Investor Stories 461: Feast and Famine in Crypto, When to Take the Off Ramp, and Evaluating Founder Temperament (Simpson, Chaddha, Orthlieb)

The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified · Feb 23, 2026 · 6m

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:

Arianna Simpson of Andreessen Horowitz

Navin Chaddha of Mayfield

Ben Orthlieb of Blue Moon

We discuss major conflicts that guests have faced and how they resolved them.

The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.

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