Seed Stories are short conversations with founders of startups on the heels of raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, fundraising process, what worked, what didn't, and their plan going forward. The show is hosted by Jon Dishotsky, who is an early-stage investor and mentor focusing on pre-seed and seed. He's a Investment Partner at Giant Ventures and an active angel investor. He was previous the founder of Starcity, a global coliving company, backed by NEA, Social Capi ...
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S1, EP 18: Manish Maryada , Co-founder Fello "India's first game based savings app."
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On today's episode of Seed Stories, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Sanjay Mandava, CEO of Landeed. Landeed is a proptech startup building India's fastest and most comprehensive property title search engine. With more than 84% of Indian household wealth stored in real estate, property, and land, having accessible public records is crucial f…
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S1, EP 17: Manish Maryada , Co-founder Fello "India's first game based savings app."
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On today's episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Manish Maryada, CEO and co-founder of Fello https://fello.in/ Fello is a game-based savings and investment application that teaches the Gen-Z of India to save, play, and earn returns greater than a traditional savings bank account. The company recently raised $4 million in a round …
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S1, EP 16: Nicolas le Jeune, Co-founder Courtyard "Bringing physical collectibles to blockchain."
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On today’s episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Nicolas le Jeune, Co-Founder and CEO of Courtyard https://courtyard.io Courtyard stores physical collectibles (trading cards, sneakers, watches, etc.) in secured vaults, creates a 3D representation of the asset and mints it as an NFT on the blockchain. They've partnered with one of…
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S1, EP15: Mahyad Ghassemibouyaghchi, Co-founder CEO, SigmaOS "The first browser that thinks like you do"
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On today’s episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Mahyad Ghassemibouyaghchi co-founder and CEO of SigmaOS https://sigmaos.com/ SigmaOS is the first browser made for work, designed to make YOU faster and better. 🗂️ Workspaces to organize your pages and web-apps 💤 Snooze pages to keep your mind clear ✂️ Split screen to multitask lik…
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S1, EP 14: Emmanuel Turlay, Founder Sematic "The opensource Continuous Machine Learning Platform"
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On today’s episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Emmanuel Turlay founder and CEO of Sematic https://www.sematic.dev By using Sematic, developers can build and run end-to-end ML pipelines effortlessly to retrain and improve their models continuously. Sematic recently landed a $3M seed funding round led by Race Capital, and accompa…
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S1, EP 13: Zach Bell, CEO & Cofounder MyPlace "Share & discover places to stay with your friends"
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On today’s episode of Seed Stories, I had a chance to sit down with Zach Bell, founder of MyPlace https://myplace.co On Myplace, homes are truly shared in an exchange, the original intention of home sharing. From text, to Facebook, to building an app, Myplace has grown organically into the “Raya of Homesharing” and now on the cover of the travel se…
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BONUS EPISODE: Alex Budak, Author "Becoming a Changemaker"
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Today on Seed Stories, I'm excited to welcome my friend Alex Budak who recently released a fantastic book "Becoming a Changemaker" https://www.changemakerbook.com The book is "an Actionable, Inclusive Guide to Leading Positive Change at Any Level." Alex is a social entrepreneur, faculty member at Berkeley Haas, and the author of Becoming a Changema…
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S1, EP 12: Lyndsey Harper, CEO & Cofounder Rosy "The Sexual Wellness Solutions We All Deserve"
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Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from the Lyndsey Harper, MC CEO and Cofounder of Rosy - https://meetrosy.com Developed by doctors and psychologists, Rosy is the first-of-its-kind platform for the 43% of us who experience sexual concerns. Our app meets you right where you are so you can take your sexual health into your own hands. “In priv…
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S1, EP 11: James Murray, CEO & Cofounder, Therify "Inclusive mental health benefit for companies"
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Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from the James Edward Murray, CEO and Cofounder of Therify - https://therify.co Finding the right therapist is never an easy task, but it gets even harder when, as a person of color or someone with disabilities, there are few or no people sharing your experience available. Therify hopes to change that with …
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S1, EP 10: Lulu Ge, CEO & Founder, Elix "Proven herbal healing tailored to your cycle"
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Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from the Lulu Ge, CEO and founder of Elix https://elixhealing.com Lulu’s grandfather ran a hospital in Southern China, so she grew up knowing the power of superfruit tonics and medicinal mushroom soups. But it wasn’t until Lulu went off birth control—and experienced the worst cramps, bloating, headaches, an…
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S1, EP 9: Raad Ahmed, CEO & Founder, Lawtrades "The best startup comeback story i've heard"
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Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from the Raad Ahmed, CEO and founder of LawTrades https://www.lawtrades.com. 3 years ago, Lawtrades was about to go bankrupt. They failed to raise a Series A. Nobody wanted to invest. This year, they closed $6M in funding ($80M valuation) from 100+ customers and investors using a link and no meetings. https…
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S1, EP 8: Vrinda Gupta. CEO & Co-Founder, Sequin "The Debit Card that Builds Credit for Women."
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Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from the Co-Founder & CEO of Sequin, Vrinda Gupta - Sequin is The Debit Card that Builds Credit for Women. https://www.sequincard.com She recently just raised a $5.7M Seed Round from YC, Scribble Ventures, Thomvest, Matrix Partners, Liquid2, IDEO and a massive list of top female execs including Carrie Schwa…
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S1, EP 7: Founding Team of Blair "Better student financing through Income Share Agreements"
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Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from the founding team of Blair, who recently just raised a $6.3M seed round from one of the top financial institutions in the world Tiger Global https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/07/blair-tiger-global-seed. We'll hear about their upbringing in Berlin, their move to the US, their tricks to remain ramen-profita…
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S1, EP 6: Haseeb Awan, CEO & Founder, Efani "The Most Secure Mobile Service"
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Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from Haseeb Awan CEO & Founder of Efani https://www.efani.com/. They recently raised $1.3M from 77 different investors—many of them customers—using an RUV - https://www.angellist.com/blog/how-efani-raised-1m-from-customers-using-a-ruv Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a rais…
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S1, EP 5: Peter Fishman, Co-founder & CEO of Mozart Data "Go from siloed, messy data to analysis-ready in hours"
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Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from Peter Fishman, CEO & CO-founder of Mozart Data https://www.mozartdata.com. They recently raised a $4M Seed round from an all-star cast of investors including Craft Ventures and Array Ventures with participation from Coelius Capital, Jigsaw VC, Signia VC, and Taurus VC. The company graduated from the Y …
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S1, EP 4: Zuleyka Strasner, CEO & Founder, Zero Grocery "Sustainable grocery in under 2 hours"
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Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward. Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from Zuleyka Strasner, CEO & Founder of Zero Grocery https://zerogrocery.com/. They rec…
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S1, EP 3: Alison Greenberg, Co-Founder & CEO, Ruth Health "Digital at home clinic for pregnant people"
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Seed Stories are 15-20 minute conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward. Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from Alison Greenberg , CEO & Co-Founder of Ruth Health https://www.ruthhealth.c…
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S1, EP 2: Jeff Wilson, Co-Founder & CEO, Jupe "Off-the-grid shelter"
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Seed Stories are 15-20 minute conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward. Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from Jeff, CEO & Co-Founder of Jupe https://jupe.com/. They recently announce a …
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S1, EP 1: José Ignacio S. Galindo, Co-Founder & CEO, Waterplan "Reduce your water risk to boost business resilience"
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Seed Stories are 15-20 minute conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward. Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from Jose, CEO & Co-Founder of Waterplan https://www.waterplan.com/. They recent…
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