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With their keen eye for innovation and their knack for spotting the next big thing, Runa Capital is at the forefront of the tech revolution. In this episode, Ben Rometsch delves into the world of open-source software with Konstantin Vinogradov, General Partner at Runa Capital. Konstantin reflects on the founding principles of Runa Capital and its commitment to investing in open source and AI technologies. He also discusses the potential for open-source endowments to provide long-term support for open-source projects, drawing parallels to the funding mechanisms of universities. Join them as they delve into the intersection of technology, investment, and the future of open source in the digital age.
Nick is the Founder and General Partner at 1confirmation, a cryptocurrency focused investment firm. After raising its first $26M fund in 2017, 1confirmation now has over $1 billion in assets under management. The firm's early-stage investments include OpenSea, Farcaster, Worldcoin, Polkadot, Cosmos, Polymarket, dYdX, Degen, and others alike. Prior to starting 1confirmation, Nick was a Principal at Runa Capital and worked in business development in the early days at Coinbase. Follow Nick on X @NTmoney and on Warpcast @nick. Mint this episode for free onchain on Base at pods.media/pod-of-jake/169-nick-tomaino For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList, Oura, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to Chase Devens for the show notes and Yiction for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at jake@blogofjake.com. Thank you!
In this episode you will learn:00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:42 - Optical vs Quantum Computing00:03:11 - Basics of Photonic Computing00:07:15 - Challenges in using Optics for Compute00:09:44 - Under-utilization of Compute for Data Transfer00:13:19 - Segments and Opportunities in Photonics00:20:08 - Lumai's Approach in Optical Processing00:21:55 - Importance of Optical Computing in AI Progress00:27:21 - Industries Benefiting from Optical Computing Breakthroughs00:30:10 - Talent and Startups in Optical Computing00:33:12 - Backgrounds of Optical Computing Founders00:34:09 - Do we need Quantum Computing?00:41:09 - Challenges of Optical Computing00:43:29 - Investment Opportunities in Optical Computing00:45:07 - Business Models for Optical Computing Startups00:50:54 - Exits and Acquisitions: Problem Size and Tech MaturityAboutDenis Kalinin, serving as the Asia Business Development Manager at Runa Capital since 2020, plays a pivotal role in advancing Runa's initiatives across Asia. His primary focus lies in facilitating the entry of portfolio startups into Asian markets, with a special emphasis on China. Denis actively seeks out suitable technological and distribution partners for these startups, while also contributing to the scouting efforts for B2B SaaS, Deep Tech, and Fintech startups in the Asian region.Before joining Runa, Denis led an investment project in China and co-founded a startup dedicated to assisting high-tech companies in navigating the Chinese market. Holding an M.S. degree from the University for International Business and Economics in Beijing, Denis also gained valuable international exposure through an exchange program at the Free University of Berlin. Notably, he served as the chairman of a student Energy Club during his academic tenure.Fluent in English, German, and Chinese, Denis has a penchant for watching series and reading books in these three languages. Beyond his professional pursuits, Denis exhibits a keen interest in space exploration, having authored several articles comparing various space industries.
Runa Capital is a $0.5B global venture fund that has invested in 100+ early-stage startups in Fintech, Deeptech, B2B SaaS, […]
The next in our geographic coverage series on global Fintech past present and future with a special bonus of a taste of Fintech in Asia as Michael, a former Fintech founder himself turned VC at Runa Capital had just returned from a three week trip all around the region. Like all regions the US has its peculiarities – not least of which the structure of State and Federal regulation which depending on your vertical can be – as it were – more federal or more confederal in flavour. As in many circs the US can also be a country of extremes on the one hand gestating the likes of Paypal one of the very earliest of Fintechs yet on the other being one of the longest holdouts in the western world for the widespread use of cheques. So in this episode we look at some key themes past, present and future for Fintech and given the US' outsize role in the global ecosystem there are also some generic topics such as the evolution and possible future or not of key Fintech “inventions” such as P2P and Crypto. Topics discussed include: three weeks in Asia and places visited to explore local markets in Fintech in several countries at one extreme a sitrep of Fintech and the market circs in Indonesia at the other FIntech themes/issues in Japan MIchael's career journey from founder through to VC and what he has learned from many different angles on Financial Services Michael's perspective on Fintech and its long term history in the US from transatlantic cables onwards key early Fintechs in the US idiosyncrasies and challenges of doing Fintech across the US the federal-“confederal” axis as affecting different verticals within Fintech on the other hand pretty consistent consumer behaviour across States which is easier getting regulatory federal licenses or state licences? Paypal and Plaid as examples of “having to grow fast” to avoid regulatory challenges Fintech and geography within the US – changes in this pattern in recent years P2P trends in the UK and US compared a deep dive into the many reasons for P2P's success and eventual running into the sand compared to expectations of potential competitiveness versus banks key points the P2P model was missing and need fixing if a huge P2P is ever to emerge the crypto journey in the US and challenges with its business model that need solving to take it to the next level general overview huge success and potential of “Fintech as a tool for services or vertical SAAS businesses” “there are still a ton of markets and verticals that are incredibly inefficient done using paper… poor matching of buyers and sellers” attaching payments to such products is more defensible, more efficient and keep clients for longer based on many types of transaction comparison of this – Fintech moving into unexploited areas by banks as opposed to the P2P/crypto attempt to use a battering ram to knock through the main castle gate for banking which has been fortified over centuries greater success of the Fintechs vertical SAAS B2B+ businesses going forward the huge uncertainties within FS per se and how this affects a VC's approach to investment within Fintech historic precedents for VC investments in difficult times and patterns learned “it's no longer growth at all costs” 6-18mts as the period of great uncertainty shoutouts for Runa Capital who are early stage investors across different geographies and verticals And much much more
Today's episode is one for the geeks!
