David Fleck -- FreeFlow
I deeply appreciate David's approach to life and work. He founded FreeFlow to invest in startups coming out of Caltech that have the potential to improve our world.
Sep 16, 2020•21 min
LA Venture
We talk to Southern California VCs to get to know them, their funds, and their advice for entrepreneurs.
Hosted by Minnie Ingersoll from TenOneTen, an LA-based seed fund investing in b2b software.
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Brian Schwartz -- Canaan scout
Brian Schwartz is a hub of LA startup deals, a scout for Canaan Partners, the founder of SIZE advisors, SIZE capital, and an advisor to unicorn startup goPuff.
Sep 09, 2020•24 min
Alex Gurevich -- Javelin Venture Partners
Javelin's Alex Gurevich talks with us about investing in Masterclass, Thumbtack, Mythical Games and more. Alex also tells us why VCs should be getting performance reviews from their founders.
Sep 02, 2020•31 min
Eric Pakravan -- TenOneTen
Eric and I work together at TenOneTen! We talk about our partners, Lava Lab, AmplifyLA, Scopely, marketplaces and the sort of companies that thrive in LA.
Aug 26, 2020•28 min
Dan Abrams -- Cobalt Capital
Dan Abrams is a partner at Cobalt Capital. Prior to Cobalt, Dan (and the entire Cobalt team) was at CAA-affiliated Evolution Media. Cobalt leads Series B rounds, but likes to get to know founders earlier in their journey.
Aug 19, 2020•25 min
Hamet Watt -- Share Ventures
We had a chance to hear about Hamet's newly launched venture foundry, Share Ventures, focused on human performance. We talk about brain health, Hamet's role at Upfront, and insights on early stage innovation.
Aug 12, 2020•35 min
Virginia Schmitt -- B Capital
Virginia Schmitt is a partner and CFO at B Capital. B Capital is a leading growth-venture firm and one of the largest with an LA office, investing $10-60M in series B-D companies. Virginia shares insights from being a CFO investing out of over $1B AUM.
Aug 05, 2020•32 min
D.A. Wallach -- Time BioVentures
One of LA's most fascinating investors, DA Wallach, tells us about touring with Blink 182, making a song with with Diddy, becoming an investor with Ron Burkle, and his current life science focus at Time BioVentures.
Jul 28, 2020•35 min
Rachel Springate -- Muse Capital
Great connecting with Rachel Springate about her path into VC, raising consumer-focused Muse Fund II, her partnership with Assia, and diversity in venture.
Jul 22, 2020•19 min
Clinton Foy -- Crosscut Ventures
Really fun talking with Clinton Foy about the gaming industry, founding Immortals, living in the metaverse, and who his favorite Crosscut partner is.
Jul 15, 2020•27 min
Eric Manlunas -- Wavemaker Partners
Eric Manlunas joins us to explain all the different things that Wavemaker is doing--starting with $250-500k seed checks, anchoring other funds like Wavemaker 360 and Thin Line and even building companies at Wavemaker Labs with Buck Jordan.
Jul 08, 2020•28 min
Tom McInerney -- TGM Ventures
Tom McInerney is a full-time angel investor with 120 angel investments. He shares how he gets into rounds like Clubhouse, Tala, Segment, his view of investing during Covid, and why he spends time hanging out in Clubhouse.
Jul 01, 2020•23 min
Adam Lilling -- Plus Capital
Adam Lilling probably has the coolest job. He's the founder and managing partner at Plus Capital, where he works with celebrities like Ellen and Portia who want to invest in growing companies (post-seed) that align with their values.
Jun 24, 2020•29 min
Deb Benton -- Willow
Today we chat with Deb Benton about her new fund, Willow, that she founded with Amanda Schutzbank. Deb is on the board of Carbon38, TomboyX, The Leaf Group and she has all sorts of insight on how to do consumer investing well and what sort of metrics to look for.
Jun 17, 2020•32 min
Don & David -- Global Founders Capital (GFC)
Don Stalter and David Resnekov are colleagues at GFC (Global Founders Capital), a $1.2B fund that will invest pre-product all the way through later growth rounds and will even lead multiple rounds for a company. Interesting, entrepreneurial approach to VC.
Jun 10, 2020•24 min
Brendan Wallace -- Fifth Wall
So interesting talking to Brendan Wallace about how he built Fifth Wall to $1.2B in 3.5 years. We talk about how the retail landscape is changing, how the work week will change and hopefully how the carbon impact of real estate will change.
