Ron Levin

Apr 11, 2024 | ceoworld.biz | Ron Levin

If you ask one hundred Americans about capitalism, you’re likely to get one hundred different answers. Some will say it’s evil. Others will say it’s gloriously good, or it’s flawed but fixable, or that it’s designed to enrich the owner class and cheat the working class. Maybe all of them would be right, in their own way.

Apr 11, 2024 | medium.com | Ron Levin

Creating a unicorn takes effort, not luck. Start with the right team, vision, and execution. Although I have been a venture capitalist for nearly five years now, I often contemplate the vivid memories from the year I spent as founding CEO of Barcelona-based TravelPerk. It was in early 2015 that I began this enterprise travel platform alongside Avi Meir and Javier Suarez. I left the company early on, when we were just a dozen people and had raised only $1 million.

Mar 29, 2024 | medium.com | Ron Levin

Hear from tomorrow’s disruptors, including the CEOs of Alli Connect, Kidas, and Team WildfireEarly-stage venture investing opens the door to exciting stories of innovation that can ignite transformative changes in industries. It’s not just about financial returns; it’s about making a difference in the world, as Sir Ronald Cohen wisely said. At Alumni Ventures’ Seed Fund, we’re on a mission to identify and invest in promising, difference-making companies at the earliest stages.

Mar 22, 2024 | medium.com | Ron Levin

I share my experience and explore the evolving landscape of GLP-1 weight loss drugsThis post delves into the evolving landscape of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, focusing on Wegovy. This is a deeper dive into a topic we’ve been exploring: the rise of GLP-1 weight loss drugs (such as Wegovy) and the startup investment opportunities coming alongside them. To get up to speed, please give our initial thesis a quick read. In this piece, we’ve decided to take a different approach.

Nov 28, 2023 | bigthink.com | Ron Levin

In our modern age, capitalism has become synonymous with amassing great wealth, being the king of the mountain, the winner who takes all. But as younger generations of leaders look around, their beliefs about capitalism are dramatically shifting. What could—and should—capitalism look like 10, 20, and 30 years from now? Could it be both profitable and socially responsible? If you go back to the dawn of industrial capitalism, as an emerging economic system, it was astonishingly productive.