DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture Capital
Description
Arcady Sosinov is the cofounder and CEO of FreeWire Technologies which provides smart battery systems for EV charging and mobile distributed power. The company has raised $45 million from investors such as EASME, Silicon Valley Bank, Alumni Ventures Group, Total Access Fund, Elemental Excelerator, BP Ventures, ABB Technology Ventures, Momenta Ventures, Chestnut Street Ventures, Spike Ventures, Blue Bear Capital, Strawberry Creek Ventures, Stanley Ventures, and Energy Innovation Capital to name a few.
In this episode you will learn:
Working since he was 14 years old
Which investors to choose for your Series A
The future of power and mobility
Arcady’s top advice for new entrepreneurs
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For a winning deck, take a look at the pitch deck template created by Silicon Valley legend, Peter Thiel (see it here) that I recently covered. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash.
Moreover, I also provided a commentary on a pitch deck from an Uber competitor that has raised over $400 million (see it here).
Remember to unlock for free the pitch deck template that is being used by founders around the world to raise millions below.
About Arcady Sosinov:
Arcady Sosinov is a co-founder of FreeWire Technologies and serves as the Chief Executive Officer.
Arcady Sosinov has led the company from ideation, formation, incubation, and now customer acquisition and revenue growth.
Prior to FreeWire, Arcady Sosinov spent 7 years in the finance industry, most recently the investment firm, GMO. Arcady Sosinov focused heavily on emerging markets, creating a best-of-breed financial database analytics suite that is now used throughout the firm to trade over $130B worth of assets.
Arcady Sosinov holds 2 bachelor's degrees from Boston University, as well as an MBA from UC Berkeley's Hass School of Business.
Connect with Arcady Sosinov:
* Linkedin
* Crunchbase
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FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a founder that definitely, we’re going to be hearing a bunch of really incredible adrenalin-fueled stories on building, financing, scaling a company, running out of cash, shutting down the business, opening the business back up. It’s going to be a lot of fun, so without further ado, let me welcome our guest today.
In this episode you will learn:
Working since he was 14 years old
Which investors to choose for your Series A
The future of power and mobility
Arcady’s top advice for new entrepreneurs
SUBSCRIBE ON:
For a winning deck, take a look at the pitch deck template created by Silicon Valley legend, Peter Thiel (see it here) that I recently covered. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash.
Moreover, I also provided a commentary on a pitch deck from an Uber competitor that has raised over $400 million (see it here).
Remember to unlock for free the pitch deck template that is being used by founders around the world to raise millions below.
About Arcady Sosinov:
Arcady Sosinov is a co-founder of FreeWire Technologies and serves as the Chief Executive Officer.
Arcady Sosinov has led the company from ideation, formation, incubation, and now customer acquisition and revenue growth.
Prior to FreeWire, Arcady Sosinov spent 7 years in the finance industry, most recently the investment firm, GMO. Arcady Sosinov focused heavily on emerging markets, creating a best-of-breed financial database analytics suite that is now used throughout the firm to trade over $130B worth of assets.
Arcady Sosinov holds 2 bachelor's degrees from Boston University, as well as an MBA from UC Berkeley's Hass School of Business.
Connect with Arcady Sosinov:
* Crunchbase
* * *
FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a founder that definitely, we’re going to be hearing a bunch of really incredible adrenalin-fueled stories on building, financing, scaling a company, running out of cash, shutting down the business, opening the business back up. It’s going to be a lot of fun, so without further ado, let me welcome our guest today.