Steven Lee, Seven Stars GP, on Backing Generational AI Founders Early
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Lee is the Founder and General Partner of Seven Stars. ~~~~~ This episode is brought to you b...
Andrew Brackin, Partner at Gradient Ventures, on AI Startups & HealthTech
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Brackin is a Partner at Gradient Ventures. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. I...
Sid Trivedi, Partner at Foundation Capital on Cybersecurity Investing
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sid Trivedi is a Partner at Foundation Capital. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If ...
Marc Silberman, Partner at Comcast Ventures on AI & Corporate VC Strategy
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Silberman is a Partner at Comcast Ventures. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If...
Krish Ramineni, Fireflies CEO on AI Agents, Meetings & GTM Insights
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Krish Ramineni is the Co-founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, an AI voice assistant that automates meeti...
Phylicia Koh, General Partner Play Ventures: Gaming & Consumer App VC
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Phylicia Koh is a General Partner at Play Ventures. Phylicia is based in Singapore and leads new inv...
Jonathan Corbin CEO & Sami Shalabi CTO, Maven AGI: AI Customer Support
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Corbin is the Founder and CEO of Maven AGI. Most recently, he served as Global Vice Preside...
Chris Koehler, CMO at Twilio: Global Marketing Strategy & Brand Growth
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Koehler is the Chief Marketing Officer at Twilio. With over 25 years of experience in leading ...
Shravan Narayen, Partner at IVP: Enterprise Product Strategy & Scaling
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shravan Narayen is a Partner at IVP, where he invests in founders who are deeply driven to solve mea...
Arjun Pillai, CEO DocketAI, ex CDO at ZoomInfo : AI Sales Engineer
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arjun Pillai, CEO and Co-Founder of DocketAI, an SF-based AI startup transforming revenue enablement...
Maryam Banikarim, ex- CMO of Nextdoor/ Hyatt/Gannett on Marketing
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maryam Banikarim served as the CMO at major brands including Nextdoor, Hyatt Hotels, Gannett, NBCUni...
Brendan Baker, Partner at Rackhouse VC, Applied AI for Industrial Ops
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Baker is a Partner at Rackhouse VC. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’...
Simon Kim - Corp Dev @SK Telecom Americas - AI/Data Center/5G Tech
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Kim is a principal at SK Telecom Americas, where he focuses on strategic investments and partn...
Aparna Chennapragada, CPO Microsoft AI for Work - AI and Agents for Work
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aparna Chennapragada is the Chief Product Officer at Microsoft AI for Work, where she leads the deve...
Adil Ajmal - CTO @Fandom (Ex-LendingHome CTO, Amazon VP) Media/Gaming
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adil Ajmal is the Chief Technology Officer at Fandom, the world’s largest fan platform in entertai...
Alan Du - Partner @ PayPal Ventures - AI/FinTech/SaaS investing
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Du is a Partner at PayPal Ventures, where he leads investments in AI‑driven fintech, enterpri...
Maria Zhang - CEO Palona AI (Ex-Google VP, Tinder CTO) - Retail AI
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Zhang is the CEO and Co-Founder of Palona AI, a startup building emotionally intelligent AI ag...
Max Marchione, Co-Founder of Superpower on Preventative Healthcare Tech
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Marchione is the co-founder of Superpower, a digital health startup pioneering a proactive, pers...
Dylan Itzikowitz, South Park Commons - AI/Enterprise/Early Stage Tech
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dylan Itzikowitz is a Principal at South Park Commons (SPC) in New York City, where he focuses on ea...
Evan Stites-Clayton, HF0 GP on Founder Residencies & AI Startups
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Stites-Clayton is a General Partner at HF0, a venture fund and residency program built for repe...
Rashida Hodge, Microsoft CVP on Azure Data & AI Customer Success
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rashida Hodge is Corporate Vice President of Azure Data & AI Customer Success at Microsoft, lead...
Conrad Shang, Ensemble VC GP on AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare & Infra
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conrad Shang is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Ensemble VC. ~~~~~This episode is brought to ...
Chris (Aquia CEO) & Bala (Ex-Atlassian CISO) on Cybersecurity Leadership
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bala Sathiamurthy is the former Chief Information Security Officer at Atlassian, where he led global...
Brent Bellm, BigCommerce Ex‑CEO on SaaS, Marketplaces & Fintech
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brent Bellm is the former CEO and Board Chairman of BigCommerce, where he led the company from mid-m...
Mark Jacobstein, Near Horizon GP on AI, Health-Tech & Company Building
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Jacobstein is General Partner at Near Horizon, a hands‑on venture studio in Palo Alto that co...
