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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes…
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Tim Draper on Investing In Tesla, The Best Pitch He Has Ever Seen & The Evolution of Venture and Startups
Tim Draper is the founding partner of leading venture capital firms Draper Associates and DFJ. Some of his Venture successes include Skype, Baidu, Tesla…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC: Niccolo De Masi @ Glu Mobile on Private Market Valuations, Being A Public Market CEO & The Trends Of Mobile Gaming
Niccolo De Masi is the CEO & Chairman @ Glu Mobile, one of the world's hottest gaming companies with title including the current No 1 Game in the App Store…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Tyler Willis on How To Be Innovative With Customer Acquisition and The Future Of Innovation
Tyler Willis is probably one of the best angel investors around and has invested in seed stage companies that have gone on to raise from the likes of Index…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Arielle Zuckerberg @ Kleiner Perkins: A Review Of My First 6 Months in Venture
Arielle Zuckerberg, Partner @ Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. Arielle Zuckerberg joined KPCB in 2015 and focuses on early-stage investments in the firm’s…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC FF 035: Why Crowdfunding Is Not Right For Tech Startups with Ryan Caldbeck @ CircleUp
Ryan Caldbeck is the Founder & CEO @ CircleUp, the online investing platform that allows you to invest in innovative consumer companies. They have raised…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: The First Online Venture Fund Built On AngelList with Dustin Dolginow @ Maiden Lane
Dustin Dolginow is the General Partner @ Maiden Lane, the first online venture fund which uses AngelList as it's operating system, serving as the institutional…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Gil Penchina on Building The World's Largest AngelList Syndicate with Flight.vc
Gil Penchina is the Founder @ Flight.vc, a network of AngelList syndicates that covers a wide range of sectors from SaaS to security from Israel to England…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 034: What Fintech Can Learn From Uber and The Shift From Financial Organisation To Financial Efficiency with Kelly Peeler, Founder & CEO @ NextGenVest
Kelly Peeler is the Founder and CEO of NextGenVest, the College Money Mentor for every student, helping students navigate the financial aid and student loan…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: The Evolution Of Mobile & The Importance Of Follow On Funding with Hadley Harris @ Eniac Ventures
Hadley Harris is the Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures, the first seed stage venture fund focussed exclusively on mobile. Eniac's investments include…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchIndex's Martin Mignot on Sourcing Rocketship Companies, Evaluating Founders and His Attitude Towards Risk At The Early Stage
Martin Mignot is an early stage investor at Index Ventures where he specialises in SaaS, marketplaces and mobile. He is actively looking after Index's…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 032: Jeff Seibert on Lessons From Being Acquired By Twitter & Box and Now Leading Twitter's Consumer Product
Jeff Seibert is an experienced serial-entrepreneur and currently Senior Director of Product at Twitter. Previously, Seibert was the CEO of Crashlytics, which…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Lessons From Working with Chris Sacca, The Rise Of Mobile Commerce and Improving Push Notifications with Ellie Wheeler, Partner @ Greycroft Partners
Ellie Wheeler is a Partner at Greycroft Partners where she focuses on investment opportunities in next-generation commerce, consumer mobile, and associated…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Bryan Johnson @ OS Fund & Braintree on Investing In The Operating Systems Of Life & Why VC Should All Be Open Source
Bryan Johnson is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of OS Fund and Braintree, the latter of which was bought by eBay in 2013 for $800 million in…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 031: James Beshara @ Tilt on Crowdfunding For A Mobile World, Finding The Perfect Co-Founder & Beer Pong!
James Beshara is the Co-Founder @ Tilt the micro-crowdfunding platform that allows you to receive funding from friends—changing the way collaborative funding…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: James Cameron @ Accel on Building Great Startup Communities and The Rise of Enterprise and Cyber Security Software
James Cameron is an early stage investor at Accel where he focuses on enterprise software, security, fintech and marketplace businesses. Prior to joining…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Fred Destin @ Accel on Why Startups Fail & Founders Get Fired?
