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Sourcery with Molly O"Shea

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00:53:28

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour - The Future of Free Markets

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2025/02/28

Tarek Mansour, is the Co-Founder & CEO of Kalshi, a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events (buy and sell event contracts). Kalshi has had a huge start to the year post-election from unlocking significant new markets, launching new products, integrating with top brokers like Robinhood and Webull, and welcoming Donald Trump Jr. as an advisor. Mansour delves into the process of navigating regulatory hurdles, including the surprising

00:39:32

Taking on an $80 Billion Dollar Market with Gen Z |...

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2025/02/21

Dylan Diamond is the Co-Founder & CEO of Saturn, a viral Gen Z calendar app that's raised $68M after starting as a high school project. In this conversation, Dylan shares his journey of attracting major investors like Jeff Bezos and Mark Benioff, scaling the app to millions of users, and maintaining high retention rates across 18,000 schools.We also get insights into Gen Z behavior, the role of AI in app development, and building a sustainable product. This episode also explores the unique

01:01:35

Packy McCormick, Not Boring | How writing led to...

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2025/02/14

Packy McCormickI've teamed up with Passes to grant us access to a pro podcast studio in LA, exclusive early releases, audience Q&A, & BTS content. Sign up for Passes for more Sourcery content! https://www.passes.com/Follow Sourcery for the latest updates! https://www.sourcery.vc/Molly on X: https://x.com/MollySOSheaPacky on X: https://x.com/packyMTIMESTAMPS:1:30 - Growing to 239k+ Subscribers5:00 - How Writing Led to a $50M VC Fund8:00 - The 'Not Boring' Creative Process13:50 - Top Founder

01:21:55

Zoom to Salesforce: How Emergence Capital Picks...

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2025/01/31

Today Molly O’Shea speaks with Founding GP Gordon Ritter & new Partner Yaz El-Baba of $2.3B AUM VC fund Emergence Capital. We cover everything from the IPO window, Stargate, the macro environment, the state of AI, the app layer to infrastructure, preventing the AI plateau, to Emergence’s history & evolution.Emergence Capital is a venture capital firm known for its specialization in early-stage investments in enterprise cloud software companies. The firm's focus is on businesses that

00:38:38

$688 Million AUM in 2 Years Investing in Data, AI,...

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2025/01/24

Tomasz Tunguz is a prominent venture capitalist and the founder & GP of Theory Ventures, a $688M AUM fund. Theory focuses on investing $1-25m in early-stage companies that leverage technology discontinuities into go-to-market advantages. Before Theory, he was a managing director at Redpoint Ventures, where he led investments into companies such as Looker, Expensify, Monte Carlo, Dune Analytics, and Kustomer. Throughout his career, Tunguz has been recognized for his data-driven approach to

00:34:11

Unlocking Mental Resilience: How Spartan Race Builds...

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2025/01/16

Joe De Sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan Race, Inc. In this conversation, we discuss Joe’s 20+ years of Spartan Race, surviving covid, acquiring competition and investing in fitness companies. We also get into fitness tips, what to avoid, and how you can train for a Spartan Race.Follow Sourcery for the latest updates! https://www.sourcery.vc/ Molly on X: https://x.com/MollySOShea Joe on X: https://x.com/realJoeDeSena TIMESTAPS: 0:00 - Welcome Joe De Sena To Sourcery! 0:30 - Mental

00:56:22

Cyan Banister & Lee Jacobs Investing in the Magically...

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2024/12/20

In this episode, Molly O'Shea speaks with Cyan Banister and Lee Jacobs to discuss the unique investment strategy of Long Journey Ventures, focusing on their ethos of 'Magically Weird.' Their investments include breakout companies like SpaceX, Uber, Anduril, Crusoe, Notion, DeepMind, Loom, Postmates, and more. We explore how they build a community of independent thinkers, create memorable events, and foster authentic connections among founders."We're looking for misfits, free thinking people." -

00:34:57

How Lucy Guo Is Building A Creator Empire with Shaq,...

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2024/12/14

Lucy Guo is a prominent entrepreneur and investor, known for her role as a co-founder of various technology startups. She gained recognition as one of the early employees at the artificial intelligence startup, Scale AI.We recorded this episode live from Lucy's new studio in Los Angeles! In this conversation, we discuss building in the creator economy, signing huge names, building a creator HQ in LA, biggest misconceptions, raising $50M in 2 yrs, ditching web3, and competitive fintech & data

00:34:53

Dan Wright, CEO Armada | Trae Stephens Next Big Bet

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2024/11/22

Today Molly O'Shea speaks with Dan Wright, CEO of Armada, backed with $100M to date from notable investors like Trae Stephens from Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux, Dragon Global, Microsoft’s M12, 8VC, Shield Capital, among others. Armada is a leading edge computing company deploying servers for advanced AI applications in remote locations. More impressively, this company barely started 2 years ago and has been out of stealth for less than a year, while achieving critical milestones like

00:39:10

Joshua Browder, DoNotPay | Saving Consumers $100M+ &...

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2024/11/15

Molly O'Shea talks with Joshua Browder, Founder & CEO of DoNotPay, a $200M AI champion designed to help people fight against big corporations and beat bureaucracy. Joshua shares his journey from dropping out of Stanford for a Thiel Fellowship to founding DoNotPay. To date, DoNotPay has saved consumers $100M+ on over 1.6M cases and attracted significant venture capital interest.We go deeper into the innovative features of DoNotPay, its ‘spicy’ media strategy, and the importance of building a

00:37:34

America's New Consumer: CPG, Sports, Four-Wall |...

