Investor Connect Podcast

In this episode, Hall T. Martin interviews Julie Smith, director of Medici Ventures. Medici Ventures is a wholly owned subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc., created to manage and oversee the company’s investments in firms building solutions leveraging and servicing blockchain technologies. Hall and Julie speak about Medici's investments in cryptocurrency and their goal of advancing blockchain.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin interviews Chris Marks, the founder and managing partner of Blue Note Ventures. Chris has been investing in early-stage technology companies and working with entrepreneurs for over 15 years. They speak about Blue Note's investments, and Chris talks a little about the company, as well as what Blue Note looks for in a startup.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Randy Goldsmith, founder and director of Rapamycin Holdings. Rapamycin Holdings is a San Antonio-based company that is developing and commercializing a patented oral formulation of Rapamycin for the prevention of cancer progression and recurrence. Hall and Randy discuss his background in the industry. They also discuss the FDA process and challenges as well as measuring progress.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Brett Hurt of data.world. Data.world is an Austin-based platform that helps people who work with data solve problems faster by creating new ways to discover, prep, and collaborate. Brett and Hall speak about Brett's journey in angel investing and he came to found data.world. They also speak about entrepreneurs and their missions, as well as what advice Brett would give.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Vaughn Blake, the managing director of Autochrome Ventures, an inception and seed stage venture capital fund. They speak about Autochrome and their VC model and focus on applied frontier and emerging technologies. Hall and Vaughn also discuss how Autochrome came to focus on underserved technologies in the space.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Ryan Pollock of Iron Gate Capital. Ryan joined Iron Gate Capital in March 2013 and is a Managing Director. They speak about Iron Gate and their investment portfolio. Hall and Jeremy also discuss startups and their business models as well as what Iron Gate looks at when investing. They touch on both sales and marketing and the dilemma of how to make it more productive.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Jeremy Arendt of Cottonwood Venture Partners, a Texas-based venture capital firm partnering with companies that provide digital solutions for the oil & gas industry. They speak about CVP and their investments. They also speak about key sectors in the oil and gas industry and how they focus on the digital space. Jeremy also speaks a little about the focus and funding of their investments and how Cottonwood Venture Partners approaches investment.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Candice Landry founder of 10e5 Solutions. 10e5 Solutions helps investors, technology firms, and attorneys through the three major phases of the innovation lifecycle.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Mark Huson and Scott Fuzer, of West Monroe Partners, a multinational management and technology consulting firm headquartered in Chicago, IL.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Andrew Romans of Rubicon Venture Capital, a fund on the cutting edge of venture capital technology.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with angel investor Bill Feldott. Bill talks about his personal experience with angel investing with startups and the lessons he's learned, in particular with companies with which he has a personal relationship via family or friends.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with John Shaw of the Central Texas Angel Network. John talks with Hall about recent changes at the CTAN group. He also discusses his work on improving the angel network in Austin, and his work on streamlining the angel investment process.

