DealMakers

Alejandro Cremades
DealMakers
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  • Dylan Rudney On Raising $247 Million To Build a Leading LatAm Renewable Energy Company Focused on Full Lifecycle Solar + BESS (Battery Storage) Projects

    05/04/2026 | 29 mins.
    What does it take to go from $100K in startup capital to $100M in annual revenue—and finance and execute $750M worth of projects along the way? For Dylan Rudney, founder of Verano Energy, it isn’t just about vision or timing; it’s execution and adaptability.

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  • Dan Wertman On Building An AI-Powered Platform That Processed $1 Trillion In Transaction Volume And Was Later Acquired By Thomson Reuters

    04/04/2026 | 31 mins.
    Dan Wertman retraces his path through building, scaling, and raising financing for his company, Noetica, meeting his cofounders, and learning how to differentiate in the crazy world of AI.

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  • Private Equity Investor-Turned-Founder Bill Lenihan On Raising $25 Million To Solve Energy Access For 3 Billion People

    17/03/2026 | 27 mins.
    Bill Lenihan’s entrepreneurial path didn’t start as an engineer, product builder, or early startup operator. Instead, his career began in the structured world of finance—investment banking and private equity—before evolving into technology operations and eventually entrepreneurship.

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  • John Howard On Raising $52 Million to Create an “Intentional Commerce” Ecosystem

    15/03/2026 | 26 mins.
    While many startup founders begin as engineers, product builders, or early-stage operators, John Howard took a very different path. His entrepreneurial journey began in unexpected places—the structured, high-stakes world of investment banking and private equity.

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  • Andrew Antos On Raising Over $90 Million To Automate Document-Intensive Workflows, Reduce Manual Work, And Increase Efficiency

    14/03/2026 | 27 mins.
    For Andrew Antos, the path to building a successful AI company began in an unlikely place: a family of scientists in the post-communist Czech Republic, followed by a brief career in law, and eventually a leap into the startup ecosystem at Harvard and MIT.

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About DealMakers

Welcome to the DealMakers show, hosted by Alejandro Cremades. Alejandro is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and cofounder at Panthera Advisors (M&A and fundraising advisory). On this podcast you will find weekly interviews with entrepreneurs that have been very successful at raising capital or getting their company acquired. You can learn more at https://alejandrocremades.com/
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