Big Moment for Our Solo Female Founder for Closing $1.4 Million in Seed Funding
by ashutoshWe congratulate our cohort company, Virtanza, an online sales program company for closing their $1.4 Million in seed funding with private investors. Virtanza is the only scalable experiential sales training solution white labeled to universities and employers. Virtanza connects employers...
Expert DOJO Cohort company, Elude, Raised $1.25M of their $1.5M Seed Round
by ashutoshExpert DOJO cohort company, Elude, a personalized and hassle-free travel booking app, has already raised $1.25M of their $1.5M in seed round from notable investors such as Mucker Capital, Unicorn Venture Partners, Upfront Scout Fund, Startup-O, Grayson Capital, Pelican Ventures as well as...
E171 Gaston Maluendez & Christian Hentschel of TradeStars: Using blockchain for Esports investments
by ashutoshThis week Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Gaston Maluendez and Christian Hentschel. In this episode, Brian, Gaston and Christian talk about sports, TradeStars’ genesis, facing COVID-19, and most importantly, their vision and how quickly TradeStars is going to reach a unicorn stage....
E170 Ravneet and Sennai of Wear Your Voice: Uplifting Marginalized Communities in the Media
by ashutoshThis week Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Sennai Atsbeha and Ravneet Vohra. In this episode, Brian, Ravneet and Sennai talk about how Wear Your Voice started, their vision, their very first major investor, and the challenges that they faced upon starting their company. We’ll also...
E169 Anthony Ortiz of Fitly – The Only Platform Able To Tell Us What To Eat For Longevity
by ashutoshThis week host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Anthony Ortiz the Founder & CEO of Fitly, the creators of SmartPlate. SmartPlate is the ONLY nutrition telemedicine platform that combines elegant hardware with Artificial Intelligence in order to help consumers and patients track their...
Cohort News: LEAD, LEAD, a San Francisco employee matching software company, donates 20,000 licenses to combat loneliness in the workplace
by ashutoshBetween March and September of this year, LEAD has donated more than 10,000 free licenses to companies of all sizes such as MoneyHub, Zwift, PURE Insurance, The BBC, Hootsuite, and Lifery. Given the high demand and continuous challenges most US companies are currently facing, LEAD has decided...
HAPPYBOND Finalized Terms with Halle Berry – Academy Award Winning Actress and Founder of rē•spin
by ashutoshAnja Skodda and Halle Berry We are so excited to share with you the amazing news about our cohort company, HAPPYBOND. Anja Skodda, the CEO and founder is not just a beast entrepreneur but also a scientist that deployed her research on humans’ skin and collagen to heal her dog from his severe...
E168 Joel Hypén of AdLaunch – The most promising Finnish platform for AI powered video creation
by ashutoshThis week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Joel Hypén, CEO of Adlaunch. Joel is an award-winning video director and producer with 13 years of experience leading teams of up to 120 employees and producing videos for Zalando, Vogue, Ikea, and many others. Joel has also studied Media...
E167 Vipul Agrawal of Unlu – top Indian celebrities’ platform on the path to becoming a unicorn
by ashutoshThis week host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Vipul Agrawal of Unlu. Unlu is making it possible for every single person to interact, talk or learn from the famous personalities around the world. Users can book personalized video messages, video calls & can learn skills from...