Ep232: Ben Casnocha | Co-Founder and Partner of Village Global

Sagi Bakshi is a computer science engineer with over 20 years of experience in the tech industry and an extensive background in telecommunications, ad-tech, and blockchain technologies. He joins Coinmama from tech unicorn IronSource, which recently announced their IPO intention with an estimated valuation of $6-8B, where he was a member of the founding team and, from 2011-2018, served as General Manager of the company’s biggest division.

14 Apr 202123min

Eytan is an American born and raised Israeli singer/songwriter who composes and sings in Arabic, Hebrew and English together. After being accepted to the prominent “Galgalatz Playlist”, his first song out, “Where Are The Days”, went viral and has passed 1 million views on YouTube and currently has over 1 million streams across digital streaming platforms (Apple Music & Spotify). He believes that learning each other’s language is the key to emotional connection and mutual understanding of perspective and culture.

13 Apr 202121min

Alex's background is in mechanical engineering at Stanford, investment banking at Morgan Stanley, and then at NEA working on early-stage software investments. While at NEA he became an expert in the SaaS business model and spent significant time with the portfolio companies on key strategic operational initiatives in addition to making investments. He has been able to leverage his network and skillset to get access to great early-stage companies as well, so decided to also raise a small venture fund.

12 Apr 202123min

Tara joined Teamwork in February 2021 as Chief Marketing Officer and has over 20 years of global experience leading award-winning marketing and sales teams. With a passion for growth and results-driven marketing, Tara is experienced in managing full-funnel marketing strategies that drive both customer acquisition and retention. Before Teamwork, Tara was the Head of Customer Marketing at Sprout Social and helped bring the company public in 2019.

11 Apr 202122min

Michelle Taylor Willis is the founder of Gagnant Media. A Florida native, she is married with four sons and resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a proud graduate of the University of Florida, and an award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker, and ​master strategist​. Michelle recently launched her first book, “Raising Significance: A Guide to Well-Rounded, Independent, and Confident Kids.” She has appeared on the nationally syndicated Tamron Hall Show on ABC to discuss the book and on the Fox affiliate in Atlanta, as well as being featured in several publications.

10 Apr 202125min

After suffering temporary blindness through stress, Linda sold everything she owned and changed her life completely.  For over two decades, she has been on the humanitarian frontline, working tirelessly to forge creative and sustainable economic solutions that empower and uplift vulnerable communities around the world.  To this day, Linda still only owns the contents of one suitcase. She has also created an innovative platform Race4Good where the best and brightest minds - students and business leaders - compete to solve critical frontline issues, with solutions being implemented within days.

8 Apr 202122min

Elie is co-founder and partner at PICO Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital fund headquartered in Jerusalem. His investments include Vroom (Nasdaq VRM), Spot.io (acquired by NetApp), Gloat, ChargeAfter, and AutoLeadStar. Prior to PICO, Wurtman was a general partner at Benchmark Capital from 2006 to 2012. Prior to that, he worked for three years with JVP, where he led early-stage media technology and enterprise software investments.

8 Apr 202121min

Ira is a self-taught filmmaker who in 2016 co-founded the music licensing platform, Artlist, together with 3 friends. As the company’s Co-CEO, Ira helped develop Artlist into a leader in the creative stock licensing industry. In 2019, The company launched the stock footage site Artgrid, and in 2020 they released a new sound effects library and purchased the creative asset marketplace Motion Array for $65 million. Today, Artlist is the go-to licensing provider for content creators in over 160 countries.

6 Apr 202122min