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Jussi Salovaara On Creating The World’s Largest Startup Investment Platform With $3.1 Billion In Portfolio Value And 25 Locations

Posted May 4, 2023 • 00:40:13

With a presence on every continent, Jussi Salovaara’s firm already has $700M in assets under management, across 15 early-stage startup funds. His...

Daniel Yu On Building A $625 Million Business By Transforming Informal Retail In Africa

Posted May 3, 2023 • 00:34:01

Daniel Yu has been championing a huge problem in what may be one of the biggest markets in the world. His startup, Wasoko, has attracted funding from...

David Waxman On Taking His Company Public For $1 Billion In Only 12 Months And Now Investing In Early Technical Teams

Posted May 2, 2023 • 00:28:58

David Waxman sold his first company to Microsoft, took his second public for $1B in just 12 months, and then launched an $18M fund to support other...

Ajay Kochhar On Raising $1.3 Billion To Solve The Global Manufacturing Scrap And End-Of-Life Lithium-ion Problem

Posted May 1, 2023 • 00:33:50

Before others saw the need or believed it was possible, Ajay Kochhar was working on how to recycle EV batteries. He’s now turned that into a billion-dollar,...

Ben Lamm On Starting 6 Successful Startups And Now Raising $225 Million To Fix De-Extinction

Posted April 30, 2023 • 00:40:18

Ben Lamm has already started a handful of companies, with just as many exits. He is now onto his biggest adventure year. An effort to rewild the planet,...