Mischke Le Cordeur

Unlocking the secrets of pre-seed investing, the power of execution, and why unsexy markets are the next big thing. Let’s be honest: the early days of a startup are chaotic. You’re building the plane while flying it, trying to convince investors that your "broken MVP" is actually the seed of a billion-dollar unicorn, all while navigating a market that shifts like sand under your feet.If you feel like you’re in the trenches, you aren’t alone. But knowing what to focus on amidst that chaos is what separates the founders who scale from the ones who stall.

In a recent lively discussion at the BonBillo Community, Chetan Doshi, Co-Founder and Principal at Vinner Ventures, shared his perspective on investing in early-stage startups. Let’s dive into the key takeaways from this engaging session.

In our BonBillo Founder Spotlight session, we had the chance to sit down with Saivya Chauhan, Founder and CEO of Blitz, Southeast Asia’s leading EV enabler platform.

Join us as we dive into the world of fintech innovation with insights from Lakshmi Kalapu, Director of Product Innovation at Visa in Singapore. Lakshmi brings deep product innovation expertise spanning top companies like PayPal, Wise and NIUM. In her lively session with the BonBillo community,

Christopher Napoli, Head of Wealth & Asset Management at Snowflake, shares his insights with the BonBillo community on AI trends and opportunities.

Soumajit Bhowmik and Durga Dash share their journey founding Styched, India's largest online youth fashion brand with zero waste.

Gefen Skolnick, Founder and CEO, shares her journey founding Couplet Coffee, an LGBTQ+ and woman-led lifestyle brand that aims to make specialty coffee less pretentious and more accessible.

UPDATE: In July 2025 Freight Tiger was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for 2025-2026. Swapnil Shah, CEO & Founder, attended the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin. Swapnil Shah shares his journey founding Freight Tiger, a software enabled marketplace and transportation management system (TMS) platform in India with over 400 shippers and 1500 transport companies.

Divya Kamerkar, Co-Founder and CEO of Pinky Promise, shares her journey of building an app that’s transforming access to reproductive healthcare for women in India. Pinky Promise provides accurate, instant, and high-quality information and services, empowering women to make informed health decisions with confidence and privacy.

Pushkar Mukewar, Co-Founder and CEO of Drip Capital, shares his journey building a digital trade finance platform that has provided over $4 billion in loans to more than 6,000 SME exporters across emerging markets. By simplifying access to working capital, Drip Capital is empowering small and medium businesses to grow globally and compete on an equal footing in international trade.

We are delighted to have partnered with Chargebee, a global recurring revenue management platform.

Jose Martins, Sales Manager at Hubspot, shares his insights on Customer Acquisition and how you can turn your website into a lead-generating machine.

''Measure What Matters’ by John Doerr highlights the importance of having clarity and focus to achieve your goals.

Muhammad Lila shares his journey from award-winning foreign correspondent at ABC and CNN to founding Goodable,, an AI-powered platform dedicated to curating positive, uplifting news. Built to counter negativity and improve mental well-being, Goodable delivers clinically backed, feel-good content designed to make people healthier and happier — one story at a time.

Sid Goyal is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully founded multiple startups. In 2014, Sid traveled to Kenya as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for an early-stage VC fund and realized there was a lack of innovation within the health industry. Two years later, Sid and his co-founders launched Nivi in Kenya to provide women access to contraceptives and counseling through the use of mobile phones.

Allison Byers, Founder and CEO of Scroobious, previously raised nearly $10 million for a medical devices startup, where she realized the challenges underrepresented founders including women face during fundraising.

Cyrus Sabouri, Vice President at Mastercard, believes that the future of payments includes using biometrics tokenization and the ubiquity of mobile devices to conduct commerce.

Richard Mensah shares his journey from founding 3 startups in Ghana to launching EllisX, a platform that gives startups access to high-quality media and speaking opportunities offering teams greater visibility to help scale their impact.

Lauren Abda shares her journey founding Branchfood, now the largest community of food startups in New England. Inspired by her own family’s experience with the power of food to create change, Lauren built a platform where entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders could connect to drive innovation across the food ecosystem.

Dan Wexler and Kevin Hall share their mission behind EatWell — a company dedicated to making healthy eating affordable, accessible, and effortless through nutritious meal kits. By combining convenience with balanced ingredients, EatWell empowers individuals and families to make better food choices without sacrificing time or taste.