Consumer VC
Episodes
Mike Duboe (Greylock) - Learnings as Head of Growth at Stitch Fix & Tilt, The Importance of Saying No, and Analyzing Health of Acquisition
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Duboe joined Greylock Partners in 2018 and leads investments in commerce, marketplaces, and consumer more broadly. Previously, he led growth at S...
David Wu (Maveron) - The Reinvention of Entertainment, The Founder Scorecard, and the Lessons Learned From Building a Houseboat and Cruising Down the Mississippi
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Wu is a Partner at Maveron. Maveron is a premier consumer-focused fund that invests in seed and Series A companies that empower consumers to liv...
Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital) - The Future of Marketplaces, Why investing in B2C companies is different to B2B companies, Investing in Secondary and Tertiary Markets
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Heitzmann is a founder and partner of FirstMark Capital and focuses on consumer and enterprise investments. Rick has led investments in market le...
Susan Lyne (BBG Ventures) - Why Investing in Women Founders is Still an Untapped Market
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Lyne is the co-founder and Managing Partner of BBG Ventures, a fund that invests in visionary entrepreneurs building the next generation of mark...
Caitlin Strandberg (Lerer Hippeau) - How To Identify Consumer Pain Points, The D2C Investment Landscape, and The New York Ecosystem
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin Strandberg is a Principal at Lerer Hippeau, the most active early-stage venture capital fund in New York. The firm has more than 250 active po...
Ajay Kamat (Pear VC) - Clarity of Thought, Future of Audio, and Today's Investing Landscape
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ajay Kamat is a Partner at Pear, one of the premier early stage venture capital funds in Silicon Valley. Prior to Pear, Ajay founded Wedding Party, wh...
Amit Mukherjee (NEA) - The Gen Z Consumer, How to Evaluate Two Different Competing Companies
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amit Mukherjee is a Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), one of the premier and global venture capital firms that invests in all stages. Amit f...
Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners) - Future of Media, Investing in Women, and Thinking Big
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Quinn is a partner and investor at Lightspeed Venture Capital, a venture capital firm that is engaged in the consumer, enterprise, technology, ...
Hayden Williams (BrandProject) - Empathy, Investing in Smoothies, and the Fickle Consumer
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hayden Williams is a Partner of Investments at Brand Project, a venture capital fund that focuses on consumer investments at the early stage. Brand Pr...
Jay Kapoor (Launch Capital) - Persistence, Building Trust & Finding Founder-Market Fit
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jay is a Principal at Launch Capital, one of the pioneers of seed-stage investing firms. They often write the check to startups that they invest in. S...
0. Why The Consumer VC
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is an introductory episode explaining what will be covered and the goals for this podcast "The Consumer VC". For this episode, I recruited my bro...