Podcast appearances and mentions of soma capital

Entrepreneurship is often about taking big risks, and for Jonah Greenberger, that meant leaving behind a stable job at a global energy giant to venture into an entirely new country, industry, and business model.From growing up in an academically inclined household to founding Bright, one of Mexico's leading solar energy companies, Jonah's journey is a masterclass in bold decision-making, resilience, and strategic execution.Bright has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Sierra Peterson, Ajax Strategies, and Soma Capital.

Shrav Mehta is the Founder and CEO of Secureframe, which empowers businesses to build trust with customers by automating information security and compliance. Shrav started the company in 2019 after being an early employee at Scale, Pilot, Lob, and Hired, and has since raised from investors like Kleiner Perkins, Backend Capital, Soma Capital, and Banana Capital. Shrav takes us inside how Secureframe's automating the compliance market, lessons learned on recruiting and scaling teams, and his contrarian take on finding product market fit. — — — — Timestamps (00:00) Intro (2:10) Automating the $80 billion compliance market (15:49) Learning to program building Android apps (22:50) Joining Lob, Hired, and Scale early (27:25) Joining Pilot to learn marketing and growth (33:31) Shrav's secret discount furniture supplier (35:04) Finishing three years of college in one year (39:06) Getting 30-40 customers before starting Secureframe (44:24) Non-intuitive fundraising advice from pre-product to IPO (50:08) Why the IPO isn't the ultimate goal (54:40) How Shrav approaches hiring (58:04) Tactics for effective reference checks (1:01:01) Why warm intros are so helpful (1:02:32) How to send good cold emails (1:05:31) Why you should not use LinkedIn “open to work” (1:06:54) Lessons learned scaling teams (1:13:45) Why finding PMF is a 24/7 job and never ends — — — — Referenced: * Secureframe https://secureframe.com/ * Lob https://www.lob.com/ * Hired https://hired.com/ * Scale https://scale.com/ * Zapier's Secrets to PMF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJMjuYt9jEc * What it took to raise a Series A in 2023 https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/seed-to-series-a-funding-2023-jones-kruze — — — — Where to find Shrav: Twitter: https://twitter.com/shravvmehtaa/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/shravmehta/ Where to find Turner: Twitter: https://twitter.com/turnernovak/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turnernovak/ Newsletter: https://www.thespl.it/

Luego de trabajar en Ford, Ivan Cardenas pasó 5 años construyendo software y soluciones para automatizar la manufactura de los coches Tesla. Hoy, Iván es CEO y cofundador de BeGo, una plataforma digital para el transporte de carga terrestre entre EEUU y México. A la fecha, Bego ha levantado 14 millones de dólares de fondos internacionales como Soma Capital, Valley Oak Investments y Y Combinator. En este episodio, conversamos sobre: -Los factores clave que hacen a Tesla una compañía excepcional -Cómo el liderazgo de Elon Musk influenció en su estilo de emprendimiento -Su perspectiva sobre el trabajo remoto Además, Iván nos contó: -Por qué el nearshoring es una oportunidad histórica -Y los retos logísticos que limitan que México la aproveche La manera más sencilla de ayudarnos a crecer es dejando una reseña en Spotify o Apple Podcasts: https://ratethispodcast.com/startupeable --- Notas del episodio: https://startupeable.com/shark-tank/ --- Para más contenido síguenos en

