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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show note ...
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Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Mazin and Aviral.
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Andrew Romans, General Partner of 7BC Venture Capital, 3x author, and university professor, talks to VCs, founders and other VC-startup ecosystem players about all things venture capital, startups, entrepreneurship, technology, CVC, and big corporate tech titans.
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The VC Hour is the podcast of the Vice Chancellor of African Bible University. The themes of the hour are studies of Biblical and Systematic Theology and their practical applications for Christianity today. Episodes are also available through RadioABC 99.3 in Lubowa, Uganda each week at 5:30pm East Africa Time. New episodes drop each week.
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The leading podcast on how to build a successful open source company. Learn from the founders of HashiCorp, Chronosphere, Vercel, MongoDB, DBT, mobile.dev and more!
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EUVC is your go-to podcast for everything European VC. Co-hosted by Andreas Munk Holm and David Cruz e Silva, EUVC features some of the most prominent people from the European VC industry, giving you a fresh new perspective on the industry and geo we love. Follow us and stay in the loop with everything European VC on eu.vc
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a very bad 💩podcast about VC secondaries broken unicorns ❤️🩹🦄 & busted carry 📉🙈
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The Innovators & Investors Podcast: Connecting the Startup Ecosystem. We are on a mission to bridge the gap between founders, investors, and industry leaders across the early-stage ecosystem. By bringing together visionaries from cutting-edge startups, venture capitalists, family offices, angel investors, accelerators, and studios, we offer a platform for sharing invaluable insights, market trends, and first-hand experiences. Whether you’re an entrepreneur navigating the challenges of buildi ...
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Each week, StrictlyVC Editor-in Chief Connie Loizos and Alex Gove, a former journalist, VC, and operating exec, review the top stories in StrictlyVC and interview a mover and shaker in the world of tech.
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Join TK and his friends from the White Rice gang as they tell stories and talk about general topics as they would discuss in VC. Get on VC with us!
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The Transparent VC podcast, brought to you by Tribe Global Ventures, the VC helping B2B Tech companies scale into the UK and US. This podcast seeks to give insights into venture investing for both founders and investors, and have a bit of fun along the way.
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A podcast community for Proptech and Real Estate leaders, investors, operators and innovators. A new era is upon us. Tangent💚Proptech unites Proptech founders💡, Real Estate investors and operators🏢, Venture Capital investors, urban leaders🏙 and passionate creators🌎 who are improving our communities and cities. Join us to learn how we can solve present day challenges with innovative technology and greater collaboration. Join VC investors Jeffrey Berman and Zach Aarons, and Proptech entreprene ...
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A podcast for entrepreneurs who are looking to build & grow their startups. Avoid common traps & learn uncommon strategies & tactics from makers & doers of startup ecosystem. Prime Ventures is a early-stage venture fund which focuses on startups that not only need capital but also require mentoring to transform them into disruptive companies. We share a passion for working closely with entrepreneurs and enjoy sharing their journey in a high-frequency, interactive and fun environment.Read mor ...
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VC Unfiltered aims to bring authenticity, humor, and unfiltered advice to the forefront of venture capital. VC Unfiltered features real conversations with entrepreneurs and investors, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the highs and lows of building successful ventures. We want to break down the barriers that often make the VC space feel intimidating and inaccessible, creating a platform where genuine interactions and honest insights can thrive. Through this series, we hope to inspire a sh ...
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Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.
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A podcast about investing in startups. Tips from industry experts and real-life opportunities to invest in founders shaping the world of tomorrow. Brought to you by Slice Capital.
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Demo Day is the podcast for founders, venture capitalists, and anyone who wants to learn more about the top accelerator, incubator, and VC programs across the country. Come hear the top venture capitalists and founders in the game discuss what it takes to go from seed to exit.
