Unpacking "A Crisis Moment In Seed"
12 Nov 2025
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Platform Shifts, AI, and the Future of Consumer Investing
24 Sep 2025
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The GP of 2030: AI, Automation, and the Future of Capital Formation
20 Aug 2025
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Jack Altman on the transition going from building a Unicorn with Lattice to starting a venture firm
30 Jul 2025
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How to win in seed stage investing today
16 Jul 2025
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What is happening in VC today and the role of wealth management in growing the private markets?
13 Jul 2025
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Navigating growth stage investing in today's AI driven market with Logan Bartlett of Redpoint
18 Jun 2025
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The New World of VC and Building a Durable Firm with Category Ventures' Villi Iltchev
04 Jun 2025
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The Benchmark Way: Running of an Iconic firm with Victor Lazarte
19 Mar 2025
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Tomasz Tunguz on where we are in the AI S-Curve and the Evolving Investment Landscape
05 Mar 2025
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The Solo GP Playbook: Zal Bilimoria on Fundraising, Portfolio Strategy, and Founder Relationships
19 Feb 2025
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The Evolution of building a legacy firm at Venrock with Brian Ascher
05 Feb 2025
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Evolving Venture Liquidity Solutions with Gaurav Mathur of Pinegrove Capital Partners
22 Jan 2025
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The blueprint for starting a new firm with Chemistry Ventures, including the work needed before choosing your partners and non-consensus decision making.
30 Oct 2024
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Meet the Expert: Venture Fund Banking with Sam Heshmati and Vincent Timoney of Citizens Private Bank
16 Oct 2024
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Saga Ventures on key lessons on raising a Fund I, building healthy partnerships, and winning in a competitive seed market
26 Sep 2024
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Building a firm to last, lessons from nearly three decades of investing, and the path to hiring great venture teams with Glenn Solomon of Notable Capital (FKA GGV Capital)
28 Aug 2024
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Doing a successful GP led secondary in Venture Capital, Why seed funds can scale, and what a good VC platform team looks like
08 Aug 2024
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Investing in USV Fund I, lessons learned as a LP, and why Emerging Managers are so important
01 Aug 2024
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The great startup reckoning event of 2023 and 2024, but why startups should now start going back on offense featuring Tom Loverro of IVP
17 Jul 2024
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Finding greatness in non-consensus startups, the story of Twitch from Justin.TV, and why great companies need insights and inflection points with Mike Maples
10 Jul 2024
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TX Zhuo’s of Fika Ventures on raising a Fund I, evolving decision making frameworks, and what founder first means to them
27 Jun 2024
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Limited Partner Unlocked: Michael Kim Cendana Capital on the Emerging Manager landscape, fundraising, and the need for liquidity
05 Jun 2024
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Amy Saper of Uncork Capital on how startups should embrace constraints to foster creativity, and her learnings from being at Accel, X, Uber, and Stripe
15 May 2024
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LP Unlocked shorts: What We're Hearing about Venture Liquidity with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter
19 Apr 2024
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What's happening at the seed stage? Featuring Jenny Fielding, Kirby Winfield, and Nate Williams
10 Apr 2024
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The Craft of Venture Capital with David Sacks
27 Mar 2024
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Adam Bain of 01 Advisors on scaling Twitter from 0 to $1B+, being coached by Bill Campbell, and why they don't take board seats
13 Mar 2024
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Mitchell Green of Lead Edge Capital on the Moneyball approach to investing, the art of effective cold calling, and managing 700+ strategic LPs
06 Mar 2024
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Limited Partner Unlocked shorts: What we're Hearing from LPs with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter
23 Feb 2024
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Khosla Venture's Samir Kaul on building an iconic, durable firm, and the role of non-consensus decision making
16 Feb 2024
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Venture Unlocked Shorts: Looking back the era of Unicorns and what's ahead?
