Send us a text Today, I'm joined by Ariana Thacker, Founding Partner at Conscience VC, an early-stage investment firm investing in science empowering humanity. Conscience VC was founded with the mission to generate a positive and scalable impact on the world by partnering with technical founders. Early in Arianaās career, she fell in love with early-stage startups and saw investing as the best way to drive impact and support entrepreneurs. She previously worked as a chemical engineer, Managing P...
Jul 04, 2023ā¢29 minā¢Ep. 67
Send us a text Today, I'm joined by Itamar Novick, Managing Partner at Recursive Ventures, a San Francisco based Micro VC fund investing in US Pre-seed and Seed Tech Startups disrupting industries through use of Data and Artificial Intelligence. Itamar has been supporting entrepreneurs since 2010 (50+ investments). He is also a Business insider Top 100 Global seed investor 2021 & 2022. Previously, he worked as an Entrepreneur & Startup executive in companies such as Life360 and Gigya. Se...
Jun 27, 2023ā¢26 minā¢Ep. 66
Send us a text Today, I'm joined by Molly Mielke, Founding Partner at Moth Fund, an early-stage-focused venture capital firm that aims to increase the agency of exceptional individuals using both investment dollars and grants. Her fortes are: storytelling (ex-Stripe/Figma/Notion), early-career talent recruiting, and dot-connecting within the venture ecosystem (former Sequoia Scout). Mollyās goal is to establish a replicable funding model that aligns the economics to incentivize supporting indivi...
Jun 20, 2023ā¢30 minā¢Ep. 65
Send us a text In todayās podcast, I have an exciting announcement to make. I also wanted to share a bit of context on where I am at with building Behind Genius Ventures and the direction that I want to take Seed to Harvest in the future. Connect with Paige š±š Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/ Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn 00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Paige Doherty 00:17 adjusting the schedule of Se...
Jun 13, 2023ā¢11 minā¢Ep. 64
Send us a text Today, I'm joined by Arkady Kulik, Founding Partner at rpv, a DeepTech Venture fund focused on early stage, scientifically intensive ventures. Arkady believes the alliance between entrepreneurs and scientists is the key to unlocking humanity's transition to an advanced civilization. His mission is to help both parties succeed across multiple industries and myriad contexts. Arkadyās business track record mix of c-suite corporate and entrepreneurship achievement spans multiple diver...
Jun 06, 2023ā¢27 minā¢Ep. 63
Send us a text Today I wanted to tell you a little bit about how memes on Twitter led me to manage millions of dollars. Through my journey with memes on Twitter, I feel that as I've gotten more comfortable as a venture firm manager and running my business, I'm starting to realize the magic of what I do is that I am informal and do not take things too seriously. Although I have very strong investment principles that have been developed through my experience backing CEOs in our portfolio, the thin...
May 16, 2023ā¢19 minā¢Ep. 62
Send us a text Today, I'm joined by Rachel Braun, Gen Z Tech & VC Producer & Researcher. Rachel is currently the founder and host of Braun & Brains, an agency specializing in producing social media content, events, and podcasts focusing on tech, business, and venture capital. She was previously the producer and correspondent for This Week in Startups, a weekly show that reviews the latest news related to new technology startups, hosted by technology entrepreneur Jason Calacanis. In a...
May 09, 2023ā¢40 minā¢Ep. 61
Send us a text Today, I'm joined by Anna Barber, Investing Partner at M13, which is an LA based Series A venture fund focused on investing in the future of consumer technology. Understanding the future of consumer behavior is M13ās obsession, and it is why their funds have demonstrated repeatable success. After making early investments in direct-to-consumer brands (M13 participated in seed and Series A of 15 $1B companies), today M13 invests in the enabling technologies that power the future of ...
May 02, 2023ā¢28 minā¢Ep. 60
Send us a text Today I wanted to talk about one of my favorite subjects: cold outreach. At this point in my life, I am pretty much a professional at cold outreach. Cold outreach is really what built the foundation of my career, whether that was an email, Twitter DM, or LinkedIn message. I will be addressing my five P's of cold outreach: perspective, purpose, process, prep, and post. I will also be sharing my perspective on my cold outreaches in the past because I have interacted with some pretty...
