Gaurav Misra, Co-founder and CEO @ Captions: Building a Product That Solid Itself, Raising $100M From Sequoia/Kleiner/A16Z/Index & The Future of Video with AI

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First Money In

Nichole Wischoff

16 episodes

9 months ago

Every unicorn started with a first check. First Money In takes you behind the scenes of the most critical and anxiety-filled moment in a startup's journey - raising their first capital. Each episode uncovers the raw, unfiltered stories of now-legendary companies and the decisive moments that kicked off their trajectory.

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Gaurav Misra, Co-founder and CEO @ Captions: Building a Product That Solid Itself, Raising $100M From Sequoia/Kleiner/A16Z/Index & The Future of Video with AI

First Money In

33 minutes

11 months ago

Gaurav Misra, Co-founder and CEO @ Captions: Building a Product That Solid Itself, Raising $100M From Sequoia/Kleiner/A16Z/Index & The Future of Video with AI

Gaurav Misra is the co-founder and CEO of Captions, the leading video AI company building the future of video creation. Captions has raised over $80M from leading investors Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Index and A16Z. We dig into:

Launching in the app store and the product taking off on its own
Unintentionally making their first $500K in revenue
Why raise venture capital vs. bootstrap given the early traction
Not starting a company before working at a startup
Scaling to 10M+ global creators on the platform
The future of video with AI

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