Podcasts about Eniac Ventures

In the latest episode of Skin in the Game VC, hosts Tom Wallace and Saxon Baum sit down with Jenny Friedman, the solo General Partner of Four Acres Capital, to discuss her path into venture capital, investment strategy, and what's happening in today's fast-moving startup world.From Goldman Sachs to Running Her Own VC Fund, Jenny's journey into venture capital wasn't linear. After growing up in New York City, attending Horace Mann, and studying at Penn, she began her career in investment management at Goldman Sachs. But she quickly realized that traditional finance wasn't for her and pivoted to the startup world, joining MiniBar Delivery, a liquor marketplace. This hands-on tech experience gave her the edge she needed to transition into venture capital.While pursuing her MBA at Columbia Business School, Jenny networked relentlessly, eventually landing a role at ENIAC Ventures, a leading seed-stage VC firm. She later joined Supernode Ventures, where she helped raise their first institutional fund. During the pandemic, she took a leap of faith and launched Four Acres Capital as a solo GP, giving her full control over investments and fund strategy. Tune in to hear the full episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is Derek Miller of the Salt Lake Chamber with your Utah Business Report. Mobly, Inc., a rising innovator in event marketing technology, has closed a $4.3 million dollar seed funding round, co-led by Jump Capital and Eniac Ventures, with contributions from Peterson Ventures and other notable investors. This funding will accelerate Mobly's mission to revolutionize event marketing by enabling smarter lead capture, data-driven engagement, and streamlined workflows. Mobly's platform transforms the industry by reducing the average “Speed to Lead” from 11 days to minutes, empowering marketing and sales teams to efficiently manage event-driven campaigns. The company plans to enhance its platform with new features, integrations, and partnerships to expand its reach. To learn more, visit the Mobly website. The Salt Lake Chamber. We Stand as the Voice of Business. Originally aired: 2/7/25

This week we chat with Nihal Mehta! At Eniac, they call Nihal the human Rolodex, thanks to the thousands of connections he has made with some of the world's top companies and brands. He developed many of these connections (and scar tissue!) over the past 20+ years while founding five startups: Philly2nite -> UrbanGroove -> Chapter 7 bankruptcy; ipsh! -> acquired by Omnicom (NYSE: OMC); buzzd -> LocalResponse -> acquired by BlueCava.Early in his career, Nihal honed his ability to spot top entrepreneurial talent by investing in Admob (acquired by Google), Swiftkey (acquired by Microsoft), Tapad (acquired by Telenor), Tala, and Uber, to name a few. Nihal and his wife are now angel investors and LPs in almost 100 underrepresented founders and fund managers.Nihal is a co-founder of the non-profit “Project Ahimsa,” providing scholarships to disadvantaged youth in India, where his parents immigrated from in the early 1970s. Nihal also recently co-founded initiatives like Help Main Street to help restaurants survive the pandemic, and The 100k Pledge, a social justice tracker of economic empowerment to Black communities. You might catch him running down the Hudson River weekday mornings with founders and his #pitchandrun crew.Outside of the office Nihal loves to spend time with his wife Reshma and is a big supporter of her non-profit Girls Who Code and her initiative “Moms First.” Around town, you will usually see him with his sons Shaan and Sai and beagle-bulldog Stanley. Nihal is the life of the party, which is why he always spearheads Eniac events.Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science.Follow us!Nihal Mehta: @nihalmehtaEniac Ventures: @EniacVCErica Wenger: @erica_wengerDear Twentysomething: @deartwentysomething

In the captivating episode of The Dealmakers' Podcast, Amar Goel, a seasoned entrepreneur and visionary who currently serves as a co-founder and CEO of Bito, shares his inspiring journey through the ever-evolving landscape of entrepreneurship. With roots deeply intertwined with Silicon Valley's tech culture, Amar's trajectory unveils a story of innovation, persistence, and the power of adaptability. His venture, Bito, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Reza Behforooz, Eniac Ventures, Cap Table Coalition, and Mohak Shroff.

Top VCs MatchUp: Nihal Mehta Partner at Eniac Ventures, Nia Johnson Investor, Olivia O'Sullivan Forum Ventures and Ollen Douglass VC & Board Advisor (Formerly Motley Fool Ventures) Investors debate: What should investors consider when making a bet on Ai during this frenzied environment?  How should founders structure their fundraise? Will VCs start using ChatGPT or Google's BARD as an investment tool? How important is it for founders to understand exactly how they will build a defensibility moat around their product at the pre seed / seed stage? Cap table: What's the ideal number to allocate for an employee option pool, why is it important and do you require the pool to be implemented before your investment? bet a billion on anything, where you placing your chips?   Fidelity Cap Table Management for Startups E2 Generations Join the PrimeTime Community! PrimeTimeVC.com  

Episode #75, Hadley Harris, cofounder, ENIAC Ventures, NYC Seed Fund · Discussing strategies for Seed investment as well as Opportunity Funds for doubling down in winners. · How much diversification is required for optimal risk mitigation and impact of winners to fund results · Evolution of the New York startup ecosystem over the past 13 years since ENIAC's first fund · Acquisition market in New York · How to price a seed round and determine the right amount of capital to raise.   · How much dilution is expected in a first pre-seed round. · What milestones are expected to get to the next late stage seed round. · Convertible notes vs SAFE notes vs priced rounds · What tech sectors are getting the most interest · Making sure startups have more than a thin layer on top of ChatGTP   https://youtu.be/Lj0OffldWyQ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firesidevc   andrew@7bc.vc https://www.linkedin.com/in/romans/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firesidevc/message

