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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.

business investing

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28:09

Noramay Cadena -- MiLA Capital

LA Venture ·

2020/02/18

Founder of MiLA Capital, Noramay Cadena, talks with me about the intersection of tech and manufacturing. Along with partners Carmen Palafox and Shaun Arora, Noramay is writing first checks ($100k-$1M) into "tech you can touch". Shout out to creator, collaborator Z holly and Make it in LA SoCal Alliance report on SoCal innovation Kauffman fellows

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29:03

Michael Tam -- Craft Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/02/10

Great chat with Michael Tam about Craft Ventures ($1-$15M), vertical labor marketplaces, Uber, his partners David Sacks, Bill Lee, Jeff Fluhr, Sky Dayton, and Michael's path into venture. David Sacks posts: https://medium.com/@davidsacks

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29:02

Derek Norton -- Watertower Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/02/05

We caught up with Derek Norton about Watertower ($100-500k checks with his partner Jeremy Milken), micro M&A, advantages(?) of a hard fundraise, media as IP, and how great we are here in LA :)

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32:41

Peter Goldberg -- PLG Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/01/28

Great episode if you like entertaining guests. Peter invests up to $250k initial checks out of PLG Ventures and is not afraid to invest super-early (pre-product, pre-revenue). He helps his portfolio companies on all things organizational behavior, but was formerly CEO of AmTrust, the largest privately held bank.

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25:09

Erik Rannala -- Mucker

LA Venture ·

2020/01/22

We got a chance to catch up with Erik about Honey's $4B exit, his new partner Omar, his decision-making process and all things Mucker ($100k - $1.5M checks and a lot of elbow grease).

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35:59

Mike Palank -- MAC Ventures

LA Venture ·

2020/01/14

MAC is a $100m fund writing $500k - $1.5m checks. David and I didn't talk much because Mike had so many great stories. He tells us about his partners Adrian Fenty, Marlon Nichols, Charles King and some of the cool stuff in interactive media today. Lil Miquela : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE1J9JxqhFo ... makes our podcast guest list look a little dry

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32:21

Kelly Perdew -- Moonshots Capital

LA Venture ·

2020/01/07

Kelly is founding partner of Moonshots Capital where he invests $500k - $1.5M with conviction into extraordinary leadership with a heavy emphasis on leaders with a military background. We enjoyed talking with him about his experience running a syndicate and winning Season 2 of the Apprentice and working with Donald Trump.

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24:00

Robert Mai -- Scopus Ventures

LA Venture ·

2019/12/31

Robert Mai joins us to talk about Scopus Ventures, an early stage fund focused on B2B enterprise software (initial checks $250-$1M). Scopus is active in LA and Israel. Robert also educates us on family office investing.

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28:00

Brian Lee -- BAM Ventures

LA Venture ·

2019/12/16

Brian is the founder of BAM Ventures, ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom, the Honest Company and more. We talked to him about investing out of BAM Ventures where he's not afraid to invest early--$250-500k into a great entrepreneur and an idea. Also really interesting to learn his approach to launching a brand, shopping at CVS, and whats going on today at BAM labs.

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34:38

Jay Goss -- Wavemaker 360 Health

LA Venture ·

2019/12/10

Jay is a partner at Wavemaker 360 Health, a healthcare fund with a liberal definition of what a healthcare company is. They do seed investing ($100-$500k first check). Jay is very thoughtful about everything from how he leverages his LPs to the implications of value-based care.

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30:05

Meredith Finn -- March Capital Partners

LA Venture ·

2019/12/03

Meredith is a partner at March Capital Partners where she leads investments into enterprise B2B companies raising Series A, B and C. Prior to March, Meredith was at Salesforce Ventures. I'd want Meredith on my board if I were running a later stage enterprise business!

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35:38

Eric Schiffer -- Tech Coast Angels

LA Venture ·

2019/11/25

Eric is the president of Tech Coast Angels, but we definitely got caught up talking about his prior experience as CEO of 99c only stores. This one is a great listen if you're at all interested in selling consumer goods or scaling operations.

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25:39

Miki Reynolds -- Grid110

LA Venture ·

2019/11/18

Grid110 is a fantastic free accelerator program in DTLA (no cost, no equity). Miki started Grid110 in 2014 with a focus on fashion tech, but now Grid110 is open to early stage entrepreneurs in all sectors. Miki's awesome and what's not to love.

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30:50

Laurent Grill -- Luma Launch

LA Venture ·

2019/11/12

Laurent Grill is lead investor at Luma Launch, an LA pre-seed fund that does both B2B and B2C, with a particular interest in storytelling. In addition to funding (average check size $250k), Luma provides great mentors and services for it's teams. Laurent explains why Luma (and others) have moved away from the accelerator model.

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30:19

Peter Lee -- Embark Ventures

LA Venture ·

2019/11/04

Peter is a founder and managing partner at Embark Ventures, one of the very few deep tech/frontier tech focused investors in town. They write $500- $1M checks into pre-product companies with important science behind them. Peter is full of interesting thoughts on robotics, brain computer interaction and tech transfer out of universities.

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