Fred Destin is General Partner at Accel in London where he focuses on consumer and software investments. He is the lead investor and board member at Deliveroo…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet
Matt Lieber is cofounder and President of Gimlet Media. In a previous life, Matt produced radio shows (On Point, Fair Game) and podcasts (Slate Culture…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC: Investing in Hardware and The Future of IOT with Kate Shillo, Director @ Galvanize Ventures
Kate Shillo is Director @ Galvanize Ventures, a prolific seed fund which acts as the the investment arm of Galvanize -- a collection of "tech campuses" that…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC: David Tisch @ Box Group on The Future of Consumer Mobile, Developing Pattern Recognition and FOMO
David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, one of New York most prolific seed investors with investments in over 120 seed-stage technology companies…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 029: VC vs Angel Funding & The Future of E-Commerce with Ivan Mazour, Founder @ Ometria
Ivan Mazour is a serial entrepreneur, investor and author. He is the CEO and Founder of Ometria - a predictive analytics and marketing platform built…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC: Philipp Moehring, Head of AngelList Europe on Scaling Seed Stage Funding and Why 500 Is Not Your Traditional VC
Philipp Moehring is Head of AngelList Europe and their first European hire, a role he has had since Jan 2014. Whilst being Head of AngelList Europe, he is also…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC: Morten Lund on Skype, Bankruptcy, Fintech and Why "Banks Are Full Of Lots Of Stupid People Doing Nothing"
Morten Lund, best know for his seed investment in Skype, he has also founded and co-invested in more than 100 startups including the likes of Airhelp who you…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC FF 028: Where To Start Your Startup and Single Founder vs Co-Founder Model with Richard Hanson, Co-Founder & CEO @ HiringScreen
Richard Hanson is CEO and co-founder of HiringScreen, where rocket science meets recruitment. Founded in Jan 2015 in Hong Kong, HiringScreen has raised over…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC: How To Say No Fast and Efficiently and Why UX Must Always Be At The Core Of What You Do with Sitar Teli, Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures
Sitar Teli is Managing Partner at Connect Ventures and has been a venture capitalist for eight years, focusing on early-stage investments in both consumer and…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC: The Ultimate Guide To Marketplaces with Boris Wertz, Founding Partner @ Version One Ventures
Boris Wertz is one of the top tech early-stage investors in North America and the founding partner of Version One. He is also a board partner with Andreessen…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC: Are Unicorns Necessary To Make Big Returns and The Series A Crunch with Sumeet Shah @ Brand Foundry Ventures
Sumeet Shah is an investor @ Brand Foundry Ventures, who have investments in the likes of Warby Parker, Birchbox and Contently. Sumeet himself is pivotal in…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC: Running Lerer Hippeau Ventures Like A Startup with Eric Hippeau, Managing Partner @ Lerer Hippeau Ventures
Eric Hippeau is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures. He is the chairman of RebelMouse and co-founder of NowThis Media. Previously, Eric was the Chief…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 027: Risk, Incentive and Opportunity in Starting A Company with Daniel van Binsbergen, Founder @ Lexoo
Daniel van Binsbergen is CEO and co-founder of Lexoo, an online marketplace that connects businesses with lawyers. Founded in 2014 in London, Lexoo has raised…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 097: Betting Big on Consumer Fintech with Matthew Bradley, Investor @ Forward Partners
Matthew is an Investor at Forward Partners: a super-early stage London VC. Forward Partners invests in solo-founders, idea stage and seed stage eCommerce…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 096: Developing The Idea Muscle and VCs Providing More Than Just Money with Dharmesh Raithatha, Partner @ Forward Partners
Dharmesh Raithatha is the Product Partner at Forward Partners. He works with idea stage investments on product, growth and business strategy. He has a passion…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 026: Ryan Hoover, Founder @ ProductHunt on Relationship Building, Habit Forming and The Vision for ProductHunt
Ryan Hoover is the Founder and CEO @ ProductHunt, winner of TechCrunch "Best New Startup 2014". ProductHunt is a community of people sharing, upvoting, and…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 095: How VCs Find Startups and How To Add Value Once Invested with David Teten @ ff Venture Capital
David Teten is a Partner at ff Venture Capital and is also Founder and Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York, the largest angel…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 094: Kanyi Maqubela @ Collaborative Fund on Rocketships, Feedback Loops and Turning Lemons Into Lemonade!
