Episode #92, Part I of the VC Panel at the 7BC Venture Capital San Francisco event Nov 14, 2023

*Benjamin D. Black, Co-founder and Managing Director, Akkadian Ventures*Victoria Cheng, Partner, PruVen Capital*Carolin Funk, Partner, Blue Bear Capital*Vibhor Rastogi, Global Head of AI/ML/Data Investments, Citi Ventures*Ben Levy, Cofounder, BootstrapLabs*Andrew Romans, General Partner, 7BC Venture Capital, Moderator

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Ryan Welsh, cofounder & CEO, Kyndi - generative AI answer engine for enterprises ($42.8m funding to date)

Delivering immediate, accurate, and trusted answers to enterprise users with the power of large language models.

John Green, cofounder & CEO, Nada - Unlocking wealth with real-estate. Real estate FinTech ($11.4m funding to date)

Nada's platform makes it possible for investors to own a piece of a top city’s home equity market with as little as $100 ("Cityfunds") and for homeowners to cash out home equity without the burden of taking on debt ("Homeshares"). Their platform brings this two-sided market together - delivering access to investors and liquidity to homeowners.

Matthew Speitel, CFO, Umbra - Space and Earth based datasets for your defense, intelligence and analytics solutions. ($125m funding to date)

We design, build, launch, and operate satellites for high resolution Earth observation, new communications capabilities, and exquisite signal monitoring for low cost distribution via an integrated web platform.

Eric Menees, cofounder & CEO, Fynn Credit, Solving America's skilled labor shortage ($11m equity & $25m debt raised to date)

Fynn offers loan services for school students. Their loans are private loans, and they do not have the same terms, repayment options, or rates as those offered through federal loan programs, other private lenders, or school based financing options.

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