How do startups deal with inflation, SVB, and a depressed investment climate?

Some might say this is the worst time to be a startup founder. We are jumping from one crisis to another and VC investments have not only slowed down but have seen a drastic decline in the last 12 months. How do founders deal with this situation? This session will be all about how to build relations as a founder and still access capital as well as how you can survive this winter, from extending your runway to key partnerships you have to build.

Glenn Argenbright - Founder & General Partner at Quake Capital

As an Operator Glenn has over 25 years as an entrepreneur, founder, and senior executive with experience running a wide variety of public and private companies, with nine exits, 3 public offerings, and over $5B in value created. 

In addition, he has been an active investor and venture capitalist for over 15 years, specializing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies in AdTech, AgTech, AI/ML, AR/VR, Big Data, Cyber Security (logical and physical access control), Digital Storage and Compression, E-Commerce, Entertainment, Robotics, and Social Media. Over 200 investments, with numerous exits to brands such as Amazon, Google, GE, Intel, and Microsoft.

Meet your host: Parul Madan - Founder & CEO at DueDash

To interview these amazing investors, we have DueDash founder, serial entrepreneur, and investor Parul Madan. A global entrepreneur turned investor turned entrepreneur again. She combines knowledge, experiences, and successes from the corporate, entrepreneurial, and investor world all into one.

She is a successful entrepreneur who has founded and led many companies to successful exits. As an active early-stage investor, she has invested in 40 start-ups worldwide and is also Managing Director of Quake Europe, where she led the 5G Accelerator Program in partnership with Deutsche Telekom and RTL. Parul established the Founder Institute, a pre-seed accelerator program from Silicon Valley here in the Cologne region in 2017, and in 2020 founded DueDash with a mission to leave no investable start-ups behind.