Albert Azout is a Co-founder & Managing Partner at Level Ventures, a fund of funds investing in venture capital fund managers & entrepreneurs building at the intersection of science & technology. In this episode, we talk about - - The investment thesis at Level Ventures - What they look for in fund managers - Common mistakes GPs make while fundraising - How Fund of Funds can generate top quartile VC returns - How co-investments are a great way to generate cash flow in a fund...

Julia Gudish Krieger is a Managing Partner at Pari-Passu Venture Partners. Julia is an experienced venture capital investor and technology start up founder. Previously Julia was an investor at Insight Partners, where she invested over $100M in marketplace and SaaS companies globally. In this episode, we talk about - - The investment thesis at Pari-Passu Venture Partners - How the Pari-Passu investor app enables accredited investors to get access to top deals - What does it take for a...

Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl is the founder & Managing Partner at Eternal Capital, an India-focused early-stage fund. Dhruv was previously CBO of merchant lending at Bharatpe, and had leadership stints at Paytm & Airtel Payments Bank. In this episode, we talk about - - Dhruv's story and how he started investing - Dhruv shares his experience being an LP in VC funds vs doing direct investments - The different stages of a startup - How should founders approach early-PMF - Why he is extremely...

Bill Baumel is Managing Director at Ohio Innovation Fund. He is a seasoned venture capitalist who spent more than 20 years investing in Silicon Valley before returning to his home state to found the Ohio Innovation Fund in 2016. His investment areas include SaaS, big data, cybersecurity, and medtech, and his past investments have resulted in 5 IPOs and 15 major acquisitions. Bill has been recognized as one of the Venture 100 Top VCs based on exits. In this episode, we talk about: - Bill's...

Marc Cohen is a Partner at unbundled vc. He is a two-time Al operator turned VC investor with a 1.98x multiple and 54% IRR. He did his Masters in AI in the year 2001 from the University of Sussex. He also co-created the world's best poker Al before DeepMind existed. In this episode, we talk about: - Marc's story and how he started investing - How to separate signal from noise in the AI hype? - How Marc uses ChatGPT to get things done - Some exciting portfolio companies he has...

Ben Borodach, is the Co-founder and CEO of april, the AI-driven tax filer embedded in 20+ fintechs. In under two years, april has successfully launched in all 50 states as an embedded tax technology, forging partnerships with over 20 fintech leaders, including Gusto and Acorns. In this episode, we talk about - - Why did Ben choose to build april? - How did april get its first few customers? - Their approach to hiring - Fundraising advice for founders & lots more Links: ⭐ Sponsored by...

Scott Van den Berg is the founder & General Partner of Hotstart VC, a venture capital fund that invests in celebrity-led brands. In this episode, we talk about - - What are celebrity-led brands? - What edge do celebrity-led brands have over traditional startups? - Why celebrities are starting their own brands? - Some popular celebrity-led brand success & failure stories - How they evaluate a celebrity led brand for investment? - The impact celebrity-led brands have on the...

Ryan Austin is the CEO of Arondight Advisors, where he leverages his network of family offices to connect startup founders & fund managers with the right people to fund their business. In this episode, we talk about - - How Ryan built relationships with family offices? - The $84 trillion wealth transfer - How is the new generation different from the previous generation in managing family assets - Why family offices are a great source of patient capital for startups? - What do...

Jonathan Lacoste is the founder & General Partner at SpaceVC investing in pre-seed frontier tech startups. SpaceVC has recently closed a 22.5 Million fund II. In this episode, we talk about - - The new fund with an expanded focus on frontier tech - Fundraising learnings from raising fund 2 - Some breakout companies from fund 1 - Exciting opportunities in frontier tech - SpaceX Vs Boeing in bringing back astronauts - Biggest learning investing in startups & lots...

Isaac Richard III is an entrepreneur and CEO of Mavros Capital, a fully integrated multi-family office with the mission to shape the future of how significant wealth is managed, how capital is deployed and how legacies are extended across generations. In this episode, we talk about - - What are multi-family offices and how are they different from single family offices? - What all services do multi-family offices offer? - What all asset classes are multi-family offices interested in? -...

Gili is a co-founder and Managing Partner at ICI Fund. Gili’s vision is to transform critical industries with AI tech solutions led by Israeli founders. In this episode, we talk about - - Gili's story and how she started investing - How has the ICI fund evolved overtime? - What does she look for in a business while evaluating an investment opportunity? - Perspective on the Israeli startup ecosystem currently - How they help Isareli founders get access to the US markets? & lots...

Justin Pollack is the Managing Director, Private Funds Group at PineBridge Investments. PineBridge Investments is a private equity firm managing over $150 billion in AUM. Justin is responsible for oversight of the global investment program of the Private Funds Group. In this episode, we talk about - - What is private equity? - What are the different types of deals that private equity firms do? - How different is private equity from venture capital? - How do PE firms evaluate...