31 Jan 2024
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Venture Unlocked Shorts: Why VC has gone mainstream and the parallels to private equity and hedge funds
26 Jan 2024
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The opportunity outside of Silicon Valley and how to build a strategic LP base with Brendan Wales and Kellan Carter of FUSE
25 Jan 2024
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Meet The Expert Series: Matt Trotter of Stifel Bank on the state of the venture debt market, and how investors & startups should approach the credit markets today
10 Jan 2024
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Pejman Nozad of Pear on building a $800MM+ AUM firm as an immigrant who sold Persian rugs before going into VC
22 Dec 2023
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Paul Kwan of General Catalyst on the importance of innovation in creating global resilience
07 Dec 2023
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The Chainsmokers' Alex Pall in crossing over from a grammy nominated group in the music industry to starting Mantis VC
29 Nov 2023
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Brad Gerstner talks AI, Tech Super cycles vs. Market cycles, and the start of Altimeter as a $3MM fund
16 Nov 2023
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Going back to the foundation of Kleiner Perkins with Mamoon Hamid through clear busines model focus and culture
01 Nov 2023
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Special LP roundtable: What are LPs thinking about in Venture with Beezer Clarkson, Guy Perelmuter and Chris Douvos
25 Oct 2023
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Building competitive moats in VC at Lerer Hippeau with Ben Lerer and Graham Brown
11 Oct 2023
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Building a next-generation tech-enabled Venture Capital firm with Chris Farmer of SignalFire
27 Sep 2023
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The art of raising from LPs in an economic downturn with Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures
30 Aug 2023
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Hernan Kazah of Kaszek Ventures on investing in Latin America, learnings from building a public company, and working with founders
16 Aug 2023
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Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures on strategically raising a fund in a downturn, Why Firms Need a Business Model, and different views on portfolio construction
26 Jul 2023
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Sunil Nagaraj of Ubiquity Ventures on the journey of a solo-GP, The Importance of Authenticity, and Navigating Hype Cycles
12 Jul 2023
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Oren Zeev on scaling to $2B+ in AUM as a solo-GP, contrarian investing, and high founder NPS
14 Jun 2023
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Stephanie Palmeri and Melody Koh of NextView Ventures on incentives within venture partnerships, the changes in seed financing, and operating remotely
02 Jun 2023
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Scott Kupor, Managing Partner of a16z on Building a lasting Venture Franchise
17 May 2023
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Fundraising best practices for managers, strategic LP management, and LPACs with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter
26 Apr 2023
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Satya Patel and Hunter Walk on learnings from building Homebrew, moving to an evergreen model, and launching Screendoor VC to back underrepresented fund managers
12 Apr 2023
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Portfolio construction trends and best practices with CEO Anubhav Srivastava of Tactyc
07 Apr 2023
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Dana Settle on starting and building Greycroft, Maintaining culture and speed with scale, and thoughts on VC moving forward
30 Mar 2023
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Shuly Galili of UpWest on building lasting partnerships and how they bridged the gap between Israeli founders and the US Market
21 Mar 2023
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Ryan Hoover of Weekend Fund and Jordan Gonen of Compound on the rise of private and retail investors into venture capital and alternatives
22 Feb 2023
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Eddy Chan of Intudo Ventures on building a hyper-local venture strategy for Indonesia
02 Feb 2023
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Better Tomorrow Ventures, Jake and Sheel on Investing in FinTech, fund construction, and fundraising lessons
11 Jan 2023
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Jonathan Abrams, 8-Bit Capital: Learnings from founding and running Friendster, Defining "Founder Friendly", going from Angel to full-time VC
21 Dec 2022
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Gautam Gupta from TCV (Velocity) on the trend of large funds going early, the art of pro-rata investing, and what he is seeing in this market cycle
07 Dec 2022
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Patrick Chun at Juxtapose: How company creation models and studios work in VC, the squint and wedge framework of investing, and raising from blue-chip institutions
30 Nov 2022
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Valar Ventures Andrew McCormack on running concentrated portfolios with higher ownership vs. larger portfolios, learnings from working with Peter Thiel, and thoughts on valuations today
10 Nov 2022
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Mapping out a new partnership, why the RAISE GP/LP summit was such an important effort, and the art of fundraising by Joanna Drake of Magnify Ventures
26 Oct 2022
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Aydin Senkut of Felicis Ventures on angel to 9 time Midas list investor, inception to scale at Felicis, and winning in today's crowded market
05 Oct 2022
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Quid's Josh Berman on providing financings against private stock, "trapped liquidity" at funds, and his learnings from co-founding Myspace.
28 Sep 2022
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Discovering talent before it's obvious, the challenges of raising a fund I without a traditional pedigree, and startup fund culture with Eric Tarczynski of Contrary
21 Sep 2022
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Evaluating Crypto today, investing in crypto funds, the role of governance in the space featuring Rabia Iqbal and Jehan Chu of Nural Capital
24 Aug 2022
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Mark Mullen of Bonfire Ventures on going from a solo capitalist to joining forces with Jim Andelman, the state of seed markets, and his view on what makes fund managers differentiated
10 Aug 2022
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Ravi Viswanathan of New View Capital on the secondary and growth markets, and raising a unique $1B+ (modified) GP led secondary fund I
03 Aug 2022
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The art of pre-seed investing, mitigating investment risk at this stage, and building processes to build a true venture platform with a lean team
27 Jul 2022
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Parade Ventures Shawn Merani on building LP relationships, not focusing on "hot" deals, and his mindset with founders
15 Jul 2022
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Tusk Venture Partners Jordan Nof: Evolving to an early stage firm, navigating regulatory hurdles for startups, and what the future holds for crypto.