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:22pm CDT

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Doreen Lorenzo, the Assistant Dean for the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas. Doreen talks about the School, what they are doing, and how they prepare students to work in the design and creative technology fields.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Duncan Davidson of BullPen Capital. Duncan talks about how the venture capital community has changed over the past 10-15 years. In particular, he talks about how the increasing need for smaller seed funds drove Duncan and his cofounders to start BullPen Capital. BullPen defined something they called "post-seed", in the range of 3-4 million, that fits between the small seed funds and the big series-A funds.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Charlie Carr of PwC. Charlie has been working with family offices for the past 15 years. Charlie talks about family office investments, his experiences with direct investment, and the trends he is seeing in that sector.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Andrew Goldner of GrowthX Capital. Andrew talks about GrowthX's model, and why they choose the investments they do. GrowthX looks for startups that are capital-efficient, and invests primarily on software. Their primary focus is on market development: bringing their startups to market.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Jeff Pomeranz of Right Side Capital Management. Jeff talks about how Right Side's investment model differs from others. Right Side focuses exclusively on pre-seed stage tech startup investing, a generally underserved sector of the market.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Erica Lill of the Keiretsu Forum. Erica has been an angel investor and entrepreneur of almost 30 years. She talks about her start with the Keiretsu forum, and
the ins and outs of starting a new fund.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with David Orandella, Managing Diretor of ORIX Growth Capital. ORIX is a large, multinational company based out of Tokyo, with U.S. headquarters in Dallas. The Growth Capital division invests primarily in high-growth late-stage venture companies. Typical investments range from 5-50 million, and they focus on companies with 15-150 million in revenue.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with John Backus of PROOF.VC. John has been an early-stage tech investor for 20+ years. He discusses how Proof.vc's model differs from typical early-stage funds. Proof.vc partners with 30-40 small early-stage funds, and helps them focus their pro rata on their most profitable investments by supporting their successful investment's next round and sharing the carry.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Tony Rimas of Fraser McCombs Capital, a fund in series A and seed investment, now focusing on strategic investments in automotive technology. Fraser McCombs has also recently made increased investment in automotive retail, as well as ridesharing.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Nathaniel Houghton, formerly of NextGen Venture Partners, a successful fund investor and network of venture partners. Nathaniel focused on working with their portfolio companies and their sales and marketing strategies.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Ross Blankenship, Chief Investment Officer & Chairman of Angel Kings. Angel Kings is the leading venture capital fund and angel investing group focused on early-stage investments in biotechnology, drug discovery, and scientific innovation for patients and physicians.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Alessandro Piol, co-founder of Vedanta Capital,  a successful investor in growth stage companies in the information & communications technologies (ICT), life sciences and global commerce industries.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Howie Diamond, the Managing Director for Ranch Ventures,  a a progressive, early stage investment firm based in San Francisco.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Sammy Abdullah, the Board Chairman for Blossom Street Ventures,  a successful investor group based in Dallas.

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In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Austin Childs, the Investment Manager for Bay Angels,  a successful Angel Investor group based in Silicon Valley.

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In this episode, Hall Martin conducts an interview with Saurabh Khetrapal, a successful Angel Investor.  Indeed, he has a history of coming from both sides of "the deal experience" -- as an Entrepreneur and also helping entrepreneurs since 1999 in the area of angel investment with guidance in startups. He has worked both in Silicon Valley and in Austin, Texas, and he specializes in the "B-to-B" software area with small firms.

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Investor Connect is a portal for investors interested in learning about startup and growth stage company funding. It includes a discussion board and a podcast series of interviews with investors that is provided to inform angel investors about the process of funding startups. Experienced investors share their experiences and advice to those who are considering an investment into startups and growth companies.

Topics include sourcing, analyzing, researching, valuations, terms Sheets, board of directors, board of advisors, due diligence, syndicates, venture capital, angels, angel networks, crowdfunding, exits, and more.

Investor Connect is a community program. We welcome your suggestions for speakers and topics which you can send to us through the Contact page. No registration is required to use the resources. Discussion boards are available to post and answer questions about startups and growth company investing through which registration is required.

Investor Connect is a program under the Texas Open Angel Network which is a 501(c3) non-profit dedicated to the education around startup funding.

 

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In this episode, Hall Martin conducts an informal interview with David Wieland, who was a co-founder of the Irish Angels--an affiliated, but separate, group with the University of Notre Dame.

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In this episode, Hall Martin, the principal of the TEN Capital Group for Texas Entrepreneurs, as well as the host of the Podcast series, INVESTOR CONNECT, interviews Will Szczerbiak, a Senior Associate of Graycroft Partners.

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In this episode, Hall Martin interviews Jay Zeidmanof RESOLUTE VENTURE PARTNERS.As the chief principal of TenCapital.group, Hallalso leads the podcast interviews on InvestorConnect.org

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In this episode, Hall Martin of InvestorConnect.com interviews Chris Burney, the Executive Director of the San Antonio Angel Network -- which is a network of accredited Investors,high-growth startups and service providers as sponsors.

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