In this episode, Hall welcomes Samy Eissa, a 12-year veteran in the music industry. He founded Hit Ventures, a boutique VC fund & consulting firm leveraging its exclusive network of partners who assist startups primarily in entertainment, media & hospitality technologies. 

As an entrepreneur, entertainment professional and business enthusiast, Samy constantly looks to push the envelope with innovative ideas built on talent and long lasting relationships.

Hit Ventures closely assists Seed and Series A level startups to build, market and grow their companies ensuring founders’ success and investor interests.


You can find Hit Ventures at Hitventures.co

Samy can be reached via LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/hitventures, on Instagram at instagram.com/hitventures on Twitter https://twitter.com/SamyHitMGMT 

He can also be contacted via email at Samy@hitventures.co

In this episode, Hall is joined by Brent Ogilvie co-founder and Managing Director of deep-tech investment firm Pacific Channel Limited, headquartered in New Zealand. Pacific Channel Limited was founded in 2006 and to date, has inserted over NZD $50 million of early-stage funding into 27 New Zealand early-stage companies.

The New Zealand government is very supportive of startups and Brent believes that a team with a variety of skills is important to that company’s success. He explains new advances in the deep-tech space to include hope for kidney transplant patients.


You can find Pacific Channel Limited at Pacificchannel.com   

Brent can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ogilvie/ 

He can also be contacted via email at bogilvie@pacificchannel.com