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Seed Money

Jayla Siciliano

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Seed Money is where everyday people learn how to raise capital and get the funding you need to FINALLY get your startup to the next level! If you’re struggling to get people to believe in your vision (and you don’t need a billion-dollar deal in Silicon Valley), Seed Money will unlock the answers you’ve been looking for! Hosted by Jayla Siciliano, Shark Tank Entrepreneur, MBA, real estate investor, and experienced founder/investor in markets from consumer products to short-term rentals. In th ...
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First Funders

Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani

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Learn from angel and seed investors bold enough to write the first check. How do they decide which startups to invest in? How do they gain conviction in founders and ideas? How do they add value to their companies? Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani are operators turned investors. They chat with their friends investing in early-stage technology startups and learn about their strategies to fund the best founders and startup companies. If you are an angel investor or seed investor, you'll hea ...
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Successful business owners and coaches are invited to speak as guests on the podcast. They will share their experiences and provide advice on topics such as obtaining funding, assembling a team, developing a business plan, and overcoming expansion obstacles. The Montreal Entrepreneur Podcast will also discuss the various phases of a company's development, such as the early stages, scaling up, and exit.
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Are you looking to understand the business of a better future? Welcome to NatureBacked. For three years and through more than 125 episodes, we've been on a mission to uncover how investors and entrepreneurs worldwide tackle climate change, from the complexities of emissions to the devastating reality of floods. We explore the personal choices and inspiring journeys driving this critical work. Join us to hear from the experts, innovators, and changemakers who are not just talking about change ...
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This Much I Know is the podcast from Seedcamp, Europe’s seed fund. Tune into hear the inside story from startup founders, investors and leading tech voices: the people who’ve built businesses, scaled globally, failed fantastically and learnt massively. Seedcamp invests early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. Seedcamp provides the infrastructure to fast-track a founder’s vision and create value through immediate access to smart ...
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Startup Beat

Radio One - HT Smartcast

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This show delves deep into the authentic journey of launching a startup, going beyond just numbers and strategies. It highlights the passion, perseverance, and challenges that fuel the entrepreneurial spirit. Each episode brings to life the real stories of founders, their struggles, triumphs, and the lessons they've learned along the way. What makes this show unique? It doesn’t just talk about startups—it actively helps launch them, turning bold ideas into reality, live on the show. Tune in ...
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The Ocean Age

Fed DeGobbi

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This podcast is for ocean entrepreneurs and innovators who want to grow and succeed in the blue economy. Through interviews with industry leaders, founders, and subject matter experts, I will share their stories, unpack their most important lessons, and extract actionable insights and best practices.
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Science VC explores the intersection of deeptech startups and venture capital. Each episode features conversations with startup founders, venture capitalists, and industry experts. Discover their stories, lessons learned, and predictions for the future. Learn more about the challenges and opportunities of fundraising for venture-backed startups innovating in agtech, biotech, energy, foodtech, healthtech, and sustainability.
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The Pre-Money Show is a podcast for startup investors and founders. Host Ruchit Sutaria interviews the founders of early-stage companies that are raising funds. In each episode, you'll hear the founder's story, their challenges, and their opportunities. You'll also get to see Ruchit challenge the founder on their assumptions, risks, and plans. And at the end of each episode, Ruchit gives his honest and objective analysis of the company based on his quantitative investment framework. startup ...
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The Early Stage Podcast is devoted to interviewing top entrepreneurs at the Seed and Series A stages of their startups. This project is a deep dive into the initial challenges and breakthroughs driven innovators endure as they build their MVP, launch, raise funding, grow their teams, and find product-market fit. Early Stage is hosted by John Valentine, Manager of Technology Identification and Communications at Thales, a worldwide leader in aerospace, space, defense, transportation, and secur ...
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The Silicon Dreams

RJ Shara - Bay Area Host at Radio Zindagi 1170AM

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The Silicon Dreams is for startups and entrepreneurs, and streams live on Radio Zindagi 1170 AM (Bay Area Bollywood Radio Station) on Mondays from 3.30 to 4 pm. The Hinglish episodes that are broadcast by the radio station are hosted on a separate podcast. Visit https://rjshara.biz for episodes, transcripts and blogs related to startups, entrepreneurs and investments On this podcast we will host English versions of the show or a new English episode every week for those listeners who don't sp ...
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We live in a world that never stops moving, where society depends on the constant flow of goods and people. This is all made possible by the marvels of our modern infrastructure, but who are the pioneers that bring order, processes and systems to keep us moving, and what can we learn from their insights? In Infrastructure Momentum Makers, host and strategy advisor Ratna Amin speaks with the movers and shakers at the intersection of the public, private, and civic sectors about the latest brea ...
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Big Soy Naturals

