John Zeratsky (JZ) is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Character Capital, where he supports startup founders with capital and sprints. He’s a bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time, and has reached millions with articles in The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Harvard Business Review, Wired, Fast Company, and other outlets. JZ is a former Design Partner at GV (Google Ventures), where he developed the Sprint method and supported many of GV’s most successful investments, including Slack, One Medi...
Aug 05, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Lisa Xu is a partner at Threshold. Based in New York, she is responsible for leading new investments and supporting Threshold’s portfolio companies. She serves on the board of directors of Suger and is actively involved with Threshold's investments in Motion, Numa, and VideaHealth. Before joining Threshold, Lisa was a principal at FirstMark Capital, where she focused on early-stage investments in B2B software companies with a focus on vertical software and commerce infrastructure. She helped lea...
Aug 02, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Jon Carr-Harris is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CRED, which he founded and initially seeded. Previously, Jon was the Co-Founder and CEO of Swish Labs & Ventures, a technology consulting firm and venture group specializing in financial services and marketplace innovations. Under his leadership, Swish developed groundbreaking technology solutions for industry-leading organizations including Prudential, Nasdaq, Gatorade, and HSBC.Topics: Unifying fragmented enterprise data Balance...
Aug 02, 2025•59 min
C.C. is a principal at Menlo Ventures focused on early-stage consumer tech and SaaS investments. Drawing on her extensive experience as a product leader and team builder, C.C. goes all in on supporting founders who optimize for impact. She believes that personalized AI will revolutionize the next generation of human-computer interaction and how humans live, work, and play. C.C. started her career at Microsoft, where she worked in product at Bing Ads and HoloLens, and ran an incubation team that ...
Aug 01, 2025•53 min
Rick is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Equal Ventures. Rick invests across Equal’s four verticals and serves on the boards of Threeflow, Leap, Smarthop, Ghost, Starday, David Energy, MVMNT, Odyssey Energy Solutions, vQuip and several others yet to be announced. Prior to co-founding Equal Ventures, Rick was an investor at Lightbank, an early-stage venture fund based in Chicago, where he led investments in companies like Riskmatch (acquired by Vertafore), Vettery (acquired by Adecco), Neumob (...
Jul 31, 2025•1 hr 35 min
Gaurav Bhogale is a Principal at Mantis Venture Capital. Mantis VC, the venture capital firm co-founded by Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of the electronic DJ group The Chainsmokers, has raised $100 million in commitments for its third fund. Mantis VC is an early stage technology investment firm supporting the most innovative companies across enterprise software, AI / ML, cloud and data infrastructure, healthtech, cybersecurity, gaming and other emerging technologies. Prior to that he was a VP at Ga...
Jul 25, 2025•1 hr
Mason Lender is the CEO of Vantager. Disclosure: Grace is an investor in Vantager.Vantager is an AI-powered platform that supports LPs representing $100B+ in AUM internationally with their pre-trade diligence, analysis, and reporting processes. Vantager has processed thousands of private funds, and over 50,000 underlying investments.Topics: How AI is transforming LP due diligence workflows How to build trust with institutional clients who are naturally risk-averse Predictions for how private mar...
Jul 24, 2025•56 min
Arpit Mittal is a partner at Threshold. Based in the Bay Area, he is responsible for leading new investments in enterprise SaaS and B2B software companies and supporting Threshold’s existing portfolio. Arpit was named a 2024 Rising Star by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Previously, Arpit was a principal with Google’s Gradient Ventures, where he helped lead investments in Gigs, Mural, and Writer, contributing to both their go-to-market and long-term business strategies. Arpit wa...
Jul 24, 2025•59 min
Tanay Jaipuria is a partner at Wing VC where he focuses on investments in AI-powered applications and data and AI infrastructure. He is passionate about supporting highly technical teams in the earliest stages building delightful experiences to tackle challenging problems. Prior to Wing, Tanay was a product manager at Meta, where he led teams building products to improve newsfeed ranking and ad experiences on Facebook and to help creators make a living on Instagram. Before that, he was a consult...
Jul 23, 2025•59 min
Nancy Wang is a Venture Partner at Felicis, where she backs early-stage founders building in infrastructure, cybersecurity, and AI. As a product and engineering executive, Nancy brings a builder’s mindset to investing: helping startups refine their product-market fit, land their first enterprise customers, and scale production-grade systems. She complements this investor perspective with her operational role as VP and Head of Engineering at 1Password, leading all product engineering teams and sp...
Jul 23, 2025•53 min
Chris Protasewich and Mike Wystrach are the Co-Founders and General Partners of Cutting Horse, a growth equity firm for exceptional consumer companies. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say ...
Jul 21, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Nait Jones is the founder and CEO of AdTwin.ai, a venture-backed generative AI platform that empowers marketers to create and launch high-performing audio ads in minutes. A three-time founder and former partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Nait brings a rare dual perspective as both operator and investor. At a16z, he led go-to-market and cultural partnership strategies and spearheaded the firm’s Talent x Opportunity Fund, investing in underrepresented founders. He also helped build Royal, a Web3 musi...
Jul 18, 2025•59 min
Cody Coleman is the co-founder and CEO of Coactive AI. He is also a co-creator of DAWNBench and MLPerf, a founding member of MLCommons, and his work spans developing standards and benchmarks for high-performance deep learning to data-centric AI. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford and MEng and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.Topics: AI-Powered Search & Analysis Enterprise-Grade Visual Data Solutions Strategic AI Infrastructure #AI #MachineLearn...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Jesse Marble is the Founder and General Partner of Wildwood Ventures. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capita...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Ryan Breslow is the founder and CEO of Bolt, a one-click checkout company he launched to make fast, secure online purchasing accessible to retailers beyond Amazon. After leaving Stanford to pursue entrepreneurship full-time, he scaled Bolt to an $11B valuation and helped popularize “Conscious Culture,” a workplace philosophy that blends high performance with mindfulness and transparency. He’s also the founder of Love.com, Eco, Prism, The Family Accelerator, and The Movement—ventures that reflect...