Fundraising isn't about quantity as much as it is about quality. Instead of "spray and pray", I spend 10 minutes vetting each fund. Here's how I decide who to talk to - and who not to waste time on.Shoutout to Eniac Ventures that I used as an example.Follow me on Instagram: @annaratalaConnect with me on LinkedIn: /annaratalaSpecial thanks to Ryan Hays for the original podcast music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Saka talks to Nihil Mehta about how 4 friends started a VC firm from scratch and about how to scale relationships and networks. They also discussed thematic vs opportunistic investing.Nihal is a Co-Founder at Eniac Ventures and was an Angel Investor at Uber. Early in his career, he honed his ability to spot top entrepreneurial talent by investing in Admob (acquired by Google), Swiftkey (acquired by Microsoft), Tapad (acquired by Telenor), Tala, and Uber, to name a few. Nihal and his wife are now angel investors and LPs in almost 100 underrepresented founders and fund managers.Nihal is a co-founder of the non-profit “Project Ahimsa,” providing scholarships to disadvantaged youth in India, where his parents immigrated from in the early 1970s. Nihal also recently co-founded initiatives like Help Main Street to help restaurants survive the pandemic, and The 100k Pledge, a social justice tracker of economic empowerment to Black communitiesIf you think you or someone you know would like to chat with Saka in an exclusive interview, please get in touch!

Nihal Mehta of Eniac Ventures joins Paul and Randy to talk about the importance of a VC's network to a fund's health.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 86 is with Claire Rafson, Investor at Eniac Ventures! Based out of Eniac's New York office, Claire is passionate about democratizing access to capital, making essential services like FinTech and health care more accessible, and embedding ESG (environmental, social, and governance) principles into companies. Eniac Ventures leads seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies. Armed with over 80 years of combined experience building their own companies, Eniac does more than just provide capital. They provide a platform through an expansive network with a strong belief in community at the heart of their investment approach. We talk to Claire about her journey into VC. She details her day to day as an investor, what Eniac looks for in transformational founders, and how they're pushing the bar on democratizing access to capital. Eniac Ventures https://eniac.vc/ Timestamps 2:22 - Intro to Claire 8:00 - Mentorship & Representation 10:33 - Managing Mental Health 13:28 - Interviewing for Venture Opportunities 19:05 - Eniac Ventures 21:05 - Claire's Day to Day 25:50 - What VC's Look for in Founder Meetings 32:00 - Creating Strong Deal Flow 36:15 - Quantity vs. Quality 38:03 - “Lost Deals” 41:45 - Introverts vs. Extroverts in VC 43:45 - Democratizing Access to Capital 56:16 - Lightning Round

Today, I'm joined by Nihal Mehta, who has founded a host of companies and VC firms, including Urbangroove Networks, ipsh!, India Internet Group and ENIAC Ventures. On today's episode, we talk through Nihal's early childhood, how that led to him becoming an entrepreneur early on and how he applied lessons from being an entrepreneur to be a successful VC. FOLLOW Arnav: https://twitter.com/arnavvgarg FOLLOW Nihal: https://twitter.com/nihalmehta To stay up to date with the podcast: Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9m1vhdkW7tA8NM8r6F9rOA/?sub_confirmation=1. Follow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GXOT2uv64WEXjXTnMfeOb Follow us on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/investigating-pathways/id1554195882 Follow us on Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80NTJiMWY3MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== #investing #startups #entrepreneurship #venturecapital

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.Today's guest is Nihal Mehta, the founder of Eniac Ventures. They invest in bold leaders who use code to create transformational companies. They especially focus on seed rounds and early-stage companies.Before becoming a venture capitalist, Nihal created 5 companies himself. Some of these went bankrupt and others were acquired for millions of dollars. So he's seen the full range of what can happen at start-up and used these experiences to help many other founders. He is a strong believer in helping founders from underrepresented backgrounds and he does this through the initiatives such as ‘The 100k Pledge' and through his wife's initiatives such as ‘Girls Who Code' and ‘Marshall Plan for Moms'.It was a real pleasure to chat with Nihal today. We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.Eniac Ventures website: https://eniac.vc/Nihal's LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nihalmehta/Nabil's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/nihalmehtaKeynotes:Introduction (0:00)The first company and staring failure in the face (1:47)Bouncing back  (7:20)Inspiring moments and mentors (11:21)People are attracted to cooler things (15:15)The switch (18:25)Creating structure and getting better every day (24:03)Resilience and creativity (28:55)“Convince me that you are the only team to pull this off.”  (31:07)Fail fast first (33:30)

Hadley Harris, cofounder of Eniac Ventures, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Hadley humors Scott on one of his favorite topics - dealing with venture capitalists. Scott and Hadley dig into the rise of VC competition and why VCs can't afford to be as dismissive or authoritative in the new environment with a growing list of funding options for founders. They also talk about the power of Twitter in the start up world, VC trends, ideal companies and finding the right fit between founders and the problem they set out to solve. 

