19 episodes

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 Capital, YC, Bullpen Capital, Deciens and was regularly featured in WSJ, NYTimes.

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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 Capital, YC, Bullpen Capital, Deciens and was regularly featured in WSJ, NYTimes.

Season 1 has ended.

    S1, EP 18: Manish Maryada , Co-founder Fello "India's first game based savings app."

    S1, EP 18: Manish Maryada , Co-founder Fello "India's first game based savings app."

    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 for protecting against litigation and facilitating transactions. Two-thirds of all court cases in India deal with land-related disputes, making Landeed's work even more critical.

    The company recently raised $8.3 million in a funding round led by Draper Associates, Y Combinator, and Bayhouse Capital. Sanjay Mandava, a second-time YC founder, is at the helm of this ambitious venture.

    Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of 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.

    Closed Captions available

    https://anchor.fm/startup-seed-stories
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/jondishotsky
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondishotsky

    • 43 min
    S1, EP 17: Manish Maryada , Co-founder Fello "India's first game based savings app."

    S1, EP 17: Manish Maryada , Co-founder Fello "India's first game based savings app."

    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 led by Courtside Ventures and with participation from Entrepreneur First, Y Combinator, Kube Venture, Upsparks, and angel investors such as Kunal Shah, Lalit Keshre, Charlie Songhurst, Dafeng, and Alan Rutledge. 

    Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of 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.  #startups #venturecapital #entrepreneurship 

    Closed Captions available  

    https://anchor.fm/startup-seed-stories
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/jondishotsky
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondishotsky

    • 35 min
    S1, EP 16: Nicolas le Jeune, Co-founder Courtyard "Bringing physical collectibles to blockchain."

    S1, EP 16: Nicolas le Jeune, Co-founder Courtyard "Bringing physical collectibles to blockchain."

    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 the largest security companies in the world to store collectibles.  

    Courtyard recently raised $7 million in seed funding by global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from Y Combinator, OpenSea Ventures, VaynerFund, Brink's, Cherry Ventures, and a select group of angel investors.  

    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.  

    Also available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dIoS6SYNzbM

    Closed Captions available   

    https://anchor.fm/startup-seed-stories

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/jondishotsky

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondishotsky

    • 38 min
    S1, EP15: Mahyad Ghassemibouyaghchi, Co-founder CEO, SigmaOS "The first browser that thinks like you do"

    S1, EP15: Mahyad Ghassemibouyaghchi, Co-founder CEO, SigmaOS "The first browser that thinks like you do"

    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 like a pro. 

    SigmaOS recently raised $4 million in seed funding led by LocalGlobe and participation from Y Combinator, 7percent Ventures, Moonfire Ventures, Shine VC, TrueSight Ventures, Pioneer Fund and Venture Together. Angel investors like Cocoa Ventures partner Carmen Alfonso Rico and EightSleep founder Matteo Franceschetti joined the round as well.  

    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. 

    Closed Captions available
    Also avaialble on Youtube: https://youtu.be/7jkfUfpO7fk

    https://anchor.fm/startup-seed-stories
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/jondishotsky
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondishotsky

    • 40 min
    S1, EP 14: Emmanuel Turlay, Founder Sematic "The opensource Continuous Machine Learning Platform"

    S1, EP 14: Emmanuel Turlay, Founder Sematic "The opensource Continuous Machine Learning Platform"

    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 accompanied by Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Leonis Capital, Fundament, and Pioneer Fund.  

    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. 

    Available on Youtube as well - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRhsVJ-r7UE&feature=youtu.be

    https://anchor.fm/startup-seed-stories

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/jondishotsky

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondishotsky

    • 44 min
    S1, EP 13: Zach Bell, CEO & Cofounder MyPlace "Share & discover places to stay with your friends"

    S1, EP 13: Zach Bell, CEO & Cofounder MyPlace "Share & discover places to stay with your friends"

    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 section of NYT during a global pandemic. 

    MyPlace  landed a $5.8 million seed round with participation from Haystack, Oceans and OnDeck, as well as angel investors from Tesla, Facebook, SpaceX and PayPal.  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.   

    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.

    • 36 min

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