it takes to manufacture products in orbit, and how Delian pitched Varda to his team at Founder’s Fund.
    You can follow Varda and what they're building on Twitter @vardaspace
    To stay up-to-date on all things Just Raised, visit https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/ or follow Joe Sweeny on Twitter @JoeySweeny
    47 min
  • Ep.4: MainStreet: How to API Everything With Doug Ludlow, Founder & CEO | VC | Fintech
    On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Doug Ludlow, Founder and CEO of MainStreet. They dive into the booming fintech market, how the government tries (and sometimes fails) to incentivize economic growth, and the API-ification of everything.
    You can follow MainStreet and what they're building on Twitter @Mainstreet
    To stay up-to-date on all things Just Raised, visit https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/ or follow Joe Sweeny on Twitter @JoeySweeny
    33 min
  • Ep.3: Helaina: The Sneaky Big Baby Market With Laura Katz, Founder & CEO | Food Science | VC
    On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Laura Katz, Founder and CEO of Helaina about their recent $20M raise led by Spark Capital. They dive into the history of food science, the sneaky big baby formula market, genetically engineered precision culturing, and the infrastructure food science companies will need to scale into the future.
    You can follow Helaina and what they're building on Twitter @LauraHelaina
    To stay up-to-date on all things Just Raised, visit https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/ or follow Joe Sweeny on Twitter @JoeySweeny
    30 min
  • Ep.2: A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Adam Ryan and Becca Sherman, Co-Founders of Workweek | VC
    On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Adam Ryan and Becca Sherman, Cofounders of Workweek, a new media company focused on creators.
    We also announce that Workweek has acquired the Just Raised podcast! 
    To celebrate, Just Raised joining Workweek, we're giving away $100,000 to an early stage startup founder.
    $10k in Cash
    $50k investment from Workweek
    $40k in ad and job board credits
    But most importantly, connections. We’re introducing the winner to mentors and VCs, including: Packy McCormick at Not Boring, Alex Lieberman Cofounder of Morning Brew, Mario Gabrielle at the Generalist, and Nick Sharma of Sharma Brands. Plus many more.
    To apply check out this link:https://bit.ly/justraisedgiveaway
    You can follow Workweek on Twitter @workweekinc
    To stay up-to-date on all things Just Raised, visit https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/ or follow Joe Sweeny on Twitter @JoeySweeny
    30 min
  • Ep1: PartyRound: How to Streamline A Startup With Jordi Hays, CEO
    Automation! Founders have a lot of balls to juggle. Jordi Hays is making the fundraising process one less thing to keep in the air. Find out how Party Round is streamlining startups.
    Joe talks to Jordi about his own experience of raising and the lessons he learned from their recent $7M raise led by A16Z.
    Jordi shares why building, not fundraising, should be a founder's focus and how Party Round is helping founders do just that through the Party Round platform.
    Follow Jordi:
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jordi-hays-559199113
    To stay up-to-date on all things Just Raised, visit https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/ or follow Joe Sweeny on Twitter @JoeySweeny
    34 min
  • Welcome to Just Raised
    Welcome to Just Raised, where we talk to founders at newly minted startups who have just raised venture capital. We explore product, business model, technology, and the jobs they're hiring for right now.
    1 min
  • Clay - Social's Third Space

    Clay is a new form of social media designed to help you be more thoughtful with the people in your life. Cofounders Matthew Achariam and Zachary Hamed just raised $8M from Forerunner Ventures.

    33 min
  • Space Perspective - Space Travel in Style

    Space Perspective is a space balloon company. They're building lighter than air balloons with glass capsules to take people to the edge of space. 

    Our guest is Founder and Co-CEO Jane Poynter. Jane worked on the space balloons used for the world's highest-ever skydive, Redbull's 2012 halo jump out of the stratosphere, she built the first self-contained biospheres to breed animals in space on the International Space Station and she spent two years and 20 minutes living in Biosphere 2, a mock Mars colony in the desert in Arizona. 

    We cover all of this and the business model of space tourism in this fun and surprising episode.

    Follow Joe on Twitter: @JoeySweeny

    39 min

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Venture-backed startups are springing up across the globe, but how do you keep up with what’s coming next? On Just Raised, you’ll be first to hear from the founders of those newly minted companies…