Venture with Grace

Brady Broadbent joined Sorenson in 2008. As an investment partner and entrepreneurial mentor, he collaborates with enterprise entrepreneurs developing and scaling application, analytics, and vertical SaaS applications. Brady graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in business management and an emphasis in entrepreneurship. He took a break from Sorenson in 2010 to attend Harvard Business School. There, he became involved with the Entrepreneurship Club, Private Equity Club, and Harvard i-lab, and launched an award-winning SaaS startup that offers technology and services to healthcare clinics.  Brady then returned to Sorenson and continued to partner with high-impact management teams to help them drive innovation through product investment and predictable go-to-market success. Topics: * Enterprise SaaS Trends * Go-to-Market Strategies * Key Metrics for Growth Equity Investments #VentureCapital #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship #GrowthEquity #BusinessGrowth

Hooman Radfar is a computer scientist and founder dedicated to helping other founders. He's co-founder and CEO of Collective, Venture Partner at Expa, founder of 10e9, and co-founder of AddThis (acquired by Oracle). As CEO of Collective, he is responsible for the strategy, growth, and operations for the company. Collective's vision is to increase the number of financially successful businesses-of-one by enabling self-employed people to focus on their passion not their paperwork. As a founding partner at Expa, he collaborated with the founders and former leadership from Uber, Foursquare, and Twitter to partner with founders building category-defining, new businesses. Hooman also invests in start-ups via his personal investment platform, 10e9. He began his entrepreneurial career as founder and CEO of AddThis. AddThis was acquired by Oracle in 2016. At the time of the acquisition, the platform was used by a network of 15 million web publishers to increase their online traffic to nearly 2B unique viewers worldwide. Named one of Tech's Best Entrepreneurs in BusinessWeek and one of iMedia's 25 most influential online marketing professionals, Hooman has been featured by NBC, ABC, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, and the New York Times. He has guest lectured on entrepreneurship and innovation at prominent institutions like Stanford, Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon. - Revolutionizing Financial Management for Solopreneurs - Navigating a Startup to Acquisition - Vision and Strategy for Growing Tech Companies #StartupLife #VentureCapital #Innovation #TechStartups #Entrepreneurship

Nick Moran is the founder and General Partner of New Stack Ventures. Prior to New Stack, Nick spent time as both an investor and an operator. He worked in M&A for Danaher, a science and technology conglomerate. Subsequently, Nick developed one of the most successful products in the company’s history, a novel way of testing compounds in drinking water. New Stack Ventures is a pre-seed / seed stage fund invest in the exceptions. Our startups often don’t look like what’s commonly funded in Silicon Valley. The standard formula of Stanford educated, Google trained, Bay Area-located is NOT what we’re looking for. We believe in mission-driven founders with an irrational commitment to their cause –regardless of location or circumstance. Topics: * Future of Media and Technology in Venture Capital * Challenges and Opportunities Investing Outside Silicon Valley * Evolving Landscape of Angel Investing and Seed Funding #VentureCapital #StartupFunding #MediaImpact #VCInsights #Entrepreneurship

Alan Cohen is a General Partner at DCVC, focusing on an array of AI-enabled health tech, energy, security, and enterprise oppor­tu­ni­ties trans­forming industries. In addition to his board roles, he works across our portfolio on product/market fit, go-to-market strategy, and executive leadership development, and led DCVC’s successful exits at Element AI, Evolv (Nasdaq: EVLV), and Caption Health. Alan has been a successful entre­pre­neur, technology executive, and board member for over 25 years for a range of iconic companies, including DCVC-backed Illumio, Nicira (acquired by VMware), Airespace (acquired by Cisco), Cisco (where he led the $25 billion enterprise marketing and solutions orga­ni­za­tion), General Growth Properties, and IBM. He has authored over 200 articles, undertaken over 1,000 press interviews, and delivered over 100 keynotes at industry conferences. He received a bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Buffalo, a master’s degree in English from the University of Vermont, a master’s degree in inter­na­tional affairs and economics from the American University School of Inter­na­tional Service, and an MBA from New York University. In addition to his DCVC respon­si­bil­i­ties, he is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Secure Community Network, a mentor at the NYU-backed Endless Frontier Lab, and an adviser to Black Women on Boards. - The Role of AI in Revolutionizing Med Tech - Investing Trends in Deep Tech and Med Tech - Challenges of Scaling Deep Tech Companies #DeepTech #MedTech #HealthTech #AIinHealthcare #DigitalHealth

