Podcast interviews with VCs
David Forsberg of Ascent Energy Ventures discusses Ascent’s unique investment focus on digital tools for the energy industry, and explains how he reviews potential investments.
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Haje Kamps explains how Pitch Guide, an AI tool that analyzes pitch decks, helps founders improve their fundraising pitches by suggesting improvements and enhancements.
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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.
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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..
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David Bergeron, explains how ReSeed Partners brings together talented real estate professionals and long-term investors to build real estate businesses.
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Shomik Ghosh, partner at VC firm Boldstart, discusses the types of companies Boldstart invests in, and looks at the current venture capital marketplace.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Courtney McCrea, co-founder and managing partner of Recast Capital, discusses how Recast Capital helps link investors to emerging managers in venture.
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Marcelino Pantoja from Measurement discusses launching the first venture capital index fund that brings in investors at the beginning of Series A funding.
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Brian Sterz, of Wavepoint Capital, joins Scott Orn to talk about launching the Wavepoint Fund, an equity hedge fund focused on disruptive opportunities.
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Kelsey Chase provides an overview of Aumni, an analysis tool that provides financial insights into venture capital investment.
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Katie Shea of Divergent Capital talks about her background, industries in which she invested, and things she looks for when investing in a startup.
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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.
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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.
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Charly Kevers, CFO of Carta, joins Scott Orn on the Founders & Friends podcast to tell us more about how Carta creates more business owners.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Q Motiwala of DNX Ventures talks about partnering with entrepreneurs on their crazy startup journey.
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Zoe shares her own Operations journey, EQT’s emphasis on building tools that produce insights into entrepreneurs, and EQT’s future.
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Tamara Steffens retraces her career as an entrepreneur at Software.com, Boingo, and others.
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Natalie Arora, Head of Operations at Susa Ventures, shares how she operationalizes an incredible founder experience and announces the Venture Fellows Program.
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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.
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Lylan Masterman traces his journey from startups, through the Kauffmann program into venture capital.
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In a pre-COVID interview, Anne Dwane of Village Global, a $100 million venture capital fund, explains her fund’s “founder-driven” investment thesis.
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Prashant Fonseka, a venture capitalist with Tuesday Capital (formerly the CrunchFund), lists the advice he gives to portfolio companies during the COVID crisis.
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Kelsey Chase of Aumni Discusses the CARES Act PPP Loans and how SBA Affiliate Rules Affect Startups.
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Kathryn Hickey of PilieroMazza PLLC discusses eligibility for startups under the CARE Act stimulus loans.
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Brock Blake of Lendio, a small business and SBA loan expert, talks about the recent COVID / coronavirus stimulus act for startups and small businesses.
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Jacob Yormak, one of the co-founders of and Partner at Story Ventures, discusses his journey into venture capital.
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Congress is about to pass legislation that may make it possible for VC and seed backed companies to access “disaster” type SBA loans.
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M&A expert Michael Frankel of Deloitte discusses the steps startups can take to increase their enterprise value during a sale.
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Jennifer Vancini, VC, explains how her early-growth VC firm, Mighty Capital, uses a network of product professionals to evaluate investments.
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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.
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Kelsey Chase of Aumni is a startup founder, offering technology that helps VCs and founders turn complex deal document data into valuable information.
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09/10/2019
Dave Schappell Investor, Board Advisor and Director Of Marketing Operations
Dave Schappell of My Perfect Color talks about raising seed and VC funding as a repeat entrepreneur.
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Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures goes over the challenges of raising a seed fund in today’s environment.
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Deal Team Manager, Chuck Pettid, discusses Republic’s unique brand of crowdfunding equity investments for startups on the Founders and Friends Podcast
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Steve Gillan of Azure Capital Partners discusses his firm’s strategy of investing in Post Seed Stage Startups on the Friends & Founders podcast.
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Angel Investor, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Startup CFO consultant, Steve Bennet, discusses what Angel Investors look for in an investment.
Read moreScott Orn of Kruze Consulting interviews top venture capitalists on what they are looking for in venture investments. Plus, tips on running a fund raising process and more.