Virgil Masters and Kendall Kennedy

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Big Soy Naturals is the only podcast by people who can gaze into the abyss without fear. The abyss never gazes back at us, out of respect. Esteemed public intellectual Virgil Masters and disgraced e-celebrity Kendall Kennedy explore the labyrinth of cyberspace with incisive eyes, quick wits and 300 IQ brains. It takes proprietary magic, thorough research and the immortal science to peer behind the veil of the negaverse, and we do it with ease. Join us as we unearth truths and triumph over ev ...
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Safety in the greenhouse, whether it’s safe handling of crop protection materials or preventing slips and falls, is an important but sometimes overlooked concept. During Cultivate’25, a group of growers will come together for a panel discussion on why adopting a safety-first mindset is essential to protecting employees and ensuring smooth, producti…
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Sydney Rodman, founder of Green Revival, reveals how the invasive species can be transformed into valuable resources like hydrogen and sustainable construction materials. We'll uncover the challenges of biomass procurement, the science of gasification, and Green Revival's vision for a future where waste becomes a cornerstone of the bioeconomy. Key …
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Listen as Jay reveals the strategic approach he took that led to a successful pre-seed funding round in just 4 weeks! Jay Kriner, a Shark Tank alum turned tech entrepreneur, shares his methodical 9-month strategy for building investor relationships before ever making an ask. His approach centers on authentic networking, professional preparation, an…
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In this insightful discussion, Tarmo talks with Owen Barrett, the entrepreneur behind Shine, a solar startup revolutionizing the multi-family real estate industry. Owen shares his 8-year journey from finance to becoming "hyper-obsessed" with decarbonizing apartment buildings, ultimately launching Shine in 2023. Discover the unique challenges of bri…
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Send us a text Olly Hicks is a world record-breaking British ocean explorer, motivational speaker, and ocean entrepreneur. Known for his minimalistic, human-powered expeditions, Hicks is the first and currently only person to have rowed solo from America to England, completing this feat in 2005 at the age of 23, making him the youngest person to ro…
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Want to know the hard truth? Today we have Shaun Gold, a polymath and entrepreneur with extensive experience in pitch decks and fundraising (oh and bonus, he’s hilarious). He shares killer insights on the common pitfalls you’ll face when making pitch decks and pitching investors to raise seed money. With plenty of humor, he talks about the importan…
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In this episode of the NatureBacked, we spoke with Johan Attby and Rebecka Löthman Ryda from the Norrsken's Accelerator. We delved into Norrsken’s mission to foster impact-driven entrepreneurship, exploring innovative solutions for sustainability and resilience. With their unique perspectives on nurturing early-stage startups, Rebecka and Johan sha…
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We’ve welcomed investors with unique backgrounds to First Funders before, but Sundeep Ahuja is our first operator-turned-actor-turned-investor. Sundeep is all in on all things climate tech. He’s backing founders leading the way in cleaning up our water, purifying our air, and keeping our planet the way it should be: livable. Today, his micro fund a…
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In a competitive fundraising environment, traction is everything. Investors want to see proof that people care about what you’re building, and few signals are stronger than an active, engaged community. When customers gather around your product, share ideas, support each other, and drive word-of-mouth growth, you’re not just building a loyal user b…
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In this episode of the NatureBacked podcast, we take a deep dive into one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time: plastic pollution in our oceans. Join us as we welcome Boyan Slat, the founder of The Ocean Cleanup, a pioneering non-profit organization dedicated to ridding the world's oceans of plastic. Boyan shares his vision and…
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Laura Barth is the research coordinator at American Floral Endowment (AFE), which has been monitoring the impacts of federal funding cuts on horticulture research. In this episode, I talk to Laura about the uncertainties being felt at many institutions, how American Floral Endowment can be a funding resource for research, how the AFE endowment work…
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In this podcast episode, join Cathy Bernard and Ann Blanchette, a seasoned CPA Auditeur at Blanchette & Gallucci Inc., as she shares insights from her 15 years in accounting. Ann emphasizes the value of obtaining a CPA title, discusses her firm's specialization in financial statements and tax returns for small and medium businesses, and sheds light…
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Patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights: if you’re building a startup, these aren’t “nice to haves,” they’re mission-critical. Locking down your intellectual property protects your ideas, your company, your product. And it makes your startup more attractive to investors. Whether it’s your brand name, your technology, or your trade secret…
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In this conversation, Sophie Dembinski discusses Ecosia, a search engine dedicated to environmental sustainability and reforestation. She explains the company's mission to plant trees and combat climate change by allocating 100% of its profits to these efforts. Sophie elaborates on Ecosia's unique business model, its challenges in competing with la…