Apr 25, 2023ā¢22 minā¢Ep. 59
Send us a text Today, I'm joined by Niki Scevak, Co-founder of Blackbird, a $2.5 billion Australia based venture firm, investing across Australia and New Zealand at the early stage and beyond. Blackbird backs generational ambition with generational ownership by raising funds, investing in the best startup companies all the way through their journey from idea to beyond IPO. Their portfolio is worth over $7B and includes some of the most successful Aussie and Kiwi startups including Canva, Zoox, S...
Apr 11, 2023ā¢24 minā¢Ep. 58
Send us a text Today, Im joined by Yasmine Lacaillade, the Founding Partner of Sinefine. We talk a little bit about the SVB situation that happened recently and it's broader impact on the ecosystem. Yasmine built Sinefine because she saw a growing need in the market for emerging manager aggregation and platforms. Having sat at Drive Capital for a decade and being in charge of LPs while building a single early-stage venture fund into a fully vertically integrated multi-billion dollar platform, Ya...
Apr 03, 2023ā¢33 minā¢Ep. 57
Send us a text Today I'm going to talk about our portfolio at Behind Genius Ventures and some of the industry trends in 2023 and beyond. I am one of the youngest fund managers in the world. I founded Behind Genius Ventures in 2021. Our debut fund was $5 million and we invest in pre-seed and seed stage companies building within the future of work and the future of play. The topics we will be talking about today are companies building within generative ai, creators as a business, the loneliness ep...
Mar 28, 2023ā¢20 minā¢Ep. 56
Send us a text Today I am going to be sharing the six books that have really impacted the way that I write. I am the author of the book Seed to Harvest. Seed to Harvest is a children's book about venture capital, which I am really passionate about. I am sharing why I think venture is so unique and interesting with folks who might not come from traditional backgrounds or have a misconception that venture is a bunch of old dudes smoking cigars in a mahogany library. Seed to Harvest is a podcast fo...
Mar 21, 2023ā¢9 minā¢Ep. 55
Send us a text Today, Iām joined by Fernando Pontaza, Co-Founder and General Partner at Invariantes Fund. Fernando is a self-taught, multi-asset class portfolio manager with a track record of outperformance and solid risk metrics. After over 10 years in finance and a decade of managing portfolios, he has learned an enormous amount about the power of creating wealth. He believes the risks and sacrifices entrepreneurs take against the odds are key drivers of mankind's progress. As Co-Founder and G...
Mar 14, 2023ā¢28 minā¢Ep. 54
Send us a text Today, Iām joined by Wes Panek, Principal at Screendoor Partners. Screendoor Partners focuses on supporting underrepresented venture capitalists, enabling founders and teams (both of whom are more likely to be underrepresented themselves) to back and build new companies, and creating a more inclusive venture capital and technology ecosystem. Previously, Wes was Principal at New Media Ventures, a Senior Associate at The Global Development Incubator, and a Strategy Consultant at Del...
Mar 07, 2023ā¢28 minā¢Ep. 53
Send us a text Today, Iām joined by Mercedes Bent, an investor on the early stage team at Lightspeed with a focus on consumer fintech/crypto in LATAM and the USA. She is an investor in Forage, Stori, Flink, Outschool, Beek, Magic Eden, Hawku, Fan Controlled Sports, and more. Mercedes co-leads Lightspeedās LATAM region and the Scout Fund (angel fund). In 2016, she was named a 40 Under 40 for Tech Diversity in Silicon Valley. Previously, she was a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Asset Ma...
Feb 28, 2023ā¢29 minā¢Ep. 52
Send us a text Today, Iām joined by Erin Harkless Moore, who leads the fund and direct investment program for Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company created by Melinda French Gates to advance social progress in the United States. With over a decade and a half of investment experience, building and managing customized portfolios for endowed institutions and family offices, Erin is responsible for identifying, investing and overseeing a diverse portfolio of investments that drive b...
Feb 21, 2023ā¢25 minā¢Ep. 51
Send us a text In this special episode, I talk about how I built trust on Twitter, got Forbes 30U30, and raised $5 million at 23. I share tips to prevent mistakes that emerging managers make raising their first fund. I will be answering questions concerning interactions on Twitter, demographics of LPs, managing how to network and build relationships with founders alongside raising a fund, sharing information and touching base with LPs, and my methodology for contacting LPs periodically throughou...
