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E111 Breaking up big tech monopolies on Fireside with a VC speaking with Manish Patel, founder of Nava Ventures, a $175m VC fund in San Francisco, Teaching Faculty at Stanford University, early Googler, and former General Partner at Highland Capital Partners. Talking about his history at Google pre-IPO and the current state of monopolies with Google, Apple and Microsoft and what should regulators do as well as regulatory capture with Open AI and other tech titans. Manish also talks about Nava VC and their Series A concentrated strategy backing 15 startups per fund from a roughly $175m fund. Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dsTqK5uQ. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://lnkd.in/gtzuxjJh. Learn more about the Nava Ventures: https://www.nava.vc/. Follow Manish Patel on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/d7WRzqb9. Follow Andrew Romans on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/romans/. Join our Newsletter to?get our insights and curated content from the VC-startup ecosystem - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc. Learn more about 7BC Venture Capital here: https://7bc.vc/. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

E108 Fireside with a VC speaking with Alice Vilma, Managing Director and Co-Head of The Next Level Fund at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Alice explains how the Next Level Fund looks to promote financial inclusion and provide founders of tech and tech-enabled startups with much-needed access to investors—along with the tools, resources and connections they need to grow and thrive. We discuss how the fund encourages underserved segments of the market to apply for funding and what that process entails. The economic case for funding diversity and making change happen. Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gVUpgAiu. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://lnkd.in/guuWkJHW. Learn more about the fund: Morgan Stanley Next Level | Team Page Contact Alice: [email protected] Follow Andrew Romans on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/romans/. Subscribe to our newsletter to get insights and favorite content from the VC startup ecosystem: subscribe.7bc.vc. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

Fireside with a VC episode #100 speaking with Vibhor Rastogi, Global Head of AI investments at Citi Ventures, discussing how to determine startup valuations and how much capital a startup should raise. How much to raise should be driven by enough time runway to achieve the next key milestone to unlock the next funding round - be that product, revenue, users, or other measurable business milestone KPIs. How the market is changing. Expect to need at least enough time 1) to reach the next business milestone and 2) to raise the next funding round. Expect at least 2 quarters to raise the next funding round in today’s market. How much dilution should a startup expect to take from each funding round ranging from pre-seed to late seed, Series A, B, C, D? How to tie expected exit valuations to today’s valuation? What can a realistic exit be in a good scenario and a bad scenario? What are expected exit multiples and discounted to today’s valuation with the consideration of dilution from future funding rounds? How to calculate future dilution or reserve strategies for various ownership target percentages. Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) best practices at Citi Ventures – Citigroup. How to manage conflicts of interest as a strategic investor compared to a pure financial investor. How Citi Ventures can add value to startups across industry verticals. ? Find the full episode on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dAR3gTcC. ? Find this and all full episodes for Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform here: https://lnkd.in/guuWkJHW ? https://lnkd.in/dWQfyb6p https://lnkd.in/dE4fYtcc ? https://www.7bc.vc/ https://lnkd.in/gggbZYkw ? Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.