Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

144 Episodes

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures on Generational Firm Evolution, Why Fundraising is Like Enterprise Sales, & The State of Venture today

   Published: 22/06/2021
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Stephen DeBerry of Bronze VC on social impact investing, GP commits, & the next-gen of underrepresented managers

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

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

    Published: 04/05/2021
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. Brian Garrett of Crosscut Ventures on building a regionally based seed firm outside of SV, the rise of LA, raising during a recession, and how Crosscut has evolved over the last 13 years.

    Published: 23/03/2021
17. Kelsey Chase of Aumni on using data to become institutional quicker, and what LPs now expect from emerging managers - Venture Unlocked 027

    Published: 18/03/2021
18. Clara Brenner of Urban Innovation Fund - Venture Unlocked 026

    Published: 16/03/2021
19. Lindsay Lee of Authentic Ventures on operationalizing networks & creating an edge through diversity rich networks- Venture Unlocked 025

    Published: 09/03/2021
20. Ryan Hoover of Weekend Fund on collaborative based investing, building founder NPS, and considerations around scaling funds - Venture Unlocked Ep. 24

    Published: 02/03/2021