Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

131 Episodes

1. Evaluating Crypto today, investing in crypto funds, the role of governance in the space featuring Rabia Iqbal and Jehan Chu of Nural Capital

   Published: 8/24/2022
2. Mark Mullen of Bonfire Ventures on going from a solo capitalist to joining forces with Jim Andelman, the state of seed markets, and his view on what makes fund managers differentiated

   Published: 8/10/2022
3. Ravi Viswanathan of New View Capital on the secondary and growth markets, and raising a unique $1B+ (modified) GP led secondary fund I

   Published: 8/3/2022
4. 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: 7/27/2022
5. Parade Ventures Shawn Merani on building LP relationships, not focusing on "hot" deals, and his mindset with founders

   Published: 7/15/2022
6. Tusk Venture Partners Jordan Nof: Evolving to an early stage firm, navigating regulatory hurdles for startups, and what the future holds for crypto.

   Published: 6/30/2022
7. 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: 6/22/2022
8. 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: 6/1/2022
9. 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: 5/5/2022
10. 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: 4/20/2022
11. 776's Alexis Ohanian on the new era of VC, using technology in a firm, and things he's most excited about today.

    Published: 4/13/2022
12. 8VC's Drew Oetting on their decision-making culture, building talent at firms, and his most critical learnings as an investor

    Published: 4/6/2022
13. Bedrock Capital's Geoff Lewis on Vibe capital, the power of narrative violations, and winning in today's market

    Published: 3/31/2022
14. David Cohen on founding Techstars, patterns of successful founders, and the math behind large portfolios

    Published: 3/23/2022
15. 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: 3/16/2022
16. Forerunner Ventures Eurie Kim on scaling the Forerunner franchise, thesis based investing, and advice for emerging managers

    Published: 3/9/2022
17. 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: 3/1/2022
18. 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: 2/22/2022
19. 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: 2/15/2022
20. Union Square Ventures' Rebecca Kaden on their theme based investing approach, fund sizing for USV, and navigating hot markets

    Published: 2/9/2022