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Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth
Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Startup & VC Podcast Network
Startuprad.io™ is Europe’s voice on startups, venture capital, and innovation — giving you backstage access to the continent’s most dynamic founders, investors, and tech visionaries. Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show has become a trusted source for international audiences who want to understand how Europe builds and scales its next generation of unicorns. Each episode dives deep into the strategies, funding rounds, and market shifts shaping the DACH and broader European startup scene — from ...
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Hang out with VC to discuss current events, sports, hip hop, and a plethora of topics he may find interesting. New episodes every Wednesday!
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Hold My Headset is a weekly Call of Duty podcast hosted by gamer girls Wolf (Inked Sniper Wolf) and Kitty (BadKitty). Each episode feels like hanging out in VC — laughing, roasting toxic behavior, sharing real clapbacks, and talking gameplay, updates, and community stories without taking ourselves too seriously. This isn’t a sweaty meta breakdown or a rage podcast. It’s confidence, comedy, and community with just enough feral energy to keep things interesting. Release Schedule: New episodes ...
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Join Carta's Head of Insights, Peter Walker, as he breaks down the data that's fueling today's most fascinating trends in startups, VC, and the private market ecosystem. Featuring guests from across the venture industry — from founders to investors, and everyone in between — each new Data Minute is a bite-sized breakdown of the metrics, patterns, and important insights you need to navigate the ever-changing world of startups.
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Affairs is a monthly radio show from Brazilian house music DJ & Producer, Vintage Culture. Hear exclusive first plays of tracks from his record box, festival edits & remixes and special Guest Mixes. Every month VC drops his VINTAGE VIP, plays festival bangers in his ON THE ROAD section and throws back with a VINTAGE MEMORY. New episodes of Affairs drop every 4th week of the month
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The 1st podcast dedicated to demystifying Venture Capital (est. May 2014). Nick Moran interviews the VC and Angel investor experts on how they find, evaluate and select the next great technology startups.
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Discover unconventional, data-driven market intelligence on emerging trends, startups, and VC deals in Travel and Mobility Tech! Published every two weeks, the TNMT Audio Briefing is the AI-generated audio version of the insights and research findings from our analyst experts at the Lufthansa Innovation Hub. For more, visit TNMT.com and sign up for the Lufthansa Innovation Hub's TNMT email newsletter, read by 20,000+ curious industry leaders across the globe.
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Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands | Technology
Mike Gelb
Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place. Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subs ...
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Welcome to the Zinc Podcast, where you can stories from our Founders. At Zinc, we help build tech startups to tackle the world's toughest social problems. *Mission 1 (2017-18): Mental Health *Mission 2 (2018-19): Automation + Globalisation
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main vc is a group of friends who just talk about random sh!t Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/main-vc/support
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The Texas VC Podcast hosted by @texasvc interviewing the leaders of the Texas entrepreneurial community.
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The tech media loves a splashy funding announcement - millions of dollars injected into a hot startup primed to become a unicorn. But what about the work behind those headlines? Host Jason Yeh, a former VC and venture-backed startup founder, talks with entrepreneurs about how they raised the capital to launch world-changing startups. Their conversations uncover incredible stories including cautionary tales, inspirational memories, and even some insightful tips. Keep up with us on social @fun ...
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Welcome to Cloudbreak, where breakthrough innovation meets breakthrough growth. In this podcast hosted by early stage VC firm Trilogy Equity Partners, we sit down with the brilliant minds and leaders building early stage startups to discuss the pivotal stories, insights, and hard-won lessons they've learned from the driver's seat of breaking innovation, company building, and scaling. They'll share what's working, what isn't, and what they'd wish they'd known earlier.
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Business Podcast by Roohi an audio based interview style podcast where I chat with thought leaders, Venture Capitalists, creators, founders, entrepreneurs. About a wide range of topics from investment thesis to start up space. It's a podcast for creators, makers, builders, doers, business people and Venture capital enthusiasts.
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Understanding VC is a podcast that provides founders with the knowledge and resources they need to understand venture capital. My goal is to create the best and most comprehensive resource on venture capital on the internet, so that founders can make informed decisions about their businesses and secure the funding they need to succeed.