Alex Bouaziz is the Co-founder and CEO of Deel, a full stack global HR and payroll platform. But the company didn't start that way, and we'll talk through Alex and his co-founder Shuo's journey from zero to one, starting with a product that helped startups hire international employees. Alex and Shuo launched the company one week before YC Demo day in 2019, and have since scaled to 20,000+ customers and raised over $685 million. They're supported by investors like YC, a16z, Spark Capital, Weekend Fund, Coatue, SV Angel, Soma Capital, Quiet Capital, and angels like Lachy Groom, Nat Friedman, Ryan Petersen, Alexis Ohanian, John Zimmer, Dara Khosrowshahi, Rex Salisbury, Justin Mateen, and more. — In this episode, we discuss: • The initial insight around remote work that started Deel in 2019 • How they initially built the wrong solution • Pivoting one week before YC demo day • Listening to customers to build a better product • Growing 20% every month for a year • Being a default optimist • Dealing with the emotional ups and downs of building a startup • Moving at “Deel Speed”, and how the team operates so fast • Deel's remote-first approach and its “WeWork Squads” • His advice to other leaders building remote teams • Why founders shouldn't share too much information with early investors • How Alex's approach to fundraising changed through his Seed to Series D rounds • Why founders should always be selling their product • How picking board members is a form of marriage, and what founders should prioritize when picking them • Why Deel raised a Series A and B in a three month span despite only burning $300k since closing its Seed round • How deep pocketed investors unlock optionality as a company scales • The benefits to taking on lots of angel investors • How Deel prioritized international expansion as it grew • Deel's new Visa / immigration and HR AI products • Two things Alex would do differently if he could start over • The founders he most looks up to — Read the transcript: https://www.thespl.it/p/growing-deel-to-300m-arr-in-four Where to find Alex:Twitter: https://twitter.com/BouazizalexLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbouaziz/ Where to find Turner:Newsletter: https://www.thespl.itTwitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak Production and distribution by: https://www.supermix.io For sponsorship inquiries: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebvhBlDDfHJyQdQWs8RwpFxWg-UbG0H-VFey05QSHvLxkZPQ/viewform

Philip Kelvin has gone from studying history to investment banking to launching his own startup that seems incredibly well-timed to help others through today's financial turmoil. The venture, Tranch, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Soma Capital, and Clear Haven Capital Management

Emmanuel Turlay spent more than a decade in engineering roles at tech-first companies like Instacart and Cruise before realizing machine learning engineers need a better solution. Emmanuel started Sematic earlier this year and was part of the YC summer 2022 batch. He recently raised a $3M seed round from investors including Race Capital and Soma Capital. Thanks to friend of the podcast and former guest Hina Dixit from Samsung NEXT for the intro to Emmanuel.I've been involved with the AutoML space for five years and, for full disclosure, I'm on the board of Auger which is in a related space. I've seen the space evolve and know how much room there is for innovation. This one's a great education about what's broken and what's ahead from a true machine learning pioneer.Listen and learn...How to turn every software engineer into a machine learning engineerHow AutoML platforms are automating tasks performed in traditional ML toolsHow Emmanuel translated learning from Cruise, the self-driving car company, into an open source platform available to all data engineering teamsHow to move from building an ML model locally to deploying it to the cloud and creating a data pipeline... in hoursWhat you should know about self-driving cars... from one of the experts who developed the brains that power themWhy 80% of AI and ML projects failReferences in this episode:Unscrupulous users manipulate LLMs to spew hateHina Dixit from Samsung NEXT on AI and the Future of WorkApache BeamEliot Shmukler, Anomalo CEO, on AI and the Future of Work

This week's Espresso covers updates from Vozy, Plerk, Foodology, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Colombian Foodology raises $50M in funding round[01:04] - Vozy raises a $5M Pre-Series A round[01:31] - Lulo Bank receives a $200M investment from International Holding Company[02:02] - Arch closes a $5M seed round [02:28] - Plerk announces a partnership with WeWork[02:52] - Elenas raises $20M in a Series B round[03:17] - HoyTrabajas and Zulu close $5M seed rounds [03:58] - New episode of Crossing Borders[04:17] - Latamlist's featured articleResources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Arch, HoyTrabajas, Foodology, Vozy, International Holding Company, Plerk, Lulo Bank, WeWork, Elenas, Zulu, R5.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Chimera, Andreessen Horowitz, Wollef, Kayyak Ventures, TriplePoint Venture Capital, GoHub Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Upload Ventures, Ripio Ventures, TechStars, Soma Capital, Genesis Block Ventures, Dila Capital, Newtype Ventures, Cadenza Ventures.People: Arash Ferdowsi, Fernando Sucre, Nathan Lustig.

