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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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30:07

Marcos Gonzalez -- Vamos Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/11/25

Marcos Gonzalez is the managing partner at Vamos Ventures, a seed-stage venture fund investing in Hispanic and diverse founders. Over half of LA county is Hispanic. Seems like a great time to be investing in this community!

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34:45

Arjan Schutte -- Core Innovation Capital

LA Venture ·

2020/11/18

Great discussion with Arjan Schutte about democratizing prosperity and running Core Innovation Capital, a finTech fund that measures its impact on society and has invested in Ripple, NerdWallet, Synapse, Fundera and more.

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33:56

Mark Suster -- Upfront Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/11/11

Mark Suster from Upfront explains why the best time to talk to founders about fundraising is 3-4 months after their last fundraise. He was kind enough to share that framework and others this week on LAV. #longla

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32:18

Petra Griffith -- Wedbush Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/11/05

One of my new favorite LA investors, Petra Griffith, joins to discuss Wedbush Ventures. Petra talks about starting a new fund, how she's seen venture debt work well as non-dilutive funding, and lessons on the content business from Netflix and Yahoo.

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25:14

Bruce Hallett -- Miramar Digital Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/10/28

Bruce's new $100M fund, Miramar Digital Ventures II, invests early in software and data. He explains why many VCs have gone back to preferring notes over SAFEs, and other insights on deal preferences and construction.

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30:56

Buck Jordan -- WaveMaker Labs

LA Venture ·

2020/10/21

Lots of insights on equity crowdfunding today from Buck Jordan. He's raising $50-100k/day (mostly on SeedInvest) for the cool robotics and food companies coming out of WaveMaker Labs. He also has great insights on corporate innovation and how seed stage companies can take advantage of corporate partners.

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34:40

Andrew Glazier -- Defy Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/10/14

This is a pre-election must listen. Andrew Glazier is the CEO of Defy Ventures and runs an incredible entrepreneurship program for incarcerated entrepreneurs. We talk about developing an entrepreneurial mindset and the need for criminal justice reform.

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29:25

Jim Andelman -- Bonfire Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/10/07

We talk with Jim Andelman about Bonfire's new $100M Fund II, the great team additions (Jennifer Richard, Tyler Churchill, Brett Queener), what good traction looks like nowadays, and a couple great resources on tech.

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34:40

Z Holly -- Good Growth Capital

LA Venture ·

2020/09/30

Super interesting guest (and person), Z Holly talks about university innovation, LA manufacturing, gracious professionalism, the LA River, and a parachute malfunction while skydiving...!

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22:35

Mark Terbeek -- Greycroft

LA Venture ·

2020/09/23

Mark is a leading B2B investor and on the board of Scopely, Icertis and more. He shares his current investment theses and explains how Greycroft operates as a seed to growth stage venture fund.

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21:19

David Fleck -- FreeFlow

LA Venture ·

2020/09/16

I deeply appreciate David's approach to life and work. He founded FreeFlow to invest in startups coming out of Caltech that have the potential to improve our world.

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24:13

Brian Schwartz -- Canaan scout

LA Venture ·

2020/09/09

Brian Schwartz is a hub of LA startup deals, a scout for Canaan Partners, the founder of SIZE advisors, SIZE capital, and an advisor to unicorn startup goPuff.

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31:20

Alex Gurevich -- Javelin Venture Partners

LA Venture ·

2020/09/02

Javelin's Alex Gurevich talks with us about investing in Masterclass, Thumbtack, Mythical Games and more. Alex also tells us why VCs should be getting performance reviews from their founders.

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27:59

Eric Pakravan -- TenOneTen

LA Venture ·

2020/08/26

Eric and I work together at TenOneTen! We talk about our partners, Lava Lab, AmplifyLA, Scopely, marketplaces and the sort of companies that thrive in LA.

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24:43

Dan Abrams -- Cobalt Capital

LA Venture ·

2020/08/19

Dan Abrams is a partner at Cobalt Capital. Prior to Cobalt, Dan (and the entire Cobalt team) was at CAA-affiliated Evolution Media. Cobalt leads Series B rounds, but likes to get to know founders earlier in their journey.

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34:48

Hamet Watt -- Share Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/08/12

We had a chance to hear about Hamet's newly launched venture foundry, Share Ventures, focused on human performance. We talk about brain health, Hamet's role at Upfront, and insights on early stage innovation.

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31:32

Virginia Schmitt -- B Capital

LA Venture ·

2020/08/05

Virginia Schmitt is a partner and CFO at B Capital. B Capital is a leading growth-venture firm and one of the largest with an LA office, investing $10-60M in series B-D companies. Virginia shares insights from being a CFO investing out of over $1B AUM.

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35:09

D.A. Wallach -- Time BioVentures

LA Venture ·

2020/07/28

One of LA's most fascinating investors, DA Wallach, tells us about touring with Blink 182, making a song with with Diddy, becoming an investor with Ron Burkle, and his current life science focus at Time BioVentures.

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18:36

Rachel Springate -- Muse Capital

LA Venture ·

2020/07/22

Great connecting with Rachel Springate about her path into VC, raising consumer-focused Muse Fund II, her partnership with Assia, and diversity in venture.

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26:49

Clinton Foy -- Crosscut Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/07/15

Really fun talking with Clinton Foy about the gaming industry, founding Immortals, living in the metaverse, and who his favorite Crosscut partner is.

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