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Cynthia Phitoussi, Co-Founder & Managing Partner SeedIL Ventures talks about investing in Israel and explains the major differences between American and Israeli founders and shares the best qualities of both. We also discussed the major changes in the Israeli startup ecosystem that Cynthia saw over the past 7 years.

Cynthia's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-phitoussi-b306921b/

SeedIL Ventures: https://seedil.com/

The book about learning most critical soft skills: https://chutzpahcenter.com/book/

Mark Peter Davis Managing Partner at Interplay Ventures, podcast host at Innovation with Mark Peter Davis and an author of The Fundraising Rules talks about the fundraising rules, the lessons he learned from being a VC. We also spoke about who should try to create content and in what form this content should be. 

Mark's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpeterdavis/

Interplay Ventures: https://www.interplay.vc/

Innovation with Mark Peter Davis podcast: https://linktr.ee/markpeterdavis

Mark's blog: https://mpd.me/

Duane Good, Co-founder & President at Tribal Credit talks about some of the indicators of the future growth in companies, red flags that can be spotted in metrics of a company and how Tribal credit raised $43 million.

Duane's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duanegood/

Tribal Credit: https://www.tribal.credit/

Follow Tribal Credit on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tribal-credit/

For those listeners who are just thinking of starting their companies: I've recently joined an awesome YC-backed startup - Firstabase.io that helps founders create legal entities in the US from anywhere in the world within minutes. Since I work there, you get the sweet 15% discount code! Just go here and use RADIO15 code!

Dana Loberg, Founder of Leo AR, co-founder of MojiLaLa and previously the co-founder of MovieLaLa that was acquired by Gifycat talks about her story of acquisition and the launch of a new company. We also spoke about who should join the accelerator and does it make sense to join an accelerator if you already ran a startup in the past.

Dana's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaloberg/

Dana's Blog on Medium: https://danaloberg.medium.com/

For those listeners who are just thinking of starting their companies: I've recently joined an awesome YC-backed startup - Firstabase.io that helps founders create legal entities in the US from anywhere in the world within minutes. Since I work there, you get the sweet 15% discount code! Just go here and use RADIO15 code!

Heidi Lindvall, General Partner at Pale Blue Dot talks about investing in ClimateTech startups in Europe and US and about the major differences between startups in the US and Europe. We spoke about some successful exits in climate-tech and how founders get there and much more useful stuff that I forgot to write down in notes.

Heidi's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidilindvall/

Pale Blue Dot website: https://www.paleblue.vc/#section-0

Jobs at Pale Blue Dot: https://www.notion.so/pbdvc/Jobs-at-Pale-Blue-Dot-66f3e6df70594d31b723166360bc8ef0

Episode about fundraising for clean tech startups here.

Mike Dowdle, Founding Partner at Circadian Ventures shares his 22+ years of experience in the VC space, explains how it changed in the past decades and how it affects startup founders who are trying to raise. We also discussed the differences between funds, syndicates and solo angels as sources of capital for founders.

Mike's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dowdle/

Circadian Ventures: https://www.circadian.vc/

Mike's email: [email protected] 

Real life story of a founder that is exactly like Silicon Valley show: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/Rami-Essaid/

For those listeners who are just thinking of starting their companies: I've recently joined an awesome YC-backed startup - Firstabase.io that helps founders create legal entities in the US from anywhere in the world within minutes. Since I work there, you get the sweet 15% discount code! Just go here and use RADIO15 code!

Shayn Fernandez, Corporate Attorney at Rockridge Venture Law talks about the use of the "B-corp" signature and how to obtain one and if it's even worth it obtaining it. We also discussed how startup founders should interact with their lawyers and when it might be a good idea to use software automation. 

Shayn's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaynfernandez/

Rockridge Venture Law website: https://rockridgelaw.com/

Here are the software automation that might help you avoid huge legal fees you'll need to spend on lawyers: 

Capbase, helps you with  all cap-table management: https://capbase.com/

Firstbase, helps you create a legal entity in the US no matter where you live: https://www.firstbase.io/

Stripe Atlas, similar to Firstbase but more expensive and includes more features: https://stripe.com/atlas

Other episodes of Fundraising Radio on the legal subject: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/category/legal/

For those listeners who are just thinking of starting their companies: I've recently joined an awesome YC-backed startup - Firstabase.io that helps founders create legal entities in the US from anywhere in the world within minutes. Since I work there, you get the sweet 15% discount code! Just go here and use RADIO15 code!

Mayank Sanganeria, software engineer at Instagram talks about his experience at Instagram and at smaller startups. We discussed how can an early stage startup attract a veteran software engineer like Mayank without going broke and how they should reach out. Mayank also talked about some of the best practices he sees being used at Instagram and some of the great practices he used at smaller startups.

Mayank's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/e7mac/ 

Book that Mayank recommended: The hard thing about hard things.

Mayank's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/e7mac/?hl=en

Vik Sasi, Partner at Dreamers VC—co-founded by Will Smith—talks about spotting unicorns, the epic takeoff of Clubhouse and about the ways founders can be sure that investors see their venture as a future unicorn. We also spoke about partnering up with celebrities (such as Will Smith) while being a founder and how much sense those partnerships make.

Vik's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikramsasi/

Vik's Email: [email protected] 

Dreamers VC: https://www.dreamers.vc/

Capbase: a super useful tool for cap table management: https://capbase.com/

Section of Fundraising Radio on the legal side of fundraising: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/category/legal/

Eddy Badrina, CEO of Eden Green, previously the Co-founder of Buzzshift talks about his transition to the startup world and the major lessons he learned along the way. We speak about his first time fundraising and some mistakes that Eddy made. We also speak about the acquisition of Buzzshift and how he got reached that point.

Eddy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddybadrina/

Elden Green: https://www.edengreen.com/

Buzzshift: https://www.buzzshift.com/

Episode of FR on investing in Ag-Tech with Grant Newlin: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/Grant-Newlin/