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In this episode Marc McCabe tells how he created Airbnb for business travel, how he acquired first customers and what does he like to invest in now. We also discussed the process of evaluation of the companies that have no revenue and fundraising climate during coronavirus.

If you have a company that could fit Marc's investment criteria, here is his email: [email protected]

2.5 hour long podcast with Marc where he talks about fundraising in details: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deepdive-into-startup-fundraising-with-marc-mccabe/id1457400066?i=1000447317091

For those who want to see ideas turning into fundable companies - Student Startup Battle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

In this episode Caroline Duffy, Investor in AI Fund explains how she thinks AI field was affected by the COVID-19 and how founders in this field should approach fundraising now.

Caroline's Twitter: https://twitter.com/C_lineinthecity

AI Fund: https://aifund.ai/

Directory for founders and investors sign up sheet - Confluence: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUSNhob52rG66tbD_18d7-H6TtdMspX0bGy4Y9MhTPqXDHZA/viewform?usp=sf_link

In this episode Nirman Dave co-founder and CEO at ObviouslyAI explains how they raised their pre-seed round without having any traction and we also go into discussion of raising money from scouts of large funds (such as Sequoia capital). We also talk about how ObviouslyAI came up with their pricing plans and how they acquired their first customers.

Obviously AI: https://www.obviously.ai/

Student Startup Battle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

In this episode Matt Thompson, Partner at Skyview Capital explains why he thinks that family offices are more mobile during covid and why some of them might be a better option for raising money. We also discuss how Skyview Capital invests during these uncertain times and how they find the projects to invest in.

Skyview Capital: http://www.skyviewcapital.com/ 

Matt Thompson's email: [email protected] 

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Check out our new event Student Startup Battle (if you have fun ideas for startups, it's for you) - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbeac

Juliana Graizar, the board member at Angel Capital Association, member of Portfolia, President of Business Angel Minority Association and Launch Director at Greentown Labs in this episode of Fundraising Radio explains about work of ACA and how can entrepreneurs benefit from it. We also talk about other organisations that Juliana is a part of and speak about the ways founders can work with those associations.

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Portfolia: https://www.portfolia.co/

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Co-Founder and CEO at 6D.ai Matt Mieskieks in this episode of Fundraising Radio explains how to grow your network organically and what are the best tactics for it. We also discuss the acquisition of 6D.ai by Niantic and talk about how this happened.

6D.ai Website: https://www.6d.ai/

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Check out our new event Student Startup Battle (if you have fun ideas for startups, it's for you) - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbeac

In this episode, Jeremy Burton the Co-Founder and CTO at Wonolo explained how they managed to raise over $52 million dollars, how Wonolo pivoted after it was created in Coca Cola's incubator and how it is operating now. We also go back in time and see what mistakes would Jeremy fix in terms of fundraising.

Wonolo: https://www.wonolo.com/

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Check out our new event Student Startup Battle (if you have fun ideas for startups, it's for you) - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbeac

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Emanuel Pleitez Investor at East Los Capital, tech-enabled private equity firm. Emanuel also worked at the U.S. Department of Treasury during 2008 crisis and a large part of this episode is about comparing the 2008 crisis to the current crisis and of course we talked about how East Los Capital makes its investments and what does it mean to be tech-enabled PE firm.

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Check out our new event Student Startup Battle (if you have fun ideas for startups, it's for you) - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbeac

Brock Weatherup, the CEO and Co-Founder of Metamorphosis Partners, the CEO and Founder of Pet360 acquired by PetSmart and the CEO and Co-Founder of Petcoach acquired by Petco explains how staying super focused on one field helped him in his career and also talks about his experience raising money for his companies and then selling them.

Metamorphosis Partners: https://www.metamorphosis.com/

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Phin Upham, the Managing Partner at Haymaker Capital explains what is going on in the fundraising world during coronavirus, what kind of startups can raise money right now and what should early stage founders do when all investors are focusing on later stages.

Haymaker Capital: https://www.haymakercapital.com/

Pipe, SaaS financing: https://www.pipe.com/

Talking about 3 different sources of capital for startups with Todd Thompson: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/Todd-Thompson/

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