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Founders from Austin reveal how this life-changing investment would transform their journey. 🌟

25 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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Four Austin founders discuss what a $1 million investment would mean for their startups. Doris Hernandez of Security Labs, Dimitrios Skalakotis of Expand.network, and Aniron Finn and Ari Medvinsky of Failsafe explain how the capital would help them launch products, validate their direction, and gain credibility from backing by the Draper team.

I'm Doris Hernandez from Security Labs, CEO.
My name is Dimitrios Skalakotis. I'm the CEO of Expand.network.
Hi, my name is Aniron Finn. I'm the CEO and co-founder of Failsafe. I'm Ari Medvinsky. I'm the CTO and co-founder of Failsafe.
Okay, so what will $1 million mean to us?
A million-dollar investment. A million-dollar investment.
A million-dollar investment for us would basically mean that we can get our first 2 products fully into the market.
It's really about validating that we're going in the right direction.
It would be a life-changing amount for the team. For us, it would be a huge endorsement of what, you know, of the vision that we have.
The opportunity to work with the Draper team would go a long way. Yeah, you know, I've got 4 kids. Their first question would be, since they're all teenagers, do you get the million dollars? And like—