Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP
Episodes
Andy Weissman, Union Square Ventures
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Andy Weissman, a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Previous to USV, Andy was a co-founder of betaworks, and...
Michael Larsen, Cambridge Associates
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Larsen is a managing director at the global investment firm Cambridge Associates, based in Boston. Mike works with endowments, foundations and...
David Frankel, Founder Collective
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Frankel is a managing partner and co-founder of Founder Collective, which launched in 2011 with a simple mission: To be the most aligned fund fo...
Aaron Gershenberg, SVB Capital
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Gershenberg is a founder of Silicon Valley Bank’s fund of funds and direct investment group, SVB Capital. Aaron joined SVB in 1999 and has bee...
Bradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures
25 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bradley Tusk started Tusk Ventures to help startups work with governments at scale. To date, this unique venture capital firm has worked with companie...
Winter Mead, Sapphire Ventures
28 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Winter Mead is a Vice President at Sapphire Ventures, where he focuses on Sapphire's fund investments in the United States and internationally. Before...
Eva Ho, Fika Ventures
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Eva Ho is a General Partner and co-founder of Fika Ventures, a new $40M seed fund based in LA. She's also an EIR of the City of Los Angeles and a boar...
Graham Pingree, Cendana Capital
21 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Pingree is a limited partner at Cendana Capital, where he works with Michael Kim and invests in micro-VC funds. We discuss Graham's background ...
Hunter Walk, Homebrew
31 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with investor Hunter Walk, founding partner at Homebrew, about his experiences building product as one of the first hires at Second Life and t...
Lindel Eakman, Foundry Group Next
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For over a decade, Lindel Eakman managed the private investment program for the University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO), one of the...
Jonathan Abrams, Nuzzel
04 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Abrams, founder and CEO of Nuzzel, is a busy man. Jonathan previously founded Friendster and Hotlinks, is an active angel in companies like A...
Thomas Lenehan, Rockefeller University
06 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Lenehan is Deputy CIO at Rockefeller University, helping to manage their $2B endowment. We discuss how managing an endowment compares to his p...
Brad Feld, Foundry Group
21 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We’re very excited to have Brad Feld to help us kick off season two. In addition to co-founding Foundry Group, and Techstars, Brad also co-founded M...
Evan Jaysane-Darr, Invesco Private Capital
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Jaysane-Darr is a Partner at Invesco Private Capital, a public asset management company where he focuses primarily on investing in venture. We di...
Judith Elsea, Weathergage Capital
14 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Elsea is a co-founder and Managing Director at Weathergage Capital. Judith and her Weathergage partners are investors in some of the most respe...
Michael Kim, Cendana Capital
26 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Kim is the founder of Cendana Capital, one of the first fund of funds focused entirely on backing micro-VC firms. Since 2010, Cendana has been...
Joelle Kayden, Accolade Partners
12 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Joelle Kayden, Managing Director and Founder of Accolade Partners, joins us to discuss her deep experience as an investor in venture funds.
Josh Abramson, TeePublic, Connected Ventures
28 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Abramson, co-founder of Connected Ventures (CollegeHumor, BustedTees, Vimeo) and TeePublic, joins us to discuss founding and operating companies ...
Chris Douvos, VIA
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Douvos, Managing Director and member of the General Partner at VIA (Venture Investment Associates), joins us to discuss growing up in Brooklyn, ...
Naval Ravikant, AngelList
31 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Naval Ravikant, CEO and founder of AngelList, joins us to discuss sources of capital from the founder's perspective.
Elizabeth Beezer Clarkson, Sapphire Ventures
05 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth "Beezer" Clarkson, Managing Director at Sapphire Ventures, joins us to discuss her path to becoming an LP, what she looks at when considerin...