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Ignite: Conversations on Startups, Venture Capital, Tech, Future, and Society

Welcome to Ignite, hosted by Brian Bell of Team Ignite Ventures. Join candid conversations with founders, investors, and thought leaders shaping the future of startups, tech, and venture capital. For informational purposes only, not investment advice or an offer to buy/sell securities.

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00:44:51

Ignite VC: Scaling Industrial Startups from Zero to...

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2025/09/10

Renan Devillieres is the founder and CEO of OSS Ventures, a venture studio dedicated to building startups that transform the manufacturing industry. With a background in economics, consulting, and factory leadership—and later scaling his first AI startup through Series B—Renan brings unique insights into the intersection of technology, operations, and entrepreneurship. In this episode, he shares how his journey from corporate life to startup building led him to launch OSS Ventures, and why he

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00:57:53

Ignite Startups: Building Category-Defining Platforms...

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2025/09/02

Rupak Doshi is a scientist-turned-entrepreneur and the co-founder & CEO of OmniSync, creators of the flagship platform TurboInnovate. With a background spanning research at Cambridge, Scripps Research, and UCSD, as well as industry experience in biotech drug development, Rupak has spent the last decade helping deep tech ideas move from lab benches to global markets. Through OmniSync, he has helped unlock more than $4 billion in federal innovation capital for startups and built tools that

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00:54:02

Ignite Marketing: Building Full-Funnel Growth Engines...

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2025/08/28

Anthony Chiaravallo is the Founder and CEO of Vallo Media, a performance marketing agency that’s helped brands from startups to Fortune 500s—including Nike, Amazon, and FedEx—turn ad spend into measurable growth. With 16+ years of experience and more than $100M in media spend managed, Anthony is a recognized thought leader and PR Week 40 Under 40 honoree, known for cutting through vanity metrics to focus on real business outcomes.With deep expertise in paid media, performance strategy, and scaling

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00:50:52

Ignite Team: The Psychology Behind Startup...

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2025/08/27

Dr. Matthew Jones is a licensed psychologist turned startup co-founder coach and cofounder of Co-Founder Clarity. With six years of experience working with hundreds of entrepreneurs—from YC to Sequoia-backed teams—he specializes in helping founders prevent burnout, resolve conflict, and build stronger, more resilient partnerships. His work has been featured in TIME, Business Insider, and Inc., and his new book The Co-Founder Effect dives into the psychology of what makes or breaks founding teams. In

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01:01:58

Ignite LP: The Rise of AI-Driven VC and the Future of...

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2025/08/25

Damir Ibrahimagić Kopinić is a seasoned early-stage investor, advisor, and private asset manager who has spent decades at the intersection of high finance and early-stage tech. As co-founder and CEO of G Plus Quant, he helps bridge top startups with global venture capital, LPs, and family offices. With experience spanning asset management, trading, blockchain, and beyond, Damir offers a unique perspective on how capital markets and emerging technologies shape the future of venture.In this episode,

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01:16:08

Ignite Startups: Why Diversification Wins in Venture...

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2025/08/22

Arian Ghashghai is the Founder and Managing Partner of Earthling VC, a pre-seed venture fund focused on frontier technologies like VR, robotics, and applied AI. Previously, he was a senior ML engineer at Meta’s Reality Labs and an active angel investor, building a reputation as a thoughtful advocate for probabilistically diversified pre-seed investing. With his blend of technical expertise, founder experience, and sharp perspective on venture dynamics, he offers rare insights into how early-stage

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00:51:57

Ignite Startups: How AI Is Fixing a $70 Billion...

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2025/08/18

Dmitry Karpov is the CEO and co-founder of WorkDone, a real-time AI compliance co-pilot for hospitals tackling costly and often hidden documentation errors that lead to denied insurance claims. A two-time YC founder, ex-EY innovation leader, and Forbes Cloud 100 rising star, Dmitry brings deep experience in workflow automation and enterprise AI. With a track record of scaling companies globally and navigating highly regulated industries, he offers sharp insights into the intersection of healthcare,

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01:10:12

Ignite VC: The People-First Investing Philosophy of...

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2025/08/14

Jay Levy is the co-founder and partner at Zelkova Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with over 17 years of experience backing transformative SaaS companies like Help Scout, Klout, and Crimson Hexagon. From designing websites in high school to scaling startups during the dot-com boom, Jay has lived the full founder-to-investor journey. With a disciplined, people-first approach to investing, he offers sharp insights on scaling efficiently, founder self-awareness, and how AI is reshaping the

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00:49:58

Ignite Leadership: Scaling Product Teams and Quiet...

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2025/08/08

Greg Weinger is the Senior Vice President of Product Management at SheerID and the creator of The Powerful Introvert podcast. With over 15 years of experience scaling B2B SaaS product teams at companies like Urban Airship, YesMail, and Jive Software, Greg brings a unique blend of technical depth, leadership insight, and introverted clarity to every role he takes on. In this episode, he shares lessons from building enduring product orgs, thriving as an introvert in high-stakes environments, and

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00:58:32

Ignite Startups: The AI Sales Engine Powering Smarter...

