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Skyler (Sky) Fernandes is the Co-founder and General Partner at VU Venture Partners, a venture capital fund. He is also the Founder of Venture University, a multi-stage investment fund and a trade school for venture capital, private equity, and angel investing. Sky has over 15 years of venture capital and private equity investing experience with over 150 portfolio companies. Prior portfolio companies include Beyond Meat (IPO'd, $14B), Sensity (acquired by Verizon, $300M+), ShopKick (acquired by SK Telecom, $200M), Made In Space (acquired by AE Industrial Partners), and more. Sky is also the Co-founder of the #1 startup board game, The Next Big Thing: The Game of Entrepreneurship, backed by over 25 top accelerators and VC investors. In this episode… Investing in a startup is a significant risk, but the massive opportunity it holds is too good to pass on, especially for venture capitalists. What do these venture capitalists know that makes them invest millions into certain startups that almost no one has ever heard of? For companies yet to make a dollar in revenue, how do they determine their valuation? And which types of companies do VCs invest in? Sky Fernandes walks us through these critical questions. According to Sky, a significant deciding factor for VCs to invest in a startup is the market size and how extraordinary the opportunity is in terms of the magnitude of improvements. But getting the hang of these things is not a walk in the park. After 160 investments, Sky would still tell his younger self to have a higher bar of what ‘extraordinary' is when he makes investments. Ready for a VC masterclass? Listen to the Inspired Insider Podcast episode with Dr. Jeremy Weisz featuring the Co-founder and General Partner at VU Venture Partners, Sky Fernandes. They discuss what goes into a startup's valuation pre-revenue, how Sky chooses companies to invest in, raising capital, and more.
In recognition of Earth Day, we are bringing back a guest who truly lives his life for the better of our earth, Seth Goldman. His time with us continues to bring nuggets of wisdom and encourages us in our actions for a healthier earth and world. Wait, what happened to Summer Brand Nerds! Ok, so like, I could write a soliloquy about Seth's appearance on Brands Beats & Bytes…but I'm not. I'll simply leave y'all with this. Humility x Happy x Homiletics = The sweet gospel according to the sagacious Seth Goldman
In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell & Owen Rask explore the wild west of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in Australia.Kate & Owen explore what is an IPO is, whether they're worth your time, the different players involved (brokers, lawyers, investors), some of the key risks to be aware of and how to access them in Australia.Episode transcript now available via the show notes page.Take one of our amazing FREE financial education courses (think ETFs, shares, property and FIRE) on Rask Education and join our wonderful FB community.Score $100 off our premium ASX & US share research service, Rask Invest!If you want to thank us for putting this show together, please give The Australian Finance Podcast a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts - it's a 5 second task which really helps support the show (and puts a big smile on our faces).Full individual disclosures for each guest are available via the show notes page. Owen, Kate and The Rask Group Pty Ltd do NOT receive anything for mentioning Super funds, products, shares, bank accounts, etc.|| We're proudly supported by ETF Securities ||Learn more about ETF Securities: https://bit.ly/fundsETFS |DISCLAIMER: This podcast contains general financial information only. That means the information does not take into account your objectives, financial situation, or needs. Because of that, you should consider if the information is appropriate to you and your needs, before acting on it. If you're confused about what that means or what your needs are, you should always consult a licensed and trusted financial planner. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information in this podcast, including any financial, taxation, and/or legal information. Remember, past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. The Rask Group is NOT a qualified tax accountant, financial (tax) adviser, or financial adviser.Access The Rask Group's Financial Services Guide (FSG): https://www.rask.com.au/fsgDate recorded: October 13th 2021
In this episode of Alternative Data News, we speak with Chris Antipa, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of DecaData.DecaData offers daily point of sale (POS) data for over 50K global CPG products with granularity down to the UPC scan level. Their product offerings include COVID-19 Purchase Data, Hotel Occupancy Data, Retail Data, Video Game Data, and Rx Data.We discuss the origins of DecaData as a self-funded venture, the most notable usage cases for their POS data, and how their data delivery has eliminated a lot of the pain points for buy-side clients. Our episode concludes with an anecdote of a timely call around the Beyond Meat IPO and Chris's thoughts on what's a better short-term investment, GME or Bitcoin. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Get the inside scoop on the fastest growing sector of the food industry: plant-based products. Dairy alternatives are experiencing explosive growth. The wildly popular vegan oat milk maker Oatly went public in May of 2021 and was swiftly valued at $10 billion. This is just the latest sign that the consumer move to vegan products is a skyrocketing trend. This blockbuster IPO comes on the heels of the Beyond Meat IPO in 2019 which was also a spectacular success. Meat alternatives are increasing in number and quality as more and more people become aware of the destructive impact of animal agriculture on the environment and human health. And, vegan products are now really delicious and convenient. So, get the latest from Elysabeth Alfano, host of the Plant-Based Business Hour. She talks to Jane Velez-Mitchell of JaneUnChained.com, where you can get hundreds of printable vegan recipes. Elysabeth has the inside story on this trend.