John Gannon is the founder of Venture5 Media & GoingVC. Over the last decade+, he bootstrapped a series of VC media and education products and businesses alongside his 20K+ subscriber VC newsletter and blog which gets 1 million+ page views per year. Subscribers to his newsletter hail from startups, enterprises, and VC firms including household names like Scale Venture Partners, Greylock, and Bessemer. He also co-founded the VC education program GoingVC, which has 500+ members and alumni worldwide, many of whom are employed at top VC firms including Upfront Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and 500 Startups. Last, he's an active angel investor and advisor. Personally and through GoingVC Partners (which he co-founded), he's invested in 20+ early-stage companies, (3 profitable exits and 1 unicorn so far). Investors in startups he's invested in or advises include institutional VC firms like Bain Capital Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, and Boldstart. Topics: - Strategies for Engaging the Next Generation of Venture Capitalists - Navigating the Competitive Landscape of VC Media - The Future of VC Education: Trends and Innovations #VentureCapital #VC #Startups #Tech #Innovation #Entrepreneurship

Mark Goldberger, Head of Enterprise Sales at Ramp, is a driving force behind the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment software in America. With Ramp recently being recognized as the Most Innovative Company in North America by Fast Company, Mark's expertise is invaluable. Prior to joining Ramp, he distinguished himself as the first enterprise representative at TripActions (now Navan), contributing to over $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and leading the sales team. - Building and Scaling Sales Teams - Sales Strategies for SaaS and Fintech - Future Trends in Fintech and Sales #Fintech #EnterpriseSales #SaaS #SalesStrategy #CorporateCards

Oscar Höglund is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Epidemic Sound. Educated at the Stockholm School of Economics, Oscar has also studied at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, L’Institut Catholique de Paris, Södertörn University, and Stockholm University. Prior to Epidemic Sound, he was part of the management team at one of Sweden’s leading TV production companies, Zodiak Television, where he co-founded the subsidiary, 5th Element. Oscar also co-founded the number one multi-channel network in the Nordics, United Screens, has been a board member at the video game developer, Toca Boca, and an advisor at the podcast company, Perfect Day Media. Since Epidemic Sound’s inception in 2009, Oscar has led the company’s journey from start-up to scale-up to Unicorn. - Impact of Technology on Music Distribution - Building a Global Brand - Leadership and Entrepreneurship #EpidemicSound #MusicLicensing #ContentCreation #MusicIndustry #StartupJourney

Laura Kashiwase is a member of the executive talent team at Lightspeed Venture Partners, specializing in hiring for Product, Engineering, Data, and Design roles. Previously, she worked at Meta, where she led a team responsible for hiring Engineering Leadership positions globally for Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Reality Labs. She also has recruitment experience with Figma and Thumbtack. Topics:  - Identifying top talent for your startup - Convincing talented individuals to join your team - Building a world-class team #talent #hiring #jobs #startup #VC

Emily is a Partner at Primary, leading new investments in fintech and enterprise software companies. She loves going deep into unsexy industries and partnering with determined founders who are challenging the status quo. Before Primary, Emily was at Redpoint Ventures investing across early and growth stage companies. She started her career as a hedge fund analyst at Point72 before helping build Point72 Ventures, the early stage venture practice. Emily earned her BA from Columbia University where she graduated summa cum laude. Topics: - The Future of AI in Fintech - Trends in Fintech and Enterprise Software - Opportunities and Challenges in Investing in Fintech #FintechInvesting #DigitalPayments #EmergingMarkets #FintechPartnerships #FintechTrends

Rajive Keshup is a Partner at Cathay Innovation, based out of the Singapore office. Prior to joining Cathay, Rajive played instrumental roles in scaling a number of Southeast Asian startups. Before moving to Singapore, Rajive was a Managing Director at PwC Strategy (formerly Booz & Co.) in New York City where he led the TMT sector for the firm’s Private Equity practice. Rajive started his career at AT&T doing corporate strategy & development in Dallas, Texas. He is also a former-founder having built, scaled and successfully exited a US-based startup in the pet services space. Rajive earned an MBA from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and a Bachelor of Science from Bentley University in Waltham, MA.  Topics: * Journey from Corporate Strategy to Venture Capital * Scaling Southeast Asian Startups * Private Equity in the TMT Sector #VCpodcast #SoutheastAsianStartups #VentureCapital #ScalingStartups #PrivateEquity