Name: EP 915 Arjun Pillai On Raising $20M To Build An AI Sales Engineer To Maximize Efficiency by Alejandro Cremades
Duration: 32 min 26 s
Description: Arjun Pillai's journey from a small village in Kerala, India, to becoming a successful serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley is nothing short of remarkable. With a deep passion for problem-solving and an unyielding entrepreneurial spirit, Arjun has built and sold multiple companies, navigating the challenges of bootstrapping, fundraising, and acquisitions along the way.

Ruairi Kelleher spun off his fast-growing fintech startup with $80M in funding to help global companies manage taxes and payroll around the world. His company, Immedis has raised $80M from top-tier investors like Lead Edge Capital and Scottish Equity Partners.

EP 328 Ruairi Kelleher On Building A $575M Business By Helping Other Companies Scale Their Teams

Arjun Pillai's journey from a small village in Kerala, India, to becoming a successful serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley is nothing short of remarkable. With a deep passion for problem-solving and an unyielding entrepreneurial spirit, Arjun has built and sold multiple companies, navigating the challenges of bootstrapping, fundraising, and acquisitions along the way.

EP 915 Arjun Pillai On Raising $20M To Build An AI Sales Engineer To Maximize Efficiency

Sujal Patel is the cofounder and CEO of Nautilus Biotechnology which offers a high-throughput, low-cost platform for analyzing and quantifying the human proteome. The company has raised over $100 million from top tier investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Madrona Venture Group, AME Cloud Ventures, Vulcan Capital, Perceptive Advisors, Bezos Expeditions, Bolt Ventures, and Defy Ventures to name a few.

EP 229 Sujal Patel On Selling His First Business For $2.6 Billion And Now Raising $108 Million

Rahul Gandhi is the cofounder and CEO of MakeSpace which is an on-demand storage company that makes it easy to order, store, and retrieve physical belongings. The company has raised $140 million so far from top tier investors such as Iron Mountain, Provenio Capital, Maywic Select Investments, Upfront Ventures, CX Collective, Ten Eighty Capital, 8VC, Founders Fund, and Lowercase Capital to name a few.

EP 233 Rahul Gandhi On Raising $150 Million To Create A Dropbox For Your Real Things

Hanif Joshaghani is the cofounder and CEO of Symend which is a behavioral analytics platform that provides customer engagement products to identify customers having trouble with their bills. The company has raised over $52 million from investors like Ignition Partners, Inovia Capital, TELUS Ventures, Mistral Venture Partners, and Impression Ventures to name a few.

EP 236 Hanif Joshaghani: From Living In A Refugee Camp In Iraq To Raising $52M For His AI Startup

Ramu Sunkara is the cofounder and CEO of Alan AI which has pioneered Spoken Language Understanding for enterprises to build, deploy, and manage voice experiences in their apps and IoT devices. Prior to this he cofounded Qik which was acquired for $150 million by Microsoft.

EP 271 Ramu Sunkara On Selling His First Business For $150 Million And Now Taking On Google

Yakir Gola is the cofounder and CEO of goPuff which delivers everyday essentials, from cleaning supplies, home needs, and OTC medications to food and drinks in just minutes. The company has raised over $1.4 billion from top tier Accel, e.ventures, Softbank, D1 Capital Partners, 3L Capital, Anthos Capital, and Luxor Capital Group.

EP 278 Yakir Gola On Raising $1.4 Billion For A Startup He Launched At Just 20 Years Old

Derek Steer is the cofounder and CEO of Mode, a new startup enabling data scientists to share and discover work. His company, Mode Analytics has raised over $83 million from 13 top-tier investors which include Valor Equity Partners, H.I.G. Growth Partners, Foundation Capital, and Switch Ventures, to name a few.

EP 281 Derek Steer On Raising $83 Million To Help You Analyze And Visualize Data

Antoine Hubert poses that less scrupulous species could take advantage of an insectivorous diet, such as birds and aquaculture fish. Hubert is the executive director of the company Ynsect, dedicated to insect breeding and derivative bioproducts manufacturing, such as oils and protein powders.

EP 282 Antoine Hubert On Raising $435M For His Tech For Food Startup

Rodolphe Ardant is the cofounder and CEO of Spendesk which is a smart spend management software designed for both finance teams and employees. The company has raised over $60 million from top tier investors including Index Ventures, Kima Ventures, FundersClub, Eight Roads Ventures, Financiere Saint James, and eFounders to name a few.

EP 283 Rodolphe Ardant On Raising $60 Million To Help You Control Spending

Sergio Furio made the leap from corporate job to fintech founder. Having raised around $600M in capital, his startup was recently valued at $1.7B. His company, Creditas has recently raised funding from top-tier investors like Sunley House Capital Management, e.ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, and Wellington Management, among others.

EP 301 Sergio Furio On Buiding A $1.7B Business By Empowering Brazilians

Alejandro Cremades is the founding partner at Panthera Advisors which as premier investment banking and financial consulting firm. The firm focuses on small to medium size companies that are looking for M&A advisory as well as support with fundraising efforts. 

Alejandro is a serial entrepreneur that most recently cofounded Onevest, one of the largest online communities of entrepreneurs. At the time of its acquisition, Onevest had close to 450,000 registered active members.

Prior to Onevest, Alejandro was an attorney at King & Spalding where he was involved in one of the largest investment arbitration cases in history with $113 billion at stake (Chevron vs. Ecuador). 

Alejandro guest lectures at NYU Stern School of Business and The Wharton Business School. Alejandro has been included in the Top 30 Under 30 lists of Vanity Fair, Entrepreneur Magazine, and GQ Magazine. Moreover, TechCrunch recently featured Alejandro as one of the expats that is shaping New York’s tech.

Alejandro has been involved with the JOBS Act since inception. He was invited to the White House and the US House of Representatives to provide his stands on the new regulatory changes.

Alejandro is a Forbes contributor as well as the author of the bestselling book The Art of Startup Fundraising. The book is published by John Wiley & Sons and includes a foreword by Barbara Corcoran.

EP 915 Arjun Pillai On Raising $20M To Build An AI Sales Engineer To Maximize Efficiency

Alejandro Cremades

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