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Ever wanted to understand venture capital? This documentary series is for you. ‘Making Sense of VC’ explains: Why entrepreneurs need to understand investors; what a VC does all day; the venture capital business model; what it takes to be a VC; how tech investment is evolving, and much more. 'Making Sense of VC' is presented and produced by Martin SFP Bryant for Big Revolution.
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”Let’s Talk About Tech” is a podcast presented by Venionaire Capital, a distinguished private equity and venture capital company. This engaging podcast brings together thought leaders, industry experts, and innovators to explore prominent topics at the intersection of technology and business. Delving into the ever-evolving landscape of the tech sector, the show covers a wide range of subjects, including Web3, Crypto, RegTech, HealthTech, FinTech, 3D-Mobility, Entrepreneurship, PE/VC Investme ...
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The Healthtech VC, hosted by Dr Fiona Pathiraja, features conversations with ambitious startups, outstanding investors and visionary leaders in the healthtech space. Fiona is Managing Partner at Crista Galli Ventures, a pan-European, healthtech-specific VC fund investing in early stage companies building the future of healthcare. www.cristagalli.com
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The FWDstart Podcast is a weekly show at the intersection of venture capital, startups, and strategic industries shaping the MENA region. Each episode features candid conversations with founders, investors, and operators behind the region’s most ambitious companies, from frontier AI and fintech infrastructure to climate tech, construction, energy, and space.
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Singapore and Southeast Asia's longest running VC podcast! Previous guests include Nobel Laureate Dr Michael Spence, Endeavor Catalyst Managing Partner Allen Taylor, NYSE's Cassandra Seier, Kaszek Ventures’ and MercadoLibre’s founder Hernan Kazah, OneCapital’s and Projection.ai’s founder Shinji Asada, monashees’ founder Eric Acher, Tao of Alibaba author and Alibaba Global Initiatives’ Brian Wong, Dianping founder Zhang Tao, Appier founder Chih Han Yu, Carro founder Aaron Tan, Ajaib founder A ...
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BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand & Malaysia Startups, Founders & Venture Capital VC (English)
Jeremy Au
Learn from Southeast Asia's best tech leaders. Build the future, learn from our past & stay human in between. No B.S on success. Southeast Asia's #1 startup & venture capital podcast with 80,000+ listeners. Hosted by Jeremy Au. VC & serial founder. Harvard MBA & UC Berkeley. Sci-fi nerd & dad of two daughters. Growth and personal growth solves all problems. The best feeling is coaching good humans to be great leaders. Published on Monday & Thursday. Weekly tech news debates, changemaker inte ...
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Jamie is the founding partner of Pillar VC, a Boston-based seed-stage venture capital firm. He has spent the last 22 years investing in early-stage startups.
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The GTMnow Podcast interviews well-known tech executive, VC, and founders - the expert operators in the trenches who have ‘been there, done that’ to build some of the fastest-growing software companies. Every week, a guest joins Sophie Buonassisi to dissect their stories, revealing expert insights around what worked, what didn’t, and how things actually went down. This podcast is produced by GTMnow, the media brand of GTMfund - sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of po ...
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Hosted by a General Partner (GP) and a Limited Partner (LP), Origins dives into the venture capital ecosystem to learn how the people behind the money make decisions: How LPs choose VC funds to invest in, what drives performance in venture, the dos and don'ts of fundraising, what founders/entrepreneurs/CEOs need to do to raise a Seed, Series A and beyond, what it takes to go from emerging manager to franchise VC, and the latest private market trends and dynamics shaping the investment ecosys ...
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The NextGen VC Podcast is the premier podcast for forward-thinking venture capitalists eager to dive in and sharpen their skills. It unpacks the opportunities, challenges, and breakthroughs shaping life sciences investing today, and is curated by Wilson Sonsini and LaunchBio with hosts Michael Hostetler and Jen Fang. Email the show: [email protected] Learn about in-person NextGen VC events: launchbio.org/programs/nextgen-vc-forum/ Discover resources for the life sciences community: lau ...
