Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

140 Episodes

1. 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
2. Bedrock Capital's Geoff Lewis on Vibe capital, the power of narrative violations, and winning in today's market

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

   Published: 3/23/2022
4. 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
5. Forerunner Ventures Eurie Kim on scaling the Forerunner franchise, thesis based investing, and advice for emerging managers

   Published: 3/9/2022
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. Union Square Ventures' Rebecca Kaden on their theme based investing approach, fund sizing for USV, and navigating hot markets

   Published: 2/9/2022
10. Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on finding the right LPs, the big differences between angel investing and being a solo fund manager, and the main thing she looks for in founding teams

    Published: 1/25/2022
11. QED Investors' Frank Rotman in breaking down the venture market today, determining how to compete today, and how QED makes decisions.

    Published: 1/18/2022
12. Ripple Ventures Matt Cohen on individual VC personal brands, Hedge funds in tech, portfolio math and front weighting in seed, and investing in Canada

    Published: 1/11/2022
13. M13's Carter Reum on building an operational services team (Propulsion platform), navigating from operator to angel investor to building a firm for the long haul.

    Published: 1/4/2022
14. Harbinger Ventures Megan Bent on their concentrated portfolio approach, specific traits they look for in founding teams, and consumer behavior post-pandemic

    Published: 12/22/2021
15. Boldstart ventures Ed Sim on starting his career during the dot-com bubble, the opportunity as being a true day one investor, and views on today's VC market compared to past eras

    Published: 12/14/2021
16. Lux Capital's co-founder Peter Hebert on the firm's 20 year journey, creating multi-generational success, and the changing dynamics in VC (including their use of SPAC's)

    Published: 12/7/2021
17. Initialized Capital's Alda Leu Dennis on building the proper culture for decision making, finding ways to win in today's market, and her concerns with the drop in diverse founder funding.

    Published: 11/30/2021
18. Kindred Ventures Kanyi Maqubela on large firms entering seed, the challenges of rising valuations, and the nuances of portfolio construction

    Published: 11/16/2021
19. Base10's TJ Nahigian on using automation and research within the firm as a competitive advantage, ways to optimize outcomes in the current investing climate, and thoughts on crossover investing.

    Published: 11/9/2021
20. Glasswing Ventures Rudina Seseri on frontier tech, the KPI's Glasswing uses to measure their value-add to founders, and why diversity is central to their investing ethos

    Published: 11/2/2021