The Breakouts - 20 Minute Startup Stories
by The Breakouts Podcast
Learn the playbooks of extraordinary founders building category-defining startups.Season 1 is focused on emerging verticals (ex: Web3, HealthTech, FinTech, AI/ML, etc). It features 10 founders that collectively raised $100M+ in seed funding this year.
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E27: Special Episode - Splitero's Series A
Michael Gifford recently raised $11.7M in Series A funding for his new startup, Splitero. Splitero enables homeowners to quickly access the equity of their home without having to take on additional debt or make monthly payments. Podcast Twitter Discord Community YouTube Channel…
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E26: Startup Strategies with Starlight - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Grey Nguyen recently raised a $5M seed round to build Starlight — an app that lets businesses set up their company wallet, onboard their team and track their spending with one secure tool. Starlight is an all-in-one solution for companies to manage their crypto assets. They offer everything a...
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E25: Startup Strategies with Risc Zero - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Brian Retford recently raised a $14M seed round to build Risc Zero - a startup creating scaling solutions using Zero Knowledge Proofs which will make blockchains faster, cheaper and more accessible. Risc Zero provides a platform enabling users to trust programs run anywhere while allowing...
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E24: Startup Strategies with Jupe - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Jeff Wilson recently raised a $9.5M seed round to build a universal autonomous housing platform for 1.5 billion humans. with his startup, Jupe. Wilson is also known as ‘Professor Dumpster’ for the year he lived in a 33 sq. ft. modified trash dumpster as part of an environmental education and...
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E23: Startup Strategies with Renee - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Nick Desai recently raised an $8.2M seed round to build a patient-centric personal health concierge app, Renee. Nick started this company with his wife, Renee. In the past, the 2 of them founded Heal — a HealthTech company that pioneered home-centric patient care and raised over $200M. Discord...
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E22: Startup Strategies with Splitero - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Michael Gifford recently raised $5.8M in seed funding & $1B in debt financing for his new startup, Splitero. Splitero enables homeowners to quickly access the equity of their home without having to take on additional debt or make monthly payments. Podcast Twitter Discord Community YouTube Channel...
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E21: Startup Strategies with Commons Clinic - Product, Distribution & Fundraising
Nick Aubin recently raised an $11M seed round to build Commons Clinic - a startup providing seamless specialty care programs for pain & orthopedics. In this episode, Akkshay chats with Nick about strategies, tactics, & hacks that Nick is using to build his business. Podcast Twitter Discord...
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E20: Startup Strategies with Ramper - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Sisun Lee recently raised an $3M PreSeed round to build a developer-first on-ramp to Web3 with his new startup, Ramper. Ramper is building an SDK that empowers developers to easily integrate web3 authentication and NFT checkout into their mobile applications. Sisun is a 2nd-time founder — before...
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E19: Startup Strategies with Zephyr AI - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Jeff Sherman and David Morgan recently raised a $18.5M seed round for Zephyr AI - a startup advancing precision medicine using ML-powered predictive analytics. Imagine a world in which you could enter data about a type of cancer you want to cure, and an AI could tell you how to make the most...
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E18: Startup Strategies with Ness - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Derek Flanzraich recently raised a $15.5M seed round to build a health & wellness first credit card through his startup, Ness. Ness is Derek’s second company. His first company, Greatist, got acquired by Healthline — one of the largest health information sites on the internet. With Ness, Derek is...
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E17: Startup Strategies with Miga Health - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Jarrad Aguirre recently raised a $12M seed round to modernize heart health and prevent the next million heart attacks & strokes with his startup, Miga Health. Some stats: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. 80% of heart attacks and strokes are preventable. A...
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E16: CrowdHealth Founder on Startup Strategies for Product, Distribution & Fundraising
Andy Schoonover is the CEO & Co-Founder of CrowdHealth — a $12.1M funded health-tech startup that’s building a community-driven alternative to traditional health insurance. In this episode, Akkshay chats with them about strategies, tactics, and hacks that they’ve used to build their startup. They...
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E15: Pebble Co-Founders on Startup Strategies for Product, Distribution & Fundraising
Aaron Bai & Sahil Phadnis are two ambitious young college dropouts who recently raised a $6.2M seed round to build Pebble — a next-generation neobank, powered by blockchain technology. They are by far the youngest founders we’ve had on the show - they dropped out from UC Berkeley in their…
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E14: Risc Zero Raises $14M to Build Cloud 2.0 using Zero Knowledge Proofs
Brian Retford recently raised a $14M seed round to build Risc Zero - a startup creating scaling solutions using Zero Knowledge Proofs which will make blockchains faster, cheaper and more accessible. In this episode, Akkshay chats with Brian about the story behind their startup, how it works, and...
