A conversation with Rahul Bhide, a vice president at impact-oriented venture capital and private equity firm Impact Engine. Rahul specializes in economic opportunity investment sourcing, diligence, and support. Before joining Impact Engine, he worked on the strategy and impact team at the philanthropic organization Omidyar Network India. He’s spent time in the United States fintech industry and started his career as a strategy consultant at Bain.   Rahul is interviewed by Cléa Wang ’26 of the Impact Investing Club.

Rahul Bhide ’22, Impact Engine

Middle East AI News Minute - an artificial intelligence news roundup by Carrington Malin - brought to you by Carrington Maylin - Marketing for an AI First World. In this podcast: AIREV forms sovereign AI partnership with Tenstorrent; AppliedAI's $55m round oversubscribed; 10 companies selected for Presight AI Startups Accelerator.

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AIREV forms sovereign AI partnership with Tenstorrent

Episode 387 of The VentureFizz Podcast features John Voith, CEO & Co-Founder of InStride Health.

A common theme for John that you’ll hear throughout the interview is how he has always followed his head and heart.  It’s a philosophy, where you can build something meaningful for the world that fulfills your interests yet has a mission to help people.  Healthcare is certainly an industry where one can have an impact and what’s interesting is that he has never wavered.  As you’ll learn, John’s interest in healthcare began as a child and it has followed through his career and entrepreneurial journey. 

InStride Health provides specialty outpatient care for pediatric anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and related presentations.  The company is venture backed with $56M in funding raised by General Catalyst, .406 Ventures, Valtruis, Mass General Brigham Ventures, and Hopelab Foundation.

In this episode of our podcast, we cover lots of great topics like:

* John’s background story and how medical illness in his family influenced his future in the healthcare industry.
* Seeing rapid growth of his career at athenahealth where he became one of four General Managers in the company.
* The founding story of Virtudent, a venture backed company that provides preventive dental care and care coordination through teledentistry services, on-site services and virtual support.
* All the details about InStride Health and how he met his Co-Founders Drs. Mona Potter and Kathryn Boger, plus all the details on their unique and effective approach to treatment.
* Lessons learned as a CEO and advice for healthcare entrepreneurs.
* And so much more.


Episode 387: John Voith - Co-Founder & CEO, InStride Health

Produced by Foundersuite (for startups: www.foundersuite.com) and Fundingstack (for VCs: www.fundingstack.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital.

This episode is with with Laura Epstein, CEO of Pulse Charter Connect, an organ transport logistics startup that helps move hearts and livers and kidneys and other critical organs around the country via air. 

To fund her business, Laura went through multiple accelerator programs including Tampa Bay WAVE, Techstars, Mass Challenge, 1871, TeamRise, Cedar Sinai and others, so we talk about how to make the most of accelerators, demo day tips, questions to ask investors to make sure they have capital to deploy, tips for communicating noteworthy events to investors, how she used Foundersuite to manager her investor pipelines, and more. 

The Company most recently raised  $2 million in seed funding, which brings their total funding to $3.3 million. The oversubscribed round was led by Ivy Ventures and Simplex Ventures, with participation from Cedars Sinai Health Ventures, Belal Badat Ventures, Techstars, and angel investors

How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $21 Billion since 2016.

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Ep. 302 How I Raised It with Laura Epstein of Pulse Charter Connect

Produced by Foundersuite (for startups: www.foundersuite.com) and Fundingstack (for VCs: www.fundingstack.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital.

This episode is with with Renata Quintini of Renegade Partners, an early stage VC fund that supports companies during the high-stakes phase between early traction and significant growth. Learn more at https://www.renegadepartners.com/

In this wide-ranging episode, we talk about the rise of micro-VCs (she was previously at Felicis Ventures and Lux Capital), tips for raising Fund I, the evolution and challenges of graduating to Fund II, tips for sourcing and communicating with LPs, how to create FOMO, and much, much more. 