This week's Espresso covers updates from Kavak, Kushki, Heru, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Heru raises a $6M seed round.[01:03] - Kavak signs structured financing agreements worth $810M.[01:44] - RappiPay obtained a $112M financing.[02:15] - Kushki is officially launching operations in Peru.[02:35] - Ebanx announces expansion to Africa. [02:57] - Colombia approaches Brazilian authorities to import Pix.[03:24] - Leoparda Electric closes an $8.5M seed round.[04:02] - New episode of Crossing Borders.Resources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Heru, Kavak, RappiPay, Rappi, Kushki, Niubiz, MC Procesos, Ebanx, Leoparda Electric, Divibank.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Gradient Ventures, SOMA Capital, GFC, Moving Capital, Magma Partners, Flourish Ventures, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander, Banco Davivienda, Bancolombia, Banco de Bogotá, Itaú, Colombian Fintech Association, Pix, Monashees, Construct Capital.People: Mike Shoemaker, Nathan Lustig, Rebecca Fischer.

This week's Espresso covers updates from uDocz, Impacta VC, DolarApp and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Finaktiva raises $25M in debt[00:54] - Interview with Gustavo Ribas, K Fund's Venture Partner[03:00] - Alima closes a $1.5M seed round[03:28] - Ubii closes its first investment round at $4.5M[03:47] - uDocz secures a $2M seed round[04:16] - Salkantay Ventures closes its first VC fund at $26M[04:40] - Impacta VC launches Impact Fundraising Strategy Program[05:04] - IDB Lab approves a $2M loan for Prestamype[05:25] - DolarApp announces a $5M seed round [05:47] - New Crossing Borders and Hacking Insurance episodesResources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Finaktiva, Alima, Ubii, uDocz, Prestamype, DolarApp, Belo, Lizit, Efinti.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Bancolombia, responsAbility, K Fund, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, The Dorm Room Fund, Seed9, Pareto, Salkantay VC, GSV Ventures, Impacta VC, IDB Lab, Kaszek Ventures.People: Gustavo Ribas, Nathan Lustig, Manuel Beaudroit, Rodrigo Alfonso, Daniel Botero, Andres Tobon.

Miguel Armaza sits down with Alfonso (Poncho) De los Rios, CEO/Co-Founder of Nowports, the biggest digital freight forwarder in LatAm, that combines logistics with financial and technological tools to ship cargo around the world. Founded in 2018, Nowports is not only a Latin American company but is quickly becoming a global powerhouse. Nowports has also raised almost $250 million in equity from SoftBank, Tiger Global, Foundation Capital, Monashees, Soma Capital, Broadhaven Ventures, Mouro Capital, Tencent, YC, and more.In this episode, we discuss:Poncho's background, why he's an entrepreneur at heart, and how his family played a big role in shaping and encouraging his adventurous natureHow the decision to drop out of university during his first semester led him to Silicon Valley and to eventually cross paths with Max Casal, now his Nowports Co-FounderBuilding company culture and the importance of surrounding yourself with people who are smarter and more experienced than you are to actually execute your visionWhy bold, unpopular, and fast decisions are what drives startup growth and some examples that have been consequential at NowportsPoncho's vision to build a global company, instead of a local or regional firm… and a lot more!Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary, instead? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join 44,000+ readers and listeners around the world!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIpqp

Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Richard White, CEO of Fathom (www.fathom.video), an app that plugs into Zoom and helps you recall and share important moments from your meetings. In this episode, we talk about his previous company Uservoice, the pros and cons of strategic investors (in his case, Zoom invested in Fathom), why he raised funds from 90 investors over multiple smaller rounds with no lead investors, why he decided to go through Y Combinator even though he's a seasoned (3x) entrepreneur, tips for getting into Y Combinator, and more. Fathom most recently raised a $4.7 million seed round from over 90 early-stage investors. Zoom's Apps Fund was a strategic investor. Other funds include Maven Ventures, Character.vc, Active Capital, Global Founders Capital, Rackhouse.vc, Soma Capital, BoxOne Ventures, Quiet Capital, Immeasurable, Liquid2 Ventures, Valley Oak Investments, Hashtag Blessed, Whoa.vc, and Friale. Individuals include Bill Tai (Angel Investor in Zoom), Matt Ocko (Angel Investor in Zoom), Oleg Rogynskyy (CEO, People.ai), Steve Huffman (CEO, Reddit), Emmett Shear (CEO, Twitch), Justin Kan (Co-Founder, Twitch), Kyle Vogt (CEO, Cruise), Daniel Kan (Co-Founder, Cruise), Finbarr Taylor (CEO, Shogun), Immad Akhund (CEO, Mercury), Viral Bajaria (Founder/CTO, 6sense), Parm Uppal (CRO, DataRobot), Aaron King (CEO, Snapdocs), Aaron Rankin (CTO, SproutSocial), Jay Jamison (CPO, Quick Base), Alex MacCaw (Founder, Clearbit), Arram Sabeti (Founder, ZeroCater), Josh Buckley (Former CEO, ProductHunt), Rich Liu (Former COO Lattice), Chris Fanini (Co-Founder, Weebly), Nick Raushenbush (Co-Founder, Shogun), Jacob Rosenberg (Co-Founder, LendUp), Mikhail Seregine (Co-Founder, Outschool), Vikas Gupta (CEO, Wonder Workshop), Jinal Jhaveri (CEO, enable.us), Jeff Whitlock (Founder, Pingpong), Adam Michalski (CEO, Partnered), Andrew Chen (Co-Founder, Explo), Cedric Dussud (Co-Founder, Narrator.ai), Dwight Crow (Co-Founder, Whisper.ai), Jamie Quint (Uncommon Capital), Benjamin Bryant , Chris Evans, Jason Hunt, Maggie Gryko, Matthew Fong, Michael Keller, Nitin Shantharam, Shaan Puri, Leslie Lai, Zach Sherman, Zach Waterfield, Reza Hussein, Kutta Srinivasan, Jaclyn Kossmann, Eugene Zarakhovsky, Mujtaba Wani, Will Laufer, Eleanor Dorfman, Rustam Lalkakaas well as the CEOs of Reddit, Twitch, Cruise, Mercury, People.ai, Snapdocs and Shogun. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $9 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com.

This week's Espresso covers updates from Billpocket, Rebill, Pomelo, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Kushki acquires Billpocket[00:54] - Interview with Alejandro Guízar, CEO and founder of Billpocket[04:25] - Argentina-based startup Rebill raises $3.6M[05:01] - Pomelo extends its Series A to $50M[05:30] - New hybrid startup studio and human capital agency RYZ Labs is launched[05:51] - Interview with Jordan Metzner, founder of RYZ Labs [08:33] - Casai and Nomah announce a merger agreement[09:06] - New episode of Crossing Borders with Juan José Leaño, founder of Parco[09:30] - New episode of How to be the Difference with Jamie TurnerResources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Kushki, Billpocket, Rebill, Pomelo, Casai, Nomah, RYZ Labs, HipTrain, Offsiteio, Parco.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Tiger Global Management, Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Loft, monashees.People: Jordan Metzner, Sam Nadler, Alejandro Guízar, Nathan Lustig, Juan José Leaño, Jamie Turner, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey.

This week's Espresso covers updates from UnDosTres, Revolut, Anyone AI, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Anyone AI closes a $1.5M pre-seed round[00:59] - UnDosTres closed a $30M Series B investment round[01:37] - Wibond extended its seed round, closing at $6M[02:16] - Merama acquires the Latin American startups Miind Brands and Culotte[02:54] - Mottu raised $40M in a Series B round and in debt financing[03:42] - Revolut announces plans to expand its business to Brazil[04:21] - Interview with Javier Sánchez Aldana, Managing Partner at Carabela[06:51] - Crossing Borders revisits a greatest hits episode featuring Agustin Feuerhake, Founder of Fintual[07:07] - Alejandro Guízar's article “Why is digital banking the first step toward financial inclusion in Mexico?”Resources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Merama, Anyone AI, UnDosTres, Wibond, Merama, Miind Brands, Culotte, Mottu, Revolut, Dooper, Gabu, Zuru, FintualVCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Latitud Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Canvas Ventures, Magma Partners, DC Ventures, IGNIA, Dalus Capital, Y Combinator, Trousdale, Soma Capital, Fintech Capital, Eureka Capital, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Verde Asset, Base Partners, Crankstart, CarabelaPeople: Harriet Heyman, Michael Moritz, Javier Sánchez Aldana, Agustin Feuerhake, Alejandro Guízar