On episode 11 of ReFi Podcast we chat with Kristin McDonald, from Eniac Ventures. We touch on the dynamics of moving the carbon market on-chain, the emerging trends in that space, and we take a look beyond carbon, and the future of valuing, and tokenizing biodiversity.. Some of the topics we jump into: 00:00 Intro 02:35 "My original a-ha moment with crypto..." 04:40 Is Web2 following the trend of financialilzation of natural resources? Or just Web3? 06:00 Rewarding work in Web2 is really hard.. 07:28 What was the focus on your studies on the path to where you are now? 08:49 "efficient capital allocation is a really , really powerful tool..How do we incentivize behavior that is beneficial for everyone?.." 12:14 What's the stumbling block for mass adoption of climate tech in Web3? "Cultural clash..need to bridge communities of traditional climate space and Web3 space.." 17:00 Climate community response to all the recent new protocols and innovations? 19:00 "Cambrian explosion of new projects has validated opinion of this is a waste of energy..increased fragmentation.." 20:41 What do you see as the first leverage point for mass adoption? "seeing traditional companies buying on-chain carbon.." 25:08 Thoughts on the emerging on-chain carbon market?  30:57 You're understanding of science around net zero?  "There's a difference between decabonizing and net zero.." 36:02 2030 2040 targets, how do they affect your work as a VC? 37:27 What's exciting you about deploying capital?  39:27 Do you see the market pushing beyond carbon? 40:43 "Climate change is so urgent, we have this myopic focus on reducing emissions..simple narrative.."  41:15 Cambrian explosion within ReFi movement  44:20 "The level of collaboration within ReFi is just wild and unprecedented.."  44:45 How do you approach valuing protocols, web3 ventures?  47:07 factors for founders to consider when trying to raise a seed round of investment?  49:26 Is venture capitalism becoming more collaborative outside of Web3?  51:12 What do you see happening beyond carbon?  54:09 "glimmers of hope of new innovation to tackle MRV problems..Drones..LIDAR.."   56:50 Prioritizing/maximizing carbon pulldown or biodiversity 01:02:30 Any specific companies you've come across taking a look at the climate challenges?  01:05:15 How can people connect with you?  Follow Kristin and check out Eniac Ventures: https://twitter.com/KristinEIise https://twitter.com/eniacvc -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/johnx25bd

For the first episode of The Web3 Podcast, we are delighted to welcome Hadley Harris of ENIAC Ventures. On this episode, we define what Web3 is, discuss the Web3 landscape from an investment perspective, and shine a light on the ongoing evolution of the space. About Hadley Harris Hadley is a successful venture capitalist, entrepreneur and Twitter personality. As a founding partner of ENIAC Ventures, he has been a seed-stage investor to 11 unicorns. In recent years, ENIAC have invested in a number of Web3 start-ups, including Genopets, ESports One and Rarify. Early in his career, Hadley worked at Pegasystems, Microsoft and Samsung, before joining the founders of Vlingo to run a several aspects of the business across product, strategy, and marketing until it was sold to Nuance for $225M. He rolled his experience building a successful startup into Thumb, where as CBO he helped the real-time recommendation app reach user engagement levels second only to Facebook before being acquired. Hadley grew up in downtown Boston, and now lives in New York City with his wife and son. Hadley's Recommendations 1. Andreeson Horowitz - Crypto Startup School 2. Whiteboard Crypto 3. ...leverage mentors! Social Links Hadley Harris: @Hadley ENIAC Ventures on Twitter: @ENIACVentures ENIAC Ventures: Website ....my Twitter: @CallumWooders ...my Website: theweb3podcast.xyz

Hadley Talks about the Venture investment boom post covid, The state of VC ecosystem, Areas of funding ,Mistakes made by VC's, Role of US in creating global companies in the future and much more.

PrimeTime VC LIVE! from Rockefeller Plaza ft. Nihal Mehta, Jenny Friedman, McKeever (Mac) Conwell,II & Joshua Rahn debate Web3.0, Tech, Investing & More! Top Venture Capital Investors from Eniac Ventures, Four Acres Venture Capital, RareBreed Ventures & Oceans VC battle it out! Only 1 can be crowned the Champ! Event Partners: First Republic Bank - Robert Hughes III & Kyle Gross HqO - Optimizing the Tenant Experience for Office Buildings PitchPages.io - Tyler Kelly & Kyle Eddins Entre - The #Network for Todays #Entrepreneur - Michael Marra Tishman Speyer & Studio Gather, showing you what true hospitality feels like. Sutton Capital - Learn VC Joel Palathinkal, Ph.D --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/primetimevc/message

Nihal Mehta of Eniac Ventures joins Nick to discuss The Human Rolodex, How the 2021 VC Vintage will Perform, and the Importance of Partnership Dynamics. In this episode we cover:   How do you think about active management of relationships over time? Do you have any advice, tricks, or tips? What is something you would have told yourself when you started Eniac? How have you built the team over time and thought about roles, responsibilities, skill sets required, and driving value/outcomes for the firm? What do you look for in a fund manager? Where do 2020 and 2021 Vintage Funds rank? What inspired you to start the 100K Pledge?  Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.  

Nihal Mehta is the Co-Founder of Eniac Ventures, a successful seed venture firm that has invested in unicorns like AirBnb and Boxed. Nihal has been a serial founder and an active investor for over a decade.  The only way to know what a founder is REALLY going through is by being a founder yourself. IMHO, VCs who have operator experience have a great competitive advantage. Nihal is one of the best startup player-coaches out there so it was a blast discussing how his founder experience has influenced his VC strategy. During the chat, we also talk about some of Nihal's other endeavors, one of which is the India Internet Group (IIG). IIG is a fund based out of India so we talk about the startup and VC scene there. He also started The 100K Pledge, a website that holds people and companies accountable when they make public pledges to help fight injustice. The site keeps tabs on what they're actually doing to help the cause. As you can tell, we cover a lot during the chat. Big thanks to Nihal for joining me on the pod to catch up and share his thoughts on everything. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nihalmehta?lang=en (@nihalmehta) / https://eniac.vc/ (@eniacventures) / http://twitter.com/mpd (@mpd) Show Links Guest Links: https://eniac.vc/ (Eniac Ventures), https://the100kpledge.com/ (The 100k Pledge), https://helpmainstreet.com/ (HelpMainStreet.com) Podcast Links: http://mpd.me (Website), https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCua7T3uyg6IQeSbYyNKT_Iw (YouTube), https://twitter.com/mpd (Twitter), https://www.facebook.com/innovationwithmpd (Facebook), https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovationwithmpd (LinkedIn)

