RISE Inside

Helena Gittelman, Business Development Manager at NRW Global Business, joins host Justin Starbird to talk about the impactful role NRW Global plays internationally as a leader in logistics, energy industries, and precision engineering.

Germany's economic powerhouse, NRW Global, is the trade and investment agency of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. NRW Global's purpose is to provide resources to help companies like RISE™, to not only enter the German market, but succeed in that region and beyond.

Listen to hear more about how NRW Global exists to understand the goals and the roadmap that a company, like RISE™, has created for itself, and to facilitate the connections and the resources to help make that roadmap and those goals a reality.

Decisive Point Partner, Ryan Benitez joins host Justin Starbird to explore the pivotal role that Decisive Point holds in the small business startup ecosystem for companies like RISE™.

Decisive Point is an investment and advisory firm with offices in Boston, New York, and Washington DC focusing on technology for government and public safety and defense. As a VC they invest across industries that are at the intersection of technology and government like aerospace and defense, health, power generation, and critical infrastructure.

In addition to a VC, they are also trusted advisors helping founders bring their technologies to the government and leverage the scale of the federal market.

Lastly, they play a strong role in the startup community as an accelerator working directly with the Department of Defense accelerating companies and helping them bring their business to integrate with specific government programs.

Ken Gray, Vice President of Business Development joins Justin Starbird to talk about the breakthrough stage of RISE™ and its team of brilliant minds.

Ken explains the intersection of elegant mathematics and practical application that makes RISE™ who they are and what they do so unique.

Tom Bagwell, Executive Vice President of Peterson Trucks, and Kurt Walker, Product Manager for Anthony Liftgates, join Justin Starbird to talk about the unique partnership between the three companies.

Together, Anthony Liftgates, Peterson Trucks, and RISE™ are partnering to bring new technology to the liftgate industry.

Listen to learn the secrets to success that have brought these 3 innovative companies together and what's on the horizon.

Bill Warner, entrepreneur, inventor, and angel investor joins Justin to talk about one of the first companies he ever invested in, RISE™.

Bill shares what superpower he saw in the founders of RISE™ and how he immediately knew he wanted to invest.

As an investor in 60 startups, Bill is a pillar in innovation as he helps companies like RISE™ get their start. He's also an Emmy winner and member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work with his company, Avid.

John Strauss joins Justin Starbird to talk about RISE™. John is a behind-the-scenes angel investor and advisor to young companies working to commercialize technologies that solve hard problems. He is an entrepreneur, investor, coach extraordinaire, and true believer in RISE™.

Listen as John and Justin talk about the "terrifying blast" that is taking a new technology or a new idea and pioneering it into a new space and how John helps smooth that road for the RISE™ team.

Walt Winshall joins Justin Starbird to talk about RISE™. Walt is an MIT alum, founder of SilverPlatter, and an early-stage investor in several tech startups, including Harmonix, the creators of Guitar Hero, PillPack, and Techstars companies. Today, Walt serves as the principal in the Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners, LLC, an investment firm specializing in the commercialization of early-stage technology.

Walt was introduced to RISE™ and its founders through the Techstars program. Listen to learn more about what Walt sees in RISE™, its founders, and where the company is going.

Kurt Walker, Product Manager for Anthony Liftgates, joins Justin Starbird to talk about the new technology RISE™ and Anthony Liftgates are bringing to the liftgate industry and what that means for the future of liftgates.

The pioneer in the liftgate industry, Anthony, has its eyes open to new technologies and methods which will better serve its customers, the environment, and the transportation industry.

Listen to learn what they have found in partnering with RISE™.

Toomas Sepp, Vice President of Engineering, and Ken Gray, Vice President of Business Development join Justin Starbird to further dive into the origins of RISE™. Toomas recounts in chronological order from RISE™'s first largest pivot to present-day and where RISE™ is going.

Dulcie Madden, Operating Partner and Head of Partnerships at The Engine Built by MIT, a Venture Firm, and Ken Gray, Vice President of Business Development at RISE™ join host Justin Starbird to share the startup story of RISE™.

Dulcie shares what The Engine Built by MIT sees in RISE™ as a tough tech company and partner and why they so strongly believe in supporting RISE™ through its early stages and development.