Kanyi Maqubela is a Partner at Collaborative Fund, who have made investments in AngelList, CodeAcademy, AltSchool, Reddit, Task Rabbit just to name a few. On a…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 025: Crowdfunding Gimlet Media and Why The Nature Of Startup Equity Is Changing with Erin Glenn, CEO @ Betaworks' backed, Quire
Erin Glenn is the CEO @ Quire where she aims to create a way for communities to invest and collaborate with companies and their founders. Quire is changing the…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 093: Where Is The Micro VC Market Going with Samir Kaji @ First Republic Bank
Samir Kaji is the Managing Director @ First Republic Bank, a leading private bank and wealth management company on Sand Hill Road. Samir, has 13 years of…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 092: The Repeatable Playbook of SaaS with Ed Sim, Founding Partner @ BoldStart Ventures
Ed Sim, Founding Partner @ Boldstart Ventures, Ed truly has had the most astonishing career in early stage SaaS having led first round investments in todays…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
Nikos Moraitakis is the Founder & CEO @ Workable, one of Balderton Capital's latest additions to their portfolio. Workable is the affordable and usable hiring…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 091: Daniel Waterhouse @ Balderton Capital on Investing Styles, Venture Landscapes and The Future of AI
Daniel Waterhouse is a General Partner @ Balderton Capital, which he joined in 2013 and he currently sits on the boards of Top10, ROLI, Lovecrafts…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 090: Balderton Capital's General Partner, Suranga Chandratillake on What It Takes To Be A Great CEO
Suranga Chandratillake is a General Partner @ Balderton Capital. He was previously an entrepreneur and engineer having founded blinkx, the intelligent search…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 022: Crowdfunding Is Here To Stay with Ayan Mitra, Founder & CEO @ Crowdbnk
Ayan Mitra is the Founder & CEO @ Crowdbnk, an investment crowdfunding platform that allows you to invest in high growth businesses through both equity and…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 089: Eric Paley @ Founder Collective on Outliers, Inspirational Founders and Pro Rata
Eric Paley is the Managing Partner at Founder Collective, one of the world's most successful seed funds with investments in the likes of Uber, Hunch, Makerbot…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 088: David Frankel @ Founder Collective: The Most Founder Friendly VC in Existence
David Frankel is the Managing Partner at Founder Collective, one of the world's most successful seed funds with investments in the likes of Uber, Hunch…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 021: From TechCrunch to Founder to TechCrunch with the legend, Steve O'Hear
Steve O’Hear is best known as a technology journalist, currently at TechCrunch where he focuses on European startups, companies and products. He first joined…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 087: From The Investors Of Spotify, TrustPilot and Klarna with Jeppe Zink, General Partner @ Northzone
Jeppe Zink is the General Partner at Northzone, who have investments in the likes of Spotify, Bloglovin and TrustPilot, just to name a few. Jeppe himself…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 086: Starting A New Venture Fund and How London Compares To The US with Hussein Kanji @ Hoxton Ventures
Hussein Kanji really is a pedigree in the industry having started off his career with Microsoft, he made the leap into venture with Accel Partners where he was…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 20: Shaking Up The Food Industry With Willie Biggart @ Spoonfed
Willie Biggart is the Chairman @ Spoonfed, a startup on the cusp of 2 extremely hot sectors, SaaS and food. Spoonfed offers a new way for catering companies…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 085: Mark Suster @ Upfront Ventures on Being A Super Entrepreneur Driven VC
Mark Suster is Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures which he joined in 2007, having previously worked with Upfront for nearly 8 years as a two-time…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 084: Meet Felix Capital: A Venture Firm For The Creative Class with Antoine Nussenbaum
Antoine Nussenbaum is a Principal and member of the founding team of Felix Capital. Prior to Felix, Antoine was a Partner at Atlas Global, a private equity…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 019: 500 Startups Week: Life As A 500 Startups Portfolio Company with Ashish Walia, Co-Founder @ LawTrades
Ashish Walia is the Co-Founder & COO at 500 Startups portfolio company, LawTrades. LawTrades aims to decentralise the traditional legal hiring process through…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 083: 500 Startups Week: New Funds, Startup Mentoring and Dave's Masterplan with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups
Marvin is a Partner at 500 Startups, running the SF based accelerator program as well as investing in Seed stage start ups. Prior to 500 Marvin is a 10.5 year…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 082: 500 Startups Week: Growth Hacking 101: How To 10x Your Conversion with Matt Lerner, Head of Distro Dojo London
Matt Lerner is a Distro Partner with 500 Startups, and runs their London office. He specializes in conversion optimization, analytics, engagement and…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC FF 018: Brian Wong, Founder @ Kiip on Raising $30m in VC Funding by 24
Joining us in the hotseat today is a young man who is insanely smart, he skipped 4 grades in school and graduated University at just 17, at which point he…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 081: From YC to VC with Weston Gaddy @ Bain Capital Ventures
Weston Gaddy is a Senior Principal at Bain Capital Ventures where he focuses on investments in early-stage companies and assists the portfolio operations…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 080: How VCs Can Differentiate Themselves with Patricia Nakache, General Partner @ Trinity Ventures
Patricia Nakache is General Partner at Trinity Ventures where she focuses on funding companies launching innovative online consumer and business services. Her…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 017: BETAWORKS WEEK: Kuan Huang, Founder @ Poncho
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 079: BETAWORKS WEEK: East vs West Coast Investing with Peter Rojas, EIR @ Betaworks, Co-Founder @ Weblogs & Engadget
Peter Rojas is an entrepreneur-in-residence at betaworks focusing on early stage investments. Prior to joining betaworks he was VP of Strategy at AOL. He also…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 078: BETAWORKS WEEK: Matt Hartman, Director of Seed Investments @ Betaworks
Matt Hartman is director of seed investments at betaworks. Prior to joining betaworks, he was co-founder of ReferBoost, a profitable b2b company in the real…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 016: Chad Fowler, CTO @ Wunderlist, App Of The Year 2013
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 077: Part 2: Kamal Ravikant: The Future Of Venture Capital
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 077: PART 1: Kamal Ravikant: 'I'm Not Your Traditional VC'
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