I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Hadley Harris, one of the founding partners of seed stage investor Eniac Ventures. Over their history, Eniac has invested many amazing companies including AirBnB, Cameo, Hinge, and Soundcloud. After starting with an initial $1.6M Fund I 11 years ago, they currently grown and expanded to now managing over $300MM in AUM. It was fun chatting with him on the origin story of the original partnership and how they’ve evolved over the years together, and with the introduction of new team members. Also in our conversation we spoke about portfolio construction, which I personally find fascinating given the different approaches that exist. For those that haven’t seen it, check out Hadley’s post on portfolio construction (“Seed Portfolio Construction for Dummies”) as it’s a great post.  Prior to Eniac, Hadley held various operational roles including head of Business Market Strategy at Vlingo, which was acquired for $225M by Nuance Communications. He did his undergrad and MBA at the University of Pennsylvania. Get on the email list at ventureunlocked.substack.com

Nihal Mehta is a founding partner of ENIAC. In his experience, entrepreneurship is not a career to be taken lightly. In VC it is do or die. An episode, full of truths that may seem uncomfortable but that puts things as they are within VC.

Hadley Harris is a Co-Founder and General Partner of Eniac Ventures, leading seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies. Eniac has recently announced it's fifth fund, of $125M, and their portfolio now includes more than 120 companies, with 50-plus exits. Their team's combined 80 years of experience founding and operating over 10 venture-backed startups and their belief in a strong community are at the heart and soul of their investment approach. Hadley has done a little bit of everything on the path to co-founding Eniac. Starting as a developer and engineering team lead at Pegasystems, he later took on roles as a product manager at Microsoft and strategist at Samsung, where it became clear that big companies were not for him. In 2007 he was very fortunate to join a couple talented AI founders out of MIT at Vlingo where he ran a several aspects of the business across product, strategy and marketing until it was sold to Nuance for $225M. He rolled his experience building a successful startup into Thumb where as CBO he helped the real-time recommendation app reach user engagement levels second only to Facebook before being acquired. Hadley grew up in downtown Boston, where he started his first company Beantown Odd Jobs at the age of 13. Hadley is passionate about improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, which stems from his close relationship with his brother Traves. He is a Board Director for Cardinal Cushing Centers, which serves adults and children with intellectual disabilities across 4 campuses in Massachusetts. Some of the Topics Covered by Hadley Harris in this Episode Areas Eniac is investing in and how they got started Why Hadley loves this work and has continued it What drives their deal flow Their strategy of 2-3 GPs per year and shifting from following to leading How they approach the platform side of things Eniac's unique deal process Hadley's view on portfolio construction How their ownership targets have shifted as their funds have grown How they go about telling founders "no" Hadley's learnings on negotiation Their investment in Anchor The difference between investing in first and multiple time founders What founders should know about raising their seed round How Hadley manages so many professional relationships His relationship with his co-founders How Hadley prioritizes his mental and physical health Hadley's perspective on getting an MBA Hadley's advice for founders Sign up for The Grind, for actionable insights and stories from successful entrepreneurs delivered to your inbox once per week: https://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/ Listen to all episodes of the Just Go Grind Podcast: https://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ Follow Justin Gordon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justingordon212 Follow Justin Gordon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justingordon8/

We get straight to the point and dive in with our special guest, Nihal Mehta of Eniac Ventures, and Co-founder of The100KPledge. His track record is filled with hits, with 5 funds launched over a 12-year span ranging from $1M - $100M+, experience bringing businesses to life, committing to helping in the diversity space, and passion for making connections, lead us to a great conversation on the Whiskey Hue. Nihal's whisky of choice is Balvenie 14 Yr Caribbean Cask Scotch Whisky and we have a great time chatting.

This week our hosts sit down with Hadley Harris, Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures, a seed-stage fund with a focus on New York startups. Eniac backs bold founders who use code to build transformational companies.

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Tim Young. Tim is a Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures with two exits as an entrepreneur and over 20 years of experience advising and investing in 100+ early-stage startups. Prior to founding Eniac in 2009, Tim founded Bridge, an enterprise software company focusing on corporate training, which he led to an 8-figure exit. Prior to Bridge, Tim led product at Quoteship, a B2B marketplace for logistics, which exited to Logistics.comIn this episode;1-) Founder's passion, storytelling skills, and integrity 2-) Understanding the problem deeply3-) An ideal team4-) Role of a VC in pivotsFounder's FAQ is a book for founders and you can pre-order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

Access to capital is a top concern for Pittsburgh's tech ecosystem. We are excited to welcome a true venture rockstar Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures, which has invested in companies, including Air BnB, Legit and Brightwheel to name a few. Nihal will talk more about the fund and what they look for in investments. As one of the most connected VCs in the world, Nihal has been called the human Rolodex, thanks to the thousands of connections he has made with some of the world’s top companies and brands. Prior to founding Eniac, Nihal was the founding CEO of LocalResponse, where he grew revenues 2,153% in three years and landed them on Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies. 

