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nutpods: Madeline Haydon
- ▶ 40:51 Madeline Haydon And so at that time, my husband, Jeff, knew of this company called Circle Up, and they had a platform. 4 times in the scene
CPG Data SaaS Doubles to $1.6m ARR, Raising $3m on $18m Now
- ▶ 11:12 Nathan Latka You know, you remind me a lot of Circle Up
$20m Fund for Amazon Sellers Using Private AI to Uncover Gold Mines
- ▶ 10:31 Nathan Latka There's a lot of analogies to circle up.
The Secret Dataset CPG Gods Use
- ▶ 0:11 Ryan Caldbeck So I had already made the decision that I wasn't doing circle up for money, even if it turns out.
- ▶ 1:47 Nathan Latka His journey started back in 1979, Vermont, all the way through Duke through CPG brands now into circle up, which is playing a very interesting space regarding FinTech equity funds, credit funds, but much more importantly and interesting… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:19 Nathan Latka We're going to talk about one of your core products at circle up Helio later on. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:51 Nathan Latka So Ryan, as we're building up to literally you find that LCC to get circle up off the run and going, I want founders to understand opportunity costs because a lot of people in your space at those private equity firms, they end up staying… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:55 Nathan Latka Your co-founder at circle. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:03 Nathan Latka Now, there's this period between founding date and a pivot at CircleUp, where you are pursuing a marketplace model. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 45:05 Ryan Caldbeck So we have a phenomenal team there, like smart, hardworking, high integrity folks, really great team. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:07:04 Nathan Latka Your circle up credit advisor fund is targeting a 12 to 20% APR at lower than a 10% cost of capital for yourself. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:16:35 Nathan Latka Guys, Ryan called back, born in Vermont from maple syrup and cheddar cheese to mark, to mark, to marketplaces, to pivots, to toilets before board meetings, to a two hundred million dollar debt fund, one hundred twenty five million credit…
Patrick O'Shaughnessy – O'Shaughnessy Asset Management (First Meeting, EP.01)
- ▶ 52:56 Patrick O'Shaughnessy I did a podcast with a guy named Ryan called back from a firm called circle up, which is the one that pops most immediately to mind, but it's basically a quant process, evaluating consumer skews for, you know, momentum and sales and… 3 times in the scene
20VC: What It Takes To Be The Most Effective Coach To Startup Founders, The Biggest Surprises and Challenges About Transitioning To Venture From Operations & 3 Trends Shaking The World of Consumer Today with Victoria Treyger, General Partner @ Felicis Ven
- ▶ 18:12 Harry Stebbings So from the top, many have said that we're in a DTC bubble, and Ryan Koolbeck from CircleUp said that so many of these businesses are great, but they're just not VC backable.
a16z Podcast | Who's Down with CPG, DTC? (And Micro-Brands Too?)
- ▶ 0:44 Sonal Chokshi And then we also have Ryan Kullbeck of Circle Up, an investment platform powered by data and technology.
20VC: Ryan Caldbeck on Why The Business Model of VC is Broken, Who is To Blame, How The Best Funds Will Use Data Intelligently Moving Forward & Whether We Are In A Consumer Bubble Or Not?
- ▶ 0:19 Harry Stebbings I think one of the best there is on Twitter, and you guessed it, I'm thrilled to welcome back on the show, Ryan Koldbeck, founder and CEO at CircleUp. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:05 Harry Stebbings But now it's time for the episode, and I really couldn't be more excited to welcome back Ryan Koldbeck, founder and CEO at Circle Up.
- ▶ 13:01 Harry Stebbings You know, I, I love you, and I think the world of you and Circle Up, but this next one made me interestingly irate, which is when I saw on Twitter, you tweeted, micro VC funds, and the element of them having small funds because they just…
- ▶ 25:11 Harry Stebbings So I want to start on some of the lessons learned from the Circle Up journey and touch on maybe some of the mistakes that cause those learnings. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:16 Harry Stebbings You've built an exceptional team with CircleUp, but in that process, what lessons did you learn in kind of team assembly, and how do you think the best CEOs really build the best teams? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:02 Harry Stebbings You know how I feel about you and Circle Up, so really, thank you so much for joining me again today, and it's been such a pleasure.