Jul 16, 2025•44 min
Lorraine K. Lee is a keynote speaker, best-selling author, and founder specializing in professional presence and personal branding. With over 324,000 followers on LinkedIn, she is recognized globally as a LinkedIn Top Voice and a go-to expert on virtual communication and executive presence. Previously a founding editor at LinkedIn and the first managing editor at Prezi, Lorraine has helped shape how professionals show up and stand out in the modern workplace. Her book Unforgettable Presence dist...
Jul 16, 2025•51 min
Steven Lee is the Founder and General Partner of Seven Stars. ~~~~~ This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capital faste...
Jul 16, 2025•57 min
Andrew Brackin is a Partner at Gradient Ventures. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capital faster and with gr...
Jul 12, 2025•59 min
Sid Trivedi is a Partner at Foundation Capital. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capital faster and with grea...
Jul 11, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Marc Silberman is a Partner at Comcast Ventures. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capital faster and with gre...
Jul 11, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Krish Ramineni is the Co-founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, an AI voice assistant that automates meeting notes, action items, and workflows for millions of professionals worldwide. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Krish started Fireflies after working at Microsoft, where he focused on product and growth. Under his leadership, Fireflies scaled to support users across 100,000+ organizations, including teams at Uber, Nike, and Netflix, and pioneered the use of AI meeting agents to transform productivity...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Phylicia Koh is a General Partner at Play Ventures. Phylicia is based in Singapore and leads new investments into game studios, tech, and plays into the intersection of gaming and lifestyle. She also leads Play's diversity and inclusion initiatives and is part of Play's ESG committee. Before joining Play as Employee #1, Phylicia spent 9 years in marketing and growth, working with the likes of Mighty Bear Games, Voice Labs, Homage, Ethnicraft Online, as well as for the Singapore Economic Developm...
Jul 06, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Jonathan Corbin is the Founder and CEO of Maven AGI. Most recently, he served as Global Vice President of Customer Success & Strategy at HubSpot. Prior to HubSpot, Jonathan spent over two decades building scalable customer success systems across multiple regions and industries. His vision for Maven was shaped by firsthand experience with the challenges of customer success, gained during his leadership roles at Adobe, Marketo, and Sprinkler. Sami Shalabi is the founder and CTO of Maven AGI. S...
Jul 06, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Chris Koehler is the Chief Marketing Officer at Twilio. With over 25 years of experience in leading marketing, sales, and product teams across various domains and industries, Chris is a seasoned and versatile leader who thrives on growing and scaling new products and businesses. As the Chief Marketing Officer at Twilio, he is responsible for global marketing strategy, with a focus on expanding brand awareness, and driving messaging and positioning across Twilio's Segment and Communications platf...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Shravan Narayen is a Partner at IVP, where he invests in founders who are deeply driven to solve meaningful customer problems. He has worked across every stage of a startup’s journey—from early product development to IPO—which helps him support teams with real operating experience. At Snowflake, he saw how big technical improvements can completely change how businesses operate. At Confluent, he learned that building a great product and successfully bringing it to market go hand in hand. Earlier ...
Jul 03, 2025•59 min
Arjun Pillai, CEO and Co-Founder of DocketAI, an SF-based AI startup transforming revenue enablement. He previously served as Chief Data Officer at ZoomInfo after it acquired his second company, Insent.ai, and is widely recognized as a thought leader in data strategy and revenue operations. With clients like ZoomInfo, DocketAI has raised $20.3M to pioneer the world’s first AI Sales Engineer, helping B2B sales teams instantly access insights from their documents (Slack, Salesforce, Google Drive, ...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Maryam Banikarim served as the CMO at major brands including Nextdoor, Hyatt Hotels, Gannett, NBCUniversal (SVP), and Univision. Known for her mission-driven approach and cultural fluency, she has consistently transformed legacy companies by revitalizing their brands and deepening community engagement. Beyond the corporate world, Maryam is the co-founder of NYCNext and The Longest Table, grassroots initiatives fostering connection and creativity in public spaces. A proud New Yorker and daughter ...
Jun 29, 2025•59 min
Brendan Baker is a Partner at Rackhouse VC. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capital faster and with greater ...
Jun 29, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Simon Kim is a principal at SK Telecom Americas, where he focuses on strategic investments and partnerships across AI, data center infrastructure, and next-gen connectivity. SK Telecom Americas' portfolios includes high-growth startups like Anthropic, Perplexity AI, Lambda Labs, TwelveLabs, Together AI, Inworld AI, and GGWP. Prior to this, Simon managed direct and LP investments at SK Group, backing companies such as DataRobot, Republic, and Consensys. With deep experience across venture, strate...
Jun 28, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Aparna Chennapragada is the Chief Product Officer at Microsoft AI for Work, where she leads the development of AI-powered productivity experiences across Microsoft 365, including Copilot and Designer. With over 25 years of experience in tech, Aparna previously served as CPO at Robinhood and spent more than a decade at Google, where she led groundbreaking efforts in visual and voice computing—including launching Google Lens and working on Google Assistant. A product visionary with deep technical ...
Jun 28, 2025•55 min
