Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

A podcast by Samir Kaji

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140 Episodes

  1. The Chainsmokers' Alex Pall in crossing over from a grammy nominated group in the music industry to starting Mantis VC

    Published: 11/29/2023
  2. Brad Gerstner talks AI, Tech Super cycles vs. Market cycles, and the start of Altimeter as a $3MM fund

    Published: 11/16/2023
  3. Going back to the foundation of Kleiner Perkins with Mamoon Hamid through clear busines model focus and culture

    Published: 11/1/2023
  4. Special LP roundtable: What are LPs thinking about in Venture with Beezer Clarkson, Guy Perelmuter and Chris Douvos

    Published: 10/25/2023
  5. Building competitive moats in VC at Lerer Hippeau with Ben Lerer and Graham Brown

    Published: 10/11/2023
  6. Building a next-generation tech-enabled Venture Capital firm with Chris Farmer of SignalFire

    Published: 9/27/2023
  7. The art of raising from LPs in an economic downturn with Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures

    Published: 8/30/2023
  8. Hernan Kazah of Kaszek Ventures on investing in Latin America, learnings from building a public company, and working with founders

    Published: 8/16/2023
  9. Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures on strategically raising a fund in a downturn, Why Firms Need a Business Model, and different views on portfolio construction

    Published: 7/26/2023
  10. Sunil Nagaraj of Ubiquity Ventures on the journey of a solo-GP, The Importance of Authenticity, and Navigating Hype Cycles

    Published: 7/12/2023
  11. Oren Zeev on scaling to $2B+ in AUM as a solo-GP, contrarian investing, and high founder NPS

    Published: 6/14/2023
  12. Stephanie Palmeri and Melody Koh of NextView Ventures on incentives within venture partnerships, the changes in seed financing, and operating remotely

    Published: 6/2/2023
  13. Scott Kupor, Managing Partner of a16z on Building a lasting Venture Franchise

    Published: 5/17/2023
  14. Fundraising best practices for managers, strategic LP management, and LPACs with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter

    Published: 4/26/2023
  15. Satya Patel and Hunter Walk on learnings from building Homebrew, moving to an evergreen model, and launching Screendoor VC to back underrepresented fund managers

    Published: 4/12/2023
  16. Portfolio construction trends and best practices with CEO Anubhav Srivastava of Tactyc

    Published: 4/7/2023
  17. Dana Settle on starting and building Greycroft, Maintaining culture and speed with scale, and thoughts on VC moving forward

    Published: 3/30/2023
  18. Shuly Galili of UpWest on building lasting partnerships and how they bridged the gap between Israeli founders and the US Market

    Published: 3/21/2023
  19. Ryan Hoover of Weekend Fund and Jordan Gonen of Compound on the rise of private and retail investors into venture capital and alternatives

    Published: 2/22/2023
  20. Eddy Chan of Intudo Ventures on building a hyper-local venture strategy for Indonesia

    Published: 2/2/2023

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Venture Unlocked is the playbook for starting, operating, & scaling a successful venture capital firm. Samir Kaji, Host of Venture Unlocked has +20-years of experience assisting & advising startups and venture firms. Listen for VC fund guidance. ventureunlocked.substack.com