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FUSE is an early-stage venture firm based in the Pacific Northwest, and just like the founders in our portfolio - we are just getting started. We believe that founders deserve more: more urgency, more community, more expertise, more reliability - more of everything. And we aim to deliver. Join us to hear the founding stories of companies in the FUSE family, experiences from visionary operators and executives in the Pacific Northwest, as well as startup journey wisdom and best practices from the FUSE team. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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August 4, 202510 min

Introducing Rohan D'Souza, Co-Founder and CEO of Avante

Rohan D'Souza recently joined us for a conversation to share the story behind Avante – an AI-native platform transforming how employers manage employee benefits. Tune in to hear how Rohan, Nick Cecil, Dr. Carly Eckert, and Kabir Shahani are helping employees become healthier and more engaged with their benefits, all while helping employers reduce costs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

July 23, 202515 min

Introducing Yash Wagh, Co-Founder and CEO of Gone

Today, I'm joined by Yash Wagh, co-founder and CEO of Gone. Gone is building the infrastructure for the $100B+ global recommerce market, offering free pickup for used items and turning them into curated inventory for a tech-enabled resale marketplace. It’s a seamless way for consumers to declutter while keeping quality goods in circulation and out of landfills. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

February 15, 202511 min

Introducing Ezra Feilden, Co-Founder and CTO of Star Cloud

Today, I’m joined by Ezra Feilden, co-founder and CTO of Star Cloud (Formerly Lumen Orbit). In light of massive energy requirements for AI and data processing workloads, Lumen is pursuing a big vision: putting data centers in space. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

February 2, 202518 min

Introducing Karthik Jagannathan, CEO of Gallabox

This episode features Karthik Jagannathan, CEO of Gallabox. In our conversation, Karthik shares compelling perspectives from his experiences as a first-time founder and longtime business leader serving SMBs. Learn about how it all led to starting Gallabox - which is helping businesses automate their customer conversations on WhatsApp – which now has over 2B users worldwide. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

December 30, 20246 min

Introducing Sadee Gamhewa, Founder & CEO of Velou

Today you’ll hear from Sadee Gamhewa, Founder and CEO of Velou. Join us to learn about how Sadee’s personal experience with ecommerce shopping led him to create Velou and how the company is enriching brands’ product description pages, optimizing their data for search engines, and ultimately aligning more accurately with customer search behaviors. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

September 16, 202418 min

Introducing Luke Arrigoni, Founder and CEO of Loti

Today I am joined by Luke Arrigoni, Founder and CEO of Loti. Join us as we discuss how Loti is changing the game for artists and talent in managing their digital image and likeness by finding and removing unwanted real and deepfake content within hours of it appearing online. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

July 26, 202425 min

Introducing Martín Ramírez, Co-Founder and CEO of Signify

Today I am joined by Martin Ramirez, Co-Founder and CEO of Signify. Join us as we discuss Martin’s path from MSFT, Pharma, multiple early stage startups, AI Voice – and how it all led him to a focus on regulatory compliance for manufacturers with Signify. Also prepared to soak up some great insights on customer obsession and finding product-market fit as well. Let's get started!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

June 27, 202415 min

Introducing Kyle Roche, Co-Founder and CEO of Griptape

Today you’ll hear from Kyle Roche, Co-founder and CEO of Griptape. Join us as we discuss Kyle’s 15-year journey driving software innovation at AWS and his prior startup 2Lemetry, and how Griptape is lowering the barrier to entry for AI usage at SMBs and Enterprises alike. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

March 6, 202418 min

Introducing Nate Hamet, Co-Founder and CEO of Quindar

Today you’ll hear from Nate Hamet, Co-founder and CEO of Quindar. Join us as we discuss Nate’s path to discovering his passion for SpaceTech, meeting his five co-founders, and how Quindar is becoming mission-critical – pun intended – for satellite operators and beneficiaries of their data like you and me. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

December 5, 20238 min

Introducing Doug Logan, Co-Founder and CEO of Aerial

Today you’ll hear from Doug Logan, Co-founder and CEO of Aerial. Join us to learn about Doug’s prior experience serving startups and midmarket M&A at K&L gates, and how the pain from masses of clerical work inspired his vision for Aerial. Speeding up financing rounds and creating legal cost savings for founders is what inspired his mission from the start. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.