Our Social Media Pages, follow us and engage with the Pill-grim community!InstagramTwitter YouTubeTikTokLinkedInAnd now, for this week's prescription:On this week's dose, we have Michael Fanfant, General Partner at Runa Capital, a global VC firm built by serial entrepreneurs that invests in early stage software startups around the world. After attending Stanford University, Michael began his career at Capital One, where he eventually got the inspiration for his startup, Octane Lending. Then, in 2014, Michael and his co-founders started building a marketplace to make financing power sports fast and easy. Eventually they realized that they themselves needed to become the lender, and that's where things really took off. After serving as COO at Octane for several years, Michael transitioned into what he saw as a long term career as a VC investor where he could leverage his experiences as a founder to help other founders in their journeys. In the interview you will hear about Michael's entrepreneurial journey, what he looks for in potential investments, a couple of notable portfolio companies, and some great advice for the Pillgrims looking to break into venture.Sources:https://runacap.com/Music Credit: Chapter One by Cole Bauer and Dean Keetonhttps://www.colebauer.com/https://www.instagram.com/deankeeton/?hl=en
Dmitry Chikhachev is a Managing Partner at Runa Capital. A Series A focused VC firm with over $500M in assets under management and 100+ Investments across 13 countries. We talk about: - How is Series A investing different from Pre-seed/Seed investing? - How VC is a 'hit' driven business? - Shifting Runa Capital HQ to Europe - Investing in 13 countries and more Exciting portfolio companies mentioned: Mambu - https://runacap.com/companies/mambu/ Pasqal - https://runacap.com/companies/pasqal/ Links mentioned in the episode: Follow Runa Capital on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/runacapital/ Follow Runa Capital on Twitter - https://twitter.com/RunaCapital Follow Dmitry on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitrychikhachev/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Full episode video at https://vc10x.com/runa-capital
Michael Fanfant is a Palo Alto-based General Partner at Runa Capital. He looks for early stage startups with solutions across B2B SaaS and regulated industries like fintech, edutech and digital health. Michael joined Runa in 2017 after co-founding Octane Lending, where he was also COO. He serves on the board of Octane Lending, which was valued at more than $900 million during its Series D round in 2021.
