recommendations from Damir at Index Ventures
which breakout startups you should consider joining next
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To help you figure out what’s next, we asked Damir Becirovic (partner at Index Ventures) for recommendations on companies he would recommend people think about joining. Below you’ll find his answers, as well as explanations as to what makes each company particularly special.
Recommendations from Damir at Index:
Captions - Building an AI video creation platform.
Captions redefines both video editing and video creation with AI. The company is quickly becoming a leader in video generation and has the ambitious goal to allow people to create photorealistic avatars of themselves. Video is the fastest growing part of the internet and Captions wants to be the go-to product for creators. (Note that this is an Index portfolio company)
Aven - Building a secured credit card. They allow people to get a credit card at a way lower interest rate by securing it to an asset that a consumer owns such as their home equity.
They use technology to shorten the time to underwrite this asset from months to minutes. The founder is obsessed with scaling through technology, not people and has achieved >$100m revenue with ~50 people.
Nourish - Building a marketplace that matches patients and dietitians with the cost covered by insurance.
“Almost 50% of Americans have a health issue that stems from poor nutrition and Nourish wants to dramatically increase access to care. The company has now built the largest scale dietitian network in the country and is growing very fast.” (Note that this is an Index portfolio company)