Jun 03, 2020•32 min
Jason Schoettler -- Calibrate Ventures
Jason Schoettler started Calibrate Ventures where he invests in advanced automation (usually Series A). He and long-time partner Kevin Dunlap have made some really good investments (Ring, Dollar Shave Club) and some newer pretty cool looking ones (check out the Moxie video). We talk about why he feels comfortable investing in hardware (when there's a subscription), how to be a good board member, and much more.
May 27, 2020•25 min
Dovi Frances -- Group11
Dovi Frances is the founder of Group11 VC, one of the nation’s top decile performing FinTech funds. Group11 has led fintech investments into category defining companies such as Tipalti, Sunbit, TripActions and next insurance to name a few. (Series A sweet spot). Dovi is a bold thinker who isn’t afraid to throw jabs at other venture capitalists for hosting too many lavish parties and yoga sessions. This one is a fun listen.
May 20, 2020•30 min
Ernst & Vaughn -- Blue Bear Capital
Blue Bear Capital invests in technologies for the energy sector ($1-4M first check). We talk with Ernst and Vaughn about the energy supply chain, the growth of renewables and what Ernst calls BroPEC.
May 13, 2020•31 min
Aditi Maliwal -- Upfront Ventures
One of the newest partners at Upfront, Aditi Maliwal, tells us about her path to partner, her investments in Chime, BetterUp, and her time in Google corp dev.
May 06, 2020•29 min
Ben Savage -- Clocktower Ventures
Ben Savage tells us about Clocktower Ventures. They are fintech specialists who invest stage-agnostically into financial services innovation ($250k - $2.5m). Clocktower never leads rounds and Ben suggests that VCs often dont make for the best board members anyhow. Clocktower Ventures: https://www.clocktowerventures.com/ Pasadena VC/founder event: https://bit.ly/35e5Kxc
Apr 29, 2020•28 min
Steph Janson -- OCV
Steph Janson joins to tell us about OCV, a $260M LA fund investing into companies that have $5M+ ARR. He also shares some great stories about Israel's startup ecosystem and his time at OurCrowd.
Apr 23, 2020•28 min
Jesse Draper -- Halogen Ventures
Halogen Ventures invests ($250k - $1M) in consumer tech companies led by women (The Skimm, Carbon38). Jesse Draper shares her perspective of growing up 4th gen VC, how she learned to be fearless, and much more.
Apr 14, 2020•30 min
Matt Kozlov -- Techstars Space
Our guest Matt Kozlov is the managing director of Techstars Space and ran Techstars Health for 3 years before that. We chat about launching toaster sized objects into space for a couple million bucks, getting non-dilutive grant money, and of course Techstars ($120k and a great program)!
Apr 08, 2020•29 min
Dinesh Moorjani -- Comcast Ventures
Today's episode is with Dinesh Moorjani, managing director of LA-based Comcast Ventures. Comcast's sweet spot is a Series A check ($3-20M) but they are flexible. Dinesh explains how Comcast operates, tells us about the early days of Tinder, his experience of private equity, and much more.
Apr 02, 2020•30 min
Minnie Ingersoll -- TenOneTen
It was really hard to do a podcast about myself on my own podcast, but my dear friend Steph Hannon was kind enough to interview me. I tried to give the basics of TenOneTen ($500-$1M into seed rounds), but mostly felt like we chatted about my background and this podcast.
Mar 26, 2020•31 min
Elaine Russell -- Albertsons Fund & Greycroft
Elaine recently joined Greycroft to co-lead the Albertsons Fund, a $50M fund investing into the future of retail. The Albertsons Fund (ACI Fund) is investing with Greycroft's core fund $2-6M into Series A or seed companies that are redefining the future of retail.
Mar 17, 2020•27 min
Brian MacMahon -- Expert Dojo
We talk about how Brian has evolved Expert Dojo into a really interesting international accelerator ($100k checks), how lean startup can be misapplied, and how women are better than men :) Totally worth checking out--both the Dojo and this episode!
Mar 10, 2020•32 min
Michael Stoppelman -- Angel, scout, friend
Michael is one of the most sought after and prolific angel investors in LA. One year he invested in 50 companies... and that was before joining a prominent scout program. We also talk about growing Yelp with his brother Jeremy Stoppelman.
Mar 03, 2020•30 min
Courtney Reum -- M13
M13 is a $200M LA-based brand development and venture capital firm. Courtney is a co-founder of M13 and an investor in Pinterest, Ring, Lyft and much more. This is a fun one!
Feb 24, 2020•32 min
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