Our guest today is Jinal Jhaveri. Jinal is the co-founder and Chairman of Schoolmint, a venture partner at Runa Capital and also co-founder and CEO at enable.us. In this episode, we talk about Jinal's lessons growing Schoolmint, how he channeled the tailwinds of the school choice movements, and what his experience can offer for schools today.Listen and take note of Jinal's obsessive focus on the Customer, continuously trying to delight and really understand who you are serving.Here are some resources mentioned in our discussion: (links)A previous podcast appearance Jinal made: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/acquired-by-bv-investment-partners-founder-of-schoolmint-jinal-jhaveri-shares-his-experience-of-getting-acquired/How to design a Portrait of A Graduate: https://portraitofagraduate.orgA tweet Jinal wrote on how obsessed he is with customershttps://twitter.com/jinal/status/1350180072511082496How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit - https://review.firstround.com/how-superhuman-built-an-engine-to-find-product-market-fitWhere to learn more about Jinal:Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhaveri/Jinal's request for pre-K–12 ed-tech startups - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/request-pre-k12-ed-tech-startups-helping-distance-learning-jhaveri/Where to learn more about Enrollhand: Website - www.enrollhand.comWebinar - https://webinar-replay.enrollhand.comOur free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/schoolgrowth/
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Open source software used to be poorly understood by commercial forces, and it's often approached in a biased way. A new generation of investment funds goes to show that things are changing. Open source software is a lot of things to a lot of people. For some people -- engineers, mostly -- it's a way to work on their passion, be involved in a community, and give something back to the world. For others -- business people, mostly -- it's a way to grow projects organically, and sell software without actually investing too much in sales. It's a nuanced topic, and we've tried to explore it from many angles. From the business angle, exploring open source vendors relationships with hyperscalers, mostly Google and Amazon. From the contributor and license engineering angle, exploring different models for commercial open source projects. And from the community angle, exploring metrics for community health and value generation evaluation. Today, we explore open source software (OSS) and its commercialization from yet another angle - the investment angle. There are a couple of venture capitals out there that seem to be ahead of the curve in terms of their understanding of, and investment in, commercial open source companies. Runa Capital is one of them, and we caught up with Konstantin Vinogradov, Runa Capital Principal, who shared views, findings, and outlook for commercial OSS. Article published on ZDNet. Image: Shutterstock
Этот подкаст раньше выходил на «Медузе», а теперь его выпускает студия «Техника речи»Мы много говорим о рынке классических частных инвестиций, которые доступны если не всем, то многим. Но существуют, конечно, не только они. Например, слышали ли вы про венчурные инвестиции — это крупные вложения в потенциально успешные стартапы. Venture в переводе с английского значит «рискованный», и венчурные инвестиции — дело и правда очень авантюрное. Да, стартап может взлететь и принесет большую прибыль. Но бизнес может и не выстрелить, и тогда инвестор потеряет вложенное. В новом выпуске «Калькулятора» Наталия Грибуля и Назар Щетинин говорят со специалистом по венчурным инвестициям — это Константин Виноградов, инвестиционный директор международного венчурного фонда Runa Capital. Этот фонд инвестирует в высокотехнологичные стартапы, причем в основном зарубежные. Константин рассказал, как работает этот рынок, какие на нем возможны доходности (спойлер: огромные) и может ли обычный частный инвестор с небольшим капиталом тоже во всем этом поучаствовать. А еще — каким должен быть стартап, чтобы, во-первых, стать успешной компанией, а во-вторых, привлечь миллионы долларов венчурных инвестиций. О чем этот выпуск — максимально коротко:
В подкасте «30 до 30» Константин Виноградов, инвестиционный директор международного венчурного фонда Runa Capital и победитель рейтинга самых молодых и перспективных россиян 2019 года, рассказал, как студенту построить карьеру в венчуре и почему молодой возраст не помеха на карьерном пути
Join us for an insightful panel discussion between seasoned investors, entrepreneurs, and M&A professionals. Our panelists include Nick Davidov from Gagarin Capital, Jinal Jhaveri from Runa Capital, Ehudah Velkovich, Serge Jonnaert from Corum Group, Jeffery Potvin from Supporters Fund, and Graham Curme from Hypofusion, moderated by Anastasia Green. - What is the most important trend that you see is happening right now in the Startup - VC world? - If you would have a conversation with the startup founder preparing for M&A, which 1 piece of advice would you give them? - What's the worst the most disastrous M&A story that you came across in your career? - Give us your bravest prediction of what will we speak about if this conference would be in 2025?