This week's Espresso covers updates from Revelo, Habi, Mono, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Incognia raised a $15.5M Series A round[01:01] - Revelo announced the acquisition of Mexico-based Listopro[01:44] - Take Blip closed a $70M Series B round[02:28] - Habi announced an additional $75M in credit lines[03:04] - Bayer is inaugurating a second edition of the Bayer Bootcamp.[03:40] - Interview with Armando Romero, Digital Partnership Sr. Manager for Bayer in Mexico[06:50] - Moova closed a $10M investment round[07:27] - Mono announced it raised a $6M seed round[08:03] - Emmanuel Olvera's article “Getting to know the Latin American tech talent market”[08:28] - Alejandro Guizar's article on why “You should sell financial products no matter what type of company you own”Resources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Incognia, Point72 Ventures, Revelo, Listopro, Take Blip, Habi, Bayer Mexico, Mono, Moova, Hireline, Billpocket.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Magma Partners, Seedstars, Parallel18 Ventures, Warburg Pincus, TriplePoint Capital, Homebrew, SoftBank Latin America Fund, Tiger Global, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, Alaya Capital, FJ Labs, Wayra Telefónica, Matterscale, Kalei Ventures.People: Armando Romero, Emmanuel Olvera, Alejandro Guízar.

This week's Espresso covers updates from Yummy, Klar, Kushki, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Kushki becomes a unicorn after a $100M extension of its Series B[01:11] - Delivery startup Yummy raises $47M in a funding round[01:48] - Brazilian payment platform Zippi raises $16M Series A round[02:23] - Ozon raises $25M in debt and $4M in a seed round[03:08] -Mexican fintech Klar raises $70M in equity funding[03:47] -Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced $1.2B investment commitment in Latin America[04:21] - Interview with Marcos Esterli, co-founder of Pandas on their $6.3M pre-seed round[06:03] - New episode of Hacking Insurance with Hugues Bertin, Chief Strategic Officer at Digital Insurance LatAm[06:18] -New episode of How to be the Difference with Pepe Villatoro, Regional Head of Expansion at DeelResources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Kushki, Yummy, Zippi, Ozon, Klar, Pandas, Deel, Digital Insurance LatAm.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Kaszek Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, SoftBank Latin America Fund, DILA Capital, Anthos Capital, JAM Fund, Soma Capital, WIND Ventures, Ethos Capital, YC Continuity, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, Volpe Capital, Rainfall Ventures, Globo Ventures, Hummingbird, Mantis, MSA Capital, Architect Capital, 1984.vc, K50 Ventures, Bridge Partners, Angel Ventures, Magma Partners, Simma Capital, General Atlantic, Prosus Ventures, Quona Capital, Mouro, IFC, Acrew, Endeavor Catalyst.People: Sundar Pichai, Marcos Esterli, Rodrigo Alfonso, Hugues Bertin, Paul Lynskey, Johanna Molina, Pepe Villatoro.

This week's Espresso covers updates from Nowports, Pandas, Bornlogic, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] -Pandas raises $6.3M in pre-seed round[00:57] -Nowports becomes a unicorn after a $150M Series C[01:49] -Welbe raises its first pre-seed investment round of $3M[02:31] -Experian acquires 51% stake of Brazilian fintech MOVA[03:10] -Bornlogic raises $10M in a Series A round[03:39] -New episode of How to be the difference with Nathan Lustig, Managing Partner at Magma Partners[03:56] -New episode of Entrepreneurship in Latam 101 on the successes and failures of leading a startup.Resources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Pandas, Nowports, Welbe, Kavak, Jüsto, Ben & Frank, Experian, MOVA, BornlogicVCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Third Kind Venture Capital, Acequia Capital, Picus Capital, Tekton Ventures, Partech, SoftBank Latin America Fund, Tiger Global, Foundation Capital, Monashees, Soma Capital, Broadhaven Ventures, Mouro Capital, Tencent, Base10 Partners, Nazca, Astella InvestimentosPeople: Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Nathan Lustig, Doménica Obando, Courtney McColgan

This week's Espresso covers updates from Mentum, Dock, WexChange, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Colombian fintech R5 announced it raised a $7M funding round[01:10] - Mentum received $4.2M in a funding round led by Google's Gradient Ventures[01:45] - Argentinian tech academy HENRY announced it raised $10M in a Series A round[02:17] - Dock raised a $110M funding round and gained unicorn status.[02:50] - Mexican proptech Spot2 announced it raised a $4.2M seed round[03:25] - WexChange announced the finalists of the Women STEMpreneurs CompetitionResources mentioned:Companies & Startups: R5, Mentum, Plaid, Jeeves, HENRY, Dock, Spot2, Veloz, Jefa, Fitco, Talently.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Global Founders Capital. Magma Partners, Carao Ventures, Accion Venture Lab, Endeavor Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Soma Capital, Investo, Y Combinator, Kayyak Ventures, Seaya & Cathay, Lightrock, Silver Lake Waterman, Streamlined Ventures, HOF Capital, Acrew Capital, H20, WeXchange.