Aakash Kumar is a Managing Director at Z47 & DeVC. Aakash likes to partner with founders in that early stage to enable them to generate maximum momentum. In the past, as an active angel investor, he has enabled 100+ founders to start and build compelling businesses. In this episode, we talk about - - Aakash's operator experience at companies like Housing(dot)com & Hotstar - The investment thesis at Z47 - Why did they rebrand from Matrix Partners to Z47? - The thinking behind...

Mitchell is an early-stage investor, technical startup founder, and former senior government official.  As the Founder and General Partner of Futureland Ventures, Mitchell invests in transformative AI and deep tech startups. Futureland has been investing in visionary founders building novel solutions for difficult problems such as compute, supply chain, climate change, transportation, IoT, and robotics.  In this episode, we talk about - - Mitchell's story and how he started investing -...

Rob Liu is the founder of Athena VC, where he is aiming to help 500 founders from developing countries start their businesses by matching their salaries for 6 months. Rob is also the founder of ContactOut, a bootstrapped email prospecting tool, which has made over $10 million in revenue. In this episode, we talk about - - What is Athena VC? - How they are matching salaries to back high-potential folks to start companies - What they look for in candidates while evaluating them for the...

Elena Itskovich is a Founding GP at Nest Catalyst. She is a scientist turned investor and is investing in scientists turned founders who are building Life Sciences startups. In this episode, we talk about - - Elena's story and how she started investing - Do scientists make good founders? - The investment thesis at Nest Catalyst - Are scientists naturally good at business or does that require some training? - Some exciting portfolio companies & lots more Links: ⭐ Sponsored by...

Eleanor Kaye is the Managing Director of the Newton Venture Program. Newton is a joint venture between LocalGlobeVC and London Business School. Their mission is to ensure that the next generation of investors represents the world we live in. To do this, they provide executive education programmes to help people from under-represented backgrounds access or accelerate careers in VC.  To date, over 3,000 people from over 48 different countries have been through their programmes. In this...

Siddharth Singhai is the chief investment officer and portfolio manager of Ironhold Capital, a global value-based hedge fund. Ironhold Capital delivers opportunities on a global scale in regions that are often poorly understood and widely overlooked by Wall Street counterparts. In this episode, we talk about - - What are Hedge Funds? - How are Hedge Funds different from Venture Capital & Private Equity? - What are the benefits of investing in Hedge Funds? - What are the risk/return...

Tom Waterhouse is the founder of WaterhouseVC.com, a wholesale fund that specializes in investments in the gaming/wagering industry. Tom comes from a long line of bookmakers dating back four generations. The Waterhouse family has been at the forefront of the wagering industry for over 100 years. In this episode, we talk about - - How does the gambling industry work? - How does the money flow in the gambling industry? - Regulations in the gambling industry - The tech side of gambling - 3...

Jenny Fielding is Co-founder & Managing Partner at Everywhere Ventures, a pre-seed focused venture firm investing around the world. Prior to co-founding Everywhere, Jenny was the Managing Director at Techstars for 7.5 years where she led investments into companies that now have a market cap of over $10B. In this episode, we talk about - - Jenny's story and how she started investing - Why Everywhere Ventures has a global investment focus - How community is the life-blood of Everywhere...

Tony Meadows is a Partner at Sinefine, an investment platform backing female led/co-led VC firms. Before joining Sinefine, Tony held the position of Portfolio Manager for a $70 billion pension fund called Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System or PSERS in short. His responsibilities included overseeing a mature portfolio of private equity investments and participating in advisory board meetings. In this episode, Tony shares: - His story of transitioning from managing an...

Rishabh Goel is the Co-Founder and CEO of Credgenics, a tech-enabled debt resolution platform working with 100+ banking and NBFC clients like HDFC, ICICI, Mahindra Finance, etc with an overall loan book touching $60 billion. In this episode, we talk about - - Rishabh's journey from IIT to starting Credgenics - Why did he choose to solve the problem of debt collection?- How did they think about Go-To-Market in the early days of the business?- How they got their first banking client?- How did...

Kate Nevin is President of TSWII Capital Advisors and Portfolio Manager for both TSWII and TSWS focused on investments in hedge funds, venture capital and other alternative strategies. Her career has spanned more than two decades, beginning as an analyst in New York City in the early 2000’s with Lehman Brothers. After marrying and relocating to Charleston, SC, Kate joined TSW where she has been actively managing portfolios for over twenty years. In this episode, we talk about - - Kate's...

Sarah Antor is a Founding GP at Helena Capital. Helena Capital is a lead investor into female-founded/led tech businesses ripe to scale globally and raising their Series B+ round. The $200m inaugural HCP Growth Fund I is focused on Deep Tech, Fintech, and Impact in Europe and the US. In this episode, we talk about - - How investing in female founders returns 2x as compared to investing in an all-male team - How investing in late-stage female founders helps Helena Capital derisk the...