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Our daily load of stuff from the Van Camp and Morgan Radio Show heard worldwide. From shower thoughts to random facts and more. On the web: VanCampAndMorgan.com On socials: @vancampandmorgan
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Eldred Wee: Inside Southeast Asia’s SME Gold Rush, Double Books & the Roll-Up Playbook – E660
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36:45Eldred Wee, Founder of Edenity, joins Jeremy Au to unpack why corporate services and accounting firms sit at the center of Southeast Asia’s next wave of SME acquisitions. They explore how Eldred’s early career in Big Four audit shaped his ability to spot incentives, fraud, and double or triple books, and why these realities define investing in the …
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20Growth: The $6.6B Growth Engine Behind ElevenLabs | Why ElevenLabs Do Not Have PMs | The 7 Part Launch Playbook to Crush All Launches with Luke Harries, Head of Growth @ ElevenLabs
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1:13:34Luke Harries is Head of Growth at ElevenLabs, where he leads marketing, product, engineering, and developer experience. ElevenLabs has raised $281M with the latest round pricing the company at a $6.6B valuation. Previously, Luke held roles at PostHog and Microsoft, and is also an angel investor supporting startups like Lovable and Runna. AGENDA: Th…
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Adversity whispers doubts in the night, but your heart holds a dawn of unwavering resolve. Within each challenge lies a lesson waiting to unfold. Embrace your struggles as you would a wise teacher. For it is through facing our battles that we discover our true strength.By VC Xavier
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E127 AI-native all-in-one CRM | Simo Lemhandez, CEO, Folk on Fireside with a VC
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27:23In this episode of Fireside with a VC, I sit down with Simo Lemhandez, CEO, Folk We discuss: CRM built today with native-AI technology. How one CRM draws data from email, CRM, WhatsApp, meeting notes and more. Integrating data enrichment, mining your data, sending email sequences and follow up reminders all in one dynamic application. How CRM can b…
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TP18: James Riney of Coral Capital 🇯🇵 | Japan's VC Explosion 🚀 | 2026 IPO Predictions 📈
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1:31:42Episode 18 of the @TradingPlacesPod featuring James Riney from Coral Capital is out now!This week: Dave and Aman kick off 2026 with their macroeconomic predictions (GDP growth, Fed rate cuts, and tax refunds), break down the IPO market outlook (SpaceX at $1.6T?!, OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks), and dive deep into the secondary market dynamics for c…
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E677 | Michael Brehm, Redstone: One Investment, 200 Ventures — The New Blueprint for European VC Access
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23:54In this episode, Andreas sits down with Michael Sackler, founder of Supernode Global, to unpack the thesis behind Supernode’s Fund II: backing application-layer software with great UI/UX — the tools people actually use every day at home and at work — at a time when most European funds avoid consumer and default to “AI-infra everything.” Michael sha…
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Send us a text The whole world seems to be debating what kind of leader we need. In this episode, the VC will look how the Bible presents the leaders for which we all look.
