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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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27:49

Laurent Grill -- JLL Spark

LA Venture ·

2022/06/15

Corporate venture capital is becoming a first choice option for founders seeking the value-add that corporates can bring in an industry. This is the thesis of Laurent Grill as he seeks to build the #1 choice PropTech fund at JLL Spark.

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27:28

Karan Wadhera -- Casa Verde

LA Venture ·

2022/06/08

Cannabis is still a schedule 1 narcotic (cocaine is a less serious schedule 2). Cannabis plants have RFIDs on them and are tracked from seed to sale. Casa Verde's Karan Wadhera tells us why he sees this and other regulations as an opportunity and why he and Snoop set up Casa Verde to invest from $1M to $15M in cannabis startups.

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25:40

Dan Fishman -- Regeneration VC

LA Venture ·

2022/06/01

Do you feel good about the purchases you make and the trash you generate as a consumer? Dan Fishman believes in empowering consumers and he shares perspective for startups and brands that are being built to serve our new regenerative future.

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31:17

Maureen Klewicki -- Cedars Sinai Health Ventures

LA Venture ·

2022/05/25

Maureen Klewicki heads up investing at Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures, the venture arm of Cedars-Sinai. Cedars-Sinai is a top 10 hospital in the US that serves more than 1 million people each year with over 4,500 physicians and nurses. Maureen discusses opportunities she sees for startups to be created to address issues in care delivery, the labor shortage crisis, and the move to value-based care. She shares go to market strategies in healthcare and much more.

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30:08

Amanda Groves -- PLUS Capital

LA Venture ·

2022/05/18

Amanda Groves shares how startups can best navigate working with elite athletes and celebrities. How should a startup structure an equity arrangement? Has cancel culture gone too far? And how does a firm like PLUS Capital help to measure and quantify an engagement's impact.

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24:15

Kathryne Cooper -- Jumpstart Nova

LA Venture ·

2022/05/11

Kathryne Cooper tells us about Jumpstart Nova, a new $55M fund investing in incredible Black healthcare founders at the seed and series A stage. Jumpstart has LPs such as Meharry Medical College, Eli Lilly and Company, Cardinal Health and is part of the trend of VCs offering strategic help from their LPs as an important value-add.

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25:52

Michael Carney -- Evoke Advisors

LA Venture ·

2022/05/04

The best day to sell your company is the worst day to re-invest that money. The best day to plan for that sale is not a month before it happens. Evoke's Michael Carney shares wealth management tips for startup execs and tells us about Evoke's fund of funds strategy.

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29:51

Matilda Sung-- Ludis Capital

LA Venture ·

2022/04/27

Ludis Capital founder Matilda Sung is investing $500k - 1M at the intersection of sports media and technology. She explains why the NFL looks up to the NBA's digital engagement, how sports betting is different in the US than in other countries and she clarifies who really owns the rights to digital assets like TopShop NFTs.

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28:22

Jonathan Hung -- Trousdale Ventures

LA Venture ·

2022/04/20

Jonathan Hung tells us about his two new funds: Trousdale Ventures has deployed over $300M the last two years and is a partnership with Phillip Sarofim. Playhouse Ventures is a web3/NFT fund with Steve Aoki. He also shares his perspective on doing business with China and how to choose a manufacturing partner in today's market.

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37:23

Brett Brewer -- Crosscut

LA Venture ·

2022/04/13

This episode is so good. If you care about how culture is born in a city or what makes LA tech special, then get some inspiration as Crosscut's Brett Brewer talks about the early days of building Intermix and MySpace and how he sees the ecosystem evolving.

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30:52

Amanda Schutzbank -- Willow Growth Partners

LA Venture ·

2022/04/06

Venture investment in consumer brands goes in and out of vogue. Amanda Schutzbank explains how Willow Growth takes a unique approach to consumer investing that combines the best of venture and private equity investing.

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26:49

Ed Wilson -- Impulsum Ventures

LA Venture ·

2022/03/30

One of everyone's favorites, Ed Wilson, joins to talk to about Impulsum Ventures, how they've built a venture firm alongside a 30-person dev shop and his sunny approach to life.

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33:06

Yelena Shkolnik -- Jump Capital

LA Venture ·

2022/03/23

Another great Series A fund in LA! Yelena Shkolnik is a partner at Jump Capital. Jump may be most recognized for their crypto work, but we have a broad conversation on content, commerce, fintech and how those are converging in today's ownership economy.

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32:18

Kobie Fuller -- Upfront Ventures

LA Venture ·

2022/03/16

Every pitch today involves community. Upfront partner and former CMO Kobie Fuller tells us how the best brands are giving users the tools to be brand advocates and how those same brands are tapping into the community to get insights. We also talk about being black in venture and what inspired Kobie to build Valence, a network for black professionals.

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30:45

Joanne Wilson -- Gotham Gal

LA Venture ·

2022/03/09

The Gotham Gal herself, Joanne Wilson, tells us that department stores are dead, but gives us a glimpse into the future and her own upcoming cannabis store that will pair your cannabis with your needs, mood and even the food you're serving that night. We also cover the state of VC today and much more.

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29:50

Carter Reum -- M13

LA Venture ·

2022/03/04

We couldn't be more excited for Carter Reum and M13's newly announced $400M Fund III. There are still only a few funds in LA that are true lead Series A investors. Carter tells us how they have doubled in size from Fund I to Fund II and again from Fund II to Fund III (it helps to have 11(!) unicorns in Fund I) and how their thesis has continued to evolve as they've built the fund.

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29:32

Cody Simms -- MCJ Collective

LA Venture ·

2022/02/23

Earth's population has doubled in Cody's lifetime. 96% of mammals on earth by biomass are now humans and livestock. China emits more greenhouse gases than all developed countries combined. This and much more from Cody at MCJ Collective.

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27:20

Steve Ahern -- KB Partners

LA Venture ·

2022/02/16

How are sports evolving to match the changing tastes of fans? What can traditional sports learn from esports? How is sports betting rolling out across the country? This and much more with Steve Ahern, partner at KB Partners.

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27:31

Zach Noorani -- Foundation Capital

LA Venture ·

2022/02/09

Zach Noorani is a partner at Foundation Capital where he leads FinTech investing. Zach shares why he is excited for composability in finance, why he's still excited for neobanks and why traditional finance is not going to be disrupted by web3 overnight.

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32:00

Richard Wolpert -- Acrew Capital

LA Venture ·

2022/02/02

Great discussion with Richard Wolpert on the convergence of tech and media. Some punchlines: * Movie theaters will only be for tent-pole movies * Live concerts are not going away * The metaverse will happen * Social media is toxic and needs to be fixed

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