Samir Kaji (@SamirKaji), managing director at First Republic Bank, joins Erik on this episode.

They discuss:

- The state of the financial world before COVID and the cracks that Samir saw in the system last year.

- Why this shock is like a “train going 150 miles per hour hitting a brick wall.”

- What venture funds should do in this environment.

- Whether there’s hope for a recovery in the near future, or not — and why this is different than any other previous recession.

- How the behavior of LPs will change and what they will require of fund managers.

- Why he’s been bullish on smaller funds.

- The future of venture and whether there are truly disruptive alternatives to today’s system.

- Why he thinks that the financial world might come out of this in a better place than before.

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