Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

144 Episodes

1. Dana Settle on starting and building Greycroft, Maintaining culture and speed with scale, and thoughts on VC moving forward

   Published: 30/03/2023
2. 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
3. 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
4. Eddy Chan of Intudo Ventures on building a hyper-local venture strategy for Indonesia

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

   Published: 11/01/2023
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. Ravi Viswanathan of New View Capital on the secondary and growth markets, and raising a unique $1B+ (modified) GP led secondary fund I

    Published: 03/08/2022
17. The art of pre-seed investing, mitigating investment risk at this stage, and building processes to build a true venture platform with a lean team

    Published: 27/07/2022
18. Parade Ventures Shawn Merani on building LP relationships, not focusing on "hot" deals, and his mindset with founders

    Published: 15/07/2022
19. Tusk Venture Partners Jordan Nof: Evolving to an early stage firm, navigating regulatory hurdles for startups, and what the future holds for crypto.

    Published: 30/06/2022
20. FPV's Wes Chan on the path to backing 20 unicorns and 5 decacorns, raising a $450MM Fund 1, working closely with Sergey and Larry and Google, and what Bill Campbell taught him about helping founders

    Published: 22/06/2022