Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers
A podcast by Samir Kaji
149 Episodes
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Stephanie Palmeri and Melody Koh of NextView Ventures on incentives within venture partnerships, the changes in seed financing, and operating remotely
Published: 02/06/2023 -
Scott Kupor, Managing Partner of a16z on Building a lasting Venture Franchise
Published: 17/05/2023 -
Fundraising best practices for managers, strategic LP management, and LPACs with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter
Published: 26/04/2023 -
Satya Patel and Hunter Walk on learnings from building Homebrew, moving to an evergreen model, and launching Screendoor VC to back underrepresented fund managers
Published: 12/04/2023 -
Portfolio construction trends and best practices with CEO Anubhav Srivastava of Tactyc
Published: 07/04/2023 -
Dana Settle on starting and building Greycroft, Maintaining culture and speed with scale, and thoughts on VC moving forward
Published: 30/03/2023 -
Shuly Galili of UpWest on building lasting partnerships and how they bridged the gap between Israeli founders and the US Market
Published: 21/03/2023 -
Ryan Hoover of Weekend Fund and Jordan Gonen of Compound on the rise of private and retail investors into venture capital and alternatives
Published: 22/02/2023 -
Eddy Chan of Intudo Ventures on building a hyper-local venture strategy for Indonesia
Published: 02/02/2023 -
Better Tomorrow Ventures, Jake and Sheel on Investing in FinTech, fund construction, and fundraising lessons
Published: 11/01/2023 -
Jonathan Abrams, 8-Bit Capital: Learnings from founding and running Friendster, Defining "Founder Friendly", going from Angel to full-time VC
Published: 21/12/2022 -
Gautam Gupta from TCV (Velocity) on the trend of large funds going early, the art of pro-rata investing, and what he is seeing in this market cycle
Published: 07/12/2022 -
Patrick Chun at Juxtapose: How company creation models and studios work in VC, the squint and wedge framework of investing, and raising from blue-chip institutions
Published: 30/11/2022 -
Valar Ventures Andrew McCormack on running concentrated portfolios with higher ownership vs. larger portfolios, learnings from working with Peter Thiel, and thoughts on valuations today
Published: 10/11/2022 -
Mapping out a new partnership, why the RAISE GP/LP summit was such an important effort, and the art of fundraising by Joanna Drake of Magnify Ventures
Published: 26/10/2022 -
Aydin Senkut of Felicis Ventures on angel to 9 time Midas list investor, inception to scale at Felicis, and winning in today's crowded market
Published: 05/10/2022 -
Quid's Josh Berman on providing financings against private stock, "trapped liquidity" at funds, and his learnings from co-founding Myspace.
Published: 28/09/2022 -
Discovering talent before it's obvious, the challenges of raising a fund I without a traditional pedigree, and startup fund culture with Eric Tarczynski of Contrary
Published: 21/09/2022 -
Evaluating Crypto today, investing in crypto funds, the role of governance in the space featuring Rabia Iqbal and Jehan Chu of Nural Capital
Published: 24/08/2022 -
Mark Mullen of Bonfire Ventures on going from a solo capitalist to joining forces with Jim Andelman, the state of seed markets, and his view on what makes fund managers differentiated
Published: 10/08/2022
Venture Unlocked is the playbook for starting, operating, & scaling a successful venture capital firm. Samir Kaji, Host of Venture Unlocked has +20-years of experience assisting & advising startups and venture firms. Listen for VC fund guidance. ventureunlocked.substack.com