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Treinta, Crehana, Softbank and more!Outline of this episode:[00:27] - Jüsto raises $152 million in a Series B. [01:07] -Treinta raises $46 million in a Series A.[01:41] -Crehana acquires the talent management startup Acsendo.[02:14] -Softbank's investment arm creates a new fund for Latin America called Upload Ventures.[02:39] -Alejandro Guízar's article on The future of work in the digital economy.[02:52] -Latest episode of Crossing Borders where Nathan Lustig revisits Caterine Castillo's interview.[03:04] -New How to be the difference podcast episode with Jaime Bermúdez.[03:19] -New episode of Entrepreneurship 101 on how to choose the right partners for your business. Resources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Jüsto, Treinta, Crehana, Acsendo, Softbank, Billpocket, Neivor.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Upload Ventures, Tarsadia Capital, Citius, Arago Capital, Foundation Capital, Quiet Capital, PayU, Prosus, Liontree, Ethos VC, Ten13, Soma Capital, FJ Labs, WeXchange.People: Alejandro Guízar, Nathan Lustig, Caterine Castillo, Jaime Bermúdez, Amparo Nalvarte, Andrea Baba, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey.

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Flexio, R2, Bain & Company, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:27] - Flexio announces a $3M seed funding round [00:44] - Interview with Nathan Schorr, Flexio's CEO and co-founder[03:25] - R2 raises $5.9M in a seed round[03:52] - VC firm H20 Capital Innovation announces a second fund for $50M[04:19] - Respira Labs announces they raised $2.8M in pre-seed and grant funding[04:47] - Bain & Company acquires the Chilean startup Spike[05:10] - Featured article “Why the Mexican Fintech industry is booming”[05:21] - New “How to be the difference” episode with Aisha Williams, CEO of ImpactVest.Resources and people mentioned:Companies & Startups:Flexio, R2, Rappi, Clip, Respira Labs, Bain & Company, Spike VC Funds, Accelerators, Institutions:Costanoa Ventures, Soma Capital, GeneralCatalyst, Y Combinator, 166 2nd family office, H20 Capital InnovationPeople: Nathan Schorr, Jan Mozer, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Aisha Williams

Entrepreneur Simarpreet Singh joins Jasmeet Narang in this episode of Creative Punjabi's. The two discuss how Simarpreet & Pritika (Cofounder) came up with the idea of SockSoho. About SockSoho is India's largest DTC sock brand. We are on a mission to build the Uniqlo of India and socks is just our starting point. SockSoho is backed by top tier VCs including Justin Kan (founder, Twitch), Justin Mateen (founder, Tinder), Y-Combinator, Goat Capital, Soma Capital, Cathexis Ventures, Venture Souq, Litani Ventures, Starling Ventures, and strategic investors from Facebook, Google, AirBnB, PayPal, Amazon. About Simarpreet: Simar is a CS engineer who found his passion in growth marketing. He has helped multiple startups grow to $10M+ in sales. He has been selected as a Global Shaper by World Economic Forum. Make sure to tune in to this episode of Creative Punjabi's with Jasmeet Narang to check out a very interesting conversation about how Simarpreet acquired their first set of customers, role of Technology in scaling SockSoho. I also try and understand the creative process for launching any new product. Simarpreet also shares his YCombinator experience along with some tips. Follow Creative Punjabis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativepunjabis Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/letsdedicate You can follow Simarpreet here: LinkedIn - https://in.linkedin.com/in/simar1 You know more about products Visit: https://socksoho.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/socksoho Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-tXh4nPL3MWGd8NeaSyEkA Twitter - https://twitter.com/socksoho/ Talk to Jasmeet Narang on Twitter: misternarang Instagram: @mister.narang You can find Jasmeet Narang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/misternarang Website : https://jasmeetnarang.com/ Song Credits Ikson Last Summer

