149 Episodes

  1. 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
  2. Scott Kupor, Managing Partner of a16z on Building a lasting Venture Franchise

    Published: 17/05/2023
  3. Fundraising best practices for managers, strategic LP management, and LPACs with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter

    Published: 26/04/2023
  4. 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
  5. Portfolio construction trends and best practices with CEO Anubhav Srivastava of Tactyc

    Published: 07/04/2023
  6. Dana Settle on starting and building Greycroft, Maintaining culture and speed with scale, and thoughts on VC moving forward

    Published: 30/03/2023
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Eddy Chan of Intudo Ventures on building a hyper-local venture strategy for Indonesia

    Published: 02/02/2023
  10. Better Tomorrow Ventures, Jake and Sheel on Investing in FinTech, fund construction, and fundraising lessons

    Published: 11/01/2023
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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

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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

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