All Venture Capital Professionals podcasts

01/22/2024

Gautam Gupta General Partner
at TCV

What are VCs looking for in today’s market? Gautam Gupta of TCV discusses what it takes to fundraise right now, including an emphasis on company fundamentals, significant gross profit margins, what to call out in a pitch meeting, and what to look for in a term sheet.

01/08/2024

Eric Ver Ploeg Founding Partner
at Tunitas Ventures

How do startups get to Series A? Eric Ver Ploeg, founding partner of Tunitas Ventures, discusses Series A investing, including timing, choosing VCs, shutting down a startup, startup valuations, and more..

12/10/2023

Abe Othman Head of Data Science
at AngelList

Abe Othman of AngelList discusses the current status of the startup ecosystem.

10/22/2023

David Bergeron Co-Founder and President
at ReSeed Partners

David Bergeron, explains how ReSeed Partners brings together talented real estate professionals and long-term investors to build real estate businesses.

09/10/2023

Shomik Ghosh Partner
at Boldstart Ventures

Shomik Ghosh, partner at VC firm Boldstart, discusses the types of companies Boldstart invests in, and looks at the current venture capital marketplace.

06/27/2023

Michael Bjorn Huseby Investment Funds Attorney
at DLA Piper

Michael Bjorn Huseby of DLA Piper explains some of the legal issues of venture capital, including 506(b) regulations, capital calls, VC partnership structures, management fees, carried interest, and more.

04/09/2023

Michael Frankel Founder and Managing Partner
at Trajectory Capital

Michael Frankel of Trajectory Capital discusses private equity, which can be an alternate route to success for many startups that may be viable businesses but lack the growth that venture capital funds need.

03/26/2023

Evan Meagher Chief Financial Officer
at CoreWeave

Evan Meagher, Chief Financial Officer of CoreWeave, as a wide-ranging discussion with Scott Orn about new technology, the current state of the economy, and how these changes are affecting the venture capital market.

12/11/2022

Benjamin Döpfner Founder and CEO
at Vesto

Benjamin Döpfner of Vesto talks about cash management strategies and explains how Vesto can help startups get a better yield on their cash while maintaining liquidity and preserving their capital.

06/07/2022

Courtney McCrea Co-founder and Managing Partner
at Recast Capital

Courtney McCrea, co-founder and managing partner of Recast Capital, discusses how Recast Capital helps link investors to emerging managers in venture.

03/29/2022

Marcelino Pantoja CEO and Founder
at Measurement

Marcelino Pantoja from Measurement discusses launching the first venture capital index fund that brings in investors at the beginning of Series A funding.

03/22/2022

Brian Sterz Founding Partner
at Wavepoint Capital

Brian Sterz, of Wavepoint Capital, joins Scott Orn to talk about launching the Wavepoint Fund, an equity hedge fund focused on disruptive opportunities.

01/11/2022

Kelsey Chase Co-founder and President
at Aumni

Kelsey Chase provides an overview of Aumni, an analysis tool that provides financial insights into venture capital investment.

12/07/2021

Katie Shea Co-Founder & General Partner
at Divergent Capital

Katie Shea of Divergent Capital talks about her background, industries in which she invested, and things she looks for when investing in a startup.

10/26/2021

Tyler Griffin Managing Partner
at Financial Venture Studio

Tyler Griffin, Managing Partner at Financial Venture Studio stops by to talk more about how his venture capital and private equity firm invests in great teams who are seeking to improve how Americans conduct their financial lives.

06/22/2021

Antonio Soler Managing Director & Head of US Corporates
at Vistra

Antonio Soler, Managing Director of Vistra, stops by to chat about how with a laser focus on minimizing risk and enhancing efficiencies, Vistra provides expert advisory and administrative support to Fund, Corporate, Capital Market, and Private Wealth clients.

04/27/2021

Charly Kevers CFO
at Carta

Charly Kevers, CFO of Carta, joins Scott Orn on the Founders & Friends podcast to tell us more about how Carta creates more business owners.

04/21/2021

Bryce Emo EVP, Sales
at Quid

Bryce Emo, EVP of Sales at Quid, explains how Quid helps employees of privately-held companies get the liquidity they need to pay for life today.

04/14/2021

Brian Parks Co-Founder and Managing Partner
at Bigfoot Capital

Brian Parks, co-founder and managing partner of Bigfoot Capital, stops by to talk about how Bigfoot helps provide Growth-oriented loans for B2B SaaS companies

01/19/2021

John Schroeder Founder and Principal
at Nova Foresight

John Schroeder of Nova Foresight stops by to talk about his company’s mission of helping leaders accelerate growth by uncovering hidden opportunities in today’s chaotic marketplace.

