Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

140 Episodes

1. Better Tomorrow Ventures, Jake and Sheel on Investing in FinTech, fund construction, and fundraising lessons

   Published: 1/11/2023
2. Jonathan Abrams, 8-Bit Capital: Learnings from founding and running Friendster, Defining "Founder Friendly", going from Angel to full-time VC

   Published: 12/21/2022
3. Gautam Gupta from TCV (Velocity) on the trend of large funds going early, the art of pro-rata investing, and what he is seeing in this market cycle

   Published: 12/7/2022
4. Patrick Chun at Juxtapose: How company creation models and studios work in VC, the squint and wedge framework of investing, and raising from blue-chip institutions

   Published: 11/30/2022
5. Valar Ventures Andrew McCormack on running concentrated portfolios with higher ownership vs. larger portfolios, learnings from working with Peter Thiel, and thoughts on valuations today

   Published: 11/10/2022
6. Mapping out a new partnership, why the RAISE GP/LP summit was such an important effort, and the art of fundraising by Joanna Drake of Magnify Ventures

   Published: 10/26/2022
7. Aydin Senkut of Felicis Ventures on angel to 9 time Midas list investor, inception to scale at Felicis, and winning in today's crowded market

   Published: 10/5/2022
8. Quid's Josh Berman on providing financings against private stock, "trapped liquidity" at funds, and his learnings from co-founding Myspace.

   Published: 9/28/2022
9. Discovering talent before it's obvious, the challenges of raising a fund I without a traditional pedigree, and startup fund culture with Eric Tarczynski of Contrary

   Published: 9/21/2022
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. Parade Ventures Shawn Merani on building LP relationships, not focusing on "hot" deals, and his mindset with founders

    Published: 7/15/2022
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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