LA Venture

By TenOneTen

We talk to Southern California VCs to get to know them, their funds, and their advice for entrepreneurs.

Hosted by Minnie Ingersoll from TenOneTen, an LA-based seed fund investing in b2b software.... more

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How many episodes does LA Venture have?

The podcast currently has 235 episodes available.

LA Venture episodes:

November 17, 2021 Martha Notaras -- Brewer Lane
Martha Notaras is the smartest and most fun Insurtech investor that I know. She tells us about Brewer Lane's $175M Fund I and investing into Series A and B Insurtech and Fintech companies.
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28min
November 10, 2021 Spencer Rascoff -- 75 & Sunny
Spencer shares all about 75 & Sunny--how he is trying to avoid putting dotLA behind a paywall, how Pacaso is not at all like a timeshare, and how he's reinvesting back into startups in LA and beyond.
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36min
November 03, 2021 Gary Benitt -- Social Leverage
Gary Benitt is a managing partner at Social Leverage, a $99M seed fund with investments that include Robinhood, Rally Road, Kustomer and more.
Gary is a serial entrepreneur who likes to invest early and lean in.

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26min
October 27, 2021 Pejman Nozad -- Pear VC
Pejman Nozad tells us about investing in Dropbox and DoorDash, and how he picks winners. He also talks about Pear's current initiatives: Pear Accelerator, Pear Fellows, Pear competition and Founder Circles. A lot to learn in this episode!
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32min
October 20, 2021 Jessica Jackley -- Untapped Capital
Jessica Jackley is currently an investor at UntappedVC and the founder of Alltruists, a startup disrupting the $300B volunteer economy. Jessica shares how her experience starting Kiva shaped her view of what is possible.
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32min
October 13, 2021 Matt McCall -- Pritzker Group
Matt McCall catches us up on venture investing for the Pritzker group where he's doing a lot of seed deals and using those to fuel his Series A investing. We also discuss wearing life like a loose sweater and other ways to thrive on the entrepreneurial journey.
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28min
October 06, 2021 Josh Jones -- The Fund LA
Josh Jones is the richest, goofiest, most confident yet normal-seeming person who was a Bitcoin pioneer, recently bought an airline, and is a partner at The Fund LA.
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32min
September 29, 2021 Shane Kelly -- MCT
Media tech expert Shane Kelly joins to discuss the business of financing feature films and tech startups.
Shane also shares his passion for Pharrell's Black Ambition Prize and his thoughts on the state of capitalism.
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25min
September 22, 2021 Rick Smith -- Crosscut Ventures
Rick Smith is a founding manager partner of @CrosscutVC and one of the pillars of the LA tech community. Crosscut is now investing out of Crosscut Fund V, but started as a $5M Fund I in 2008. We talk about growing a fund, a scout program, a tech community and growing personally.
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25min
September 15, 2021 Chirag Chotalia -- Threshold Ventures
Chirag tells us about his journey from Pritzker Group to DFJ and the evolution from DFJ to Threshold. He's one of only a few LA-based Series A investors. Great to hear his perspective on today's venture market!
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26min

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The podcast currently has 235 episodes available.

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