30 Jun 2022
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FPV's Wes Chan on the path to backing 20 unicorns and 5 decacorns, raising a $450MM Fund 1, working closely with Sergey and Larry and Google, and what Bill Campbell taught him about helping founders
22 Jun 2022
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Jessica Peltz-Zatulove and Kate Beardsley on closing an oversubscribed $52MM Fund I, the difference between family offices and institutions, secondaries as a foundation of portfolio management
01 Jun 2022
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GGV's Jeff Richards on making sense of the market today, growing a $9B+ firm, and whether geo-political tensions may affect international venture investing
05 May 2022
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Viola Ventures' Danny Cohen on the Israel's exponential growth as a tech hub, building decision frameworks for picking, and managing a firm in a rapidly changing market
20 Apr 2022
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776's Alexis Ohanian on the new era of VC, using technology in a firm, and things he's most excited about today.
13 Apr 2022
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8VC's Drew Oetting on their decision-making culture, building talent at firms, and his most critical learnings as an investor
06 Apr 2022
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Bedrock Capital's Geoff Lewis on Vibe capital, the power of narrative violations, and winning in today's market
31 Mar 2022
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David Cohen on founding Techstars, patterns of successful founders, and the math behind large portfolios
23 Mar 2022
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Playground Global's Peter Barrett on investing in deep tech, what makes a good deep tech founder, and the difference between the improbable and impossible
16 Mar 2022
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Forerunner Ventures Eurie Kim on scaling the Forerunner franchise, thesis based investing, and advice for emerging managers
09 Mar 2022
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Not Boring's Packy McCormick on VC's building brand through content creation, tech trends he's most excited about, and how writing has helped him with investing.
01 Mar 2022
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Limited Partner and direct invest Guy Perelmuter (Grids Capital) on deep tech, bull and bear views on the market, and adding value as an LP
22 Feb 2022
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Scribble Ventures Elizabeth Weil on the many roles of an emerging venture fund manager, building partnerships, and why network strength is a key differentiator
15 Feb 2022
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Union Square Ventures' Rebecca Kaden on their theme based investing approach, fund sizing for USV, and navigating hot markets
09 Feb 2022
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Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on finding the right LPs, the big differences between angel investing and being a solo fund manager, and the main thing she looks for in founding teams
25 Jan 2022
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QED Investors' Frank Rotman in breaking down the venture market today, determining how to compete today, and how QED makes decisions.
18 Jan 2022
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Ripple Ventures Matt Cohen on individual VC personal brands, Hedge funds in tech, portfolio math and front weighting in seed, and investing in Canada
11 Jan 2022
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M13's Carter Reum on building an operational services team (Propulsion platform), navigating from operator to angel investor to building a firm for the long haul.
04 Jan 2022
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Harbinger Ventures Megan Bent on their concentrated portfolio approach, specific traits they look for in founding teams, and consumer behavior post-pandemic
22 Dec 2021
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Boldstart ventures Ed Sim on starting his career during the dot-com bubble, the opportunity as being a true day one investor, and views on today's VC market compared to past eras
14 Dec 2021
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Lux Capital's co-founder Peter Hebert on the firm's 20 year journey, creating multi-generational success, and the changing dynamics in VC (including their use of SPAC's)
07 Dec 2021
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Initialized Capital's Alda Leu Dennis on building the proper culture for decision making, finding ways to win in today's market, and her concerns with the drop in diverse founder funding.
30 Nov 2021
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Kindred Ventures Kanyi Maqubela on large firms entering seed, the challenges of rising valuations, and the nuances of portfolio construction
16 Nov 2021
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Base10's TJ Nahigian on using automation and research within the firm as a competitive advantage, ways to optimize outcomes in the current investing climate, and thoughts on crossover investing.
09 Nov 2021
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Glasswing Ventures Rudina Seseri on frontier tech, the KPI's Glasswing uses to measure their value-add to founders, and why diversity is central to their investing ethos
02 Nov 2021
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Eniac Ventures Hadley Harris on portfolio construction fundamentals, partnership durability, and views on the shifting seed market
26 Oct 2021
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LP Roundtable with Chris Douvos (Ahoy Capital), Beezer Clarkson (Sapphire Partners), Guy Perelmuter (GRIDS Capital) on opportunity funds, red flags they watch for, and the state of the market.
19 Oct 2021
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Human Ventures' Heather Hartnett on studio models, developing their business creation platform to add value to founders, and their fundraising learnings from raising their first significant fund
12 Oct 2021
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