Dmitry Gurski founded Flo Health in 2015, turning it into the leading women’s health app globally with over 420 million downloads and 80 million monthly active users. From bootstrapped beginnings to a $200M Series C from General Atlantic in 2024 (valuing Flo at $1B+), Dmitry has scaled the company to profitability, with offices in Lithuania and the UK. 🎓 Expect to Learn: - How Flo became a $1B+ company without a clear playbook — and why long-term planning is mostly fiction - What 20 yea...
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Dmitry Gurski founded Flo Health in 2015, turning it into the leading women’s health app globally with over 420 million downloads and 80 million monthly active users. From bootstrapped beginnings to a $200M Series C from General Atlantic in 2024 (valuing Flo at $1B+), Dmitry has scaled the company to profitability, with offices in Lithuania and the UK. 🎓 Expect to Learn: - How Flo became a $1B+ company without a clear playbook — and why long-term planning is mostly fiction - What 20 yea...
206. Turning Mixed LEGO Bricks Into a VC-Backed AI Startup: €1.5M Raised, Benefits of Iterative Fundraising, Real-World Complexity of Building Hardware & a New Frontier in Circular Tech w/ Ilya Malkin (Sort A Brick)
The Pursuit of Scrappiness
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206. Turning Mixed LEGO Bricks Into a VC-Backed AI Startup: €1.5M Raised, Benefits of Iterative Fundraising, Real-World Complexity of Building Hardware & a New Frontier in Circular Tech w/ Ilya Malkin (Sort A Brick)
Ilya Malkin is the co-founder of Sort-A-Brick, a Vilnius-based startup that raised over €1 million in pre-seed funding at the end of 2024. Sort-A-Brick leverages AI-powered computer vision to analyze and sort mixed Lego bricks sent in by customers, identifying which complete sets can be rebuilt from them—breathing new life into unused collections and promoting a circular economy in toys. With a background in management consulting, Ilya spotted an opportunity in the massive Lego market while d...
The Pursuit of Scrappiness
Dmitry Gurski founded Flo Health in 2015, turning it into the leading women’s health app globally with over 420 million downloads and 80 million monthly active users. From bootstrapped beginnings to a $200M Series C from General Atlantic in 2024 (valuing Flo at $1B+), Dmitry has scaled the company to profitability, with offices in Lithuania and the UK. 🎓 Expect to Learn: - How Flo became a $1B+ company without a clear playbook — and why long-term planning is mostly fiction - What 20 yea...
