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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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27:38

Eric Manlunas -- Wavemaker Partners

LA Venture ·

2020/07/08

Eric Manlunas joins us to explain all the different things that Wavemaker is doing--starting with $250-500k seed checks, anchoring other funds like Wavemaker 360 and Thin Line and even building companies at Wavemaker Labs with Buck Jordan.

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22:49

Tom McInerney -- TGM Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/07/01

Tom McInerney is a full-time angel investor with 120 angel investments. He shares how he gets into rounds like Clubhouse, Tala, Segment, his view of investing during Covid, and why he spends time hanging out in Clubhouse.

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28:58

Adam Lilling -- Plus Capital

LA Venture ·

2020/06/24

Adam Lilling probably has the coolest job. He's the founder and managing partner at Plus Capital, where he works with celebrities like Ellen and Portia who want to invest in growing companies (post-seed) that align with their values.

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31:37

Deb Benton -- Willow

LA Venture ·

2020/06/17

Today we chat with Deb Benton about her new fund, Willow, that she founded with Amanda Schutzbank. Deb is on the board of Carbon38, TomboyX, The Leaf Group and she has all sorts of insight on how to do consumer investing well and what sort of metrics to look for.

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24:10

Don & David -- Global Founders Capital (GFC)

LA Venture ·

2020/06/10

Don Stalter and David Resnekov are colleagues at GFC (Global Founders Capital), a $1.2B fund that will invest pre-product all the way through later growth rounds and will even lead multiple rounds for a company. Interesting, entrepreneurial approach to VC.

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32:03

Brendan Wallace -- Fifth Wall

LA Venture ·

2020/06/03

So interesting talking to Brendan Wallace about how he built Fifth Wall to $1.2B in 3.5 years. We talk about how the retail landscape is changing, how the work week will change and hopefully how the carbon impact of real estate will change.

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25:20

Jason Schoettler -- Calibrate Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/05/27

Jason Schoettler started Calibrate Ventures where he invests in advanced automation (usually Series A). He and long-time partner Kevin Dunlap have made some really good investments (Ring, Dollar Shave Club) and some newer pretty cool looking ones (check out the Moxie video). We talk about why he feels comfortable investing in hardware (when there's a subscription), how to be a good board member, and much more.

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30:12

Dovi Frances -- Group11

LA Venture ·

2020/05/20

Dovi Frances is the founder of Group11 VC, one of the nation’s top decile performing FinTech funds. Group11 has led fintech investments into category defining companies such as Tipalti, Sunbit, TripActions and next insurance to name a few. (Series A sweet spot). Dovi is a bold thinker who isn’t afraid to throw jabs at other venture capitalists for hosting too many lavish parties and yoga sessions. This one is a fun listen.

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30:34

Ernst & Vaughn -- Blue Bear Capital

LA Venture ·

2020/05/13

Blue Bear Capital invests in technologies for the energy sector ($1-4M first check). We talk with Ernst and Vaughn about the energy supply chain, the growth of renewables and what Ernst calls BroPEC.

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28:54

Aditi Maliwal -- Upfront Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/05/06

One of the newest partners at Upfront, Aditi Maliwal, tells us about her path to partner, her investments in Chime, BetterUp, and her time in Google corp dev.

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28:08

Ben Savage -- Clocktower Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/04/29

Ben Savage tells us about Clocktower Ventures. They are fintech specialists who invest stage-agnostically into financial services innovation ($250k - $2.5m). Clocktower never leads rounds and Ben suggests that VCs often dont make for the best board members anyhow. Clocktower Ventures: https://www.clocktowerventures.com/ Pasadena VC/founder event: https://bit.ly/35e5Kxc

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27:50

Steph Janson -- OCV

LA Venture ·

2020/04/23

Steph Janson joins to tell us about OCV, a $260M LA fund investing into companies that have $5M+ ARR. He also shares some great stories about Israel's startup ecosystem and his time at OurCrowd.

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30:21

Jesse Draper -- Halogen Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/04/14

Halogen Ventures invests ($250k - $1M) in consumer tech companies led by women (The Skimm, Carbon38). Jesse Draper shares her perspective of growing up 4th gen VC, how she learned to be fearless, and much more.

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29:18

Matt Kozlov -- Techstars Space

LA Venture ·

2020/04/08

Our guest Matt Kozlov is the managing director of Techstars Space and ran Techstars Health for 3 years before that. We chat about launching toaster sized objects into space for a couple million bucks, getting non-dilutive grant money, and of course Techstars ($120k and a great program)!

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29:41

Dinesh Moorjani -- Comcast Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/04/02

Today's episode is with Dinesh Moorjani, managing director of LA-based Comcast Ventures. Comcast's sweet spot is a Series A check ($3-20M) but they are flexible. Dinesh explains how Comcast operates, tells us about the early days of Tinder, his experience of private equity, and much more.

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31:21

Minnie Ingersoll -- TenOneTen

LA Venture ·

2020/03/26

It was really hard to do a podcast about myself on my own podcast, but my dear friend Steph Hannon was kind enough to interview me. I tried to give the basics of TenOneTen ($500-$1M into seed rounds), but mostly felt like we chatted about my background and this podcast.

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26:39

Elaine Russell -- Albertsons Fund & Greycroft

LA Venture ·

2020/03/17

Elaine recently joined Greycroft to co-lead the Albertsons Fund, a $50M fund investing into the future of retail. The Albertsons Fund (ACI Fund) is investing with Greycroft's core fund $2-6M into Series A or seed companies that are redefining the future of retail.

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31:34

Brian MacMahon -- Expert Dojo

LA Venture ·

2020/03/10

We talk about how Brian has evolved Expert Dojo into a really interesting international accelerator ($100k checks), how lean startup can be misapplied, and how women are better than men :) Totally worth checking out--both the Dojo and this episode!

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29:32

Michael Stoppelman -- Angel, scout, friend

LA Venture ·

2020/03/03

Michael is one of the most sought after and prolific angel investors in LA. One year he invested in 50 companies... and that was before joining a prominent scout program. We also talk about growing Yelp with his brother Jeremy Stoppelman.

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31:52

Courtney Reum -- M13

LA Venture ·

2020/02/24

M13 is a $200M LA-based brand development and venture capital firm. Courtney is a co-founder of M13 and an investor in Pinterest, Ring, Lyft and much more. This is a fun one!

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