{"id":"evt_9f3ba9561c07","title":"Founder Unfriendly Live AMA with Zuben Mathews of Brigit","date":"2026-06-09","timezone":"America/New_York","start_time":"11:00","time_of_day":"midday","venue":null,"location":{"basis":"unresolved","likely_area":null,"likely_area_granularity":null,"evidence":null},"description":"For every 100 founders in the room, only a handful will raise venture capital — and most never get a straight explanation of why. As part of the launch of Charlie O’Donnell’s Founder Unfriendly: What Investors Won’t Tell You About Getting Funded, we’re hosting a series of live, 30-minute AMAs with experienced founders and operators who’ve been through the process—successfully and unsuccessfully. This session features Zuben Mathews, Co-founder of Brigit and CEO of its newest business segment under Upbound Group, where he has led the company to over 1M paying subscribers and $100M+ ARR, following senior roles in investment banking and M&A at Deutsche Bank and Infosys.","access":{"free":null,"application_required":null},"audience_roles":["founders","investors"],"audience_orientation":"nontechnical","company_stage":null,"interaction":["content"],"topics":["venture","fundraising"],"modality":"in_person","meal_context":"none","series":null,"mentions":[{"text":"Brigit","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Deutsche Bank","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Infosys","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Upbound Group","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Charlie O’Donnell","kind":"person","subtype":null,"role":"mentioned"},{"text":"Founder Unfriendly","kind":"program","subtype":null,"role":"mentioned"},{"text":"Zuben Mathews","kind":"person","subtype":null,"role":"speaker"}],"sources":[{"id":"nextnyc","class":"newsletter","publisher":"nextNYC","first_observed_at":"2026-06-01T11:46:31.0000000Z","last_observed_at":"2026-06-08T11:46:19.0000000Z"}],"discovery":{"first_party":[],"newsletter":["nextnyc"],"provider":null},"basis":{"audience_roles":{"founders":"observed","investors":"inferred"},"topics":{"venture":"observed","fundraising":"observed"},"audience_orientation":"inferred","company_stage":null,"interaction":"observed","modality":"default"},"canonical_url":null,"first_seen":"2026-06-01T11:46:31.0000000Z","last_seen":"2026-06-08T11:46:19.0000000Z","observation_count":2}