Nihal Mehta, General Partner at Eniac Ventures, experienced the pain of building a tech venture that failed during the dotcom collapse. He's subsequently founded & exited several successful tech ventures - Nihal was also an early investor in the likes of Uber and Admob – so he's got a pretty strong track record spotting disruptive companies with unicorn potential! We explored: the resilience of New York city - despite covid lessons learnt from the dotcom collapse that today's tech entrepreneurs can leverage the need for tech founders to be able to answer this question: “Are you 1 of the very few teams in the world that could pull off this mission?” how to use Twitter and LinkedIn to engage with enterprise prospects & clients  the mental health issues facing entrepreneurs and tech leaders during the pandemic  why Eniac's portfolio has been actively hiring ethnic & gender diversity board members & employees    For more insights into Eniac Ventures, head over to https://eniac.vc & for gudiance on recruiting leadership talent for tech startups & scaleups check out https://alpinasearch.com    

Bay Area-based Iron Ox today announced a $20 million Series B. The funding, led by Pathbreaker Venture and family office firms, brings the robotics company's total funding up to $45 million to date. A number of other investors also took part in the round, including Crosslink Capital, Amplify Partners, ENIAC Ventures, R7 Partners, Tuesday Ventures, […]

TribalScale CEO Sheetal Jaitly is joined by Founding Partner of ENIAC Ventures, Nihal Mehta. From music startups to Barcelona's Ocean's 11 dinner,  from filing for bankruptcy to being known as "the human Rolodex" Nihal has decades of stories from the highest glory days of a startup, to the lowest lows, and as he says, these are often occurring within the same 24 hours. 

Aux États-Unis le débat sur le racisme rebondit dans le secteur de la tech. Des leaders noirs appellent les patrons du secteur à en faire davantage pour combattre les inégalités raciales au sein de leurs entreprises. C’est un fait connu mais souvent occulté : les Noirs sont sous-représentés dans la Silicon Valley. Aucun ne dirige une grande entreprise du secteur. Ils constituent seulement 7% des salariés ; et 1% des capital risqueurs, ces financiers déterminants dans le développement des start-ups. Depuis le meurtre de George Floyd qui a choqué toute l’Amérique et provoqué une prise de conscience dans de nombreuses entreprises, les grands patrons américains de la tech, de Apple à Tiktok en passant par Google, Verizon ou Facebook ont promis des millions de dollars. Des dons destinés à des acteurs engagés dans la lutte contre le racisme. Cet assaut de générosité laissent sceptiques les premiers intéressés Parmi eux Ralph Clark, l’un des rares Afro-Américains ayant percé dans la baie de San Francisco avec sa start-up Shottspotters, qui sert à faire baisser le niveau de violence par les armes à feu. Ralph Clark apprécie les 10 millions de dollars promis par Facebook pour faire bonne figure mais il préfèrerait largement trois postes de vice-présidents réservés à des membres de sa communauté pour faire reculer l’ostracisme anti noir qui règne dans ce milieu. Cette discrimination positive est déjà entrée dans les actes pour l’un des fondateurs de la plate-forme de discussion Reddit, Alexis Ohanian. Il a annoncé ce week end qu’il abandonnait son poste d’administrateur à condition qu’il soit attribué à un candidat afro-américain. Cet entrepreneur blanc agit pour des raisons à la fois politiques et intimes, puisqu’il est le papa d’une petite fille métisse née de son mariage avec la championne de tennis Serena Williams. C’est aussi une décision qui tombe à point nommé pour Reddit, interpellé pour n’avoir pas assez agi contre le racisme. Quelles solutions pourraient faire bouger les choses  ? Des patrons noirs de la baie de San Francisco ont lancé une pétition pour exiger des engagements concrets. Notamment dans le recrutement et le financement des projets d’entreprise. Car travailler dans la tech reste un parcours du combattant pour les Afro-Américains. Ce ne sont pas les lois qui sont en cause, mais les biais culturels qui tendent à reproduire les barrières sociales et raciales. Pour sortir de leurs réseaux fermés, certains investisseurs ciblent les universités très fréquentées par les Afro-Américains. Il y a quelques jours Nihal Mehta, l’un des co-fondateurs de la société d’amorçage Eniac Ventures, destinées aux jeunes pousses du net a lancé un appel sur twitter aux jeunes talents noirs, leur promettant un accès gratuit à ses services. En quelques heures une centaine de rendez-vous ont été pris. La demande est donc bien là, mais encore largement ignorée par les milieux de la tech. EN BREF Le gouvernement français prépare un méga plan de soutien à l'aéronautique. D'après nos confrères du quotidien Les Échos, 10 milliards d'euros seraient débloqués pour aider cette industrie. Une activité florissante qui a été complètement anéantie par le confinement. Le détail du plan devrait être annoncé demain mardi. À partir de ce lundi tout voyageur arrivant sur le sol britannique est soumis à une quarantaine de 15 jours. Une mesure très contestée par l'industrie des transports aériens. Les compagnies aériennes British Airways, EasyJet et Ryanair dénoncent un dispositif « disproportionné » et « injuste ». Les contrevenants risquent une amende de 1 000 livres, soit environ 1 120 euros.

Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner, Eniac Ventures Key Takeaways: 1. "Time spent on media" vs "ad dollars going to media" are not directly tied. Consumer business models are not designed to succeed in recessions, and many will need to adjust rapidly to survive. 2. Construction, real estate, insurance, health care are large components of GDP transforming very quickly, presenting new opportunities for investors. 3. It's a great time to build, but not a great time to sell. Spend time building and improving your product, as opposed to focusing on selling. 4. Customers and buyers are also facing tight budgets, and there are better uses of your team's energy and focus over the next 12 months.

Hadley has done a little bit of everything on the path to co-founding Eniac. Starting as an engineer and development team lead at Pegasystems, he later took on roles as a product manager at Microsoft and strategist at Samsung, where it became clear that big companies were not for him. In 2007 he was very fortunate to join a very talented AI team out of MIT at Vlingo where he ran a few aspects of the business across product, strategy, and marketing until it was sold to Nuance for $225M. He rolled his experience building a successful startup into Thumb whereas CBO he helped the real-time recommendation app reach user engagement levels second only to Facebook before being acquired. In this episode, Philip and Hadley discuss product development, startups, consumer startups and the effects of Covid-19 on the ecosystems. startuphandmedowns.co

Tales from Hell with Nihal Mehta, a partner at Eniac Ventures, a venture seed fund out of New York City and long time friend. I wanted to get a perspective from an investor to see what advice he's giving founders. This is a very serious time, if you don't take precautions, you could be put out business quickly. Lucky for you, Nihal gave some really great advice about getting through this time and thriving afterwords. Follow Dee on: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/deemurthy Twitter → https://twitter.com/deemurthy LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/dee-murthy-8a3557/

Michael Katz is the cofounder and CEO of mParticle which is a customer data platform for multi-channel consumer brands. The company has raised $120 million from top tier investors such as Greylock Partners, Google Ventures, Battery Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Social Capital, Correlation Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Golden Ventures, and Bowery Capital to name a few. Prior to this Michael Katz founded Interclick which he sold to Yahoo for $300 million. 

