Sand Hill Road
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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Henry Shi, co-founder of super.com an all-in-one savings super app for everyday Americans. Having recently raised a $85m Series C led by Inovia Capital, the company is trusted by over 5 million customers worldwide and has helped them save over $150M to date. Super.com is backed by Tier 1 investors including NBA superstar Steph Curry and has raised over $150M USD and surpassed $1B in sales. 00:00 Intro 01:37 From Chatbot to Super App 03:02 V1 of the product 04:55 Product Today 06:39 Going from appless app to super app 09:34 Going from travel-only to Walmart 12:47 Going from Seed to Series C 14:56 Fundraising in 2016 16:15 Surviving the pandemic 17:45 The Las Vegas offsite 19:34 Perfecting Distribution 21:29 Founder transition 25:04 Vision for Super.com
In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Dan Ahrens, founding partner at Left Lane Capital, a New York based venture capital and early growth equity firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology businesses.
00:00 Intro
02:43 Consumer vs. enterprise tech
05:09 Getting into venture
07:54 Raising Left Lane I
10:35 Investing while fundraising
13:09 The Left Lane Capital playbook
17:09 Due diligence in a hot market
18:52 Scaling Left Lane Capital
21:36 Deployment pace
23:28 Focus area
26:04 Hard conversations
28:10 Arc
32:53 Exo Freight
35:28 Supply Chain Tech
37:04 Call to action
In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Divyang Arora, founder and CEO of Byte Kitchen about cooking up the future of digital food halls with Byte Kitchen founder Divyang Arora.
0:00 Intro
1:24 2 minute elevator pitch
4:27 Going all in
8:07 Business Model
14:52 The Byte Kitchen playbook
18:52 Optimal Partner Restaurant Profile
25:39 End customer benefits
27:25 Raising the Seed Round
30:14 Early traction
31:54 Byte Kitchen's Use of Tech
34:50 Call to Action