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Many founders have a killer product, a passionate team, and traction, but they don’t realize that investors are really betting on THEM. The truth is, your projections don’t need to be perfect, your deck doesn’t need to be perfect. But you need to do the things that most people won’t do to stand out. You need to show that you are strategic, thoughtf…
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John Brenard shares the origin story of Southview Timberland Investments, detailing his transition from finance to timberland investing. He discusses the advantages of investing in timberland, particularly in the Southeast US, where the market is robust and diverse. The conversation covers the various products derived from timber, the investment op…
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Why do handshake deals in business go bad? I get it, it starts with good intentions, you're grinding to raise money, and when a friend or family member shows interest, it feels like a lifeline. So you say yes. Sometimes that verbal commitment feels rock solid. And then a surprise cash injection seems too good to question. But this is exactly why ha…
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The episode brings two distinct but interconnected perspectives on the green transition: harnessing the immense power of our oceans and transforming established energy giants from within. Get ready for insights into offshore wind development and the complex journey of greening a legacy fossil fuel company. The NatureBacked podcast, direct from the …
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If you ask seasoned investors what the common mistakes in seeking funding are, chances are you're making at least one of them — maybe without even realizing it. That mistake? Being so focused on raising capital that you forget to keep building traction in your business. Yes, it's easy to do when you "feel" like you need the funding to get to the ne…
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What does it take to secure climate tech investment now? Is the era of software-only solutions over? Tarmo Virki probes Kavita Patel and Logan Grizzel from climate investors MUUS Climate Partners on the tough questions facing the sector. They discuss the undeniable need for physical infrastructure, the growing importance of grid tech and resilience…
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This year’s Southern Garden Tour takes place June 3-5, and features plant trials at Young’s Plant Farm in Alabama, the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, and Metrolina Greenhouses’ North Carolina facilities. This past week, I had a great conversation with the trial managers at each location: Dr. Mark Yelanich, Director of R&D at Metrolina, P…
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Canadians have been the lifeblood behind some of the biggest unicorn startups of the past few years (think Open AI, Uber, Slack, Instacart, Notion, Databricks, CloudFlare, Roblox, Ethereum, Moderna Health, and Clay to name a few), and yet no one talks about them, except for Andre Charoo. And he’s not just talking – he’s putting his money behind Can…
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Finding an investor and getting the funding you need is a huge win, BUT it’s not the whole story. There can be red flags in investor deals that founders need to watch for and navigate. The truth is: not every investor is right for you, and not every deal will favor you. Some investors might do more harm than good and even screw you over in the end.…
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Can packaging be both beautiful and environmentally responsible? This week on NatureBacked, we explore this critical question with eco-packaging expert Elizabeth Corbett. From navigating the maze of recycling systems to turning ocean waste into valuable resources, Elizabeth reveals the secrets to smarter, greener packaging. Join us for a fascinatin…
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Biodiversity as an Advantage Galit is a Managing Partner at Danta Fund, a VC firm that backs early-stage agritech startups in Latin America. Danta Fund has the mission of filling three main voids in Latin America: funding in early-stage agri-tech startups, mentorship to guide their founders, and connection with larger markets to help them grow. Top…
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As much as I avoid real life drama with all my might, I’ve been guilty of falling into some of these White Lotus character traps in business. Yes it’s a show about people who are conflicted and struggle through their emotions and relationships (among other many things), but it actually has some solid lessons that can be valuable in the startup/fund…
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In the latest episode of “Path to Market,” Natasha and Micah are joined by Fanny Talagrand, Head of EMEA sales for startups and SMBs at Stripe to discuss key sales strategies from startups to enterprises. Drawing from her extensive experience in global tech companies like Google Cloud and Stripe, Fanny emphasizes the importance of understanding use…
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Did you know that most sunflower seeds end up as oil or animal feed? Our guest is challenging the centuries-old status quo of sunflower seed usage. Join us as we speak with Dmitri Eivin, the co-founder and CEO of Sunfly. The episode was recorded live at Impact Day 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia. While over 95% of sunflower seeds are traditionally relegat…
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Earlier this month, we learned that the Hoffmann Family of Companies, a family-owned private equity firm, was acquiring N.G. Heimos Greenhouses, a family-run growing operation based in Illinois and one of the nation’s largest poinsettia growers. I caught up with Bernie Heimos, President of N.G. Heimos, and David Hoffmann, Founder and Chairman of HF…
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Why not Tulsa? Michael is the Founder, CEO, and General Partner of Atento Capital, a pre-seed and seed-stage VC firm focused on partnering with founders to build technology around healthcare, climate-tech, and business services. Topics in this episode 0:00 Intro 1:13 Michael’s Career Journey: From Founder to VC 4:07 The Origin Story of Atento Capit…