01/13/2021

Q Motiwala Managing Director
at DNX Ventures

Q Motiwala of DNX Ventures talks about partnering with entrepreneurs on their crazy startup journey.

10/20/2020

Zoe Hewitt Operating Partner, Talent
at EQT Ventures

Zoe shares her own Operations journey, EQT’s emphasis on building tools that produce insights into entrepreneurs, and EQT’s future.

09/08/2020

Tamara Steffens General Manager/Managing Director
at M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund

Tamara Steffens retraces her career as an entrepreneur at Software.com, Boingo, and others.

08/03/2020

Natalie Arora Head of Operations
at Susa Ventures

Natalie Arora, Head of Operations at Susa Ventures, shares how she operationalizes an incredible founder experience and announces the Venture Fellows Program.

07/13/2020

Nelson Chu Founder and CEO
at Cadence

Nelson Chu of Cadence - makes investing in Alternative Assets easy and affordable - Cadence works with many alternative asset providers - especially alternative lenders to open up alternatives asset classes.

06/25/2020

Lylan Masterman Venture Capitalist
at

Lylan Masterman traces his journey from startups, through the Kauffmann program into venture capital.

04/15/2020

Anne Dwane Co-Founder and Partner
at Village Global VC

In a pre-COVID interview, Anne Dwane of Village Global, a $100 million venture capital fund, explains her fund’s “founder-driven” investment thesis.

04/12/2020

Prashant Fonseka Partner
at Tuesday Capital

Prashant Fonseka, a venture capitalist with Tuesday Capital (formerly the CrunchFund), lists the advice he gives to portfolio companies during the COVID crisis.

04/08/2020

Jon Prentice Director of the Investment Team
at Lighter Capital

Lighter Capital provides revenue-based loans to startups

04/02/2020

Kelsey Chase Founder & President
at Aumni

Kelsey Chase of Aumni Discusses the CARES Act PPP Loans and how SBA Affiliate Rules Affect Startups.

03/31/2020

Kathryn Hickey Partner
at PilieroMazza PLLC

Kathryn Hickey of PilieroMazza PLLC discusses eligibility for startups under the CARE Act stimulus loans.

03/27/2020

Brock Blake Founder and CEO
at Lendio

Brock Blake of Lendio, a small business and SBA loan expert, talks about the recent COVID / coronavirus stimulus act for startups and small businesses.

03/26/2020

Jacob Yormak Partner
at Story Ventures

Jacob Yormak, one of the co-founders of and Partner at Story Ventures, discusses his journey into venture capital.

03/25/2020

Scott Orn & Healy Jones Chief Operating Officer, CFA
at Kruze Consulting

Congress is about to pass legislation that may make it possible for VC and seed backed companies to access “disaster” type SBA loans.

03/18/2020

Michael Frankel SVP and Managing Director
at Deloitte

M&A expert Michael Frankel of Deloitte discusses the steps startups can take to increase their enterprise value during a sale.

02/26/2020

Jennifer Vancini General Partner
at Mighty Capital

Jennifer Vancini, VC, explains how her early-growth VC firm, Mighty Capital, uses a network of product professionals to evaluate investments.

01/15/2020

Don Butler Managing Director
at Thomvest Ventures

Don Butler has been a Fintech VC for 20 years - he shares his experiences in investing in the original wave of Peer to Peer lenders, and his predictions on why startups have a strong chance to disrupt traditional banks.

11/18/2019

Kelsey Chase Founder and COO
at Aumni

Kelsey Chase of Aumni is a startup founder, offering technology that helps VCs and founders turn complex deal document data into valuable information.

09/10/2019

Dave Schappell Investor, Board Advisor and Director Of Marketing Operations
at MyPerfectColor.com

Dave Schappell of My Perfect Color talks about raising seed and VC funding as a repeat entrepreneur.

03/13/2019

Charles Hudson Managing Partner
at Precursor Ventures

Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures goes over the challenges of raising a seed fund in today’s environment.

12/01/2017

Chuck Pettid Partner, Deal Team Manager
at Republic.co

Deal Team Manager, Chuck Pettid, discusses Republic’s unique brand of crowdfunding equity investments for startups on the Founders and Friends Podcast

09/27/2017

Will Hawthorne Managing Director
at Code Advisors

Will Hawthorne of Code Advisors discusses M&A for Startups

01/23/2017

Steve Gillan Chief Financial Officer
at Azure Capital Partners

Steve Gillan of Azure Capital Partners discusses his firm’s strategy of investing in Post Seed Stage Startups on the Friends & Founders podcast.

11/07/2016

Steve Bennet Angel Investor & Entrepreneurship Professor
at Bodega Partners

Angel Investor, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Startup CFO consultant, Steve Bennet, discusses what Angel Investors look for in an investment.