Laura Hamilton, Notable Capital Investor on Infra, SaaS & Founder Paths
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Hamilton is an Investor at Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital).~~~~~This episode is brought...
Henry Schuck, ZoomInfo CEO on GTM Data & B2B SaaS Leadership
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Schuck is the founder and CEO of ZoomInfo, (NASDAQ:GTM) a Go-To-Market Intelligence Solution f...
Aaron Perman, Partner at S3 Ventures on B2B, Healthcare & TX Startups
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Perman is a Partner at S3 Ventures. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’...
Ben Kus, Box CTO on Enterprise AI & Scaling Secure Cloud Products
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Kus is the Chief Technology Officer at Box, where he oversees the company’s technology vision ...
Brad Harrison, Scout Ventures MP on Frontier Tech & Deep Innovation
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Harrison is the Founder and Managing Partner of Scout Ventures, an early-stage venture capital...
Sharla Grass, Partner at Serena Ventures on Early-Stage Investing
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sharla Grass is a Partner at Serena Ventures, where she focuses on early-stage investments across se...
Zach Finkelstein, Managing Partner at Class 5 Global on Emerging Markets VC
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Finkelstein is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Class 5 Global, an early-stage venture fu...
Steve Harrick, IVP General Partner on Enterprise Software Investing
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Harrick is a General Partner at IVP, a premier later-stage venture capital firm focused on hig...
168K+ LinkedIn Followers: Sai Kumar Bysani on Data Science & AI Innovation
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Venkata Naga Sai Kumar Bysani (168k+ followers on LinkedIn) is the founder of The Data Hustle.~~~~~T...
Sami Ghoche Forethought CEO: Building Customer Service's Future
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sami Ghoche is the Co-founder and CEO of Forethought. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Veriven...
Arnav Sahu: Partner at Peak XV & Ex-YC Growth Scaling Global Startups
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arnav Sahu is a Partner at Peak XV Partners (fka Sequoia India). ~~~~~This episode is brought to you...
Ben Sun, GP at Primary VC: Building World's Largest Seed Firm
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Sun is a Cofounder and General Partner at Primary. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verive...
Not Boring's Packy McCormick: Content Excellence to Venture Success
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Packy McCormick (208k+ on X) is the founder and creator of Not Boring (243k+ subs). ~~~~~~This episo...
Notable Capital's Dan Cahana: Vercel, Neon & AI Infrastructure
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Cahana is an Investor at Notable Capital.~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If ...
Josh Aharonoff, Mighty Digits: 454k LinkedIn CFO Founder/Influencer
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Aharonoff, CPA, is the founder of Your CFO Guy (450k+ followers) and Mighty Digits.~~~~~This ep...
Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine: The Future of Digital Content
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Stubblebine is the CEO of Medium. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re ...
Prashanth Chandrasekar: Stack Overflow CEO Empowering Developer Community
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prashanth Chandrasekar is the CEO and Board Member of Stack Overflow, the world's largest and mo...
VC @M13: Morgan Blumberg on AI, Healthcare & Future of Work Investments
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Blumberg is a Principal at M13. Morgan spent five years in investment banking at Morgan Stanl...
Manish Patel: Founder of Nava Ventures Backing Market-Creating Innovators
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Manish Patel is the founder of Nava Ventures. He led teams that have designed, developed, and scaled...
Scaling Security Startups: Anna Sarnek on BD Strategy at AWS and Beyond"
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Sarnek leads Cyber Startup and Venture Capital Business Development at AWS, working at the inte...
Tim Shi: From Early OpenAI to Cresta Co-Founder's Enterprise AI Success
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Shi is the Co-founder of Cresta (1.6B+ Valuation). Backed by top investors (sequoia, greylock &a...
Deedy Das: Menlo Ventures' Strategic Bets on Anthropic and AI's Future Stack
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Deedy is a principal at Menlo Ventures focused on early-stage investments in AI/ML, next-generation ...
Neel & Roy: Cluely Co-Founders Crafting AI's Final Experience Layer
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chungin "Roy" Lee and Neel Shanmugam are the founders behind Cluely AI, a startup that rec...
Colton Dempsey: Next47 Partner Backing AI-Powered Security Infrastructure
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Colton Dempsey is a Partner at Next47. Colton joined Next47 in 2018 and is a Partner on the Palo Alt...
Daniel Suh: Gold House Ventures Backing Next-Gen Tech Entrepreneurs
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Suh is a Principal at Gold House Ventures. Gold House Ventures invests sector-agnostic in ind...