Michael Katz is the cofounder and CEO of mParticle which is a customer data platform for multi-channel consumer brands. The company has raised $120 million from top tier investors such as Greylock Partners, Google Ventures, Battery Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Social Capital, Correlation Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Golden Ventures, and Bowery Capital to name a few. Prior to this Michael Katz founded Interclick which he sold to Yahoo for $300 million. 

From Wall Street to working with Scott Harrison CEO of Charity Water. Lessons from interviewing the Founders of Betterment, Pintrest, Yippit, Eniac Ventures and others in the Venture Capital Ecosystem.  We discuss his role at Hearst Ventures and their history of Investments in Netscape, Roku, Pandora & Buzzfeed. Thoughts on Investment strategy for Transportation Mobility, FinTech, Cyber Securities and emerging areas in Media. Tips on a collaborative company culture and effective communication. “Realizing Optionality. Embrace your failures and understand their are options and bounce back paths. Theres always more options.” Pick up-  Finding Genius https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Genius-Venture-Capital-Betting-ebook/dp/B07YCZH3NS - Insight on How does venture capital operate and how to get funding from VCs. Check out the video / past shows: https://www.charlienyc.com/leaderslive 

Live at Microsoft Start Up Investor Series w/ Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner, Eniac Ventures talking StartUps, Fundraising, Networking, Company Culture, & Partnerships. So many Gems in this one! Nihal is a 5x Tech Founder & Highly Successful Investor in Uber, Admob and Tapad. Eniac Ventures leads seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies.  Past Shows: www.charlienyc.com/leaderslive

Après avoir levé 16,3 millions de dollars auprès d’investisseurs comme The Hive, Eniac Ventures, 500 startups, Brent Hoberman, fondateur de Lastminute.com, Xavier Niel et Bpifrance, Rand Hindi vient d’annoncer la cession de Snips à Sonos, une société californienne spécialisée dans les enceintes et équipements audio/video. Discussion sur cette sortie pour la startup française SNIPS avec Yann Lechelle

Nihal Mehta is an entrepreneur turned VC, running a $100M fund with offices in NY and San Francisco. He was an investor in companies you know like Uber and Airbnb and and a variety of mobile tech companies that exited to the likes of Google, Spotify and Microsoft. Nihal's career has ridden in part on a wave of serendipity and a motivation from a young age to do things that empower others. Whether investing in promising entrepreneurs, promoting gender parity, or simply offering a listening-ear and some introductions to pretty much anyone who asks, Nihal believes in doing what he can to add fuel to entrepreneurial fires. Nihal joins Julia Pimsleur to share how he is taking chances in order to be more courageous, and how his mindset practices help him find focus and recharge; and how, after years of hearing two-minute pitches from entrepreneurs, what happened when he got his "two minutes."

Brian Feinstein is a partner at Bessemer Ventures. Since joining in 2008, has focused on investments in early and growth-stage vertical SaaS, including Procore, Restaurant365, and LiveAuctioneers, as well as supported the firm's investment in Mindbody. Brian is interested in founders who are shaping their industries outside of the Silicon Valley mold. In this episode Brian sits down with Tim Young, a founding partner at Eniac Ventures, to discuss Bessemer’s thesis around vertical SaaS and their top-down strategy for identifying investments. He digs into how they map out industries by GDP, IT spend and the criteria they look for within a sector. As a lead investor in Procore - the de facto leader of construction software now valued at more than $3 billion dollars after their December 2018 funding round - Brian discusses how they identified the construction sector and what led them to invest in the company’s Series D. Brian also speaks to the fund's interest in SaaS for the public sector. He points out that it is one of the largest verticals from an IT spend perspective and has historically lacked software innovation, but he is optimistic for big changes. He also addresses how machine learning with the ability to make predictions and detect anomalies can be a powerful driver in vertical markets. If you liked this episode, please share and tag us on Twitter: @brianfeinstein @BessemerVP @timy0ung @EniacVC @seedtoscale Send comments or suggestions to seedtoscale@eniac.vc.

Sarah Cannon is a Partner at Index Ventures focused on investing in consumer businesses. She has had an unconventional path to venture, starting her early career by working in Ghana and as a Policy Advisor on the National Economic Council at the White House during the Obama Administration. In this episode, Sarah sat down with Hadley Harris, Founding Partner at Eniac Ventures, to share how she went from Ghana, the White House to CapitalG, what led her to join Index in 2018 and why she got into an argument over open source the first time meeting a partner. Sarah speaks to her time at Capital G, how she supported the India launch and the breadth of her work across Oscar, Multi-Plan with Hellman and Friedman, Care.com and Looker. She also discusses what she is seeing across the future of work industry and the bottom-up approach to productivity tools and its effect on the unbundling of Microsoft. Sarah also digs into the disaggregation of work into the gig economy from her perspective as an economist, the opportunities she sees across vertical marketplaces and her interest in new tools to serve this new class. Sarah shares what it is like to work with Danny Rimer, his thesis on authenticity, her time as a Board Observer at Slack and valuable lessons she’s learned from Stewart Butterfield about building a disruptive product and rethinking customer service. If you liked this episode, please share and tag us on Twitter: @SarahRCannon @indexventures @hadley @EniacVC @seedtoscale Send comments or suggestions to seedtoscale@eniac.vc.