Founder of SchoolMint and Venture Partner at Runa Capital, Jinal Jhaveri shares his experience of selling his company. How do acquisitions work, how do you get a proposal and does it make sense to aim for an exit from day 1. Much more in this episode. Runa Capital: https://runacap.com/ My humanIPO profile: https://humanipo.app/id/konstantin.dubovitskiy
Nick Tomaino spills the secrets of ICOs and about thinking long term as an investor in the space. So now I know everything... and you can too. Listen to Nick, from his work at Coinbase, to his position at Runa Capital, he knows. "It's becoming easier than ever for entrepreneurs to raise money" -Nick Tomaino, The Control https://thecontrol.co/ http://www.runacap.com/ https://medium.com/@ntmoney https://twitter.com/NTmoney
Don't forget to take the Unchained podcast survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchained Developers of new cryptocurrencies are raising gobs of money with little more than a white paper. Though real advances are likely to emerge from the trend, the bubble could get worse before it gets better. William Mougayar, organizer of the upcoming Token Summit, and Nick Tomaino, cohost, discuss where ICOs are going wrong now, what best practices would help the space mature, and how to separate ICO wheat and chaff. Show notes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/05/16/icos-why-people-are-investing-in-this-380-million-phenomenon/ Links: Token Summit: http://tokensummit.com/ The Business Blockchain: http://thebusinessblockchain.com/ Startup Mangement: http://startupmanagement.org/ The Control: https://thecontrol.co/ Runa Capital: http://www.runacap.com/ Episodes referenced: Brock Pierce of Blockchain Capital and Stan Miroshnik of The Argon Group: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/04/18/this-vc-is-sure-venture-capital-is-about-to-be-disrupted/ Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/03/07/why-this-hedge-fund-ceo-once-put-most-of-my-meager-life-savings-into-bitcoin/#6c20ccd14e15 Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh of Coin Center: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/10/18/how-coin-center-is-helping-define-the-big-fuzzy-gray-area-of-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-law/#11112aa960e6
Don't forget to take the Unchained podcast survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchained Developers of new cryptocurrencies are raising gobs of money with little more than a white paper. Though real advances are likely to emerge from the trend, the bubble could get worse before it gets better. William Mougayar, organizer of the upcoming Token Summit, and Nick Tomaino, cohost, discuss where ICOs are going wrong now, what best practices would help the space mature, and how to separate ICO wheat and chaff. Show notes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/05/16/icos-why-people-are-investing-in-this-380-million-phenomenon/ Links: Token Summit: http://tokensummit.com/ The Business Blockchain: http://thebusinessblockchain.com/ Startup Mangement: http://startupmanagement.org/ The Control: https://thecontrol.co/ Runa Capital: http://www.runacap.com/ Episodes referenced: Brock Pierce of Blockchain Capital and Stan Miroshnik of The Argon Group: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/04/18/this-vc-is-sure-venture-capital-is-about-to-be-disrupted/ Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/03/07/why-this-hedge-fund-ceo-once-put-most-of-my-meager-life-savings-into-bitcoin/#6c20ccd14e15 Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh of Coin Center: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/10/18/how-coin-center-is-helping-define-the-big-fuzzy-gray-area-of-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-law/#11112aa960e6
The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - The new Angry Bird’s movie - A few new European funds, including Russia’s Runa Capital and e.Ventures (an international fund which operates out of Germany in Europe) - European fashion tech startups have raised a whopping €440 million this year - Our Editor Robin catches up with French VC fund Partech - We wrap up with a discussion of something interesting going on in the startup events space with Startup Sesame For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Руслан Синицкий родился в 1978 году. Живёт и работает в Житомире, Украина. С детства увлекался программированием, окончил Житомирский военный институт радиоэлектроники по специальности «Оборудование специального мониторинга». В 2001–2008 гг. работал в Национальном Космическом Агентстве Украины, где занимался разработкой программного обеспечения для контроля землетрясений на поверхности Земли. В 2008–2011 гг. — Senior UI Architect в iQueLab. Также работал фрилансером в различных аутсорсинговых компаниях. Несколько слов о Jelastic: В 2008 г. на Хабре Руслан Синицкий познакомился с Константином Александровым (программистом из Воронежа), вместе с которым придумал идею инструмента для Java-девелоперов, позволяющего упростить процесс разработки приложений и их масштабирования. Без единой личной встречи за 2 года Руслан и Константин создали прототип. В 2010 г. основана компания Hivext Technologies, Inc., ставшая прородителем Jelastic. Приблизительно в это же время к команде присоединился Алексей Скутин, который занялся поиском потенциальных инвесторов и продвижением Jelastic на рынке. В декабре 2010 г. были получены инвестиции в посевном раунде от фонда Runa Capital, что позволило всем собраться в одном городе — Житомире и набрать команду разработчиков. В 2012 г. прошёл следующий раунд инвестирования, в котором участвовал фонд Almaz Capital Partners. В этом же году компания Jelastic была награждена Duke’s Choice Technology Award — самой престижной наградой в мире Java. В сентябре 2013 г. к команде инвесторов присоединился Maxfield Capital, а на позиции CEO Руслана сменил Джон Деррик. На данный момент у компании порядка 80 тыс. пользователей по всему миру — в США, Европе, Азии и 24 партнёра — хостинг-провайдера. Jelastic позиционирует себя как единственное в мире Platform-as-Infrastructure решение. Спонсор выпуска — облачный сервис для ускорения сайтов Caspowa
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