FinTech Silicon ValleyDavid Orban was an early adopter of Bitcoin in 2010 and Ethereum at its launch in 2014. He is the Managing Advisor for the blockchain advisory firm, Beyond Enterprizes. Orban serves on the Faculty of and acts as Advisor to the Singularity University, at the NASA...

Category - Interviews
Interviews with Investors and Founders
I was honored recently to be chosen as a Silicon Valley Influencer and contributed to Access to Tokyo 3 day online Familiarization Webinar. It was very interesting and I learnt a lot about the opportunities provided by TMG to foreign startups along with the other influencers: Theodora Lau...
Derek Zanutto General Partner CapitalG on Covid Crisis for Startups
PEMO (00:01): Derek. Thanks so much for joining us today. I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about what you guys do at capital G, what sort of investments you like to look at? DEREK (00:12): Absolutely, absolutely. And thank you for, uh, for making time today. That was...
Patricia Nakache General Partner Trinity Ventures on Covid19 Crisis for Startups
PEMO (00:01): Welcome Patricia. So lovely to speak to you again, it’s been a long time. I was wondering how you and your family are weathering this crisis. PATRICIA (00:09): Well, thanks for asking. I’d say on the whole pretty well you know, there’ve been, there’s...
Tim Draper Founder Draper Associates, DFJ & Draper Venture Network on Covid19 Crisis for Startups
PEMO (00:02): So wonderful to talk to you again, I’m wondering how you’re weathering this crisis? TIM Well, it’s a great opportunity for people to think a reset and some of our entrepreneurs are doing incredibly well in this crisis and some are really suffering. The ones...
Ken Elefant Managing Director Sorenson Ventures Sorenson Ventures on Covid-19 crisis for startups
PEMO (00:01): Welcome Ken. So nice to speak to you again. I was wondering if you could tell the listeners what your main focus is for your investments. KEN (00:13): Right? So I co founded Sorenson ventures, which is an early stage venture fund back in 2017. And we focus on early stage...
Edith Yeung General Partner Race Capital on Covid-19 crisis for startups
PEMO (00:01): Lovely to speak to you . I was wondering if you could tell me how things are going at your firm as regards this crisis? EDITH Well I think that the Pemo, I don’t know how you feel about it. I, I really feel that I really feel that the world literally turn upside down...
Ann Winblad, Managing Director Hummer Winblad Venture Partners on Covid-19 crisis for startups
PEMO (00:00): Yeah. ANN (00:02): And welcome, lovely to speak to you again after so long, I was wondering how you’re coping with this crisis. Speaker 3 (00:11): Well, one of the things that we’re doing is holding weekly meetings with all of our CEOs through optional meetings...
Ben Narasin Venture Partner New Enterprise Associates (NEA) on Covid-19 crisis for startups
PEMO (00:01): Welcome Ben. So good to speak to you again, how’s it going in the crisis time, BEN (00:07): Because as good as can be expected, staying busy. PEMO (00:11): Right. And so can you tell me again what your main focus is for investments with NEA? BEN (00:18): Sure. So maybe...
Elizabeth Yin CoFounder/General Partner Hustle Fund on Covid-19 crisis for startups
PEMO (00:01): Welcome. So nice to speak to you again. It’s been a long, long time. ELIZABETH (00:05): I know it has been maybe even almost a decade. PEMO (00:09): Yeah, I would say so. Yeah. And do you’ve come a long way? Go ahead and tell me what you’re investing in at...