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Fintech and Finance Review 2025: AI Risk Becomes Banking
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1:28:36A structural review of what became irreversible in finance in 2025: AI embedded in core decisions, enforcement-era regulation, real-time payment constraints, trust limits in automation, and tokenization as infrastructure control. This episode argues that the next phase of financial innovation is defined by resilience, governance, trust, and capital…
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Investor Stories 450. How to Succeed Early in VC: Slow Down, Commit to Relationships, and Become an Active Listener (Niehenke, York, Hilaly)
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5:01On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Alexander Niehenke of Scale Venture Partners Kyle York of York IE Aaref Hilaly of Bain Capital Ventures We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of Ne…
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The Industry Quietly Taking Over VC with Gabriel Schlumberger
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1:00:17Space startups today look a lot like the internet in 1995 – early, chaotic, and packed with upside for the founders brave enough to build in the void. With VCs going all in on space, Techstars betting big on the category, and an entire industry quietly taking over venture capital, this is a moment founders can’t ignore. In this episode of Demo Day,…
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The AI-First VC | Ben Orthlieb, Founding Partner, Blue Moon VC
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1:00:37This week on The Data Minute, Peter sits down with Ben Orthlieb, Founding Partner at Blue Moon VC, for a look under the hood of a firm that has completely re-engineered the venture capital process using AI. Ben explains how Blue Moon uses a proprietary tech stack to source over 12,000 teams a year and screen them down to the top 5% based on their p…
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Consumer Isn’t Dead, VC Just Got It Wrong ft. Michael Duda
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56:58Glimpse is the all-in-one, AI-powered deductions management platform for CPG brands—automating deduction capture, classification, disputes, and accounting. Recover more revenue while saving time – https://www.tryglimpse.com In this episode, Mike chats with Michael Duda, Founder and Managing Partner of Bullish, the consumer-focused investment firm b…
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VC 2: How Cassie Young Picks Winners Before They Even Leave Their Jobs
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1:09:20Cassie Young is a General Partner at Primary Venture Partners, a $1B AUM early-stage firm in New York backing category-defining SaaS, fintech, and vertical software companies. Before investing, she spent 15 years as a GTM operator, serving as Chief Revenue Officer at Sailthru and later Chief Customer & Commercial Officer at Marigold (Campaign Monit…
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D.A. Wallach Explains Why Biotech VC Is So Different
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50:05Most people think of venture capital as funding software startups or, these days, some new AI tool. But VC also plays a major role in developing new medicines and treatments. That’s the world of D.A. Wallach — though he didn’t start there. Before becoming a biotech investor, Wallach was the lead singer of the indie rock band Chester French. So how …
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The truth reveals itself on Christmas Eve. What was blamed on bears, the woods, and the mountain is finally exposed, and stopping it means risking everything. As Frost Pine’s darkest secret comes to light, Ashley and Kenny must fight to survive and make it out together. This was never a ghost story.By VC Xavier
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E188: Building (And Spinning Out) Open Source Projects With Informal Systems
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37:48In our latest episode, co-hosts Robby and Tim talk with Zarko Milosevic (CTO) & Arianne Flemming (COO) of Informal Systems. They've built a protocol design & cross-chain infrastructure platform to foster trust in software and money. This episode explores how open source infrastructure and security drive company-building in high-stakes financial sof…
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What starts as curiosity turns into terror when Ashley and Kenny search the old building they found in the woods. An old elevator descends into a forgotten basement, revealing a hidden room filled with evidence that transforms rumors into something far more real and far more dangerous. When the elevator fails, they’re left trapped below with no way…
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Smart Glasses: The Tech Trend Hiding in Plain Sight
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12:05This podcast episode is an AI-generated conversation using NotebookLM and based on our TNMT.com analysis: Smart Glasses: The Tech Trend Hiding in Plain Sight. We talk about how, while XR hype has cooled, development hasn’t. Smart glasses are advancing, with promising implications for the travel industry. The full article can be found here: https://…
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20Sales: The Best Sales People Are F***** in the Head | The Unspoken Truths All Sales Leaders Need to Know in 2026 | Why Europe is a Nightmare for Recruiting | How to Improve Sales Team Performance in ...
