LA Venture

LA Venture

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LA Venture episodes

  • Scott Lenet -- Touchdown Ventures
    We talk with Scott Lenet of Touchdown Ventures about the pros and cons of corporate venture... and how Touchdown is trying to do it right. Touchdown already has 45 people on the team, and they're actively hiring!
    28 min
  • Omar Hamoui -- Mucker Capital

    Omar is a partner at Mucker and leads their $190M "early" fund. Previously a partner at Sequoia and founder of AdMob.

    So many great insights on building companies and why it's hard for startups to raise a Series A from Sand Hill.

    35 min
  • Phil Sanderson -- Griffin Gaming Partners
    Griffin Gaming Partners is a $250m Fund I focused exclusively on gaming. Phil Sanderson says that gaming investing is the new enterprise software--a predictable business model with strong CAC to LTV ratios and increasingly large exit opportunities. We also talk about ultramarathons, a 240 mile race, and how Phil has trained himself to go after even bigger, more audacious goals.
    30 min
  • Austin Clements -- Slauson & Co

    Many VCs shy away from tech that serves SMBs. Austin explains how this has left an enormous opportunity and his tips for entrepreneurs in the space.

    We talk about his partnership with Ajay Relan at Slauson & Co and the work that PledgeLA and Grid110 have been doing to support underrepresented founders ($25k checks!)
    25 min
  • Chang Xu -- Basis Set Ventures

    Chang Xu is a partner at $140M fund Basis Set Ventures. We discuss everything from why open source is a good business model, how next gen infrastructure might look, what she learned at Upfront, and even practical advice for forming a startup board.

    29 min
  • Ryan Hoover -- Weekend Fund

    I really enjoyed my conversation with Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover about product launches, building community and what he looks for when investing out of the Weekend Fund.

    29 min
  • Aaron Fyke -- Thin Line Capital

    What is the state of global warming today? Renewables? Should all VCs be investing in CleanTech?

    Aaron Fyke from Thin Line Capital is one of the smartest CleanTech investors and joins us to talk about multiple years working with Idealab and building cleanTech companies.

    29 min
  • Taj Eldridge -- Include Ventures
    Taj Eldridge tells us about his brand new $250M fund, Include Ventures, that he just launched with Bahiyah Robinson and Keith Spears. Taj is passionate about reducing the wealth gap through black and brown ownership and continuing the work he's been doing with LACI.
    32 min
  • David Waxman -- TenOneTen

    The one, the only, David Waxman!!

    David was the founder of three venture backed companies before he and Gil Elbaz started TenOneTen. David shares lessons learned from an IPO, a litigious board member and a couple decades in startups.
    31 min
  • Megan Guy -- King River Capital
    Megan is one of the founders of King River Capital, an LA-based fund investing in Series A and later companies. They are investing out of a $100M Fund II. Megan shares how they are able to leverage their LPs for significant co-investment.
    25 min

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

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