Episode 197: Gen Z entrepreneur Mehak Vohra shares why she founded SkillBank, and how the company helps people to land their dream marketing job in just 15 weeks.  Guest Biography Mehak Vohra is the CEO and founder of SkillBank, a marketing training program that's completely free upfront.  SkillBank closed $1.3M in seed funding where investors include: Jason Calacanis, Soma Capital, Hustle Fund, TikTok influencers/Sway LA members (Josh Richards and Griffin Johnson), ApartmentList CEO. Mehak started her career as a Computer Science student at Purdue University. In 2016, after her sophomore year, she dropped out of college at 19 years old and moved to San Francisco. Her goal was to build the most scalable marketing agency in the world. She ran Jamocha Media for 4 years. In 2019, Mehak decided to pass Jamocha on and started SkillBank, a marketing bootcamp that's completely free upfront. If someone is motivated to land a job in marketing, SkillBank is there to help. In this episode, you'll learn: Founding a venture-backed startup vs a lifestyle business. How SkillBank works so students pay nothing upfront. Spoiler: we'll learn about income sharing agreements How a hybrid education could be highly effective…. that's part college and part career training program. Show notes: http://www.inspiredmoney.fm/197 Find more from our guest: www.joinskillbank.com TikTok https://www.facebook.com/themehakvohra Twitter Instagram Mentioned in the episode: Purdue University Leif - Income Share Agreements OnDelta Interview w/ Jason Calacanis on This Week in Startups (TWIST) Jason Calacanis - Launch accelerator Y Combinator Tech Starts Accelerator Mehak for Mayor 2019 (Official Music Video) Money Tip of the Week Benefits of managing your time and money. Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Share this show on Twitter or Facebook. Join us at the Inspired Money Makers groups at facebook and LinkedIn To help out the show: Leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser.com, or wherever you listen. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Special thanks to Jim Kimo West for the music.

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, we interview Connor Hailey, CEO and Co-Founder of Axle Health, a software platform that enables any company to add in-home visits to their patient offering. We cover Connor's penchant for startups and entrepreneurship, Axle Health's founding story and early product journey and how they have scaled to thousands of in-home visits in just one year of launch. Founded in 2020, Axle Health eliminates the complexity of delivering in-home care by offering a simple API that dispatches in-home professionals to provide clinical service offerings. Axle Health recently announced their seed fundraise led by Pear VC, joined by a talented group of investors including Wisdom Partners, Rebel Fund, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, and Company Ventures and YCombinator. Along with institutional investors, the seed fundraise also includes angels including the founders of Eden Health, CareRev, and Quit Genius, and Nikhil Krishnan of Out of Pocket and former executives at One Medical. This funding will expand service offerings to meet more customer needs and attract top talent to Axle Health.

Cognigy raises $44M, to scale its enterprise-focused conversational AI platform. The firm provides a low-code conversational AI platform, that notably can be used flexibly across a range of applications and geographies, and it supports 120 languages. Insight Partners lead the Series B investment. Goldman Sachs leads $202M investment, in project44, doubling its valuation to $1.2B in a matter of months. The seven year old Chicago based company has built an API-based platform, that it says acts as the connective tissue between transportation providers, third-party logistics companies, shippers, and their supply chain systems. Project44 plans to use its new capital, in part to continue its global expansion. Project44 recently announced its expansion into China, and has plans to grow in the Asia-Pacific, Australia - New Zealand, and Latin American markets. Cloudera to go private, as KKR, and CD and R grab it for $5.3B. The Cloudera deal includes a brief go shop provision, that allows it to continue to look for a better deal.  Ditto raises $1.5 million, in seed round, to help teams collaborate on copy. The round was led by Greycroft, Y Combinator, and Soma Capital. The software aims to give copy teams, the home they deserve, to keep everything organized and synced, across projects and applications. Cloud based logistics company, E2open Parent Holdings, acquires software company BluJay, from private equity company Francisco Partners, for an implied enterprise value of & 1.7 billion. BluJay, a software-as-a-service platform in the logistics space, will roll over approximately 60% of its shareholding in the company to the merged entity. It will own an approximate 22% stake in the combined company. Alithya Group won an information resources project management contract, with a Québec government ministry, worth $ 12.4 million, Canadian. This is one of the largest government contracts Alithya has been awarded in Québec in recent years. As part of this five-year contract, Alithya's professionals will offer leading-edge expertise and support to the client, and provide their teams with the response capability to fully carry out their major responsibilities in managing information resources projects.