Get the inside scoop on the fastest growing sector of the food industry: plant-based products. Dairy alternatives are experiencing explosive growth. The wildly popular vegan oat milk maker Oatly went public in May of 2021 and was swiftly valued at $10 billion. This is just the latest sign that the consumer move to vegan products is a skyrocketing trend. This blockbuster IPO comes on the heels of the Beyond Meat IPO in 2019 which was also a spectacular success. Meat alternatives are increasing in number and quality as more and more people become aware of the destructive impact of animal agriculture on the environment and human health. And, vegan products are now really delicious and convenient. So, get the latest from Elysabeth Alfano, host of the Plant-Based Business Hour. She talks to Jane Velez-Mitchell of JaneUnChained.com, where you can get hundreds of printable vegan recipes. Elysabeth has the inside story on this trend.
Get the inside scoop on the fastest growing sector of the food industry: plant-based products. Dairy alternatives are experiencing explosive growth. The wildly popular vegan oat milk maker Oatly went public in May of 2021 and was swiftly valued at $10 billion. This is just the latest sign that the consumer move to vegan products is a skyrocketing trend. This blockbuster IPO comes on the heels of the Beyond Meat IPO in 2019 which was also a spectacular success. Meat alternatives are increasing in number and quality as more and more people become aware of the destructive impact of animal agriculture on the environment and human health. And, vegan products are now really delicious and convenient. So, get the latest from Elysabeth Alfano, host of the Plant-Based Business Hour. She talks to Jane Velez-Mitchell of JaneUnChained.com, where you can get hundreds of printable vegan recipes. Elysabeth has the inside story on this trend.
What's allowed the Beyonds and Impossibles and JUSTs of the world to do what they're doing was not subsidies, it was investment that they put into science and technology that allowed them to create things that weren't creatable before, because they just hadn't been tried before. - Michael Pellman Rowland Michael Pellman Rowland is back. He was on the podcast in the early days of the pandemic to talk about the happenings in the alternative protein space and to explain the Beyond Meat IPO – the most successful IPO since 2001. Since then, I have heard from a lot of you, asking who is next? So, I asked Michael to come back and talk about the next five plant-based companies that will most likely go public in the near and not as near future. He graciously gave me an in depth look at the companies that are on the verge of exploding as well as a couple that you might not have ever heard of. Michael knows and loves this space. He has been writing about it for years, primarily for Forbes. His articles are about the future of food, sustainable food startups and technologies, and all of the happenings in the plant-based food.