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1:09:35Chad Peets is one of the great sales leaders of our time. Currently, Chad is leading all things sales at X. Previously he was the sales saviour at Snowflake and was an advisor to the CEO there. He was also a MD at Sutter Hill where he sat on the board of companies like Sigma Computing and Augment Code. AGENDA: 04:53 How to Recruit the Best Sales Ta…
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Greg Grandin on how the Monroe Doctrine Became the Donroe Doctrine
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40:31In some sense, the arrest of Maduro is nothing unusual. For over 200 years, the US viewed the entirety of the Western hemisphere as its legitimate domain for intervention. And of course, there's a long history of the US getting involved with Latin America specifically. But what is the Monroe Doctrine? And how does Trump's foreign policy fit into it…
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Back inside the lodge, Ashley meets Mary, a longtime employee who never left Frost Pine, even after tragedy struck her family. Her story is heartbreaking, her words unsettling, and her warning impossible to ignore. As the past bleeds into the present, Ashley begins to realize the mountain may not be the only thing keeping secrets.…
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Investor Stories 451: Why I Passed: Moving Too Slowly, Misreading Return Drivers, and Passing on Lyft (Banks, Tananbaum, Cohen)
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7:43On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Lara Banks of Makena Capital Management Jim Tananbaum of Foresite Capital David Cohen of Techstars Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack V…
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Here's What Could Happen to Venezuela's Messy $170 Billion of Debt
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35:09There are a bunch of questions right now about the future of Venezuela, and one of the big ones is what's going to happen to its circa $170 billion pile of debt. Some investors have been snapping up defaulted Venezuelan bonds, betting that a future restructuring could hand them a hefty payout. Others argue that the Venezuelan people shouldn't be sa…
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2026 Market Outlook | Ashley Neville, Carta Insights Team
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39:28Welcome to 2026. In this special New Year’s episode of The Data Minute, Peter sits down with his colleague Ashley Neville from Carta’s Insights Team to dissect the data that defined 2025 and forecast the trends shaping the year ahead. Ashley and Peter analyze the "haves and have nots" market where AI startups command a 40% valuation premium over th…
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E678 | Giovanni Daprà & Paolo Gesess: Moneyfarm’s Journey, United Ventures’ Playbook & How Europe’s Fintech Winners Scale
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41:29Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast where we connect and champion the people building European venture. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with two pillars of Italy’s modern tech ecosystem: Giovanni Daprà, CEO & co-founder of Moneyfarm, one of Europe’s leading digital wealth management platforms Paolo Gesess, co-founder & GP at United Ventur…
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20VC: Groq's $20BN NVIDIA Acquisition | Manus Acquired by Meta for $2BN | Why Sam Altman Does Not Care About Dilution | Navan Trading at 4x ARR & Why Going Public Does Not Make Sense Anymore | The Rise ...
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1:23:47AGENDA: 04:30 Groq Acquired by NVIDIA for $20BN: The Breakdown 17:13 Meta's $2BN Acquisition of Manus: Did They Sell Too Early 36:04 OpenAI's Stock-Based Compensation Strategy 47:42 Will AI Replace Venture Capitalists 56:13 Navan Trading at 4x ARR: Who is Good Enough to Go Public? 01:09:46 The Rise of Invisible Unemployment 01:14:21 The Future of W…
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Osamu Abe, MUFG Chief of Staff for Asia Pacific, on venture investing for banks and institutions
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36:55Osamu Abe shares stories and insights from his career of nearly 30 years at MUFG from investment banking to taking an executive education on Sand Hill Road, later on setting up MUFG's first international CVC fund then MUFG's first spin out growth debt and equity funds (Mars Growth Capital and Mars Equity), and finally continuing to work with startu…
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Florian Hoppe: Southeast Asia’s Digital Resilience, AI Infrastructure & the Next Growth Wave - E659
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40:10Florian Hoppe, Partner at Bain, joins Jeremy Au to unpack insights from the Bain Southeast Asia Digital Economy Report 2025 and explain why the region’s digital economy keeps growing despite global uncertainty and negative headlines. They explore the long-term forces behind this resilience, including consumer adoption, payments and logistics infras…
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Ep. 624: Van Camp and Morgan Right Now (1-7-26)
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40:08(Airdate: 1.7.26) Today's show is all over the place in the best possible way. We dig into why people are rage-donating terrible AI-generated gifts, and why January is apparently the month professional organizers want you to throw everything you own straight into the sun. Smart rings are quietly becoming the next must-have wearable, and why leaning…
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GTM 173: The PLG→Enterprise Playbook: Turning Product Signals into 9-Figure Revenue with Adam Carr