Omar Hamoui is a Partner at Sequoia Capital, arguably one of the most well-known VC firms in the world, with investments in some of the biggest names, including Dropbox, WhatsApp, Xoom, Square, Evernote, InstaCart to name a few. In this episode, Omar sat down with Nihal Mehta, Founding Partner at Eniac Ventures, to share his story on building AdMob, one of the most successful mobile ad networks, how it caught the attention of Steve Jobs and Sergey Brin and what it was like being acquired by Google. From being a serial entrepreneur and successful founder, Omar also discusses his move to VC, the core values of Sequoia and what it is like behind the scenes. He opens up about the most challenging parts of venture capital, the long feedback loop and why it is a “low ego” job. He also shares his most used app - and it might surprise you! If you liked this episode, please share and tag us on Twitter: @omarh @sequoia @nihalmehta @EniacVC @seedtoscale Send comments or suggestions to seedtoscale@eniac.vc.

Welcome to Episode 65 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Hadley Harris, Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures, a seed stage investment firm. Hadley has an engineering degree from Penn and an MBA from Wharton. He has a proven track record as an operator holding executive roles at startups like Vlingo and Thumb, which were both companies acquired. Eniac began investing in 2010 and what is impressive is the fact that Eniac backed companies get to a Series A round of funding the fastest. This stat was published from a study conducted by CB Insights. Hadley also hosts a podcast along with his co-founders called Seed to Scale, which is all about the ups and downs of building an early-stage company, securing funding, and more. In this episode of our podcast, we cover lots of great topics like: -All about his background, including how he met his partners during his undergraduate studies at Penn. -The details behind Eniac Ventures and how they take a truly collaborative approach in terms of the makeup of the firm. -A deep dive into what kinds of companies they are looking to invest in. -What pitch mistakes founders make over and over again. -What to put on your team slide and where it should go in the pitch slide deck. -How he reaches a valuation for a company. -The decacorn investment that got away from him. -Plus, a lot more. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

Dave Vasen is the Founder & CEO @ Brightwheel, the child management software solution you need and now the #1 platform for early education. To date, with Brightwheel, Dave has raised over $33m in funding from some of the best in the business including Bessemer, GGV Capital, Lowercase Capital, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, our friends at Eniac Ventures and then the likes of Mark Cuban and Chris Sacca. As for Dave, prior to Brightwheel, he was a VP of Product @ AltSchool and before that spent 3 years at Amazon in numerous different roles including Head of K-12 Education on Kindle and developed and launched the “Made for Kindle” licensing program – both domestic and global. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Dave made his way into the world of edtech and startups from being a consultant at Bain and product manager at Amazon? 2.) Why does Dave fundamentally disagree that founders should always be raising? What is the right way that founders should approach the fundraise? How can founders turn down investor meetings politely when requested and they are not raising? What is the right way to think about capital as a weapon today and the effective allocation of it? 3.) Why does Dave disagree with many elements that the Founder/VC relationship is a marriage? What one element, other than capital, does Dave most look for in a potential investor? What can founders do to really compress the fundraise timeline? How can founders build relationships with VCs under these compressed conditions? 4.) In the valley there is a large amount of glorification around the scaling and founding of companies, how does Dave feel personally about this glorification? How would Dave like to see this mindset fundamentally change? In terms of mindsets, why does Dave push back against the suggestion of VC "pattern recognition"? How has being an older founder and father changed the way he thinks about building Brightwheel today? 5.) How does Dave interpret the meaning of focus today with regards to company building? How does Dave determine the elements to really double down on? How does Dave think about saying no to opportunities? What framework does he use? What have been some of Dave's biggest learnings on culture and being prescriptive around it? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Dave’s Fave Book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Dave on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

Hadley followed his love for technology to get into venture investing. How/why he started his own fund vs working for an existing one. Focusing on 1 thing and a couple life hacks at the end.

Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner at ENIAC Ventures, provides a great set of insights into his definition of a full stack founding team. Either a set of co-founders who cover all the requisite skill-sets, or a solo founder who is a full-stack person – both configurations can work. Listen to the discussion for more color on the topic.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. In this interview, we chat with Kel Guerin of Ready Robotics. Ready Robotics is a "robotics-as-a-service" startup that leases collaborative robots to manufacturers for a period of time ranging from a few days to a year. The Company recently raised a $15 million Series A in a deal led by Drive Capital. Emerald Development Managers, RRE Ventures and Eniac Ventures also participated in the round. In this episode, Kel talks about the Company's roots in academia and the tech transfer process, how to find investors interested in robotics, why they are expanding in Columbus Ohio, when it's time to start working on your next raise, and more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Matt Gunnin of eSports One, a data analytics platform for the emerging eSports market. The Company raised capital from Play Labs, Quake Capital, Riz Virk and Rajeev Surati, Crest Capital Ventures, XSeed Capital and Eniac Ventures.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. In this interview, we chat with Jameson Toole about raising capital for Fritz.ai, a platform offers machine learning on any device, enabling developers to manage machine learning models. Jameson raised $2 million of seed funding in a deal led by Eniac Ventures, Uncork Capital, Agile Angel, Hack VC and other investors.