The Beyond Meat IPO in 2019 marked an inflection point not just for the global alternative protein ecosystem but the fledgling Indian innovation ecosystem as well. Calls to offer capital, R&D and entrepreneurial talent started pouring in. But the best things take time, and building something entirely new takes much more. An innovation ecosystem takes patient capital, collaborative partners, supportive incubators, and years of developmental research being translated from the university to the market via entrepreneurs collaborating with researchers. While these components exist in every market, in India, the ecosystem is still embryonic. Each of these elements - research, incubation, capital infusion, product development, industry collaboration, and finally market launch takes enormous effort and has to be built from scratch. Connections between these players have to be forged, and we’ve played matchmaker for technology transfer, talent pool development and connecting catalytic capital or corporations to the right companies. Today’s guest Shardul Dabir is GFI India’s Innovation Specialist. Shardul has been thinking of food systems since his teenage years, and offers some innovative answers for how we can grow the early stage Indian ecosystem in smart protein.NOTES:Organisations mentioned:NIFTEMICTCFTRIIIFPTIIT-KGPIIT-DelhiCCMBMOFPIICARBIRACCSIRDBTDSTRISECompanies Mentioned:Impossible FoodsMosa MeatMemphis MeatsBeyond MeatJUSTGood DotGood MylkBibliography:Shardul’s Blog: The India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge: Unlocking talent bottlenecksThe India Smart Protein Innovation ChallengeGFIdeas India Smart Protein Innovation CommunityFood Pathshala Essay Competition - 2016. Blog by ShardulFor Further Reading:Innovators' Lightning Showcase: Hear from the most promising Indian entrepreneurs in new protein at the Future of Protein Summit 2019.For more on our GFIdeas India Webinars check out our YouTube page.
“There’s no question that Beyond Meat IPO was a watershed event. You cannot overstate enough how big of a deal that was, because before then you had a relatively small group of folks, including myself, leading the parade, cheering as loudly as we could, and largely falling on deaf ears outside of small pockets here and there. When that [IPO] happened, everybody on Wall Street started to take notice, not just because it went public, but it was the most successful IPOs since I think 2001 or something like that. And so, Wall Street, for better or worse, looks for where the money is being made and once they started to really look into the growth percent, the numbers in the plant based meat aisle - the success of the IPO, everybody started looking for the next one.” - Michael Pellman Rowland One silver lining that has come from the devastating Coronavirus pandemic has been the rise of the plant based meat industry. Business is booming. Sales of alternatives to animal flesh proteins have soared since the pandemic started and are now outpacing meat sales. This has been in part because of the meat shortage and in part because many more people have now been made aware of just how bad the meat industry is (extremely bad). They are looking for alternatives and, fortunately there are many. So, I asked my friend, Michael Pellman Rowland to explain the latest goings on in the alternative meat space, a space he knows well. He is a financial advisor whose specialty is around sustainability and impact. And, he’s been writing about it for years, primarily for Forbes. His articles are about the future of food, sustainable food startups and technologies, and all of the happenings in the plant based food world from Memphis Meats leading the way to being the first cell-based meat company to bring its product to market to Beyond Meat being offered at Starbucks (although sadly, not in the US (yet)). Michael is particularly excited about companies that offer innovative solutions to reduce the impact that agriculture has on human health, climate change, water scarcity, and the welfare of billions of animals, companies like: Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, JUST, Ocean Hugger, Califia Farms, and Good Catch. I learned a lot from Michael about many of these world-changing companies. He’s a wealth of knowledge, information, and advice; and, a really good human being.
What are the Top 3 Reusable Startup Hacks? This week, Live Clickbait! In our new segment, special guest Greg Kubin of CoFounder Weekly shares his picks: the founder mindset, using Twitter for networking video conferencing over in-person meetings Along the way, we talk about FAANG, permissions structures, Joey's Twitter Identity, the Beyond Meat IPO, Dark Forest theory, and a most uncomfortable phrase passed down to Joey that we'll never forget. They don't talk about the new, hypothetical Critical Nonsense gym where folks gain reps facing their most mundane fears. references Check out and subscribe to Greg Kubin's newsletter, CoFounder Weekly The Dark Forest, by Cixin Liu Chapo, a podcast by Vice Conference calls IRL
Wait, what happened to Summer Brand Nerds! Ok, so like, I could write a soliloquy about Seth's appearance on Brands Beats & Bytes…but I'm not. I'll simply leave y'all with this. Humility x Happy x Homiletics = The sweet gospel according to the sagacious Seth Goldman
In this episode Pete and Zac look at an investment megatrend that has been gripping the US which is alternative plant based protein. We have seen this in the media a bit recently through the rise of the Beyond Meat IPO and the change to more and more people no longer eating meat. They take a deep dive into some of the companies working in this space. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewealthcollective/message
Mark Bunting, President of Capital Ideas, dropped into the #HashtagFinance studio to chat with Grace Pedota and share his favourite podcasts and thoughts on the format for financial interviews (1:15), observations on what's next in financial news media (5:12), and play a game of financial "word blurt" (a #HashtagFinance first at 10:43). Listen until the end to learn about his most interesting interviews, his thoughts on the Beyond Meat IPO, the cannabis sector, and blockchain stocks!
