Alchemist Accelerator: Influencer Series Fireside Chat
Alchemist Accelerator: Influencer Series Fireside Chat
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The Influencer Series Fireside Chat, hosted by Alchemist Accelerator Founder & CEO Ravi Belani, offers intimate, high-energy conversations with influential leaders. Prominent VCs, startup founders, corporate executives, and academics come together for authentic, unscripted "dinner table" dialogues. After a decade connecting 4,000+ leaders and sparking 15,000+ influential relationships, the Influencer series now invites you to join the conversation.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers a range of themes centered around corporate venture capital, deep tech funding, and the evolving landscape of AI and software. For example, one episode discusses how corporate venture capital can maintain financial independence while providing strategic value, while another focuses on the challenges deep tech startups face in securing funding beyond Series B. The show emphasizes practical insights into industry trends and strategic investment approaches.
The Influencer Series Fireside Chat, hosted by Alchemist Accelerator Founder & CEO Ravi Belani, offers intimate, high-energy conversations with influential leaders. Prominent VCs, startup founders, corporate executives, and academics come together for authentic, unscripted “dinner table” dialogues. After a decade connecting 4,000+ leaders and sparking 15,000+ influential relationships, the Influencer series now invites you to join the conversation.
Corporate venture capital has evolved.
In this episode of the Influencer Series Fireside Chat, Ravi Belani sits down with Jay Eum, Founding Managing Director of GFT Ventures and one of the few investors who has helped build three venture initiatives, including Samsung Ventures and TransLink Capital.
They explore how CVC has moved from slow, strategically entangled “dumb money” to independent, performance-driven CVC 3.0 models. Jay breaks down what makes corporate venture capital successful today, how reputation shapes access to deal flow, and why some CVCs create real strategic leverage while others struggle.
They also dive into hard tech fundraising:
• When founders should approach CVCs
• Why proof of concept matters before engaging strategics
• How to avoid getting burned in capital-intensive industries
• Why reputation is everything in tight venture ecosystems
• How to think about leverage when you only have a few possible partners
Plus, Jay shares his perspective on today’s AI revenue explosion and what founders should focus on during this unprecedented market cycle.
If you’re a hard tech founder, enterprise startup, or emerging fund manager, this conversation is essential.
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