GUEST: Mehak Vohra A little about Mehak Vohra & her company: She's from Morgantown, WV She's the youngest person to ever run for mayor in SF's history She has 30k+ followers on TikTok. She's now the CEO and founder of SkillBank. SkillBank is a marketing school that's completely free upfront. They help people land their dream marketing job in 15 weeks. SkillBank recently closed $1.3M in seed funding. Investors include: Jason Calacanis, Soma Capital, Hustle Fund, TikTok influencers/Sway LA members (Josh Richards and Griffin Johnson), ApartmentList CEO. Mehak started her career as a Computer Science student at Purdue University. In 2016, after her sophomore year, she dropped out of college at 19 years old and moved to SF. Her goal was to build the most scalable marketing agency in world. She ran Jamocha Media for 4 years. In her peak she was generating 1-2M views per month on LinkedIn for herself and her clients. In 2019, Mehak decided to pass Jamocha on and started SkillBank. A marketing bootcamp that's completely free upfront. If someone is motivated to land a job in marketing, SkillBank is there to help. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ FIND ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/adamtotounji/ TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@adamtotounji LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/atotounji Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/adam.totounji.1/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mogulinsider/support

For our second guest, we had Jessica Li who recently left her role as an investor at Soma Capital to join Zageno in a growth marketing role. Jessica is the definition of an overachiever, and when she is not busy with her day job, she doubles as head of content at Elpha, is a top venture capital writer on Medium, and advises for a number of other startups and organizations. In this episode, we get Jessica's thoughts on creating leverage as an investor through personal branding, why specialization is dying, and why she is leaving venture to join the operator side.

In Episode 5 on The Millionaire Student Show, Sashin Govender dissects the Pain (Past), Price (Journey) and Prize (Result) of Aneel Ranadive. Entrepreneur Magazine named him among The 10 Most Eligible Bachelors of Silicon Valley and CNBC named him among the next generation of tech innovators.   ABOUT ANEEL RANADIVE : Aneel Ranadive is not your traditional rags to richest story, due to his families success. And he's definitely not your trust fund child, he works hard for what he's achieved. For him it all started off when he graduated from Columbia University. His father is the founder and CEO of Soma Capital which is an early stage VC fund with team members who have built software companies to over a billion in revenue. At Soma Capital they combine deep enterprise expertise with Fortune 500 company relationships through the Tibco network. Today's guest has displayed keen insight and business capability in the information technology industry. He has served in numerous capacities to assist in the discovery and analysis of sound investment opportunities within the field. He has worked for startup companies and global marketing and advertising research firms. He has held leadership positions in several companies and has been tasked with executive duties. Today him and his family are majority owners of the Sacramento Kings basketball team co owned with Shaquille O'Neal and they own the Golden 1 Center stadium where they host some of the most iconic music concerts as well as the most well known celebrities such as Drake, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Post Malone and many more.   ORDER YOUR COPY OF SASHIN'S BECOMING THE MILLIONAIRE STUDENT E-BOOK ▶︎ https://www.WinWithSashin.com/EBook   ABOUT SASHIN GOVENDER & THE MILLIONAIRE STUDENT ▶︎ www.WinWithSashin.com/About   CLAIM YOUR FREE GIFT FROM SASHIN 4 PILLARS TO MASTERY AUDIO SERIES (VALUED AT $555) ▶︎ www.WinWithSashin.com   SUBSCRIBE FOR DAILY VIDEOS ▶︎ www.WinWithSashin.com/YouTube   CONNECT WITH SASHIN ON : ▶︎ INSTAGRAM → www.WinWithSashin.com/Instagram ▶︎ FACEBOOK → www.WinWithSashin.com/Facebook ▶︎ TWITTER → www.WinWithSashin.com/Twitter ▶︎ TIK TOK → www.WinWithSashin.com/TikTok

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator -backed Nayya is on a mission to simplify choosing and managing employee benefits through machine learning and data transparency. The company has raised $2.7 million in seed funding led by Social Leverage with participation from Guardian Strategic Ventures, Cameron Ventures, Soma Capital, as well as other strategic angels. The process of choosing […]