Ravi Viswanathan founded NewView Capital (NVC) in 2018 to provide entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and investors with the freedom to drive continual innovation and sustainable growth. With over $2B under management, NVC invests in technology companies through both direct investments and curated portfolio acquisitions, pairing funding with significant operational support. NewView Capital focus primarily on growth-stage companies, with a thematic approach to investing earlier. The NVC portfolio...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 6 min
David Weisburd is the Co-Founder at 10X Capital, which founded 10X Capital Venture Capital Acquisition I (NASDAQ: VCVC), 10X Capital Venture Capital Acquisition II (NASDAQ: VCXA), 10X Capital Venture Capital Acquisition III (NASDAQ: VCXB) as well as co-sponsoring four additional SPAC's for a total of 7 10X affiliated SPAC's. In addition to it's SPAC franchise, 10X Capital has also invested into over 500 portfolio companies including 23andMe (Exit - IPO), Clubhouse, DraftKings (Exit - IPO), Heads...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Amber Illig, General Partner at The Council Fund, launched a $5 million debut fund targeting early-stage startups disrupting legacy industries. With a background in angel investing, Illig aims to leverage her experience in tech and venture to support companies in Vertical SaaS, Fintech, and Healthcare. Her career has spanned roles at influential tech companies and her fund emphasizes investment in founders with the resilience to transform complex sectors. The Council, an all-female operator grou...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr
Elaine is the Co-Founder of Tofu, a generative AI platform for creating hyper-personalized, omnichannel campaigns at scale that converts leads for B2B marketing teams. She also serves as a Venture Partner at SignalFire where she first joined in 2018 to invest in seed stage enterprise SaaS companies. In her work as Venture Partner, she primarily focuses on GTM SaaS and generative AI applications. Prior to joining SignalFire, Elaine built and led the Growth and Product Marketing team at ConsenSy...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Vijay Karunamurthy is the field Chief Technology Officer at Scale AI, where he works to democratize the capabilities of Generative AI and Large Language Models, partnering with large model providers, governments, and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to Scale, Vijay was a Director of Engineering at Apple and Google, where he worked on applications of AI for personalizing human interfaces. Vijay was an early employee at YouTube (prior to the acquisition by Google), and led Search and Discovery as well...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr
Eric Bahn is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Hustle Fund invests in software startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, backing founders who exhibit great execution and high velocity (aka, hustle). Previous to Hustle Fund, Eric was an angel investor and partner at 500Startups. And prior to becoming a professional investor, he spent over a decade as an operator (Facebook, Instagram) and entrepreneur (Beat The GMAT, The Hu...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr
Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and writer. He is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds anti-hunger camp...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr
Jon Levy is a behavioral scientist and New York Times bestselling author known for his work in trust, human connection, belonging, and influence. Jon specializes in applying the latest research to transform the ways companies approach marketing, sales, consumer engagement, and culture. His clients range from Fortune 500 brands, like Microsoft, Google, AB-InBev, and Samsung, to startups. More than a decade ago, Jon founded The Influencers Dinner, a secret dining experience for industry leaders ra...
Feb 13, 2024•56 min
A graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Ross Pomerantz is a multifaceted individual known for his role as Corporate Bro. He is not just a content creator but also an entrepreneur, angel investor, and a "chill dude." His work mainly revolves around satirical portrayals of corporate life, especially focusing on the life of a Silicon Valley software salesman. His content has garnered him a significant following, making him a modern-day equivalent of Dilbert but in video form. His come...