This week, Slate Money talk about Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, the merits of upzoning and the Beyond Meat IPO. And in the Slate Plus segment: The billionaire who bought Sotheby’s. Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@EmilyRPeck Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Slate Money talk about Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, the merits of upzoning and the Beyond Meat IPO. And in the Slate Plus segment: The billionaire who bought Sotheby’s. Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@EmilyRPeck Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s a strong time for meat-alternatives with the Beyond Meat IPO and Impossible Whopper. Where is the next step for meat-alternatives? When will it be the norm? Uh-oh, an asteroid is almost going to impact Earth. See more here. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Free: The Future of a […]
Beyond Meat has had the most successful IPO launch in the past twenty years. Will it live up to the hype? Is Beyond Meat being valued as a food stock or more like a tech stock? Here's our analysts' take on what it means for the food and beverage industry.
Youngme, Felix, and Mihir talk about the Beyond Meat IPO and whether plant-based meat alternatives like Beyond Burger and Impossible Burger will become mass-market products. They then discuss Facebook's announcement that it is pivoting to put greater emphasis on user privacy.
This week hosts Ryan Henderson and Brett Schafer break down Apple's earnings (1:00), and talk if they really still have room to grow. Beyond Meat IPO soars 200% first day of trading (5:00), and the never ending trade talks take more pointless turns (7:00). Tesla and Netflix both raise more capital and subsequently debt (10:00). Berkshire Hathaway hosts their annual shareholder meeting and the contrarians flock to the doors (13:00). We have our Finance GIF Draft (20:00) and as always we have our Hot Water (17:00) and a FMK (24:00) . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chit-chat-money/support
In this episode, JC talks about the future of the stock market from these levels and the potential catalysts that could send us higher or lower. He talks about the pending China trade deal, Jerome Powell's decision to keep interest rates steady, in addition to the earnings reports we saw this week from Alphabet (aka Google), Apple, AMD, and Square. He also talks about the Beyond Meat IPO. www.ChamesEntertainment.com
Today on Group Chat we discuss Eva Heyman Instagram Holocaust, Kanye/Jaden Smith, Facebook bans, Jay-Z/Meek Mill standing behind Robert Kraft, Kraft's attorneys, more families paying to get into college, Airbnb/Marriott rethinking their models, traveling outside of your born state, Verizon/Tumblr, Beyond Meat, Burger King new 'Unhappy Meals' and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our top stories today: Big appetite for Beyond Meat IPO; futures look past Fed meeting; and Iran feels pinch from oil ban. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our latest #plantstance podcast, we got together with Sprouted Ventures to talk about the latest with the#BeyondMeat IPO filing. Keep in mind, we are speaking about our initial impressions. Our objective was to have a quick reaction, a discussion, and some different perspectives to give you something to think about. When a private company decides to put itself out there and their product is intended to act as a disrupter or a solution to big issues, it deserves a conversation. When that very same company also declares a loss in their revenue from the year before, it is an interesting juxtaposition relative to the fact that it is looking for investors in the first place. Financial vulnerabilities aside, is this a worthy investment and if so, why? This is just a collective take and by no means a professionally informed direction. Another complexity: We learned today that Tyson just exited their investment position of the company right before the filing, the news just keeps marching on.
In a special double-feature show, Pearse is joined firstly by Eoin and Paddy to discuss the breakout market of veganism, touching on the Beyond Meat IPO, as well as how industry incumbents are reacting to disruptors. Then, in the second half of the show Pearse welcomes back Conor and Eoghan to discuss the business of Education - featuring everything from admissions scandals to $31 Billion college endowment funds.
In today's Minutes: BlackBerry buys cybersecurity firm, Bill Gates backed Beyond Meat files for IPO, and VW is making a huge push into electric vehicles. Plus, nobody gives a damn about the real you. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watercoolesthq/support