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So you’ve built an amazing product — how do you actually get customers to use it and pay for it? That’s what Alloy co-founder Laura Spiekerman joined us to discuss during a recent conversation with founders in Eniac’s portfolio.

We’re proud investors in Alloy, a fintech unicorn. As Laura explained in a previous interview, its product serves as a “command center” for banks and fintech companies looking to centralize customer approval, fraud reduction, and other identity-related tasks.

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It’s been seven days since Eniac Ventures hosted 300 co-investors in our office as part of New York Tech Week, and I’m still buzzing.

Part of that, of course, is just the relief of putting on a successful event (and let me give another huge thank you to everyone on the Eniac team who made it happen!). But the party, and the incredible energy that we all felt throughout Tech Week, solidified my sense that the NYC has reached a real critical mass — not just of amazing startups and founders, but investors who can back them.

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What should startup founders be doing right now to increase their odds of making it through a bear market, and maybe even recession?

That’s the question we posed to three veteran founders and investors who’ve guided companies through past downturns — Alan Patricof, co-founder of Greycroft and Primetime Partners; Jess Lee, co-founder and former CEO at Polyvore, and now a partner at Sequoia Capital; and Dennis Crowley, co-founder of Dodgeball and Foursquare and now working on StreetFC and LivingCities.

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Everyone’s heard the sound bites and seen the tweets about how an economic downturn is the best time to start a company — but that can be cold comfort for startup founders who are wondering what to do when demand for their product plummets or if no one seems willing to back their next round.

With that in mind, Eniac Ventures has organized a virtual roundtable bringing together investors and entrepreneurs who’ve made it through past recessions, and we’ll be asking them to share the gritty details about what they’ve learned along the way.

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Eniac Ventures recently hosted the 2022 edition of our Annual General Meeting, which included a public session covering topics like startup origin stories, fundraising tips, and the risk of a crypto winter.

Of course, we think the entire program (embedded right there 👇) is worth watching, but you can also check out some of the most interesting moments from each conversation belo

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The team at Eniac Ventures will be (virtually) hosting one of our biggest events of the year on Tuesday, May 24 — yes, that’s tomorrow!

Just as we did last year, we’re treating the 2022 edition of our Annual General Meeting as something more than a presentation for our limited partners. Since the AGM will be online, we’re opening it up to the larger tech community — in other words, anyone who’s interested in stories, advice, and conversations about the broader state of the ecosystem featuring from some of our most impressive founders, plus other notable guests.

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For Alloy, finding product-market fit boiled down to one thing: “Not dying.”

That’s what the startup’s co-founder and chief revenue officer Laura Spiekerman told us at Eniac’s most recent Annual General Meeting, where we hosted a panel focused on that theme.

Along with Spiekerman (whose startup offers an identity operating system for financial services companies), we were joined by Zubin Bhettay (co-founder and CEO at veterinary telehealth startup Fuzzy Pet Health) and Mike Kijewski (co-founder and CEO at MedCrypt, which brings cybersecurity to healthcare devices).

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Eniac’s Hadley Harris didn’t mince words when he (virtually) welcomed Attentive co-founder and CEO Brian Long to our Annual General Meeting. In Hadley’s words, Attentive is “the most exciting venture-backed startup anywhere right now.”

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As part of Eniac’s latest Annual General Meeting, we were lucky enough to be joined by some big names for three virtual conversations. Two of the public sessions focused on founder stories and startup strategy, and we’ll posting those videos soon. But first, we’re starting with a bigger picture view from New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang.

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