Feb 14, 2023ā¢21 minā¢Ep. 50
Send us a text Welcome back to Seed to Harvest, a podcast with founders, creators, and investors about their stories, frameworks and tactics. Today, Iām joined by Sara Zulkosky, Managing Partner at Recast Capital. Prior to co-founding Recast, Sara served as a Venture Partner at Greenspring Associates, a venture capital platform with over $12B in assets under management. She also gives back to the young investing community as a coach for the Georgetown VCIC team led by 5 young female investors th...
Feb 07, 2023ā¢24 minā¢Ep. 49
Send us a text Today, Iām joined by Kelli Fontaine, Partner at Cendana Capital who previously served as Director for Trinity Capital Investment. Cendana Capital invests globally in very early stage funds, and now manages over $2.2B. They are our anchor investor for Fund 2, and I could not be more excited to have Kelli on the show today. Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding...
Jan 31, 2023ā¢27 minā¢Ep. 48
Send us a text Today, Iām joined by Monique Woodard, the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Cake Ventures. Cake Ventures is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm investing in companies that touch areas of demographic change including aging and longevity, the increased spending power of women, and the shift to majority-minority. A Forbes article published on Jan 12, 2023, claims that Cake Ventures has closed its debut fund at $17 million dollars. Monique was previously a Venture Scout f...
Jan 24, 2023ā¢21 minā¢Ep. 47
Send us a text Today, Iām joined by Sydney Thomas, the Founding Partner of Impressionism Capital. She invests in early stage startups, specifically focusing on investing in real people. Since becoming the first hire at Precursor VC, Sydney has built a community of over 400 co-investors along with intuitive systems that scale small to midsize teams. She is a proud BeyoncĆ© stan and dedicated writer who writes about her experience building her first fund on her blog. Seed to Harvest is a podcast fo...
Jan 17, 2023ā¢26 minā¢Ep. 46
Send us a text Today, Iām joined by Ann Bordetsky, a Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Ann has helped build some of Silicon Valley's most iconic technology companies, such as Rival Inc, which was acquired by Ticketmaster in 2020 and has served in operator roles at Uber, Twitter, and several mobility startups. She uses her operator superpowers to help visionary founders design and grow their companies to scale. She's also been an active angel investor in many female founders. Seed to Ha...
Jan 10, 2023ā¢32 minā¢Ep. 45
Send us a text Today, Iām joined by Julia Lipton, the Founding Partner of Awesome People Ventures. She was previously the first business hire and Director of Marketing at Quixey in 2011. Julia was also the Head of Growth at Rise and the Head of Virtual Visits at One Medical Group. Furthermore, she founded Soundboard, which offers high touch advising for venture-backed startups. Julia currently is the Founding Partner of Awesome People Ventures that invests in awesome people doing awesome things ...
Dec 20, 2022ā¢30 minā¢Ep. 44
Send us a text Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults. Today, Iām joined by Jana Iris. Sheās a coffee lover, start-up advisor and investor. Since 2008, sheās been an early employee of startups, including Engine Yard, New Relic, and HashiCorp, focused on building their d...
Dec 13, 2022ā¢31 minā¢Ep. 43
Send us a text Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest , an illustrated children's book for adults. In this episode, Iāll share the inspiration, our process, the reason behind our podcast creation decisions including our tech stack. Iāll start with our idea generation + move through pre-production, editing, revie...
Dec 06, 2022ā¢24 minā¢Ep. 42
Send us a text Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest , an illustrated children's book for adults. Today, Iām joined by Gale Wilkinson, General Partner at Vitalize VC. After graduating with her degree in marketing, she consulted CPG companies on new product launches. After starting two businesses, she started an...
Nov 29, 2022ā¢24 minā¢Ep. 41
Send us a text Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest , an illustrated children's book for adults. Today, Iām joined by Jaclyn Hester, Partner at Foundry Group. At Foundry, Jaclyn leads direct investments in early-stage companies. She operates with a passion for supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs an...
Nov 22, 2022ā¢34 minā¢Ep. 40
Send us a text Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest , an illustrated children's book for adults. Today, Iām joined by Anne Dwane from Village Global, an early stage venture fund backed by some of the worldās most successful entrepreneurs such as Jeff Bezos, Sara Blakely, Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Magic Johnson...
Nov 15, 2022ā¢37 minā¢Ep. 39
Send us a text Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest , an illustrated children's book for adults. Today I'm joined by my good friend Elana Dickman, an investor at Red Beard Ventures. She started her career at top consulting firms such as KPMG and Deloitte. She has built a reputation for herself as a content cre...
Nov 08, 2022ā¢28 minā¢Ep. 38