Discover more tech podcasts like this: Tech Podcast Asia. Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award Winning Podcast Agency. Geoffrey Handley is a global entrepreneur, investor and advisor with over 20 years experience in the global digital business. Raised in Hong Kong and based in Shanghai, he is the Founding General Partner of Haitao Capital, the first China-macro venture fund focusing on highlighting the Chinese startup ecosystem globally. He is a 5-time founder, most notably of Snakk Media (NZX:SNK), The Hyperfactory (aced NYSE:MDP) and Pacific Connections (acqd NASDAQ:CHINA:COM). As founding Board Director of the Mobile Marketing Association Asia Pacific and Global Board Director of the Mobile Marketing Association, he holds extensive knowledge of the mobile industry, appearing at major events such as the Mobile World Congress, Ad:Tech and CES. Handley serves as Expert in Residence at Chinaccelerator, Founding Limited Partner and advisor to NY-based Eniac Ventures as well as advisor at Nest.vc.

Nihal from Eniac talks IoT investing and what he looks for in founders

Raj Singh has been involved in a variety of mobile products over the past 15 years beginning with WAP games in 1999! I’m presently at Salesforce via acquisition of my company Tempo AIfocused on mobile productivity. I’ve worked on a number of apps that have and retained top 100 in their respective App Stores across a range of categories (Utilities, Lifestyle, Photos, Productivity, Video etc). I have angel-invested in mobile, see my AngelList but now am an investor in a mobile Seed fund called ENIAC Ventures. I’m currently tracking mobile ad tech and social graphs. I grew up and live in sunny CA – I’m spending my free time getting better at riding my motorcycle and making time to hit the MMA gym!

Episode Summary Nihal Mehta is the Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures. Nihal has founded five startups and invested in over 100 companies since 1999. He is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of mobile technologies and so much more. In this interview, Nihal says he likes to put pressure on the founders to deliver a product. This is a great way to see how the team handles pressure and whether they're capable of moving quickly in the market. He also says he's grateful that his first startup ended in bankruptcy and failure, because without those experiences he would not have been able to achieve success.  Key Takeaways 02:55 - Nihal talks about the 'A Day in the Life' video. 05:40 - The founding team has to be sales efficient. 07:25 - How did Nihal get into investing? 09:40 - When coaching new entrepreneurs, Nihal tells them to fail fast. 11:15 - Nihal's first startup failed and he had to declare bankruptcy. He's glad for that experience. 14:15 - Nihal wants entrepreneurs who are passionate about their work and don't care what they're currently wearing. 15:10 - Show the product to Nihal as quickly as possible. If you can't do that, it's a red flag. 19:55 - Your mission can be about anything, but you just have to be incredibly passionate about it. 21:00 - Nihal wants to know that the entrepreneur has at least thought about the acquisition cost for each customer and their life time value. 22:55 - Nihal also looks at exit strategy, but he does it a little bit differently. 24:30 - How does Nihal like to meet and find new founders? 26:20 - What does Nihal like to invest in? 27:45 - Nihal comments on how Apple wants more apps and Google wants more people to search the web. 29:15 - Nihal recommends four books off his Kindle. Tweetables Create lightening and have your team catch it.Be ravenous about your mission. What is your path to profit? Be scrappy and passionate. Links Mentioned EniacA Day In The Life: There's No 'White Space' in Nihal Mehta's CalendarZero To One by Peter ThielThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzThe Everything Store by Brad StoneDavid and Goliath by Malcolm GladwellNihal Meta's Twitter Want the Transcription? Click Here to Download Share The Show Did you enjoy the show? I'd love it if you subscribed today and left us a 5-star review! Click this link Click on the 'Subscribe' button below the artwork Go to the 'Ratings and Reviews' section Click on 'Write a Review'

Hadley Harris is the Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures, the first seed stage venture fund focussed exclusively on mobile. Eniac's investments include the likes of Soundcloud, Airbnb, Elevate and many more incredible mobile first companies. Before Eniac, Hadley was a two-time entrepreneur in the mobile space, as an executive at Vlingo, acquired by Nuance Communications for $225m and after Vlingo he became CMO of Thumb, which was acquired by Ypulse. Hadley also worked at Charles River Ventures where he spent time helping with mobile investments while looking for a young startup to join. As if his portfolio does not prove enough of what a seed stage investing legend he is, he was also named by Business Insider as 'New York's Best Early Stage Investor'.   A special thank you to Mattermark for providing all the data displayed in today's show and you can find out more about Mattermark here!    In Today's Episode You Will Learn:  1.) How Hadley made it into startups and the investing industry? 2.) What does an engineering degree provide when investing? Why did Eniac decide to focus solely on mobile? 2.) How has Hadley seen the NY venture and startup scene develop over the last years? Does an ecosystem need anchor companies to be great? Ex-Googlers, and ex-Facebook, ex-LinkedIn, ex-Sun, etc. are so important to the Bay Area ecosystem. What are New York's anchor companies? How has that affected the ecosystem? 3.) What is it like helping companies like Soundcloud and Airbnb scale when in hyper growth mode? At the seed level, how important a role does valuation play when determining whether to invest or not? 5.) Why is raising a Series B so tough? Is it the embodiment of the funding barbell? Has NYC, like London, seen a rise in the second seed round? 6.) What are Hadley's thoughts on VC founder alignment? What are the common characteristics of the best founders that Hadley has worked with and invested in? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: Hadley's Fave Book: Freakonomics by Stephen Dubner Hadley's Fave Blog or Newsletter: Nuzzel Hadley's Most Recent Investment: Phhhoto: Instant Moving Pictures   As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Hadley on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!

In this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast, we were joined by Hadley Harris, Founding General Partner of ENIAC Ventures. Our conversation covers his career in mobile technology that lead to him building ENIAC Ventures in 2009, a mobile centric early-stage VC. Hadley provides insight into how the ENIAC team operate to provide the best support and expertise for their Founders, and the best way for entrepreneurs to work with investors when they don’t know the answer to a problem. He also discusses what ENIAC look for in potential B2B and consumer mobile investments.