Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

144 Episodes

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Bedrock Capital's Geoff Lewis on Vibe capital, the power of narrative violations, and winning in today's market

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

   Published: 23/03/2022
8. 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
9. Forerunner Ventures Eurie Kim on scaling the Forerunner franchise, thesis based investing, and advice for emerging managers

   Published: 09/03/2022
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. Union Square Ventures' Rebecca Kaden on their theme based investing approach, fund sizing for USV, and navigating hot markets

    Published: 09/02/2022
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. M13's Carter Reum on building an operational services team (Propulsion platform), navigating from operator to angel investor to building a firm for the long haul.

    Published: 04/01/2022
18. Harbinger Ventures Megan Bent on their concentrated portfolio approach, specific traits they look for in founding teams, and consumer behavior post-pandemic

    Published: 22/12/2021
19. Boldstart ventures Ed Sim on starting his career during the dot-com bubble, the opportunity as being a true day one investor, and views on today's VC market compared to past eras

    Published: 14/12/2021
20. Lux Capital's co-founder Peter Hebert on the firm's 20 year journey, creating multi-generational success, and the changing dynamics in VC (including their use of SPAC's)

    Published: 07/12/2021