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Startup ROI
Jan 11, 2023
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All interviews with founders & investors in reverse-chronological order:

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🧠 Finding Genius: Rand Hindi, Founder & CEO of Zama.ai
This week I was joined by Rand Hindi, Founder & CEO of Zama.ai, a startup pioneering a new age of privacy through homomorphic encryption. Rand holds a PhD in Bioinformatics which he has put to good use as a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. His first company, Snips, produced a custom B2B AI-powered voice assistant that was later acquired by speake…
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🧠 Finding Genius: Liam Boogar-Azoulay, Chief Revenue Officer at Scaleway
In the French Tech ecosystem, Liam hardly needs an introduction. But for our non-French audience, I'll share some context :) Liam arrive in Paris nearly a decade ago with nothing more than a backpack and a longboard. Oh, and an upbringing in the glory days of Silicon Valley (read: Steve Jobs lived down the street). What he lacked in experience, he made …
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2 years ago · Startup ROI and Kyle O'Brien
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🧠 Finding Genius: Gonz Sanchez, VP of Growth at OnDeck (+Creator of Seedtable)
Gonz has been a “growth hacker” since way before the term was coined. Dropping out of architecture school in favor of web properties, he experienced the power of the internet at an early age flipping websites as a side hustle. It wasn't until a startup conference showed up at his hometown in Argentina that he realized this could actually be a career. Si…
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2 years ago · 1 like · Startup ROI and Kyle O'Brien
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🧠 Finding Genius: Paola Vivoli, VC at Speedinvest
Paola is an investor at Speedinvest, making early-stage venture capital investments in incredible technology companies at the intersection of consumer and crypto. On the side, she creates written & video content featuring observations about Web3 through the lens of creators and consumers. She's Italian-raised 🇮🇹 and currently resides in London 🇬🇧 tho…
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2 years ago · 1 like · Kyle O'Brien and Startup ROI
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🧠 Finding Genius: Pierre Touzeau, Co-Founder of Claap
Pierre Touzeau is the co-founder of 👏🏼 Claap, a B2B asynchronous video collaboration tool for distributed teams. Following a private beta, the team launched on Product Hunt, recently winning Best Product of the Week. Pierre comes from a strong marketing background at L'Oreal, the consummate French consumer beauty and cosmetics brand but pivoted into te…
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2 years ago · 1 like · Startup ROI and Kyle O'Brien
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🧠 Finding Genius: Rémy Astié, Founder & CEO of Vauban
Rémy Astié is the founder & CEO of Vauban. He is a French-born, UK-based entrepreneur working to build a new set of infrastructure for private investing. We discuss Vauban's founding story, the fundamentals of venture capital, the future of private markets, the role of blockchain and DeFi, and his perspective on the European Tech ecosystem. This video w…
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2 years ago · Startup ROI, Kyle O'Brien, and Kunal Mehta
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🧠 Finding Genius: Ying Shao, CEO of Plantik Biosciences
Ying Shao is the Co-Founder & CEO of Plantik Biosciences Ying graduated from HEC Paris School of Management, and worked in companies like L’Oréal, LVMH and French Tech star Devialet. She has 5 years of startup experience in both company building and scale-up phases, leading business development, strategy and marketing. Currently, she is the Co-Founder & …
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2 years ago · Startup ROI and Kyle O'Brien
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🧠 Finding Genius: Josh Dzielak, Co-Founder & CTO of Orbit
Josh Dzielak is a software engineer, developer advocate, and community builder. Originally hailing from Illinois (USA), he left for the Bay Area after graduating from university to pursue a career in web development after a short stint in consulting. His primary roles were held at Keen and Algolia …
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2 years ago · Startup ROI and Kyle O'Brien
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🧠 Finding Genius: Elina Berrebi, Founding Partner at Revaia
Elina Berrebi is a founding partner at Revaia, the largest female-led venture fund in Europe. Along with her co-founder, Alice Albizzati, and the investment team and Revaia she has successfully raised and deployed their first growth fund of roughly €250M. Revaia is a mission-driven, pan-European growth equity fund with an emphasis on ESG principles and …
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2 years ago · 1 like · Startup ROI and Kyle O'Brien
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🧠 Finding Genius: Mike Charalambous, CEO of Threedium
Mike Charalambous is the Founder & CEO of Threedium, the leading 3D eCommerce solution on the market. As a Cypriot, Mike made his way into tech entrepreneurship from an atypical location. From his High School studies in English to the French university system, he eventually landed in London where he currently resides…
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2 years ago · Startup ROI and Kyle O'Brien
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🧠 Finding Genius: Hugo Amsellem, VP of Community at Jellysmack
Hugo Amsellem is the VP of Community at Jellysmack on a mission to educate & empower the next generation of ambitious creators. We discuss his early entrepreneurial adventures in the music industry, his seminal work developing community at The Family…
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2 years ago · 1 like · Startup ROI
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🧠 Finding Genius: Samuel Levy, Lauxera Partners
Welcome to Startup ROI, where we explore global technology trends and how they manifest themselves in France 🇫🇷 . Whether you're an entrepreneur, investor or tech enthusiast, I'm glad to have you here! Want to sponsor or collaborate? 📩 bonjour@startup-roi.com…
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2 years ago · 1 like · Startup ROI
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🧠 Finding Genius: Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve, Founder & CEO of Alan
Welcome to Startup ROI, where we explore global technology trends and how they manifest themselves in France 🇫🇷 . Whether you're an entrepreneur, investor or tech enthusiast, I'm glad to have you here! Want to sponsor or collaborate? 📩 bonjour@startup-roi.com…
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2 years ago · 1 like · Startup ROI and Kyle O'Brien