Investing in Startups
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The Rapid Rise of AI with Niki Scevak [Encore Episode]
This episode originally aired in September 2024 — and it's aged remarkably well. We're bringing it back with fresh context on why Niki's predictions have proven out. Niki Scevak is…
Hot Seed Deals, Quitting, and Liquidity with Peter Walker of Carta
Peter Walker is Head of Insights at Carta, where he tracks some of the most important data shaping venture right now. In this conversation, we talked about hot seed deals, quitting, liquidity, and…
B2B in the Age of AI and Services as Software with Ariel Winton-Jones
Ariel Winton-Jones is the founder of The Aligned Fund, where she invests in B2B software companies at the earliest signs of product-market fit. We talked about services as software, what B2B looks…
Future Titans, Authenticity, and Systems Thinking with Daniel Dart
Daniel Dart is the Founder and General Partner of Rock Yard Ventures. He is also the founder of the Future Titans summit, an amazing event he recently hosted in Austin for emerging managers and the…
Momentum, Moats, and the New Rules of Pre-Seed with Gaurav Jain
Gaurav Jain is the Cofounder and Managing Partner of Afore Capital. Afore is one of the OGs of institutional pre-seed investing and runs the largest dedicated pre-seed venture fund in the world. We…
AI, Hot Deals, & Ownership: Joe Magyer Reflects on 50 Episodes
We're celebrating our recent 50th episode with a special conversation between host Joe Magyer and guest host Chris Hill of Money Unplugged. Chris interviews Joe about his lessons learned from the…
Live Episode! A Future Titans Collab and Solo GP Life with Zal Bilimoria
We're excited to share this interview with Zal Bilimoria, founding partner at Refactor Capital, recorded live at the recent Future Titans emerging manager summit. Zal is a high-conviction, hard-tech…
Episode 50! Venture Strategy, Real Work, & The Myth of Overnight Success with Seth Levine
Seth Levine is a Partner at Foundry Group, a longtime early-stage firm investing in both startups and emerging fund managers. We talked about the art of working with founders, short-term-ism, knowing…
E49: AI Agents, Unlocking Human Potential, and Not Giving Up with Hyperspell
Conor Brennan-Burke and Manu Ebert are the co-founders of Hyperspell. Hyperspell provides a memory and context layer to AI agents is one of our portfolio companies at Seaplane Ventures. I (Joe here)…
E48: Backing Emerging Managers Before They're Brand Names with Courtney McCrea
Courtney McCrea is the Cofounder and Managing Partner of Recast Capital. Courtney and I dove into the intricacies of investing in emerging managers and building those firms. We talked about why…
E47: Gritty Founders, Weird Markets, and Vertical AI with Dan Teran
Dan Teran is a Cofounder and Managing Partner of Gutter Capital. Gutter is an early-stage firm based out of New York focused on founders tackling the world’s toughest problems. We talked about why…
E46: Breaking Rules and Letting Winners Run with David Gardner of The Motley Fool
Our guest this week is David Gardner, Cofounder of The Motley Fool. David is one of the best stock pickers of his generation. While for many investors a single 100X investment would be a…
E45: Access, Picking VCs, and Tough Love with Superclusters' David Zhou
David Zhou is an investor in emerging managers, an angel investor, a blogger, and the host of the Superclusters podcast. We talked about how LPs can size up emerging managers, how VCs can stand out,…
E44: Roundtable! Network Effects, Hustle, Raising Money, and More with Colin Gardiner and Sonia Nagar
We're trying something new with our first roundtable! Our guests are Sonia Nagar from SNAK Venture Partners and Colin Gardiner from Yonder Ventures. Sonia and Colin are both early-stage investors,…
E43: Trust, Paying Up, & Homebrew Forever with Hunter Walk
Our guest this week is Hunter Walk, Co-Founder of Homebrew and Screendoor. Hunter has a deep background in product, including from his time at Google and YouTube, but is best known for his investing.…
E42: From Public Markets to VC, AI, & Winning — Joe Magyer
Joe Magyer is the host of Investing in Startups, but his real job is running his early-stage boutique, Seaplane Ventures. In this episode, Joe is interviewed by his friend Owen Raszkiewicz, Founder…
E41: Pre/Seed, Control Points, and Frenemies with Jackie DiMonte of Grid Capital
Jackie DiMonte is the Cofounder and General Partner of Grid Capital. We talked about power laws, investing with conviction, how to help founders in their earliest stages, small funds vs. big funds,…
E40: The Art & Science of Portfolio Construction Plus Valuation Realism with Morgan Flager
Morgan Flager is the Managing Partner of Silverton Partners. Silverton is an early-stage firm that has had more than 30 companies IPO or get acquired. We talked about the art and science of portfolio…
E39: Networks, Flywheels, and Why Fintech is Thriving with Rex Salisbury
Rex Salisbury is the Founder and General Partner of fintech-focused Cambrian Ventures. We talked about how Rex built a big community and following in the fintech world, why fintech startups are on a…
E38: Lessons from Investing in 400 Startups with Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures
Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner and Founder of Precursor Ventures. Precursor is a generalist pre-seed firm based in San Francisco that invests in startups from all over. We talked about the…
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