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2024/11/08

Molly O'Shea interviews Jason Fiedler, Managing Partner at Left Lane Capital, a $2B+ venture fund focused on consumer and internet businesses. They discuss his unique investment strategies focused on consumer goods, sports, and the evolving retail landscape, diving into specific subcategories and his portfolio companies. Jason shares insights on the importance of NPS Delta, the application of software frameworks to consumer investing, his Sims City vision, pearls & strings system, and the

00:33:46

Aramco of The Moon: Lunar Ice Mining For...

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2024/11/01

Molly O’Shea interviews Saurav Shroff, Founder & CEO of Starpath, a company developing megascale propellant production systems for lunar and Mars operations. For full show notes, visit: https://highlightai.com/share/65820d0a-9323-4de8-a526-9bb3aca1baeb-- Follow on Twitter https://x.com/MollySOShea https://x.com/SauravShroff5 -- Check out Starpath https://starpath.space/ -- Subscribe to Sourcery: https://www.sourcery.vc/ -- Sponsor: Archer Archer's Midnight is a piloted four

00:57:19

Former Chief Scientist at Salesforce, Richard Socher...

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2024/10/25

In this fascinating episode of Sourcery, host Molly O'Shea sits down with Richard Socher, founder and CEO of You.com and co-founder of AIX Ventures. Richard shares insights on building an AI-powered productivity engine, the future of AI agents, and his journey from academic researcher to successful entrepreneur and investor.Special offer for Sourcery listeners: https://www.you.com/business/sourcery For full show notes, visit:

00:53:51

Jeff Morris Jr, Chapter One | Difficult Market for VCs

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2024/10/16

Molly talks to Jeff Morris Jr (JMJ), GP of Chapter One and infamous product leader at Tinder. As emerging funds face an existential crisis, JMJ explores the stark realities of an industry in flux. From the looming specter of industry consolidation & shutdowns, to the relentless pressure to prove relevance, JMJ challenges conventional wisdom about what it takes to succeed in modern VC.JMJ offers a candid look at the struggles and strategies of today's fund managers, painting a picture of an

00:53:07

Alex Kolicich, 8VC | AI & Defense Tech Renaissance

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2024/10/11

Molly O’Shea is joined by Alex Kolicich, Founding Partner of 8VC. Before his venture capital career, Alex was an engineer and early product advisor at companies like Clarium, Palantir, and Google. In this discussion, Alex talks about the current investment landscape citing the "AI capabilities gap," the potential for a "trough of AI disillusionment," and highlights the tension between AI's promise and its current limitations. Why is Silicon Valley suddenly embracing the Pentagon? Alex explains how

00:55:37

Impulse Labs, Trojan Horse for Battery-Powered Homes...

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2024/10/04

Molly O'Shea talks to Sam D’Amico, founder of Impulse Labs which has created one of the highest quality battery-powered induction stoves, offering unparalleled power, precision, and energy storage.Following a strong career in consumer electronics, including work at Google Glass and Oculus, Sam envisions a future where distributed battery storage in appliances could help balance grid load and reduce the need for grid infrastructure upgrades. All the while, delivering a premium performance cooktop

00:51:12

Molly Alter, Partner (Northzone), $4B AUM | Software...

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2024/09/20

Molly O'Shea talks to Molly Alter, Partner at Northzone, a $1.2 billion fund with around $4 billion AUM and discusses her successful investments (Frame.io’s $1.2B exit to Adobe), founder qualities, VC biases and decision-making, as well as the firm's global approach to identifying opportunities.Alter believes in the potential of Europe's tech ecosystem, citing higher net IRR for European VC funds compared to North American ones over 10-15 year horizons. She shares perspectives on US

00:45:55

Zamp's Series A: $14M in 15 Months

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2024/09/13

Molly O'Shea talks to Zamp's CEO, Rohit Bhadange as he shares his journey from Wall Street to founding the fastest growing sales tax compliance platform. Zamp, an innovative platform is simplifying sales tax compliance for e-commerce and SaaS companies, recently raised a $10M Series A funding round led by Valor Equity Partners, bringing their total funding to $14 million. Learn about their rapid growth and vision for the future in helping e-commerce and SaaS companies automate complex tax

00:52:03

Astasia Myers, GP at Felicis, $3B AUM, AI Agents &...

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2024/09/06

Molly O'Shea is joined by Astasia Myers, GP at Felicis, to discuss their new $825M fund, totaling Felicis’s AUM to $3B. Astasia goes deep on her focus on AI infrastructure, AI-enabled SaaS, and AI-enabled services and breaks down how AI is changing the face of enterprise software exploring the evolution of enterprise software and how AI is transforming data stacks.She explains how the AI landscape has evolved, highlighting the rise of alternative foundation models and AI agents, and emphasizes

00:40:14

Crunchbase Macro Update | Surprising VC Narrative...

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2024/08/29

Molly O'Shea is joined by Gené Teare, senior data editor at Crunchbase News, and brings her wealth of experience and insight to the world of venture capital and startup ecosystems.Gené Teare provides a comprehensive overview of the current venture capital landscape, highlighting the ongoing two-year slowdown in the VC market, and points out a trend towards concentration in late-stage funding. She also touches on the topic of diversity, reporting that female-founded companies received only 3%

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