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Francisco Roque De Pinho, co-founder of the Land Group, discusses in this episode the transformative potential of regenerative agriculture in South America and beyond. He shares insights into the practices that make agriculture more sustainable, the challenges faced in implementing these practices, and the importance of capital in driving change. T…
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In a new episode of This Much I Know, Carlos’s guest is Dr Melanie Garson, an associate professor at UCL and expert in cyber policy and geopolitics. Together they discuss critical issues in the current geopolitical and defence systems, including the evisceration of the US civil service, reactive politics, and the role of technology companies as geo…
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Are there unique ideas anymore? Khoa Ma is an Associate Director at Endless Frontier Labs, a program at NYU Stern School of Business for early-stage science and technology startups. Topics in this episode 0:00 Intro 1:07 Khoa’s Career Path 3:22 How Endless Frontier Labs Evaluates Startups 8:45 What Gets Startups Into Endless Frontier Labs 11:22 Mos…
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On every Shark Tank episode, one of the most intense moments is when the founder and the investors start talking valuation—how much the company’s worth and how much equity the founder’s willing to give up. Figuring out how much equity you should give up in a seed round is a huge decision, and with it comes some serious consequences. No wonder it’s …
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Anthony Milewski discusses the global energy transition with host Tarmo Virki, emphasizing the shift from coal to cleaner energy sources like nuclear and renewables. He highlights the importance of critical minerals in sustainable energy and the ethical dilemmas surrounding their sourcing. The discussion also touches on consumer responsibility and …
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You can be a founder. You can be an investor. You can be an operator. Or, you can be Shalin Mantri and be all three. This respected product leader got his start by founding a mobile app startup in the early iPhone days in 2011 and followed it up with product leadership in the early days of Uber, Skip and more recently, Google. He angel invests with…
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Can a single innovation unlock multiple billion-dollar markets? Larissa is the CEO of APEXzymes, a Brazilian biotech startup that produces cost-effective enzymes for sustainable industrial applications. During our conversation, Larissa shares her journey from chemical engineering to venture capital and entrepreneurship. Topics in this episode 0:00 …
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What do Postmates, Airbnb, and Twitch all have in common? They’re wildly successful startups that got a major boost by joining accelerator programs. Now, you don’t need to be chasing unicorn status to benefit from an accelerator. There are countless programs out there, each with different benefits, requirements, and growth expectations—so finding t…
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Is it possible to transform carbon emissions into everyday products? Alex is the CEO of CERT Systems, a Canadian climatetech startup that converts CO2 emissions into high-value chemicals. In this episode, Alex shares his journey from the lab bench to raising non-dilutive capital. Topics in this episode 0:00 Intro 1:16 Founding CERT Systems 3:14 Why…
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Conner Tidd, co-founder and CEO of Just Vertical discusses the innovative approaches to vertical farming, emphasizing the ease of use and productivity of their systems. He shares insights into the sustainability of hydroponics, the challenges faced by startups in the agricultural sector, and the growth of the consumer market for indoor farming solu…
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If you’re pitching investors and you’re struggling to get the response you hoped for, you might be approaching them the wrong way. Or maybe you're gearing up for a big pitch and want to avoid missteps… There are common mistakes I see entrepreneurs make all the time, and today we're discussing the top 7 things NOT to do when pitching investors. Some…
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Send us a text Emily Power is the founder of OceanMade, who is bridging the gap between terrestrial agriculture and ocean innovation with her groundbreaking Kelp Pots. Sparked by Bren Smith's seaweed farming feature on '60 Minutes', Emily transitioned from her corporate role at Microsoft to ocean entrepreneurship. After pivoting from an initial sus…
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Ken Littrell grew up on a family farm, and since then he’s worked in and out of floriculture, including spending time with some of the industry’s leading growing operations. He specializes in leadership development, change management, and how to build a better team through transparency and communication. In my recent conversation with Ken, we talke…
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There is a lot of stigma around psychedelics. Vicky is the CEO of EYWA, a biotech startup that produces molecules for mental health treatments. In this episode, we discussed the fundraising process for a startup working with psychedelics and the stigma surrounding the industry. Topics in this episode 0:00 Intro 1:07 Founding EYWA 3:53 Advice for St…
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In this conversation, Jojo Mehta, the head of Stop Ecocide International, discusses the concept of ecocide, its definition, and the importance of criminalizing severe environmental harm. She shares her journey into environmental advocacy, the global legislative progress, and the role of international law in addressing ecocide. The discussion highli…
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