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E13: Starlight Raises $5M to Build a Brex for Crypto
Grey Nguyen recently raised a $5M seed round to build Starlight — an app that lets businesses set up their company wallet, onboard their team and track their spending with one secure tool. In this episode, Akkshay chats with Grey about the story behind their startup, how it works, and how they...
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E12: Commons Clinic Raises $11M Seed to Pioneer All-Inclusive Musculoskeletal Care
Nick Aubin recently raised an $11M seed round to build Commons Clinic - a startup providing seamless specialty care programs for pain & orthopedics. In this episode, Akkshay chats with Nick about the story behind their startup, how it works, and how they think about winning the industry. Here are...
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E11: Jupe Raises $9.5M to Build Universal Autonomous Housing for 1.5 billion Humans
Jeff Wilson recently raised a $9.5M seed round to build a universal autonomous housing platform for 1.5 billion humans. with his startup, Jupe. Wilson is also known as ‘Professor Dumpster’ for the year he lived in a 33 sq. ft. modified trash dumpster as part of an environmental education and...
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E10: Zephyr AI Raises $18.5M to Advance Precision Medicine using ML
Jeff Sherman and David Morgan recently raised a $18.5M seed round for Zephyr AI - a startup advancing precision medicine using ML-powered predictive analytics. Imagine a world in which you could enter data about a type of cancer you want to cure, and an AI could tell you how to make the most...
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E9: Splitero Raises $1 Billion to Help You Access Your Home Equity
Michael Gifford recently raised $5.8M in seed funding & $1B in debt financing for his new startup, Splitero. Splitero enables homeowners to quickly access the equity of their home without having to take on additional debt or make monthly payments. In this episode, Akkshay chats with Michael about...
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E8: Ramper Raises $3M PreSeed to Build a Developer-First On-Ramp to Web3
Sisun Lee recently raised an $3M PreSeed round to build a developer-first on-ramp to Web3 with his new startup, Ramper. Ramper is building an SDK that empowers developers to easily integrate web3 authentication and NFT checkout into their mobile applications. Sisun is a 2nd-time founder — before...
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E7: Renee Raises $8.2M to build a Personal Healthcare Assistant
Nick Desai recently raised an $8.2M seed round to build a patient-centric personal health concierge app, Renee. Nick started this company with his wife, Renee. In the past, the 2 of them founded Heal — a HealthTech company that pioneered home-centric patient care and raised over $200M. In this...
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E6: CrowdHealth Raises $12.1M to Build a Community Powered Health Insurance Alternative
Andy Schoonover is the CEO & Co-Founder of CrowdHealth — a $12.1M funded health-tech startup that’s building a community-driven alternative to traditional health insurance. In this episode, Akkshay chats Andy about the story behind his startup, how it works, and how he thinks about winning the...
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E5: Pebble Raises $6.2M to Build a Crypto-Powered Neobank
Aaron Bai & Sahil Phadnis are two ambitious young college dropouts who recently raised a $6.2M seed round to build Pebble — a next generation neobank, powered by blockchain technology. They are by far the youngest founders we’ve had on the show - they dropped out from UC Berkeley in their…
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E4: Ness Raises $15.5M to Build a Health & Wellness Credit Card
Derek Flanzraich recently raised a $15.5M seed round to build a health & wellness first credit card through his startup, Ness. Ness is Derek’s second company. His first company, Greatist, got acquired by Healthline — one of the largest health information sites on the internet. With Ness, Derek is...
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E3: Miga Health Raises $12M to Prevent the Next Million Heart Attacks & Strokes
Jarrad Aguirre recently raised a $12M seed round to modernize heart health and prevent the next million heart attacks & strokes with his startup, Miga Health. Some stats: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. 80% of heart attacks and strokes are preventable. A...
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E2: Eric & Ethan Parker (Co-Founders of Giddy) Share Product, Distribution & Fundraising Strategies
Eric & Ethan Parker are two brothers who recently raised a $8M seed round to bring DeFi to the masses through Giddy. They realized that although DeFi can unlock a lot of value for consumers (ex: higher yield), it’s very hard to access unless you’re a very sophisticated investor. In this episode,...
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E1: Eric & Ethan Parker Raise $8M to Democratize DeFi through Giddy
Eric & Ethan Parker are two brothers who recently raised a $8M seed round to bring DeFi to the masses through Giddy. They realized that although DeFi can unlock a lot of value for consumers (ex: higher yield), it’s very hard to access unless you’re a very sophisticated investor. In this episode,...
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Learn the playbooks of extraordinary founders building category-defining startups.Season 1 is focused on emerging verticals (ex: Web3, HealthTech, FinTech, AI/ML, etc). It features 10 founders that collectively raised $100M+ in seed funding this year.
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