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LA Venture

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.

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24:47

Alejandro Guerrero -- Act One Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/09/01

Alejandro Guerrero is a partner at Act One Ventures. We discuss: * Entering venture capital without a "traditional" background * Why VCs need to start measuring success differently * The Diversity Rider

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29:14

Brianne Kimmel -- WorkLife Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/08/25

Brianne Kimmel is the founder of WorkLife Ventures and an early investor in Hopin, Pipe, Webflow, Tandem and many others. We had a great discussion on how she gets into rounds, how she established herself as a top angel investor and then transitioned into a fund manager and her thoughts on work and life.

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24:46

Drew Taylor -- Digitalis Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/08/18

Drew Taylor is a partner at Digitalis Ventures. Digitalis has a $100M human health fund, a $100M pet health fund and $30M for venture creation. We also discuss being part of a family business and why founders in pet health are great people to work with.

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29:22

Justin Fishner-Wolfson -- 137 Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/08/10

Justin Fishner-Wolfson is the cofounder and managing partner at 137 Ventures. 137 has more than $1.5B assets under management and is known for investing in growth-stage companies by providing custom liquidity solutions to founders.

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24:08

Carey Ransom -- Operate

LA Venture ·

2021/08/04

Carey Ransom runs the Operate Studio and is one of the best known startup investors in Orange County. Carey challenges us all--from LPs to GPs--to think harder about how we are measuring success and supporting the communities we live in.

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29:55

Daniel Leff -- Waverley Capital

LA Venture ·

2021/07/28

From sitting on the Roku board from 2011 - 2018, Daniel Leff saw disruption in the media industry first hand. He says that, unlike in tech, disruption in media comes from working with the incumbents rather than working against them.

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21:10

Raina Kumra -- The Fund LA

LA Venture ·

2021/07/21

Raina is a partner at The Fund LA along with Anna Barber, Josh Jones, and Austin Murray. We talk about The Fund, ethics in tech, the benefits of daily turmeric and more.

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34:50

Mike Jones -- Science

LA Venture ·

2021/07/14

I could have talked with Mike for many more hours.. about building Science, building consumer brands, NFTs, social networks, parenting and much more. Worth a listen even if just for inspiration on building better social networks for our children.

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24:18

Anna Barber -- M13

LA Venture ·

2021/07/07

Anna Barber is a partner at M13 where she is launching consumer startups. She's also a partner at The Fund LA, an LA-focused pre-seed fund. Anna tells us about the difference between launching companies (narrowing the focus) and accelerating companies (widening the aperture), doing Series A investments and much more.

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26:15

Sam Wick -- UTA Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/06/30

Sam Wick joins to talk about UTA Ventures. Sam clarifies how and when startups can best approach UTA's clients and the role of the Ventures team.

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23:31

Will Schmitt -- Miroma Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/06/23

Will Schmitt is Head of Venture Strategy at Miroma Ventures. Miroma recently announced a $100M commitment to fund the next generation of consumer brands and media platforms. Miroma has worked with companies from McDonald's to Netflix to Masterclass and Spotify. They invest at the seed or Series A stage and aim to bring that expertise to earlier stage companies.

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25:10

Marlon Nichols -- MaC Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/06/16

Today Marlon talks about MAC Ventures and how he, Mike Palank, Adrian Fenty and Charles D. King tap into their deep networks to identify shifts in cultural trends and behaviors.

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33:07

TX Zhuo -- Fika Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/06/09

TX Zhuo joins today to talk about starting Fika with Eva Ho with the goal of giving back to the community. TX has an amazing story of dropping out of school to start his first business and how his approach to investing is evolving as the venture market evolves.

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30:10

Jeremy Milken -- Watertower Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/06/02

Jeremy Milken is a partner at Watertower, a serial entrepreneur, and just a lot of fun to talk to. We talk about his own journey, his views on deploying money into the venture asset class, his partner Derek and his wife, the flexible neurotic.

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28:50

Nick Grouf -- Alpha Edison

LA Venture ·

2021/05/26

Nick believes VC has become a very reactive business. He explains how he and Nate Redmond set out to build Alpha Edison as a proactive, knowledge-driven fund.

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31:01

Rob Dyrdek -- Dyrdek Machine

LA Venture ·

2021/05/19

So much fun talking with Rob Dyrdek about everything from his $450M in exits to his multiple world records to his thoughts on building self-belief! Rob has built a system for it all at the Dyrdek Machine, his venture creation studio.

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24:54

Sanjay Reddy -- Unlock Venture Partners

LA Venture ·

2021/05/12

Sanjay tells us about Unlock Fund II, his Southern California focus, advice for startups on finding good bankers and much more.

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27:16

Vik Sasi -- Dreamers VC

LA Venture ·

2021/05/05

Vik is a partner at Dreamers VC, a $55m fund co-founded by Will Smith. Vik explains the world of influencers, talent fees, production fees, and how warrants are effective when working with influencers. Unlike what every other VC says, Vik does not aim to be the founders first call at 2am when something goes wrong.

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26:27

Gil Elbaz -- TenOneTen

LA Venture ·

2021/04/28

My partner Gil Elbaz joins to talk about his passion for data, building AdSense, selling to Google and then building Factual. He also explains why founders should mentally commit 10 years to their startup before beginning.

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27:10

Scott Lenet -- Touchdown Ventures

LA Venture ·

2021/04/21

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!

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