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Founder Friends – NYC

Hosted by Hustle Fund & Maya Kosoff
 
 
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Let's hang!

Join the NYC founder community to connect with other founders and hear war stories from a founder who went through the wringer and came out the other side.


Sold Teachable for a reported $250 million, now helping business owners build wealth.

Though Ankur Nagpal went to Berkeley and studied engineering and computer science, his is anything but a typical Silicon Valley founder story.


Born in Bombay and raised in Oman, Ankur immigrated to the US to study. Since then he not only built and sold a successful company, but fought to legally stay in the US to do so.

In 2014 Ankur launched (now, New York - based) Teachable, a marketplace for teachers to sell their online courses and build up their own classroom businesses.

By 2020, the company was acquired by Amsterdam-headquartered Hotmart, for a reported $250 million.

By the time of the sale, the platform drove half a billion in earnings for teachers on its platform. Teachable’s growth was “prodigious”, according to a Tech Crunch article.

His own experience as a founder, navigating the system, combined with passion for personal finance, led him to start Ocho Wealth in December 2022.

Ocho helps business owners build wealth. It has raised 5 million dollars in pre-seed funding, including 2.5 million out of Ankur’s own fund, Vibe Capital (which he started after selling Teachable).

He often “puts his money where his mouth is” on his twitter and reveals the tips on keeping your money and building wealth.


The Schedule

6-6:30pm: Get here, eat pizza, make friends

6:30-7pm: Fireside chat with Ankur Nagpal of Teachable and Ocho Wealth

7-7:30pm: Q&A

7:30-8:30pm: Finish the pizza, make more friends

8:30pm: Byeee

Who's behind this?


Hustle Fund is an early stage venture firm that believes great founders can look like anyone and come from anywhere. We invest in startups all over the world and we'd love to see what you're building. Learn more about us.

Company Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in NYC. We invest in pre-seed and seed companies across all industry verticals with particular interest in digital health, financial services, and enterprise software. Learn more about us.

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