Ian Sigalow is the co-founder and managing partner of Greycroft, a multi-stage venture fund based in New York. Since co-founding the fund in 2006, Ian has helped grow AUM to more than $3B, having invested in companies like Venmo, Bumble, Shipt, and Scopely. Before founding Greycroft, Ian spent three years at a venture fund in Boston, before starting his own company called StrongData, which developed smart card technology to prevent card-not-present fraud. * The State of VC in 2024 * Market predi...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Inspired by Knight Rider and Star Trek, Shahin grew up with a passion to endow superpowers to humanity through feats of engineering. He learned BASIC on an IBM PC XT clone he built at his aunt’s computer store and used to dial into Bulletin Board Systems when he was in the 4th grade. He learned about engines by taking apart an Alfa Romeo at his Uncle’s repair shop a few years later. He aspired to design microchips, software, and systems that could someday amount to the fictional K.I.T.T., and bu...
Mar 20, 2024•33 min
Brian Zhan is an investor at CRV, where he focuses on investing in early-stage infrastructure software companies. Prior to that, he worked on product development at Facebook and Starburst. Brian joined the original Presto creators (who co-founded Starburst to offer fully managed Presto) to build Starburst's batch analytics product from scratch. He interviewed users to build the business proposal and roadmap, hired an engineering team, and led the go-to-market strategy. Building an active open-so...
Mar 20, 2024•42 min
Gabby Slome is the Co-founder and CEO of Cooper, a parenting mecca offering parents (and parents to be) with the tools and resources to build their parenting muscle and become the parents they want to be. Cooper offers on demand access to leading experts in child development and likeminded parents, 24/7. Group sessions, live events/workshops and “always on” one-on-one support are spearheaded by top tier experts including PhD’s, educators and licensed clinical social workers with decades of exper...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Chris is a partner at Wing, where he works with founders building data infrastructure and AI-first infrastructure. His passion is improving the odds for founders at the earliest stages, particularly in finding product-market fit through introductions to potential customers and strategic partners. He strives to support founders in de-risking the beginning stages of building an enduring company. Before joining Wing as a partner, he was a venture investor at Base10 Partners and a growth-stage inves...
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Galia Beer-Gabel is a Partner at Team8 where she helps to build innovative fintech startups. Galia works closely with founders and supports them with the ideation, building, and scaling of their businesses. Prior to joining and building Team8’s fintech foundry, Galia spent 6 years at PayPal where she held multiple business development and sales leadership roles across sub-Saharan Africa, Israel, and Eastern Europe. In addition to possessing deep fintech and eCommerce expertise, Galia has vast ex...
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Kendrick Nguyen is the Co-founder and CEO of Republic. Republic empowers everyone to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startups, real estate, crypto, video game financing and more. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, connected world, Republic has facilitated over $700 million in investments from over one million global community members, with $1B+ in managed assets. - Building a Scalable Business Model - Market Entry and Expansion Strategies - Building and Manag...
Mar 16, 2024•56 min
Rishi Taparia is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Garuda Ventures. He is a seasoned tech executive and investor with over 15 years of experience in strategy, operations and finance. He was most recently the SVP of Strategy and Operations at Legion, an AI/ML powered HR tech company, where he helped launch a new product line, and raise $80M in capital across multiple rounds of funding. Prior to Legion, Rishi served as the VP of Business Operations at Poynt, a hardware and software company bui...
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Brent Murri is a Partner at M13 where he leads early-stage investments in software and marketplaces. Brent joined M13 from Battery Ventures where he focused on growth-stage enterprise software investments. Prior to Battery, he worked in strategy & business development for Samsung NEXT, where he developed and executed strategies around Samsung’s mobile software and services initiatives. Topics: - Investing in the Future of Commerce and AI - Founder Reference Check/Due Diligence - Mastering Po...
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Fares Ksebati is Co-Founder and CEO of MySwimPro. MySwimPro helps people improve their performance and health through swimming. The company has over one million community members and works with some of the biggest brands in the world. MySwimPro was named by Apple as the Best App of the Year and has been featured in Sports Illustrated and numerous other global publications. He is the author of two books, and his work has been featured by Apple, Forbes, Men's Health, the New York Times, Crains, an...
