Victoria Palatnik is a Managing Partner at Raw Ventures, a premier venture capital firm investing in exceptional startups and talented teams. With a distinguished career as a three-time CEO, founder, board member, and super angel, Victoria has built an impressive track record in digital media, EduTech, HealthTech, and big data sectors. In this episode, we talk about - - Victoria's story & how she started investing - What's the investment thesis at Raw Ventures - What's more important:...

Chris Rizik is the Managing Partner of Renaissance Venture Capital, a first-of-its-kind fund of funds formed by a consortium of Fortune 1000 and major private corporations. Renaissance works to attract capital to Midwest-based startups, and to strategically connect venture capital funds and start-up companies with major corporations looking for innovation. In this episode, Chris shares - - Insights from his two decades of experience investing into VC funds - What do they look for in VC...

Avik Ashar has been building or investing in businesses for the past 12 years. He is currently a Principal @ Artha Venture Fund, focused on early-stage investments (seed - series A) in India. He previously ran a single-family office for the Sutariya family, based in Bombay, investing across India & SEA and scaled Zilingo across 5 geographies, $100mn P&L responsibility with a team of 60, and raised $280mn for the business. He also founded a SaaS startup in the auto insurance space...

Cintia Mano is the CEO of COREangels, a global community of angel investors investing in early-stage startups through portfolio funds. Founded in 2019, COREangels enables first-time angels to take a less risky step, and experienced angels to enjoy a more convenient and fulfilling journey, guided and supported by fund leaders dedicated to the role. In this episode, we talk about - - What are angel funds? - How are angel funds different from angel syndicates and VC funds? - How angel funds...

Peter Livingston is the Founder and GP of Unpopular Ventures and has invested over $50 million in 300+ startups across the world, including notable startups like Jeeves, Zepto, and more. In this episode, Peter shares - - How they're "unpopular" among Limited Partners - Some bold observations about Limited Partners from their fundraising efforts - How not having a thesis is a moat for Unpopular Ventures - How LPs don't really want the best returns - Unpopular Ventures performance metrics...

Ronald Diamond is the Founder & Chairman of Diamond Wealth. He is a longtime investor and entrepreneur. He invests alongside 100 Family Offices ranging in size from $250 million to $30 billion. Diamond Wealth invests in private markets (private equity, venture capital, real estate). In this episode, we talk about - - What is Diamond Wealth? - How do family offices approach investments into alternative asset classes? - What percentage allocation do private equity & venture capital...

Adriana Tortajada is the CEO & Managing Partner at 1200 VC, an Early-Stage investment platform that invests in fund managers and founders shaping the future of humanity. Its focus is on seeking transformative technologies and regional value creation, which will accelerate a positive impact on the planet and society. She is a pioneer in the venture capital industry across Mexico and Latin America, and a Kauffman Fellow, Adriana has managed $1B+ in Fund investments as well as bringing 20+...

Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist and writer. He is the CEO and co-founder of Tusk Venture Partners, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries In this episode we talk about - - How Bradley helped Uber get legalized across United States of America  - Their investment thesis of investing in highly regulated industries - How they manage risk within the portfolio  - How should...

Michael Downing is the Founding Partner at MDSV Capital. MDSV invests in emerging fund managers and in outlier companies. In this episode, we talk about - - Michael's story and why he started MDSV Capital? - What he looks for in emerging fund managers - Why he thinks it's a bad idea to have a reserve for emerging funds - How does he define an outlier company? - What is a good target size for fund 1? - How GPs don't really need LPs to start investing in startups? - Portfolio construction...

Daniel Lloreda is the Co-Founder and General Partner of cross-border fund HTwenty Capital. They've operations in the US and LATAM region investing in early-stage technology companies in the B2B Marketplaces and B2B Enterprise SaaS IT verticals. In this episode we talk about - - Investment thesis at HTwenty Capital - How they're bridging the LATAM & US startup ecosystems? - The differences in the US & LATAM market - Exciting trends they're seeing right now - Reserve strategy at...

Amit is founder of 77 Capital - an early stage fund investing in Fintech and other startups. He was earlier the Country Head, India & Vice-President at Prove. He was the Founder of MEDICI that was acquired by Prove. He is consistently rated as both Global and Asia Top 100 experts in FinTech by various agencies. - Amit's story and how he started investing? - How do they map our the fintech landscape? - What are the saturated and unsaturated segment in the Indian fintech space? - SME IPOs...

Jessica Schaefer is the founder of Bevel, a trailblazing communications firm representing clients managing over $500 Billion in assets under management. In 2023, Jessica secured a landmark deal with the acquisition of Bevel by Avenue Z. We talk about - - Jessica’s story & the journey of building Bevel - How they acquired their first customers and scaled the business? - What does it take to acquire high-profile clients like Greycroft, Acorns, etc? - Is there a “Product-Market fit”...

Ash Arora is the youngest Partner at LocalGlobe, a VC fund ranked #1 early-stage fund in EMEA and #3 globally after Sequoia and Accel. Previously, Ash was the investment lead for $100Mn Polygon Ventures Fund I with LPs such as Softbank, Lightspeed, Tiger, etc In this episode, we cover - - A sane introduction to the world of blockchain & crypto - Is Blockchain a vitamin or a pain killer? - What's the path to widespread adoption - Is regulation a good thing for blockchain? - What is...

