Just Getting Started
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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.
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Recent Episodes
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Operational Excellence - Honing a Numbers-driven Operating Approach
Today's Operational Excellence episode features Mike Bignold, the Founder and CEO of CostCertified. In this conversation he sits down with FUSE GP Brendan Wales to share about how he leverages a…
Operational Excellence - Operating Tactics to 10x Revenue in 2 years
In this episode we sit down with Leif Magnuson, Co-Founder and CEO of TipHaus . In this conversation he is joined by FUSE GP Brendan Wales to discuss some of his creative tactics for operating leanly…
Operational Excellence - Building and running world-class boards
Today's Operational Excellence episode features FUSE Operating Partner John Connors. John has been a partner at Ignition (FUSE’s Alma Matter) since 2005 and also served as CFO and CIO of Microsoft.…
Introducing Jackson and Jamieson Fregeau, Founders of Quandri
Today I am joined by Jackson and Jamieson Fregeau, the founders of Quandri. Join us as we discuss how these two brothers teamed up to build an RPA platform to automate workflows for insurance…
Operational Excellence - Hiring and fostering world-class teams: How to look for and maintain top talent (including AI talent) and best practices for structuring performance reviews
Today's Operational Excellence episode features Paul Mikesell, the current Founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics. Prior to Carbon, Paul co-founded Isilon Systems, which went public in 2006 and was…
Introducing Benji Barash, Co-Founder and CEO of Roboto
Today you’ll hear from Benji Barash, Co-founder and CEO of Roboto. Join us to learn about Benji’s experience helping run the drone program at Amazon – and how it paved the way for starting Roboto.…
Operational Excellence - Delivering a world-class sales motion and driving top performance
This month's Operational Excellence webinar features FUSE LP and Attentive VP of Sales, Gavin Hewitt.In this discussion, Gavin and FUSE's Brendan Wales discuss sales best practices. Topics include:…
Introducing Leif Magnuson, Co-Founder and CEO of TipHaus
Today I am sitting down with Leif Magnuson, Co-founder and CEO of TipHaus. Tune in as Leif shares about his journey in the restaurant industry and some key insights into the ever increasing…
Operational Excellence - Starting and Scaling Three Venture-backed Startups before Thirty
Today FUSE GP Brendan Wales sits down with Ryan Fink, Co-founder and CEO of Digs. Ryan has started 3 companies before the age of 35. He scaled his first two to successful exits – and has a big vision…
Introducing Vikram Chalana, Co-founder and CEO of Pictory
Today you'll hear from Vikram Chalana, Co-founder and CEO of Pictory. Join us as we discuss the making of the product, the generative AI landscape, and why Pictory can turn anyone into a video…
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