​Ask Me Anything: Bhuva Shakti

​​Product, Operations, Fundraising Advisor

​​📍 Session #24 of the Startup Growth Playbook

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​➡️ This session, Bhuva's guest is: Paul H. Richardson, Jr., Founder & CEO of Tumbleweed.

​​Startup Growth Playbook Interview: Bhuva Shakti and Paul H. Richardson, Jr.

​Scaling Human-Centered Technology in the Care Economy

​Caregiving is one of the largest invisible forces in the U.S. economy.

​63 million Americans are navigating aging parents, raising children, and managing careers simultaneously. Yet the tools to support them remain fragmented, reactive, and emotionally overwhelming.

​This session explores what it takes to build and scale technology in one of the most sensitive, high-trust markets in the country.

​🎯 Bhuva Shakti, Fundraising Advisor at Wallet Max, brings a product and operations lens shaped by years leading go-to-market execution, operational scale, and investor readiness for early-stage startups.

​Her work helps founders turn traction into clarity, momentum, and fundable growth.

​🎯 Paul H. Richardson, Jr., Founder & CEO of Tumbleweed, is building a digital legacy and caregiving support platform that helps families organize records, capture wishes, and make complex decisions easier before and after a loss.

​With 20+ years in healthcare and technology, and a background in organizational psychology, Paul is leading inclusive, human-centered innovation in aging and end-of-life planning. Through the Sandwiched Podcast powered by Tumbleweed, he is also amplifying the voices of caregivers across the country.

​This Startup Growth Playbook LIVE session focuses on:

​✅ What traction looks like in emotionally complex markets

​✅ Scaling AI responsibly in caregiving and legacy planning

​✅ Building trust with families, insurers, and employers

​✅ Turning purpose-driven innovation into sustainable revenue

​Who should attend?

​➡️ Founders, operators, investors, HR and benefits leaders, and ecosystem builders working in healthtech, insurtech, caregiving, enterprise partnerships, and purpose-driven technology.

​📌 Session #24 of the Startup Growth Playbook Series

​🎙️ LIVE Interview: Bhuva Shakti and Paul H. Richardson, Jr.

​🗓️ March 04, 2026 at 3-4 PM ET

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​About Paul H. Richardson, Jr.:

​Paul H. Richardson, Jr. is the Founder and CEO of Tumbleweed, a purpose-driven technology company helping families navigate aging, caregiving, and legacy planning with greater ease and compassion. With a background in organizational psychology and 20+ years in healthcare and technology, Paul has led programs, scaled innovation, and championed inclusive, human-centered solutions. He is also the host of the Sandwiched Podcast, amplifying the voices of caregivers and industry experts, building community to the 63 Million US caregivers. Paul is an advocate for equity and brings dignity to aging and end-of-life care.

​Tumbleweed is a digital legacy and caregiving support platform that helps families organize records, capture wishes and life stories, and make complex decisions easier before and after a loss. Our AI-guided experience meets users where they are; whether in advance care planning or navigating death, Tumbleweed connects them to the right tools at the right time. Trusted by insurance carriers and employers, Tumbleweed empowers the Sandwich Generation to plan ahead and focus on what matters most. We also extend our impact through the Sandwiched Podcast powered by Tumbleweed, where real stories from caregivers drive awareness and human connection around these critical issues.

​About Wallet Max: 

​Wallet Max is an inclusive global community of corporate executives and venture capitalists with a mission to expand fundraising access for high-growth startups in the technology, AI, fintech, and climate sustainability sectors.

With more than 10 investments directly in impact entrepreneurs thus far, Wallet Max’s network of 2,000 innovators and 60 partners regularly meet in person and virtually throughout the year to mutually exchange connections and drive collective action. Wallet Max ecosystem of events and initiatives are prominent during the New York Fintech Week, the New York Tech Week, and the New York Climate Week every year.

Wallet Max's Planet Positive Podcast is a monthly interview with investors driving impact globally. Aligned with our mission to challenge the status quo, we showcase personal and professional journeys of diverse investors (Angels, VCs, PEs, Family Office, Corporate Venture) looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments. Supporting sustainable innovations is good for people's wellbeing, planet survival, and financial profits.

Learn more about Wallet Max success and 2026 global initiatives: https://getwalletmax.com/climate-forward

​​About Bhuva Shakti:

​​​Bhuva Shakti (she/her) is the futuristic founder and CEO driving sustainable innovation at Wallet Max, a global community of corporate executives, policy leaders, and venture capital investors expanding fundraising access for high-growth impact startups. With an MBA from Columbia University in New York and as a senior executive director on Wall Street for three decades, Bhuva has managed diverse financial portfolios and launched several digital transformation products for investment banks, capital markets, and payment networks.

​​Bhuva’s leadership and risk governance oversight, during the global financial crisis and the pandemic, was pivotal for the success of regulatory compliance and mergers acquisitions at the world's top banks and credit rating institutions. Bhuva is a board director and C-Suite advisor for people and planet friendly businesses, without compromising profits, and a keynote and TEDx speaker advancing economic inclusion and climate-fintech partnerships.

​​Bhuva is the USA country director for World Business Angels Investment Forum and the Chief Ethics & Culture Officer for Women in AI worldwide. She leads fundraising strategy and product operations for market expansion and manages investor relations from diligence to investment. Bhuva is the founder of Bhuva’s Impact Global, offering board and enterprise risk advisory services for public and private corporations.