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36:52Adam Carr is the Chief Revenue Officer at Apollo, where he’s scaling revenue by layering sales on top of a $150M+ ARR product-led growth engine. Previously, Adam helped scale Miro from a PLG-led company into a global sales organization, contributing to its growth into a $17.5B business. He’s known for building systems-driven GTM teams that turn pro…
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This Robot Lives in Your Building's Trash Chute & Saves $200K+ Expenses, with RoboChute CEO & Co-founder Tzvika Graiver
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46:46Tzvika Graiver is the co-founder and CEO of RoboChute, the company reinventing how buildings manage trash chutes using smart, autonomous robots. With a background in law and a deep commitment to environmental innovation, Tzvika brings a unique blend of strategic insight and operational grit to the built world. RoboChute’s system proactively cleans,…
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This Is What Maduro's Arrest Means for the Oil Market
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46:36Venezuela is sitting on, by some measures, the biggest oil reserves in the world. And yet, in the immediate wake of Maduro's capture by US forces, the actual price of oil has moved very little. So what gives? And what are the stakes for the industry? On this episode, we speak with Gregory Brew, a senior analyst at the Eurasia Group. Greg has the pe…
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Ep. 623: Van Camp and Morgan Right Now (1-6-26)
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37:51(Airdate: 1.6.26) Money feels tighter, stress feels louder, and even your hobbies might be hurting your career. Today, we break down how everyday middle-class comforts quietly turned into luxuries, why saving for a down payment now feels like a second full-time job, and why some women feel more stressed when their husbands are home relaxing. We als…
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True Ventures' contrarian playbook: High ownership, low noise
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33:36This week on StrictlyVC Download, Connie Loizos and Alex Gove talk with Jon Callaghan, managing partner at True Ventures. Callaghan has spent two decades building True Ventures into one of Silicon Valley's most successful seed-stage firms, managing nearly $4 billion across 12 funds while staying deliberately quiet in an increasingly loud venture la…
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Episode 001: We Were Left Unsupervised (So We Started a Podcast)
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32:25Two gamer girls. One headset. Zero supervision. Welcome to Hold My Headset, the podcast that happens when a wolf and a feral kitty are left alone in Call of Duty lobbies — and decide to hit record instead of behaving. In our very first episode, we’re getting into: how this chaotic duo even formed why Toxic Tuesday is now a weekly tradition the wild…
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How Darrow's AI Legal Intelligence Platform Mitigates Legal Risk and Accelerates Litigation
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41:30In this episode of The Innovators & Investors Podcast, Kristian Marquez hosts Mathew Lewis, U.S. General Manager and Chief Revenue Officer at Darrow, a company dedicated to uncovering large-scale legal violations and helping plaintiffs, plaintiff firms, insurance companies, and corporates manage risk. Mathew shares Darrow’s unique approach to ident…
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E676 | Poone Mokari, ewake.ai & Pietro Bezza, Connect Ventures: Building the AI Teammate for Software Reliability
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41:14Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast where we dive deep into the craft of building and backing venture-scale companies in Europe. Modern software doesn’t fail quietly. It fails on Black Friday. It fails while the CFO is in a board meeting. It fails when your biggest customer is mid-way through a critical workflow. And when it does, there’s one brutal r…
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Ep. 622: Van Camp and Morgan Right Now (1-5-26)
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32:22(Airdate: 1.5.26) We're back! After some time off, we're kicking off the new year with an all-new show and yes, it hits the ground running. Today we unpack why going back to real life after the Holidays feels harder than it should. There's a wild story about friends saving a sleeping man from fire, plus a heads-up on California's speed cameras and …
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499. A 17 Time Midas Lister on Greatness, the $6T AI Teammate Market, Why AI Sovereignty Is Critical, and Who Wins the Battle Between Incumbents and Startups (Navin Chaddha)
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49:29Navin Chaddha of Mayfield joins Nick to discuss A 17 Time Midas Lister on Greatness, the $6T AI Teammate Market, Why AI Sovereignty Is Critical, and Who Wins the Battle Between Incumbents and Startups. In this episode we cover: Challenges in Early Internet Video Lessons from Interacting with Tech Luminaries Investment Philosophy and Evaluation Proc…
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What Really Happens at a Fed Research Conference
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41:46Every year, regional Federal Reserve banks host some of the most substantive — and under-the-radar — events in the central banking world: research conferences. Behind the formal papers and dense macro models, this is where much of the Fed’s intellectual groundwork for monetary policy first starts to take shape. On this episode, we take you inside t…
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20VC: $0-$260M in Revenue in Three Years: How We Did It | You Need to Work Weekends to Win — Most Founders Aren't Ambitious Enough | The Revolut Playbook: Speed, Urgency, Extreme Ownership, and Zero Excuses ...
