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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. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchFUSE 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.
Just Getting Started is hosted by FUSE VC. The show has published 51 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Introducing Rohan D'Souza, Co-Founder and CEO of Avante" (4 August 2025, 11 minutes), "Introducing Yash Wagh, Co-Founder and CEO of Gone" (23 July 2025, 15 minutes), and "Introducing Ezra Feilden, Co-Founder and CTO of Star Cloud" (15 February 2025, 11 minutes).
Just Getting Started publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 18 minutes across 51 episodes.
Booking probability for Just Getting Started is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Just Getting Started requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Just Getting Started's contact route on record: verified email.
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FUSE VC hosts Just Getting Started, a business podcast with 51 episodes published.
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Just Getting Started
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 Cecil, Dr. Carly Eckert...
Just Getting Started
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 curated inventory for a...
Just Getting Started
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 vision: putting data...
Just Getting Started
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 serving SMBs. Learn about...
Just Getting Started
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 brands’ product...
Just Getting Started
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 removing unwanted real...
Just Getting Started
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 on regulatory...
Just Getting Started
<p>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 lowering the...
Just Getting Started
Today you’ll hear from David Tepper, Co-founder and CEO of Pay-I. Join us as we discuss David’s twenty-year journey driving innovation at Microsoft, and his discovery of how to drive a new billing solution for Gen AI...
Just Getting Started
<p>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 mission-critical...
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<p>In this episode, we sit down with Rohan D'Souza, Co-Founder and CEO of Avante. Join us to learn about Rohan’s prior experience serving in the Healthtech space – and about Avante’s mission to support people in living...
Just Getting Started
<p>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 of clerical work inspired...
Just Getting Started
<p>Today's Operational Excellence episode features Mike Bignold, the Founder and CEO of CostCertified.</p><p> </p><p>In this conversation he sits down with FUSE GP Brendan Wales to share about how he leverages a...
Just Getting Started
<p>In this episode we sit down with Leif Magnuson, Co-Founder and CEO of TipHaus . </p><br><p>In this conversation he is joined by FUSE GP Brendan Wales to discuss some of his creative tactics for operating leanly and...
Just Getting Started
<p>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. Throughout his...
Just Getting Started
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 brokerages. Let's get...
<p>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 subsequently acquired...
Just Getting Started
<p>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. This business is...
Just Getting Started
<p>This month's Operational Excellence webinar features FUSE LP and Attentive VP of Sales, Gavin Hewitt.</p><br><p>In this discussion, Gavin and FUSE's Brendan Wales discuss sales best practices. Topics include: how to...
Just Getting Started
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 importance of proper tip...
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