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr
Ed Suh is the Founder and Managing Partner of Alpine Ventures, a San Francisco based technology venture capital firm. Ed previously led seed, early stage, and growth stage investments in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade across two prominent multi-stage venture firms: Goodwater Capital, a spin-out of Kleiner Perkins and Maverick Capital with over $3B of AUM, and Redpoint Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture firm with a 20+ year track record of leading consumer and enterprise software inve...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Bryan leads Craft's New York office and is a partner on the investment team. Prior to joining Craft, Bryan built Reddit's New York office and revenue team, growing revenue over 10x to $100m+ in annualized revenue while managing sales, customer success, and creative strategy for the East Coast. During his time at Reddit, Bryan built partnerships with brands including Google, Microsoft, Target, Coca-Cola, P&G, and HBO. Bryan was an early member of Twitter's New York team, where he worked on ac...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Ashmeet is the Chief Engineer of Engineering Capital (www.engineeringcapital.com). His experience includes managing venture capital funds, serving on multiple Boards of Directors, and helping build the industry leading products VMware ESX Server and Silicon Graphics WebFORCE. Before this last decade as a venture capitalist Ashmeet was an operating executive with hands-on operating experience as a CEO and Entrepreneur. Current investments include Prismo Systems, Menlo Security, Kentik, YotaScale,...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Sophia Amoruso is the founder and managing partner of Trust Fund, an early-stage venture fund focused exclusively (yet broadly) on investing in tech-enabled products that help people start and build businesses. Trust fund’s investors include Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, Ev Williams, Naomi Gleit, Andrew Chen, Jeff Jordan, Jesse Draper, Rob Hayes, and Phil Hellmuth. Some of their portfolios include Public, Liquid Death, and MoonPay, among others. She is also the foun...
Mar 10, 2024•45 min
Youngrok Kim is the Partner and Head of Investment at GREE LP Fund. Investing in 60+ venture capital funds from Japan, they invest in select venture capital funds ranging from micro VC to established funds worldwide to accelerate innovation on a global scale. Topics: - Global Innovation Through Fund-of-Funds Investment - The Role of Micro VC in the Investment Landscape - The Future of Venture Capital: Trends and Predictions #VentureCapital #Innovation #Investment #GlobalScale #FutureTrends...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 4 min
🎙️ Tomorrow on Venture with Grace (LIVE), join me for an inspiring conversation with Fiona Co Chan, the visionary founder of Youthforia, a brand that's revolutionizing the beauty industry with its skin-friendly makeup. Since securing a $400,000 investment from Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, Fiona's journey has been a testament to innovation and sustainability. In this episode, we'll discuss: 1️⃣ Eco-Friendly Innovation: How Youthforia is setting new standards in beauty with sustainable, skin-friendl...
Mar 02, 2024•56 min
Christopher Gallant is the CEO of Chamberlain Coffee, a popular brand founded by renowned YouTube influencer Emma Chamberlain. With over 15 years of experience in launching, growing, and leading premium food, beverage, and consumer brands, Chris is an accomplished General Manager and strategist. As a passionate and dynamic leader, he is known for his focus on taking action. He has a proven track record of delivering results in both entrepreneurial and corporate environments. Topics: - Building a...
Mar 02, 2024•55 min
Michael Daugherty is the CTO and co-founder of Quill, a cutting-edge desktop client that leverages local AI to enhance productivity post-meeting, currently in private beta. Before Quill, Michael honed his skills in computer science at MIT and played a pivotal role as an early team member and Chief Strategy Officer at AngelList. There, he was instrumental in developing AngelList Syndicates and steering AngelList Venture to an impressive $1B+ in AUM. Topics: * How angel investors can transition in...
Mar 02, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Arjun Sethi is a co-founder and partner at Tribe Capital, a venture capital firm specializing in using data science to invest in and support disruptive technology companies. Before Tribe Capital, he was a partner at Social Capital, where he focused on technology investments. Arjun is also known for his entrepreneurial endeavors, including co-founding MessageMe, a messaging app that was acquired by Yahoo, and serving as the CEO of Lolapps, a social gaming company. He is also the co-founder of Ter...
Mar 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min
John Lin is an investor at F-Prime Capital, where he leads the west coast’s technology practice. Previously, he was a Principal at Trinity Ventures where he invested in companies like Squire, Baton, Side, Gatsby, Grow, Synapse, Branch and Harmonize. He was also an angel investor in Seated, Deepen, Relationship Hero, Apostrophe, Mureni, and Motion AI. Prior to joining Trinity Ventures, he founded Townhall, a messaging platform, where he led product and engineering . The company was acquired by Ro...