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2025/08/06

Chris Anzalone is the founder and CEO of Knowledge, an AI-driven sales intelligence startup reshaping the way businesses identify in-market buyers. With a unique background in high-ticket finance and agency sales, Chris bootstrapped Knowledge from a services-based business into a fast-scaling SaaS company, reaching thousands of users and notable ARR growth. In this episode, he shares how data, psychographic matching, and real human connection are unlocking the next frontier of outbound sales.In

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01:07:34

Ignite VC: The Future of AI, Consciousness, and...

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2025/08/05

Chuck Stormon is a serial entrepreneur, AI pioneer, and managing partner at StartFast Ventures. With a career that includes founding multiple startups, commercializing early AI accelerators, and building foundational internet infrastructure, he offers deep insights into AI, entrepreneurship, and the future of intelligence. In this episode, Chuck shares his journey from developing neural chips for the U.S. Air Force to shaping the next generation of mission-driven AI startups—anchored by his evolving

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00:26:32

Ignite Partners: What Every VC Needs to Know About...

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2025/08/01

Ravi de Silva is the founder of DeRisk Partners and a seasoned compliance expert with a global track record, having led financial crimes compliance at Citi and held senior roles at JPMorgan and American Express. With deep experience navigating regulatory environments across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, he now helps banks, credit unions, and fintechs build scalable, strategic compliance infrastructures. In this episode, he shares what most founders get wrong about compliance, where AI can trip you up,

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00:55:16

Ignite Startups: Designing Ethical and Useful AI with...

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2025/07/30

Erika Anderson is the co-founder and Chief Customer Officer at Storytell AI, a platform that transforms unstructured conversations into strategic insights. A published essayist in The New York Times and Vanity Fair, Erika brings a deeply human and creative lens to the world of AI. With a background in storytelling, facilitation, and product development, she offers fresh insight into using generative AI to mine value from overlooked data.In this episode, she discusses how Storytell helps teams unlock

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00:55:51

Ignite VC: Samara Hernandez on Building a $60M Fund...

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2025/07/29

Samara Hernandez is the founding partner of Chingona Ventures, a trailblazing venture capital firm dedicated to backing overlooked and underestimated founders. With experience at Goldman Sachs, Math Venture Partners, and a mission deeply rooted in her heritage, Samara brings a fresh and authentic perspective to VC. She's helped grow Chingona Ventures into a $60M firm by rethinking who gets funded—and why.With a thesis focused on early-stage companies, unconventional founder backgrounds, and unsexy

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00:38:43

Ignite GP: Building Funds and Vetting Operators in...

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2025/07/28

Eric Silverman is the Managing Partner at Eastham Capital and a veteran investor with decades of experience across real estate, banking, and early-stage ventures. With six successful funds under his belt—and a seventh underway—Eric brings unmatched insight into distressed multifamily investments and a sharp eye for identifying high-performing operating partners across the country. His disciplined, value-driven approach has made Eastham a standout in the world of private real estate investing.With a

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00:45:27

Ignite Partners: The QA Mindset Every Founder Needs...

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2025/07/24

Rajeev Rai is the co-founder and CEO of QASource, one of the world’s leading software QA and engineering services firms. With decades of experience across Apple, Adobe, and his own ventures, Rajeev has made quality assurance a strategic asset for hundreds of companies, from scrappy startups to global tech giants. In this episode, he offers deep insights into why QA is often misunderstood, how to scale it effectively, and why it's essential for building resilient, high-quality products.In this

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01:06:47

Ignite VC: How GPs Can Scale Smarter and Win LP Trust...

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2025/07/22

Dave Perretz is a former Army officer turned founder of Signal Fund Services, where he helps emerging GPs scale with confidence. With experience at JP Morgan, Iron Spring Ventures, and startup 2U Laundry, Dave combines deep operational expertise with a strategist’s mindset to reimagine how fund infrastructure should work. In this episode, he shares how his military background shaped his leadership philosophy, the hidden pain points GPs underestimate, and what it really takes to become

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01:13:41

Ignite VC: Ben Black on Turning LP Chaos into a 2x...

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2025/07/20

Ben Black is the co-founder and managing director of Akkadian Ventures, a pioneering secondary investor with a career spanning over two decades in venture capital. With a track record of building innovative investment strategies and founding the Raise Global Summit, he offers unparalleled insights into secondaries, fund management, and the evolution of the venture ecosystem. In this episode, he shares his journey from early-stage investing to creating one of the most respected platforms for emerging

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01:05:29

Ignite VC: Reimagining Civilization Through Deep Tech...

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2025/07/13

Abdo John Hajj is the Managing Partner at Type One Ventures, a multi-dimensional investor and former founder who's deployed over a billion dollars into some of the most transformative companies in tech, AI, and space—names like SpaceX, OpenAI, and Neuralink. With a bold mission to accelerate humanity’s path to a Type One Civilization, Abdo combines a cinematic storytelling background with deep conviction in frontier technologies.In Today's Episode We Discuss:00:01 – Welcome and guest

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00:47:20

Ignite Startups: The Hidden Power of Knowledge Graphs...

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2025/07/08

Malcolm De Leo is the Co-founder and Chief Business Officer at GraphIQ, an innovation-first platform redefining how enterprises discover and connect with business intelligence. With a PhD in chemistry and a 20+ year career spanning Clorox, Orbital Insight, and Quantified, Malcolm has built a reputation for evangelizing innovation, data-driven transformation, and cultural change inside legacy organizations. In this episode, he shares how GraphIQ was born from repeated market frustration, and why the

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