All Episodes

May 19, 2022

E052: Melissa Stevens: Milken Institute

Melissa Stevens is the executive director of the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy, leading its work with individual and family philanthropists and foundations seeking to deploy their capital to make a trans…
May 12, 2022

E051: Nicole Valentine: Milken Institute

Nicole Valentine is the FinTech Director of the Center for Financial Markets at the Milken Institute with over a decade of financial services, international Mergers & Acquisitions, technology and innovation experience. S…
May 5, 2022

E050: Melissa Bradley: 1863 Ventures

1863 Ventures accelerates New Majority entrepreneurs from high potential to high growth by bridging entrepreneurship and racial equity.
April 28, 2022

E049: Krista Morgan: Stage Fund

Stage is a female-led private equity fund focused on acquiring orphaned venture-backed companies who are in need of an alternative path to success.
April 21, 2022

E048: Cameron Peake: Financial Venture Studio

Financial Venture Studio is on a mission to help entrepreneurs build the world’s best fintech companies. We help early-stage startup founders get to market quickly, grow rapidly, and build an enduring market presence. Beyond…
March 31, 2022

E047: Dina Burkitbayeva: PsyMed Ventures

PsyMed Ventures is a $25m venture fund focused on cutting edge mental health treatments including psychedelic therapeutic, neurotechnology, precision psychiatry and digital therapeutics. PsyMed Ventures invests in pre-seed, …
March 24, 2022

E046: Lolita Taub: Ganas Ventures

Ganas Ventures is a traditional 506c $10M fund investing in pre-seed and seed Web 2 and Web 3 community-driven startups in the US and Latin America.
March 3, 2022

E045: Barbara Bickham: Trailyn VC

Trailyn VC is an early seed stage venture fund investing in diverse deep-tech founders in the US. Trailyn VC leads and invests in areas of Blockchain, AI, AR/VR, IoT and Quantum Computing.
Feb. 24, 2022

E044: Caroline Lewis: Rouge Women’s Fund

Rogue Women's Fund is an early seed stage venture fund investing in women-led tech companies across the US. Rogue leads and invests in areas of consumer health tech, caring economy, experience tech, and equity tech. Rogue ha…
Feb. 17, 2022

E043: Annalise Dragic: Sapphire Ventures

Sapphire Ventures is a leading venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies of consequence. For nearly two decades, Sapphire has been investing capital, resources and expertise…
Oct. 21, 2021

E042: Maggie Vo: Fuel Venture Capital

Fuel Venture Capital is committed to propelling groundbreaking ideas into world-changing companies and democratizing access to the creative economy to shape the future of society. The firm's "founder focused, investor driven…
Oct. 14, 2021

E041: Gale Wilkinson: Vitalize VC

Gale Wilkinson is the founder and Managing Partner at Vitalize, a seed fund and angel community investing in future of work + learning software. Previously, Wilkinson founded IrishAngels, one of the largest angel groups in t…
Oct. 7, 2021

E040: Minnie Ingersoll: TenOneTen

TenOneTen is an early stage venture fund based in LA investing in software and data companies. We are techies and like companies with technical differentiation.
Sept. 2, 2021

E039: Courtney McCrea: Recast Capital

Recast Capital is a 100% women-owned venture capital platform that invests in and supports top-tier emerging fund managers, with a focus on diverse partnerships. The platform includes two offerings: 1) a fund investment stra…
Aug. 26, 2021

E038: Xiao Jean Chen: Venture Pole

VenturePole is an AI-powered venture investment platform and venture capital firm. Our platform is armed with smart tools like our Investment Risk Rating, that uses machine learning to predict startup survival, alongside ou…
Aug. 5, 2021

E037: Lavanya Bhamidipati: InHealth Ventures

InHealth Ventures is a London based, health-tech focused, early stage, transatlantic fund which backs founders who are on a mission to solve painful, pervasive healthcare challenges. Through its link to the InHealth Group (t…
July 29, 2021

E036: Rosie Rios: Unicorn Hunters

Unicorn Hunters spotlights emerging growth companies looking to hit the coveted $1B “unicorn” valuation mark, while rallying individual investors worldwide to help fund these breakout ventures. The show creates a new genre f…
July 22, 2021

E035: Faye Sahai: Vinaj Ventures

Vinaj Ventures is a boutique innovation and investment services firm with presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Atlanta. Telosity, their latest fund, is dedicated to investing in Pre-Seed and Seed-Stage compa…
July 15, 2021

E034: Neda Amidi: Plug & Play

Plug and Play is the leading innovation platform, connecting startups, corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we're present in 35+ locations across five c…
July 1, 2021

E033: Heather Hartnett: Human Ventures

Human Ventures is a business creation platform. We go beyond the business model and seek opportunities to build Model Businesses with ambitious founders who are innovating around Human Needs. By unlocking access to a powerfu…
June 24, 2021

E032: Lisa Carmen Wang: Republic

Republic gives people power to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investments. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, connected world, Republic has f…
June 10, 2021

E031: Elizabeth Edwards: H Venture Partners

H Venture Partners is a female-founded, owned and controlled venture capital firm focused on purpose-driven, science-backed consumer brands. Led by a team of consumer experts with unparalleled experience as former consumer e…
June 3, 2021

E030: Greer Tessler: Simple Food Ventures

Simple Food Ventures is a $2M mission-driven, early-stage venture fund investing in the future of healthy foods and products categorized in the better-for-you space. We look to partner with companies and passionate founders …
May 27, 2021

E029: Nisa Amoils: a100x

We invest early stage at the intersection of blockchain/AI and impact.