On today's episode of Seed Stories, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Sanjay Mandava, CEO of Landeed.

Landeed is a proptech startup building India's fastest and most comprehensive property title search engine. With more than 84% of Indian household wealth stored in real estate, property, and land, having accessible public records is crucial for protecting against litigation and facilitating transactions. Two-thirds of all court cases in India deal with land-related disputes, making Landeed's work even more critical.

The company recently raised $8.3 million in a funding round led by Draper Associates, Y Combinator, and Bayhouse Capital. Sanjay Mandava, a second-time YC founder, is at the helm of this ambitious venture.

Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't, and what their plan is going forward.

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On today's episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Manish Maryada, CEO and co-founder of Fello https://fello.in/ 

Fello is a game-based savings and investment application that teaches the Gen-Z of India to save, play, and earn returns greater than a traditional savings bank account. 

The company recently raised $4 million in a round led by Courtside Ventures and with participation from Entrepreneur First, Y Combinator, Kube Venture, Upsparks, and angel investors such as Kunal Shah, Lalit Keshre, Charlie Songhurst, Dafeng, and Alan Rutledge. 

Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't, and what their plan is going forward.  #startups #venturecapital #entrepreneurship 

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On today’s episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Nicolas le Jeune, Co-Founder and CEO of Courtyard https://courtyard.io   

Courtyard stores physical collectibles (trading cards, sneakers, watches, etc.) in secured vaults, creates a 3D representation of the asset and mints it as an NFT on the blockchain. They've partnered with one of the largest security companies in the world to store collectibles.  

Courtyard recently raised $7 million in seed funding by global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from Y Combinator, OpenSea Ventures, VaynerFund, Brink's, Cherry Ventures, and a select group of angel investors.  

Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward.  

Also available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dIoS6SYNzbM

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On today’s episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Mahyad Ghassemibouyaghchi co-founder and CEO of SigmaOS https://sigmaos.com/ 

SigmaOS is the first browser made for work, designed to make YOU faster and better. 🗂️ Workspaces to organize your pages and web-apps 💤 Snooze pages to keep your mind clear ✂️ Split screen to multitask like a pro. 

SigmaOS recently raised $4 million in seed funding led by LocalGlobe and participation from Y Combinator, 7percent Ventures, Moonfire Ventures, Shine VC, TrueSight Ventures, Pioneer Fund and Venture Together. Angel investors like Cocoa Ventures partner Carmen Alfonso Rico and EightSleep founder Matteo Franceschetti joined the round as well.  

Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward. 

Closed Captions available

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On today’s episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Emmanuel Turlay founder and CEO of Sematic https://www.sematic.dev 

By using Sematic, developers can build and run end-to-end ML pipelines effortlessly to retrain and improve their models continuously.  

Sematic recently landed a $3M seed funding round led by Race Capital, and accompanied by Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Leonis Capital, Fundament, and Pioneer Fund.  

Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward. 

Available on Youtube as well - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRhsVJ-r7UE&feature=youtu.be

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On today’s episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Zach Bell, founder of MyPlace https://myplace.co On Myplace, homes are truly shared in an exchange, the original intention of home sharing. From text, to Facebook, to building an app, Myplace has grown organically into the “Raya of Homesharing” and now on the cover of the travel section of NYT during a global pandemic. 

MyPlace  landed a $5.8 million seed round with participation from Haystack, Oceans and OnDeck, as well as angel investors from Tesla, Facebook, SpaceX and PayPal.  Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward.   

Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward.

Today on Seed Stories, I'm excited to welcome my friend Alex Budak who recently released a fantastic book "Becoming a Changemaker" https://www.changemakerbook.com   The book is "an Actionable, Inclusive Guide to Leading Positive Change at Any Level." 

Alex is a social entrepreneur, faculty member at Berkeley Haas, and the author of Becoming a Changemaker.   At UC Berkeley, Alex created and teaches the transformative course, “Becoming a Changemaker.” 

He also serves as Executive Director of the Berkeley Haas Global Access Program and as a Lecturer and Faculty Director for Berkeley Executive Education programs.   As a social entrepreneur, he co‐founded StartSomeGood.com, ran Sweden’s most prominent social innovation incubator, Reach for Change and helped Change.org raise $30 million.

Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from the Lyndsey Harper, MC CEO and Cofounder of Rosy - https://meetrosy.com   Developed by doctors and psychologists, Rosy is the first-of-its-kind platform for the 43% of us who experience sexual concerns. Our app meets you right where you are so you can take your sexual health into your own hands.  

“In private practice, I noticed a common trend among my patients. Women, at all ages, were experiencing a decrease in sexual desire, and they were turning to me for help,” Harper said. “So, I decided to do something about it. In 2018, I left my private practice to champion women’s sexual health and education and started working on Rosy.”   Rosy landed a $1 million seed round led by Social Starts and Joyance Partners. Harper is using that and her background to help women during the pandemic, offering some premium services for free. And as more people turn to tech for their health care needs, Harper sees the conversation about women’s sexual health growing, and Rosy along with it.  

Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward.   #startups #founders #venturecapital