Mar 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Stanley joined CapitalG in 2022 as a Vice President on the growth team where he leads advisory efforts to help the firm’s fintech, Web3, and international portfolio companies scale their go-to-market operations and increase their top-line growth. He also leads the firm’s product and technology senior expert advisor networks that work with portfolio companies to enhance their product offerings and partnership opportunities. Before joining CapitalG, Stanley spent 7 years at Google, most recently l...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr
Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of IGNIA. IGNIA invests in world-class tech entrepreneurs solving problems faced by the emerging middle class in Latin America. Led investments in Rapyd, Tiendanube, Abra, Arcus, Credijusto, Lentesplus, ProducePay, UnDosTres and Sr. Pago. Former Chairman of the Board of Compartamos Banco (Gentera), the largest microfinance institution in the Americas. Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of ACCION International a 60 year US non...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Jess Mah built her first 6-figure business while still in middle school and has since created three companies that are each valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Among the companies she’s founded are inDinero, a fintech company that helps businesses manage their accounting and taxes; Astonishing Labs, is a biotech firm focused on revolutionizing human health with groundbreaking innovations; and a litigation tech company that has empowered over a thousand individuals to pursue justice, o...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Sandy Yang is the Head of Accounting at Plaid, a leading fintech company that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts. Prior to joining Plaid, Sandy was the Director of Accounting at One Medical and held various accounting roles at different SaaS companies. With a strong background in accounting and finance, Sandy has extensive experience in managing financial operations, implementing accounting systems, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Her expertise in startu...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Gina is a co-founder and COO at Latitud, a platform helping build the next generation of iconic tech startups in Latin America through digital products, a dedicated fellowship and fund.Previously, Gina led growth and marketing at Duolingo from 3 to 200 million users via organic strategies (PR, a/b testing, internationalization, partnerships) and was part of the executive team. She also worked on the Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign, helping oversee the creation of digital ad campaigns at a h...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Linda Tong studies computer science at Stanford University. She has been a venture fellow at Pear VC, Floodgate Fund, 8VC, interned at Foothill Ventures, and freelanced for other early stage funds on university venture sourcing and diligence. At Pear, she evaluated investment opportunities for Pear Competition ($100K uncapped SAFE for student founders) and spearheaded university sourcing strategy and branding for the Stanford engineering community. Topics: - How VC firms can attract the best eng...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Jordan Segall is a Partner at Redpoint Ventures partnering with devtool, security, and AI founders. He previously worked at 4 startups in engineering, product, and presales such as Palantir, RelateIQ, and C3.ai. Redpoint Ventures has partnered with some of the leading technology companies at the earliest stages for the past 20 years, including Snowflake, Stripe, Twilio, Hashicorp, CockroachDB, Looker, Ramp, SentinelOne, Netflix, NextDoor, PureStorage, and more. Topics: - Trends in Developer Tool...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Ryan You is a Partner at Galaxy Interactive. Prior to join Galaxy Interactive, Ryan was Head of US at Aream & Co., a leading gaming investment bank, where he built the US franchise from ground up covering both the United States and Asia. He advised on a significant number of gaming M&A transactions, including the $750m sale of Unknown Worlds Entertainment to Krafton, the $525m sale of Starlark to Zynga, the $300m sale of Daybreak to EG7, and helped many other companies raise strategic ca...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Abe Yokell is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Congruent Ventures, a leading early-stage venture firm focused on partnering with entrepreneurs to build companies addressing climate and sustainability challenges. Abe oversees Congruent’s investments in AMP Robotics, Amply Power, Blueprint Power, Camus Energy, Leap Energy, Evergrow, Omnidian, For Days, Hippo Harvest, Milk Run, Modumate, Optimoroute, Phase Genomics, Raptor Maps, Solidspac3, Span.IO, and Vector among others. He has over 18 years o...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Zach Coelius is the Managing Partner at Coelius Capital. He has invested in companies such as Mercury, Cruise, and Hellosign. Some of his notable portfolio exits include Cruise by GM, Helloing by Dropbox, Loom.ai by Roblox, Trusted by Care.com, Jiobit by Life360, and Glide by Compass. Topics: * The Art of Early-Stage Investments * Navigating High-Profile Exits * The Future of Tech and Emerging Opportunities 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://sm...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 1 min
