Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

148 Episodes

1. 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
2. Parade Ventures Shawn Merani on building LP relationships, not focusing on "hot" deals, and his mindset with founders

   Published: 15/07/2022
3. 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
4. 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
5. Jessica Peltz-Zatulove and Kate Beardsley on closing an oversubscribed $52MM Fund I, the difference between family offices and institutions, secondaries as a foundation of portfolio management

   Published: 01/06/2022
6. GGV's Jeff Richards on making sense of the market today, growing a $9B+ firm, and whether geo-political tensions may affect international venture investing

   Published: 05/05/2022
7. Viola Ventures' Danny Cohen on the Israel's exponential growth as a tech hub, building decision frameworks for picking, and managing a firm in a rapidly changing market

   Published: 20/04/2022
8. 776's Alexis Ohanian on the new era of VC, using technology in a firm, and things he's most excited about today.

   Published: 13/04/2022
9. 8VC's Drew Oetting on their decision-making culture, building talent at firms, and his most critical learnings as an investor

   Published: 06/04/2022
10. Bedrock Capital's Geoff Lewis on Vibe capital, the power of narrative violations, and winning in today's market

    Published: 31/03/2022
11. David Cohen on founding Techstars, patterns of successful founders, and the math behind large portfolios

    Published: 23/03/2022
12. Playground Global's Peter Barrett on investing in deep tech, what makes a good deep tech founder, and the difference between the improbable and impossible

    Published: 16/03/2022
13. Forerunner Ventures Eurie Kim on scaling the Forerunner franchise, thesis based investing, and advice for emerging managers

    Published: 09/03/2022
14. Not Boring's Packy McCormick on VC's building brand through content creation, tech trends he's most excited about, and how writing has helped him with investing.

    Published: 01/03/2022
15. Limited Partner and direct invest Guy Perelmuter (Grids Capital) on deep tech, bull and bear views on the market, and adding value as an LP

    Published: 22/02/2022
16. Scribble Ventures Elizabeth Weil on the many roles of an emerging venture fund manager, building partnerships, and why network strength is a key differentiator

    Published: 15/02/2022
17. Union Square Ventures' Rebecca Kaden on their theme based investing approach, fund sizing for USV, and navigating hot markets

    Published: 09/02/2022
18. Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on finding the right LPs, the big differences between angel investing and being a solo fund manager, and the main thing she looks for in founding teams

    Published: 25/01/2022
19. QED Investors' Frank Rotman in breaking down the venture market today, determining how to compete today, and how QED makes decisions.

    Published: 18/01/2022
20. Ripple Ventures Matt Cohen on individual VC personal brands, Hedge funds in tech, portfolio math and front weighting in seed, and investing in Canada

    Published: 11/01/2022