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The Future of Supply Chain: a Dynamo Ventures Podcast
The Future of Supply Chain: a Dynamo Ventures Podcast

Re-Air: How Can Supply Chain Risk Intelligence Transform Your Business? Featuring Lisa Smith of Prewave

22 October 2025 28:59 The Future of Supply Chain: a Dynamo Podcast

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From time to time, we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed. During this episode, Santosh is joined by Lisa Smith, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Prewave, a platform using predictive risk intelligence to cover the critical elements of enterprises. Sanotsh and Lisa explore supply chain risk intelligence and how Prewave helps enterprises manage risks using AI. Lisa shares her journey from earning a PhD in computer science to co-founding Prewave. Key topics include the importance of transparency, compliance, and sustainability in supply chains, the role of technology in automating risk analysis, the evolving regulatory landscape, how companies can implement effective risk management frameworks, and more. 

Highlights from their conversation include:

  • Overview of Prewave (1:23)
  • Lisa's Background and Journey (2:10)
  • Understanding Supply Chain Complexity (3:13)
  • Development of Prewave's Technology (4:13)
  • Defining Supply Chain Risk Intelligence (5:15)
  • Proactive and Reactive Strategies (6:35)
  • Starting Point for Risk Management (9:57)
  • Importance of Transparency (11:42)
  • Realizing ROI in Risk Management (13:56)
  • Regulatory and Sustainability Trends (16:18)
  • Unique Value Proposition of Prewave (19:42)
  • Holistic Risk Management (21:40)
  • Future of Compliance (23:16)
  • Series B Funding Announcement (25:08)
  • Rapid Fire Round on U.S. Elections, AI and Olympics (26:20)
  • Final thoughts and takeaways (27:47)

Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups.

Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/


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