20VC: The 2 Core Roles Played By The Best Seed Investors Today, What To Look For In Potential Co-Investors & Why Seed Funds Can Grow Ownership in Their Best Companies Across Rounds with Ron Bouganim, Founder @ Govtech Fund
- ▶ 45:30 Harry Stebbings As always, I so appreciate all your support, and I cannot wait to bring you a fantastic interview with Ryan Koolbeck at Circle Up on Friday.
20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible
- ▶ 0:27 Harry Stebbings At USV, Andy sits on the boards of YouNow, Science Exchange, Figure One, and previous guests Circle Up, and prior to joining USV, in 2007, Andy co-founded Betaworks, alongside prior to any VC guest John Borthwick.
- ▶ 20:54 Andy Weissman We've done that in consumer products with CircleUp.
20VC: Binary's Justin Caldbeck on Specialisation Being Key To Success In VC, The Biggest Problem In VC Today and Why The Future Is A Moneyless Barter Economy
- ▶ 0:48 Harry Stebbings I'd also like to say a huge thanks to the amazing Ryan Coulbeck at CircleUp, and Tiffany Zhong, the legendary nineteen-year-old VC, for the intro to Justin today, without which the episode could not have happened.
- ▶ 18:41 Harry Stebbings So I'm going to start with one from your brother and previous guest, Ryan at CircuitUp, and excluding the basketball question, what VCs do you most respect and admire?
20VC: Why Adaptability Is Key To Fundraising, Why Supply Is Always The First Priority In Marketplaces & Why Sometimes You Have To Hire Fast & Fire Fast with Nav Athwal, Founder & CEO @ RealtyShares
- ▶ 0:36 Harry Stebbings Before starting RealtyShares, though, Nav was a real estate and land use attorney at a San Francisco-based law firm, and I'd also like to say a huge thank you to Ryan Koldbeck, previous guest as founder of CircleUp, for the intro to Nav…
- ▶ 28:15 Harry Stebbings So fantastic to have Nav on the show today, and again, a huge hand to Nico at General Catalyst and to Ryan at CircleUp for the intro today, and if you love the show with Nav and want to stay in the world of the 20 Minute VC, then you can…
20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on Automation Replacing Humans, The Universal Basic Income and The Instalment & The Deployment Phase
- ▶ 0:13 Harry Stebbings It is, of course, Union Square Ventures in New York, with investments in the likes of Twitter, Twilio, Zynga, Lending Club, SoundCloud, and a recent interview of ours, actually, CircleUp, just to name a few.
EP 338: He's 28 Investing From $600 Million Fund, $4.2 Billion Under Management
- ▶ 1:27 Nathan Latka Realty Mogul, Orchard, Circle Up, and Shop Keep.
20VC FF 035: Why Crowdfunding Is Not Right For Tech Startups with Ryan Caldbeck @ CircleUp
- ▶ 0:00 Harry Stebbings I am Harry Stebbings, your host, and you are listening to the 20 Minute VC, and as we've been interviewing investors that have been disrupting the world of VC this week with AngelList, we thought we would continue this theme of disruption… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:03 Harry Stebbings Now, I'd love to kick off today by hearing a little bit about you and how you started CircleUp, what the origin story was, and what really was the aha moment for you. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:26 Ryan Caldbeck For a consumer product or retail company like the ones that we focus on at Circle Up, I think it's easier to believe that having a base of passionate brand advocates
- ▶ 12:57 Harry Stebbings So for you and CircleUp, how are institutional investors getting into this sector, and is there anything else you'd like to see in terms of them entering the market? 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:32 Harry Stebbings And what was it like getting such top tier investors investing in circle up?
- ▶ 20:07 Harry Stebbings Indeed, a brilliant book, but I do have one question to ask you then as founder and CEO of Circle Up. 4 times in the scene
20 VC 094: Kanyi Maqubela @ Collaborative Fund on Rocketships, Feedback Loops and Turning Lemons Into Lemonade!
- ▶ 29:06 Kanyi Maqubela Uh, most recent investment, and why we said yes, uh, that's actually CircleUp, and CircleUp is a Series C investment, 4 times in the scene