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56:51I have interviewed 1,000 entrepreneurs over 10 years. Nik Storonsky and our guest today are the two best that I have interviewed. Joining the show today; Alan Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of Fuse Energy. Alan has scaled Fuse Energy from $2M in revenue in the first year, to $20M the second year to now $400M in the third year. Like Netflix beat incumben…
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Nafez Dakkak (Anara Capital) on Why AI Tutors Will Fail, Is MENA EdTech's "Sleeping Giant" & Solving the Arabic Literacy Crisis
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56:39Nafez Dakkak is the Founding Partner of Anara Capital, a $50 million impact fund investing in early-stage startups across learning, climate, and wellbeing in the MENA region. Designed to be intentional and scalable, the fund backs founders solving critical infrastructure challenges across the Levant, GCC and North Africa. Before launching Anara, Na…
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BRAVE: How VCs Actually Think About Founders, Unicorns & Growth - E658
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20:42Jeremy Au breaks down how venture capitalists actually think about startups, founder selection, and long-term value creation. Drawing from real VC decisions, classroom debates, and emerging technologies, he explains why learning speed beats polish, why most “obvious” winners only look obvious in hindsight, and how founders navigate pivots, problem …
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Ep 145: Mimetically Predicting 2026 ft AJVC
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25:51Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.Join us as we talk with Aviral Bhatnagar, the Founder and Managing Partner of A Junior VC, as he shares his predictions for the startup ecosystem in 2026…
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Ashley and Kenny arrive at Frost Pine Ski Resort, a cozy mountain lodge with a dark reputation. Every few years, on Christmas Eve, someone disappears — no tracks, no clues, no answers.By VC Xavier
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The Business of Butterworth's, the Hottest New Restaurant in Washington DC
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52:06When the Odd Lots team was down in Washington DC earlier this year, we had a phenomenal meal at a restaurant called Butterworth's. As it turns out, the restaurant is one of the hottest hangouts for the MAGA crowd, with Steve Bannon and others frequently seen in its dining room. Of course, restaurants are difficult businesses in normal conditions, b…
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It's that time of the year. On this episode, Tracy and Joe answer questions from listeners that were submitted via voice note. We talk about everything from Chinese history to whales to whether or not we ever hold an episode without publishing it. Only Bloomberg - Business News, Stock Markets, Finance, Breaking & World News subscribers can get the …
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Kelvin Chan: From Math to Google AI, Nano Banana, How It’s Built & Where It’s Headed – E657
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30:03Kelvin Chan, an AI researcher at Google, joins Jeremy Au to unpack his unconventional path from mathematics in Hong Kong to applied AI research across Singapore and the United States. They explore how AI research differs from traditional academic work, why iteration and results often matter more than theory, and how scale has transformed research c…
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Competing in the post-Humane AI wearables era with Sandbar CEO Mina Fahmi
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25:01This week on StrictlyVC Download, we’re sharing a conversation from our event in Palo Alto, where TechCrunch reporter Marina Temkin spoke with Mina Fahmi, the founder and CEO of Sandbar, and Toni Schneider of True Ventures. Mina Fahmi is the CEO and co-founder of Sandbar, a startup building the Stream ring—an AI wearable designed to capture your wh…
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