Gaurav Bhaya: Google VP on Tech Leadership in the AI Transformation Era
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gaurav Bhaya is a VP & GM at Google. He is a technologist with almost 20 years of experience in ...
Kevin Jiang: Mangusta Capital Managing Partner's AI & Consumer Vision
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Jiang is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Mangusta Capital, a venture firm backi...
Roseanne Wincek: Renegade's MD on Backing Bold Tech Founders
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roseanne Wincek is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Renegade Partners. Roseanne is a ventur...
Jasper Zhang: Hyperbolic's Vision for Democratizing AI Cloud Infrastructure
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jasper Zhang is the founder of Hyperbolic. Hyperbolic is building the leading open-access AI cloud. ...
Mercedes Bent, Venture Partner @ Lightspeed: Shaping Consumer & Fintech Future
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mercedes Bent is a Venture Partner at Lightspeed. Mercedes’ path to VC is a true convergence of he...
Christine Yen, CEO @ Honeycomb: Revolutionizing Software Observability
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Yen is the Co-founder and CEO of Honeycomb.io. Honeycomb is the observability platform for...
Mo Al Adham, Frec CEO: Democratizing Wealth Management Through Fintech
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mo Al Adham is the founder and CEO of Frec. Frec was founded in 2021 and is based out of San Francis...
Maitree Mervana Parekh@Acrew Capital on Health & Fintech Investing
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maitree Mervana Parekh is an early & growth stage investor @ Acrew Capital. Maitree is a student...
Anarghya Vardhana: GP@Maveron on Healthcare & Consumer Wellness VC
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anarghya Vardhana is a General Partner at Maveron. Anarghya spends her time understanding consumer a...
Kirby Winfield: Founding GP@Ascend on Enterprise AI & Defense Tech
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kirby Winfield is the founding GP of Ascend, a pre-seed VC fund focused on enterprise AI. The fund&#...
Arvind Ayyala: Partner@Geodesic Capital on Enterprise Tech Investing
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arvind Ayyala is a Partner at Geodesic Capital, focused on investments across enterprise software, f...
LP Perspective: Andrea Lo, Managing Partner at Main Character Capital
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Lo is the Managing Partner at Main Character Capital. She is a silicon Valley native investor...
Emily Yu: Boost VC Investor Backing Hardware-Software Deep Tech
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Yu is a Deep Tech Investor at Boost VC. Boost VC invest in Pre-seed companies in the intersect...
Derek Xiao: Menlo VC Backing AI, Cloud & Digital Health Innovators
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Derek Xiao is an investor at Menlo Ventures. Derek concentrates on identifying investment opportunit...
Jordan Viniar: Prudence Partner Funding Built-World Tech Transformation
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Viniar is a Partner at Prudence. Prudence is an early-stage venture firm investing in technol...
Eylul Kayin: Gradient Partner Investing in Enterprise AI Transformation
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eylul Kayin is a Partner at Gradient. Prior to Gradient, Eylul was an investor with NEA and Softbank...
Elizabeth Weil, MP at Scribble Ventures: Powering Early-Stage Innovation
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Weil is the Founder & Managing Partner at Scribble Ventures. She believes that passion...
Simon Tiu: Vertex VC Powering AI & Cybersecurity Enterprise Innovation
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Tiu joined Vertex Ventures US in 2024, focusing on AI-native enterprise software and cybersecu...
General Partner Yash Patel of Titanium Ventures on Esports & Consumer Tech
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yash Patel joined Titanium Ventures in 2014 and leads TV’s consumer (esports/gaming, fintech, ecom...
Robert LoCascio, CEO of Eternos.life: Creating Immortal Digital Legacies
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rob co-founded a new company in 2024 called Eternos.life, which launched the world's first AI le...
Miles Deamer, Crossover VC: Bridging Startups and Capital Innovation
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Miles Deamer is a VP at Crossover VC, where he allocates capital to both early-stage emerging manage...
Feyza Haskaraman, Menlo Ventures: Powering Cybersecurity & SaaS Future
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feyza Haskaraman is a principal at Menlo Ventures, Feyza focuses on soon-to-breakout consumer, finte...
Tatyana Mamut, Wayfound CEO: Revolutionizing AI Agent Management
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tatyana Mamut is the Founder and CEO of Wayfound.ai. Wayfound helps business coordinate, supervise, ...
Sabrina Farmer: From Google VP to GitLab CTO, Engineering Excellence
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sabrina Farmer is the Chief Technology Officer at GitLab, where she leads software engineering, oper...
Andrew Blum: HumanX Co-Founder Accelerating Enterprise AI Adoption
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Blum is the Co-Founder and COO at HumanX, the preeminent event dedicated to accelerating ente...