We often hear stories of startups exiting for millions of dollars. There are TechCrunch articles written about it and LinkedIn posts with 100s of likes on it. But something that doesn't get covered is what a founder goes through when their company is going through an exit.That's exactly what we plan to cover today with Anastasia Koroleva is a 4X exited founder and host of the Exit Paradox podcast.In this episode, we talk about -- Anastasia's story and about her 4 exited businesses- When...

Pablo Srugo is a Partner at Mistral, investing in Seed stage startups. Prior to Mistral, Pablo was the co-founder and COO of Gymtrack, a VC-backed startup in the FitTech space. Pablo also hosts The Product Market Fit Show where he discusses how popular companies found Product Market Fit. In this episode, we talk about - - How Pablo almost became a millionaire by 25, but instead went bankrupt? - How he helps companies find real Product Market Fit and not fake growth numbers? - What are the 5...

Jesse Marble is the founder & Partner at Wildwood Ventures. Jesse works across all of Wildwood including growth, founder sourcing, advising, and investor relations. Prior to Wildwood, he was CEO of Magneti, an award-winning growth marketing firm he bootstrapped, scaled, and exited. In this episode, we talk about - - Jesse's story and how he started investing - Investing in outdoor & wellness sector - How big is the wellness market? - What they look for in companies they want to...

Bede Moore was the Founding Managing Partner of Antler Australia and is now the firm’s Chief Commercial Officer. Before Antler, Bede was the CEO of Sydney’s peak technology industry body, TechSydney, and prior to this, he was the co-founder and managing director of Indonesia’s largest eCommerce site, Lazada, which was acquired by Alibaba in 2017 for US$3.5 billion. Antler was recently recognized as the world’s most active angel and seed-stage investor by Pitchbook. In this episode, we...

Jahnavi Kumari Mewar is a real-life princess, from the erstwhile royal state of Mewar. Founder of Auctus Fora, an investment platform for global family offices to co-invest.  Princess Jahnavi Kumari, represents the 77th generation of India's most powerful and oldest royal family dynasty. In this episode we talk about: - How Princess Jahnavi restructured her Royal family office? - 3 things to keep in mind in respect to capital management of any kind. - How they mantain the delicate...

Diana Tenkova is the founder of Institutional Quality where they're helping Emerging Managers with practical fundraising strategies. They offer a range of services from positioning the fund in front of LPs, LP outreach & closing the fund. In this episode, Diana shares: - How important is it for Emerging Managers to correctly position their fund? - How to target the right type of LPs who would be interested in your VC fund? - How to build LP avatars? - How to build a prospective list...

Arin Özkula is a General Partner at 500 Emerging Europe, a pre-seed / seed fund investing in Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Baltics region. In this episode, we talk about - - What is 500 Emerging Europe? - How is the ecosystem in Eastern Europe different from Western Europe ecosystem? - What sectors are most popular & promising in the region? - How they back founders building global companies? - What is the portfolio construction strategy at 500 Emerging Europe? & lots...

Guillermo Flor is a Venture Capital Investor at Gohub Ventures, an early-stage SaaS B2B Venture capital fund investing in great companies all over Europe & USA. Before joining Gohub Ventures, Guillermo built a SaaS startup, worked as a strategy consultant at Accenture Strategy, and graduated with an MBA from IE Business School. In this episode, we talk about: - Guillermo's story and how he started investing - Investing in startups with "yellow flags" - How should early-stage founders...

Chris Cheung is a Partner at TenSquared Capital LLC (10SQ) with eight years of experience in venture capital and investment banking. Prior to joining 10SQ, he was an associate at 10T Holdings, LLC, a $1.2Bn AUM growth equity firm focused on investing in mid-to-late-stage companies in blockchain and Web3. In this episode, we talk about - - How Chris started investing into blockchain startups? - Why hasn't blockchain gone mainstream yet? - Investment thesis at 10 Squared - Key sub-sectors...

Ben Kohlmann is a Partner at Cubit Capital where he looks into Frontier Tech Investments. Ben is a former F18 pilot in the US Navy. Ben led the Chief of Naval Operations Rapid Innovation Cell and is also the co-founder of the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum. In this episode, we talk about - - How's the experience of flying an F18 fighter jet? - How Ben built a culture of non-conformity within the US Navy? - How is the speed of innovation in Defence forces? - What's the Product-Market Fit...

Jeroen van Doornik is the Founder & Managing Partner at Pacenotes where they are backing top-tier funds and doubling down on breakout companies In this episode, we talk about: - How to build a VC firm that stands the test of time? - What separates "Emerging Firms" from "Brand Name Firms"? - The challenges faced by Limited Partners - Most crucial metrics for VC firms to track - Leading deals Vs co-investing alongside other leads, what's a better strategy for VCs? - Reserve Vs No Reserve:...

Guy Cherni is a deep-tech founder and investor. Guy is the Co-Founder and the managing partner of Climate First, which supports deep-tech and Climatech startups. He invested in more than 30 companies disrupting the fields of Energy, Materials, Food, Mobility, and more. Prior to Climate First, Guy Co-founded Atlas Dynamics, the leading European unmanned aerial systems (UAS) company that redefines the drone industry using autonomous swarms. In this episode, we talk about - - How Climate is...