“Using Media to Build an Investor Brand and an LP Base” with Sahil Lavingia, Founder of Gumroad

Sahil and Jeremy discuss how Sahil is using social media to grow and raise funds and the positive aspects he has implemented in that growth.

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“The Strategic Value of a Community-Based Investment Syndicate” with Kurt Schmidt of the Duke Angel Network

Kurt Schmidt joins Assure’s CEO Jeremy Neilson in a discussion on the value-add of alumni angel groups. A community syndicate offers many network effects to both founders and investors not found in typical investment structures.

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Hem Suri, Spark Growth Ventures

“The Democratized VC: Transparent Pools, Fractional GPS and Lower Investment Minimums”

This episode covers thoughts surrounding how fractional GPs and transparent pools can drive the democratization of VCs, as well as ideas on appealing to global LPs by offering a more robust VC product.

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“More than Money in Early Stage: Angels, Funds and Everything in Between”

In this episode, Jeremy Neilson (Co-Founder/CEO, Assure) and David de Csepel discuss Pasadena Angels, what they’ve built, how they’ve launched an angel fund alongside syndication, Dave’s thoughts on the future of angel investing, and breaking through geographic barriers, and how to build a collaborative early-stage investing network of co-syndication.

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“Launching a Fund as an Angel Group and Raising Funds on a Rolling Basis”

This episode sees Jeremy Neilson and Ashok Kamal discuss the future of angel investing and best practices for syndicating early-stage private investments.

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“Democratizing Private Investing: The Role of Emerging Fund Managers in Venture”

In this episode of The Assure Podcast, Samir Kaji and Assure CEO, Jeremy Neilson discuss the past, present, and future of venture capital, painting a picture of the current trends and the role of emerging fund managers in the democratization of private investing.
 
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“The Next Generation of Angel Investing”

 Richard Sudek joins in a discussion about the next generation of angel investing, sharing quality deals to help fill out funding rounds, and how to make syndication easier and faster without compromising. Richard is the Founder of Angel Network Syndication, a group of over 25 angel investing groups around the country who collaborate on sharing quality deals to help fill out funding rounds and to make syndication easier and faster without compromising on important steps.

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Arlan Hamilton joins Assure’s CEO Jeremy Neilson in a discussion about minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. 

Nick Zasowski, Director of Global Startup Studio Network sits down with Jeremy Neilson to discuss the rise of startup studios, why the model is an effective company builder, and studios as an asset class.

Jason Calacanis joins Assure’s Jeremy Neilson in a discussion about building the world's largest investment syndicate, the state of early-stage venture, the role of syndicates vs. traditional VC, and more.