Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

A podcast by Samir Kaji

149 Episoade

Stephanie Palmeri and Melody Koh of NextView Ventures on incentives within venture partnerships, the changes in seed financing, and operating remotely
Publicat: 02.06.2023
Scott Kupor, Managing Partner of a16z on Building a lasting Venture Franchise
Publicat: 17.05.2023
Fundraising best practices for managers, strategic LP management, and LPACs with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter
Publicat: 26.04.2023
Satya Patel and Hunter Walk on learnings from building Homebrew, moving to an evergreen model, and launching Screendoor VC to back underrepresented fund managers
Publicat: 12.04.2023
Portfolio construction trends and best practices with CEO Anubhav Srivastava of Tactyc
Publicat: 07.04.2023
Dana Settle on starting and building Greycroft, Maintaining culture and speed with scale, and thoughts on VC moving forward
Publicat: 30.03.2023
Shuly Galili of UpWest on building lasting partnerships and how they bridged the gap between Israeli founders and the US Market
Publicat: 21.03.2023
Ryan Hoover of Weekend Fund and Jordan Gonen of Compound on the rise of private and retail investors into venture capital and alternatives
Publicat: 22.02.2023
Eddy Chan of Intudo Ventures on building a hyper-local venture strategy for Indonesia
Publicat: 02.02.2023
Better Tomorrow Ventures, Jake and Sheel on Investing in FinTech, fund construction, and fundraising lessons
Publicat: 11.01.2023
Jonathan Abrams, 8-Bit Capital: Learnings from founding and running Friendster, Defining "Founder Friendly", going from Angel to full-time VC
Publicat: 21.12.2022
Gautam Gupta from TCV (Velocity) on the trend of large funds going early, the art of pro-rata investing, and what he is seeing in this market cycle
Publicat: 07.12.2022
Patrick Chun at Juxtapose: How company creation models and studios work in VC, the squint and wedge framework of investing, and raising from blue-chip institutions
Publicat: 30.11.2022
Valar Ventures Andrew McCormack on running concentrated portfolios with higher ownership vs. larger portfolios, learnings from working with Peter Thiel, and thoughts on valuations today
Publicat: 10.11.2022
Mapping out a new partnership, why the RAISE GP/LP summit was such an important effort, and the art of fundraising by Joanna Drake of Magnify Ventures
Publicat: 26.10.2022
Aydin Senkut of Felicis Ventures on angel to 9 time Midas list investor, inception to scale at Felicis, and winning in today's crowded market
Publicat: 05.10.2022
Quid's Josh Berman on providing financings against private stock, "trapped liquidity" at funds, and his learnings from co-founding Myspace.
Publicat: 28.09.2022
Discovering talent before it's obvious, the challenges of raising a fund I without a traditional pedigree, and startup fund culture with Eric Tarczynski of Contrary
Publicat: 21.09.2022
Evaluating Crypto today, investing in crypto funds, the role of governance in the space featuring Rabia Iqbal and Jehan Chu of Nural Capital
Publicat: 24.08.2022
Mark Mullen of Bonfire Ventures on going from a solo capitalist to joining forces with Jim Andelman, the state of seed markets, and his view on what makes fund managers differentiated
Publicat: 10.08.2022

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Venture Unlocked is the playbook for starting, operating, & scaling a successful venture capital firm. Samir Kaji, Host of Venture Unlocked has +20-years of experience assisting & advising startups and venture firms. Listen for VC fund guidance. ventureunlocked.substack.com

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149 Episoade

Stephanie Palmeri and Melody Koh of NextView Ventures on incentives within venture partnerships, the changes in seed financing, and operating remotely

Scott Kupor, Managing Partner of a16z on Building a lasting Venture Franchise

Fundraising best practices for managers, strategic LP management, and LPACs with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter

Satya Patel and Hunter Walk on learnings from building Homebrew, moving to an evergreen model, and launching Screendoor VC to back underrepresented fund managers

Portfolio construction trends and best practices with CEO Anubhav Srivastava of Tactyc

Dana Settle on starting and building Greycroft, Maintaining culture and speed with scale, and thoughts on VC moving forward

Shuly Galili of UpWest on building lasting partnerships and how they bridged the gap between Israeli founders and the US Market

Ryan Hoover of Weekend Fund and Jordan Gonen of Compound on the rise of private and retail investors into venture capital and alternatives

Eddy Chan of Intudo Ventures on building a hyper-local venture strategy for Indonesia

Better Tomorrow Ventures, Jake and Sheel on Investing in FinTech, fund construction, and fundraising lessons

Jonathan Abrams, 8-Bit Capital: Learnings from founding and running Friendster, Defining "Founder Friendly", going from Angel to full-time VC

Gautam Gupta from TCV (Velocity) on the trend of large funds going early, the art of pro-rata investing, and what he is seeing in this market cycle

Patrick Chun at Juxtapose: How company creation models and studios work in VC, the squint and wedge framework of investing, and raising from blue-chip institutions

Valar Ventures Andrew McCormack on running concentrated portfolios with higher ownership vs. larger portfolios, learnings from working with Peter Thiel, and thoughts on valuations today

Mapping out a new partnership, why the RAISE GP/LP summit was such an important effort, and the art of fundraising by Joanna Drake of Magnify Ventures

Aydin Senkut of Felicis Ventures on angel to 9 time Midas list investor, inception to scale at Felicis, and winning in today's crowded market

Quid's Josh Berman on providing financings against private stock, "trapped liquidity" at funds, and his learnings from co-founding Myspace.

Discovering talent before it's obvious, the challenges of raising a fund I without a traditional pedigree, and startup fund culture with Eric Tarczynski of Contrary

Evaluating Crypto today, investing in crypto funds, the role of governance in the space featuring Rabia Iqbal and Jehan Chu of Nural Capital

Mark Mullen of Bonfire Ventures on going from a solo capitalist to joining forces with Jim Andelman, the state of seed markets, and his view on what makes fund managers differentiated