Feb 13, 2024•48 min
Samir Kaji is the CEO and co-founder of Allocate, a platform that democratizes access to the best technology and life sciences private alternatives. Allocate removes the barriers of discovery, diligence, and access that prevent qualified investors from participating in this lucrative asset class. He also host Venture Unlocked, a podcast and blog that dives into the inner workings of venture capital. Samir share his insights and perspectives from working with over 700 private funds and venture-ba...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr
Chris Douvos founded Ahoy Capital in 2018 to build an intentionally right-sized firm that could pursue investment excellence while prizing a spirit of partnership with all of its constituencies. A pioneering investor in the micro-VC movement, Chris has been a fixture in venture capital for nearly two decades. In addition to successfully identifying and catalyzing nascent funds, he bridges a gap between the providers of capital and the consumers of capital by creating platforms for transparent di...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr
Crystal McKellar is a Harvard-trained lawyer. She learned to invest from Peter Thiel and began her venture career in 2012 at a growth-stage venture capital fund backed by Thiel. There, she held board positions at Neurable, Siren Care, DoubleDutch (acq. Cvent), and Fractyl Labs, and was instrumental in the fund's 2012 investment in Palantir Technologies.While working for Thiel, Crystal supported several frontier health tech startups, and from her work with Palantir developed a deep network in the...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr
Joey Primiani is the founder and designer at Superfuture. Superfuture is a creative venture studio and collective of artists, engineers and dreamers out to create magical consumer product experiences at the intersection of technology, arts and culture. Passionate and creative, his designs have been called “ingenious” by Fast Company, “charming ... incredibly unique” by Mashable, and “simple and brilliant” by TechCrunch. Named to Forbes list 2016's 30 Under 30 in the consumer technology category ...
Feb 13, 2024•46 min
Mike Duda is the Managing Partner at Bullish. Bullish is a Marketing Operating Partner focused on being in the growth business. One-part Creative Agency, one-part consumer investment Firm, they deploy capabilities from both worlds to help brands speed the transformation of opportunities into outcomes. Brand Agency campaigns for the likes of: Anheuser Busch, Walmart, GoDaddy, Pepsi, Nike, The Light Phone, TaylorMade. Capital investors in: Harry's, Casper (exited), Warby Parker , Peloton (exited),...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Rohit Dave is the Head of Corporate Development at Block. Prior to that he was the Head of Portfolio Capital Markets at Juxtapose and former VP and head of Corporate Development at WeWork and Corporate Development at Twilio and Samsung. Topic: * M&A strategy insights: deal evaluation frame work * Post-acquisition integration * Understanding your acquire’s perspective 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Kelli Fontaine is a Partner at Cendana Capital, where she focuses on investing in early-stage venture capital funds worldwide. Cendana’s portfolio includes notable funds such as Forerunner, Uncork, and Mucker Capital among many others. Topics: * Effective strategies for identifying and engaging with top emerging fund managers. * Insights and takeaways from her extensive experience in fund investments. * Best practices in portfolio management for LPs. 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: ...
Feb 13, 2024•59 min
Dmitry Petrov is the Co-Founder & CEO at Iterative.ai. He is a former researcher turned startup founder. With a background in data management algorithms, including a PhD thesis, and industrial data science experience he has transitioned into the realm of developer cutting-edge data infrastructure for AI. - Challenges and Solutions in ML Data Versioning - The Role of Open Source in ML Data Versioning - Best Practices for Collaborative ML Projects 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: h...
Feb 13, 2024•36 min
Anubhav Maheshwari is a Partner at Stage 2 Capital. Anu started his career as an Analyst in Morgan Stanley's Global Technology Investment Banking group advising both private and public technology companies on M&A, IPOs and other capital markets financings. While always at the intersection of technology and finance, Anu has moved to progressively earlier stages with time. After Morgan Stanley, Anu was an investor at ICONIQ Growth where he focused on Series B and later growth investments in so...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Winter Mead is the founder and CEO at Coolwater. Most recently, he has worked in financial services for a decade at two SEC-registered investment firms and has invested approximately $1-billion across 80 private equity and venture capital firms as a Limited Partner, specializing in venture capital. Before becoming an investor, Winter Mead worked in the technology world at three different angel and venture capital financed start-ups. Winter has been involved with two leading industry organization...
Feb 13, 2024•59 min
Bill Sun is the founder and CEO of Generative Alpha. He was a successful quant portfolio manager with a billion-dollar AUM trading global equity in the Millennium fund. Bill graduated from Stanford Math/AI PhD and also worked at Citadel, Point72 Cubist as a Quant/AI researcher and Google Brain, where he participated in the discovery of transformer architecture. Topic: * Quant Trading and AI-Enhanced Investing Insights * The Future of Wall Street's Buy-Side with Next-Generation AI * Accessibility...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr
David Zhou is the Head of Investor Relations at Alchemist Accelerator, a startup accelerator focused on investing the first check into rockstar B2B companies, where we were the first investors in companies like LaunchDarkly, rigetti, moengage, Retail Zipline and more. Prior to Alchemist, David ran operations and community for On Deck Angels, a community of the world's most ambitious angels and first-time fund managers. On the side, David is an active angel, LP in VC funds, blogger on Cup of Zhou...