Renegade most recently raised a $128 million Fund II from LPs including Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, and Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation among other institutional LPs.   

How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $21 Billion since 2016.

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Ep. 303 How I Raised It with Renata Quintini of Renegade Partners VC

Samir Vasavada, co-founder and CEO of Vise, shares his inspiring journey from launching an AI-powered asset management startup as a teenager to raising more than  $130M from top VCs like Sequoia and Founders Fund. Vasavada discusses navigating the “dark side” of venture funding, the lessons learned from hiring seasoned executives too early, and why the best leaders often come from within. His reflections offer a candid look at staying focused amid hype, aligning incentives, and building a category-defining company where you stay committed to your vision while responding to customer feedback.

Samir Vasavada (Vise) - From Teenage Founder to Tech CEO

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Saudi Arabia to deploy nationwide AI school curricula

I’ve been having coffee with lots of frustrated founders (my students and others) bemoaning most VCs won’t even meet with them unless they have AI in their fundraising pitch. And the AI startups they see are getting valuations that appear nonsensical. These conversations brought back a sense of Déjà vu from the Dot Com bubble (at the turn of this century), when if you didn’t have internet as part of your pitch you weren’t getting funded.

Why Investors Don’t Care About Your Business

Episode 388 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Andy Ellner, Founder & CEO of Quilt Health.

Yes, there are endless possibilities in terms of the platform shift to AI and how it will disrupt industries, but the one that I’m most excited about is the healthcare industry.  Could there be a great moment to hopefully improve lives and maybe even eradicate diseases or even cure cancer someday?  The future is unknown but these advanced in technology certain give a lot of hope.

To tackle these big problems, we need people who are not only the top brilliant minds on this planet, but they also need to be risk takers in terms of building these companies.

Andy fits the bill.  Not only is he an MD with top academic credentials, but he’s also a serial entrepreneur. And probably the most important quality of Andy is that he comes from a medical family that’s passionate about making a difference across the world and that quality is deeply rooted into his mindset as well.

His latest company is Quilt Health, a digital health company dedicated to bridging gaps in treatment access for complex diseases. They are focused on sickle cell disease and plan to expand to address other complex conditions.  Quilt Health just announced a $6M seed round of funding led by MaC Venture Capital and Underscore Ventures, with participation from Meridian Street Capital, BoxGroup, Watershed VC, and Coalition Operators.

In this episode of our podcast, we cover lots of great topics like:

* Some key lessons learned while building healthcare startups, including the importance of finding the right business model.
* Andy’s background story including his connection to the Baseball Hall of Fame and his work helping to solve the global HIV pandemic where his learnings from this timeframe have carried over to Quilt Health.
* Co-Founding the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care.
* Starting Firefly Health to address the inefficiencies of primary care with a virtual-first care model.
* What led him down the path of starting Quilt Health and their plans for disrupting the industry.
* His Minimum Viable Team philosophy and advice around hiring.
* What excites him about the potential AI use cases in the healthcare industry.
* And so much more.

riverside_andy_& keith quilt health _ jun 26, 2025_keith_cline's studio

🧠 TL;DR: The venture market in 2025 is split down the middle. AI giants and late-stage startups are swimming in capital, while early-stage founders face the toughest funding environment in years. Investors want traction, profitability, and proof - vision alone won’t cut it. To raise in this climate, founders must choose the right sector, show efficient growth, and build for sustainability from day one.

Build or Die : Why Profitability and Proof Are the New Pitch Deck in 2025

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The team at Stanford eCorner believes in the powerful combination of evidence and imagination. We share original stories from informed leaders in academia and industry that focus on innovation, startups, culture, and strategy. The goal: empower you to bring bold ideas to life. 

Stanford eCorner is led by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center in Stanford University’s School of Engineering.

The VentureFizz Podcast is the flagship podcast of VentureFizz.com, the leading authority for jobs & careers in tech. In this podcast, VentureFizz Founder Keith Cline interviews the top founders and investors in the tech industry.

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