Casber Wang: Partner at Sapphire Champions Security & AI
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Casber Wang is a Partner at Sapphire Ventures where he is focused on security, enterprise infrastruc...
Joseph Floyd, GP at Emergence: Enterprise Cloud Investor Shaping B2B SaaS
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Floyd is a General Partner at Emergence and a Kauffman Fellow. Joe’s expertise in building ...
Brian Peterson, CTO: Dialpad's AI Revolution in Communication
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Peterson is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Dialpad, a leader in AI-powered com...
Iliana (Accenture Innovation) & Michael (Allocator One) on VC Transformation
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Iliana Oris Valiente is the Managing Director (Partner) of NA Innovation Hubs Lead at Accenture. She...
Anna Barber: M13 Partner Shaping the Future of Enterprise AI & Commerce
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Barber is a partner at M13, Anna was the managing director of Techstars LA and also a partner i...
Stefan Weitz: HumanX CEO & SilverCircle GP Building AI Communities
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Weitz is the co founder and CEO of HumanX. He is a veteran of Microsoft with 18 years of expe...
Yousuf Khan: Ridge Partner Bridging CIO Experience to B2B Investments
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yousuf Khan is a Partner at Ridge Ventures. Having held many operational roles in his previous posit...
Andrew Brown: Check Founder Building the API Backbone for Embedded Payroll
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Brown, founder and CEO of Check, has built a career transforming industries through technolog...
Jae Lee: Twelve Labs Co-founder Building the Future of Video AI
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jae Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of Twelve Labs, a leading AI research and product company headquar...
Reed McGinley-Stempel, CEO of Stytch: Building Frictionless Auth
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reed McGinley-Stempel is the co-founder and CEO of Stytch, an all-in-one platform for modern authent...
Sam Toole, Partner at Primary Venture: Future of Healthcare
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Toole is a Partner at Primary, where he spearheads new enterprise and healthcare investments. Th...
Alex Bangash, Transpose Co-founder: Platform Investing Innovator
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
9Alex Bangash is the Co-founder/ Managing Director of Transpose Platform. Transpose Platform investi...
David Blumberg, Blumberg Capital: Global B2B Tech Visionary Builder
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Blumberg is the founder and managing partner of Blumberg Capital, which he established in 1991...
Jon Turow, Partner at Madrona: Shaping Future AI/ML Infrastructure
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Turow joined Madrona in 2022. As part of the investment team, Jon partners with founders who bui...
OSS4AI CEO Yujian Tang on Democratizing Open Source AI Development
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yujian Tang is the CEO of OSS4AI. OSS4AI is an organization aimed at providing all developers access...
Pointhound CEO Jay Reno on Travel Points & Early-Stage Venture Investing
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Reno is the Co-founder and CEO of Pointhound. Pointhound is helping people find and book free fl...
(Smart Venture Pod watch party) Founding Partner Lauren Kolodny of Acrew Capital on the future of AI
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Kolodny is a Founding Partner of Acrew Capital. Lauren leads the fintech thesis area at Acrew...
Nosu.io CEO Audrey Chen on Building AI, Winning Hackathons & Tech Content
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nosu founder backgrounds: Audrey (CEO) won 20+ hackathons, engineering @ Intuit, Intel, NASA USRC, c...
Incisive Ventures' Martin Tobias on Pre-Seed B2B Software & Building Unicorns
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Tobias is the founder of Incisive Ventures. Over decades of investing, he has identified seve...
NVIDIA VP Howard Wright on Accelerating the Global AI Startup Ecosystem
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Wright is the VP of Startup Ecosystem at NVIDIA. Prior to that he was the VP of Global Head o...
NEA Partner Aaron Jacobson on AI, DevTools & Enterprise Infrastructure
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Jacobson is a Partner at NEA. He seeks to partner with founders building generational companie...
Abbas Haider Ali, VP at GitHub: Customer Success & Innovation
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abbas Haider Ali is the Vice President of Customer Success at GitHub where he lead all post-sales te...
Michael Freedman, CTO at Timescale: PostgreSQL & Real-Time Analytics
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Freedman is the co-founder and CTO of Timescale, as well as the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Com...
Sandy Kory, General Partner at Horizon: Seed-Stage Tech Insights
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sandy Kory founded Horizon in 2022 and has over 15 years of venture capital experience. He was an ea...
Eugene Lee, Partner at OMERS Ventures: SaaS & Innovation
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eugene Lee is a Partner at OMERS Ventures. He is currently a board member at Postal (offline marketi...