Feb 09, 2024•46 min
John Kraski is the Co-Founder of Future Proof which is focused on helping brands build the future communities of tomorrow. Future Proof is your trusted partner in navigating the digital frontier of the future and a trusted partner of the world's #1 Roblox builder. He is the author of Amazon #1 bestseller, The Future of Community which is focused on how brands and creators can leverage Web3, AI and emerging technologies to make more money. Before entering the Web3 space, he spent 20+ years in var...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Gobi Dasu, co-founder of LD Talent, exemplifies the modern tech landscape's focus on rapid learning and adaptability. Completing his Stanford CS degree in two years, becoming a digital nomad, and then pursuing a master's in HCI+AI, Gobi now leads LD Talent while working towards a PhD at Northwestern. LD Talent, a network of diverse, vetted developers at ldtalentwork.com, encourages continuous learning and productivity, reflecting key trends in the tech industry concerning the future of work, div...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 2 min
David Teten founded Versatile VC, which backs early-stage companies that help investors generate alpha and succeed. He is Chair of PEVCtech, a community of family office, private equity, and VC funds making better investments through technology and analytics. He is a Venture Partner with Coolwater Capital, the "Y Combinator for emerging VCs". Topics: 1. How are VCs differentiating using tech & analytics? 2. What are best practices of portfolio acceleration? 3. How should VCs source deals? 🍎...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Romain Paulus, a founding engineer at MetaMind, which Salesforce acquired in 2016, has an extensive background in AI and technology. His expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP) was developed through his role as a research assistant at Stanford University. Paulus also contributed significantly as a founding engineer of You.com, a private search engine known for summarizing web content. Currently, he is applying his skills as a founding engineer at Raive and actively participates as a Limit...
Feb 09, 2024•51 min
Arad Malhotra, the founder and CEO of Report To Earn, leads a Web3-based rewards system for reporting and validating useful information in the real world. Additionally, he co-founded Skyless Game Studios, a video game studio dedicated to creating games with social, educational, or philanthropic impacts. He also features on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. 🌐 The Evolution and Future of Web3 Technologies: 🎮 Innovations in Gaming for Social Good 🚀 Understanding the Gaming Industry 🌍 How Blockchain ...
Feb 09, 2024•36 min
Georgi Koreli is the founder of Hinkal. Hinkal is a multi-chain privacy layer for blockchain transactions backed Draper Associates and other leading VCs. It raised $5.3m in 2023. He also founded the SV Icons, community connecting Stanford entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley icons through curating dinners. Past speakers include Sam Altman, Evan Spiegel, Aneel Bhusri and other iconic founders and VCs. Topics: 🚀 New Crypto Use Cases 📈 Bull Market 🏗️ Infrastructure 💼 Crypto Business Models 🍎 Appl...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Meghana Dhar previously served as the Head of Partnerships for Instagram Shopping, Advisor to the CEO of eBay, and most recently, the Head of Global Partnerships for Snapchat. She now advises and consults with companies & venture firms full-time on Strategy, GTM, eCommerce, and Partnerships. She also speaks and angel invests in the space. Meghana graduated from Harvard Business School, was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, and currently serves as an advisor to the Stanford Graduate Schoo...
Feb 09, 2024•44 min
Unlock the secrets to sourcing the best companies as an angel investor with Michael Ma, Founding Partner at Liquid 2 Ventures. In this insightful discussion, learn from Michael's vast experience, having founded CreatorDao (backed by a16z and Initialized) and sold TalkBin to Google. As a seed investor behind 33 unicorns including GitLab, Rappi, Cloud9, and more, his expertise is unparalleled. Some topics we will be covering: 🌱 Raising Your First VC Fund 🏗️ Portfolio Construction 🤝 Attracting a...
Feb 09, 2024•59 min
Paige Finn Doherty is the Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures. BGV invests in preseed and seed companies in the future of work and play. She is actively investing out of our Fund II, and they've made 39 investments to date, including Aviron, Beacons.AI, Aidaly, Pallet, and more. They're backed by Cendana Capital, GREE, and dozens of general partners, founders, and operators like Arash Ferdowsi, Heather Hartnett, and David Sacks. Some topics we will be covering: - Understanding LP Prioriti...
Feb 03, 2024•31 min
