Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

149 Episodes

1. 137 Ventures Justin Fishner-Wolfson on why ownership is an overvalued heuristic, building lasting teams, and the current state of secondary markets.

   Published: 10/08/2021
2. Jeff Morris, Jr. on finding your own fund/market fit, having like Lightspeed and Sequoia as LPs, and the ever-changing dynamic between entrepreneurs and VCs

   Published: 03/08/2021
3. Miriam Rivera on going from angel to running a firm, driving real change in diversity in tech, and how traditional heuristics should be challenged in VC.

   Published: 27/07/2021
4. Ben Casnocha on his learnings from working with Reid Hoffman, building network incentives, and the art of portfolio construction.

   Published: 20/07/2021
5. Lan Xuezhao of Basis Set Ventures on using data science along with human psychology to assess deals, finding LP/GP fit, founder super powers measurement, and conviction based investing.

   Published: 13/07/2021
6. Meet the Expert: Braughm Ricke of Aduro Advisors on working with over 300 Emerging Firms, his time as the first CFO at True Ventures, traits of successful managers

   Published: 08/07/2021
7. Monique Woodard of Cake Ventures on the 3 layers of the Cake that comprise her thesis, what she learned at Lightspeed and 500 startups, fundraising during a pandemic, and diversity in the seed.

   Published: 06/07/2021
8. Shauntel Garvey of Reach Capital on EdTech, raising a sector focused fund, and the importance of being an active seed investor beyond the A round

   Published: 29/06/2021
9. Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures on Generational Firm Evolution, Why Fundraising is Like Enterprise Sales, & The State of Venture today

   Published: 22/06/2021
10. Satya Patel of Homebrew on how they were able to raise their first fund in 100 days, creating enduring partnerships, and the art of fund sizing.

    Published: 15/06/2021
11. Jeff Clavier of Uncork Capital on being one of the earliest seed stage VC's, lessons in fundraising during a downturn, and building a multi-generational firm

    Published: 08/06/2021
12. Nnamdi Okike of 645 Ventures on thoughtfully growing funds, data driven sourcing in venture to reduce bias, and building one of the largest BIPOC led venture firms.

    Published: 25/05/2021
13. Stephen DeBerry of Bronze VC on social impact investing, GP commits, & the next-gen of underrepresented managers

    Published: 19/05/2021
14. Sunil Dhaliwal from Amplify Partners on finding overlooked investment opportunities, deal competition, and the future of venture capital

    Published: 11/05/2021
15. Pete Flint from NFX on network effects, VC as a platform, and how they think about fund sizes.

    Published: 04/05/2021
16. Jamie Rhode of Family Office Verdis Investment Management on using decision science to drive fund allocation strategy, their view on large portfolio sizes, and biggest trends they see in VC.

    Published: 26/04/2021
17. Paul Martino from Bullpen Capital on being an early pioneer in post-seed, conviction to back non-consensus startups + another way to think about the SPAC movement

    Published: 20/04/2021
18. Ashmeet Sidana on moving from a partnership with Foundation Capital to being a Solo GP, investing in technical teams, and the upside and downside of data.

    Published: 13/04/2021
19. Katie Jacobs Stanton on moving from angel investing to starting Moxxie, experiences with LP's "ghosting", and why she went the solo GP route

    Published: 06/04/2021
20. Daniel Leff of Waverley Capital on media tech, how he's crafted a successful VC career by being contrarian, and the role of strategic LPs as differentiators

    Published: 30/03/2021