LA Venture

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LA Venture episodes

  • Richard Wolpert -- Acrew Capital
    Great discussion with Richard Wolpert on the convergence of tech and media. Some punchlines: * Movie theaters will only be for tent-pole movies * Live concerts are not going away * The metaverse will happen * Social media is toxic and needs to be fixed

    32 min
  • Dom Perri -- Vertex Ventures

    Dom Perri is with Vertex US, an early-stage venture fund that's part of the broader Vertex global network. With its $200M Fund III, Vertex will continue investing in early-stage B2B companies.

    Dom tells us about Vertex US, his partners In Sik and Jonathan, his career in corp and business dev, and also some of his favorite maxims, including: "you don't ask, you don't get".

    26 min
  • Joe Guzel -- Haven Ventures

    After investing in Chime, Step, Brace, and many others, leading FinTech investor, Joe Guzel, tells us why he and fellow Crosslink partner McLain Southworth are starting their own fund, Haven, and betting their careers on web3 FinTech.

    30 min
  • Ben Marcus -- UP Partners
    Ben Marcus is the cofounder of UP Partners, a new $230M fund investing in the moving world. Ben tells us about electric vertical takeoff airplanes, drones delivering packages from the roofs of Walmarts, and how flight is going to connect humanity.
    29 min
  • Best Of -- Omar Hamoui
    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.
    37 min
  • Kyle Adkins -- FullCycle Climate Partners

    Kyle Adkins is a partner at FullCycle Climate Partners. FullCycle invests to accelerate the deployment of technologies that address our greenhouse gas crisis.

    Kyle shares great perspective on the state of climate tech and climate tech investing today.

    31 min
  • Saeed Amidi -- Plug and Play

    Saeed Amidi is the CEO and founder of Plug and Play. Plug and Play connects startups with corporate partners and is one of the most active investors in the world with about 250 investments per year and over 2000 startups going through one of their programs every year.

    30 min
  • Alex Andrianopoulos -- Kairos Ventures

    Alex Andrianopoulos tells us how scientific breakthroughs are going to reshape medicine, climate and the world we live in.

    Kairos Ventures is a ~$300M fund investing in these breakthroughs... even when other VCs aren't yet interested.

    32 min
  • Shawn Colo -- 3L Capital

    Shawn Colo is a founder and managing partner at 3L Capital, a growth equity firm based in LA and NY writing $10-30M checks.

    We discuss 3L portfolio companies goPuff, Relativity Space, AvantStay and Shawn's founding of Demand Media.

    31 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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