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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 PitchFF 015: Y COMBINATOR WEEK: Eric Glyman, Co-Founder & CEO @ Paribus
Eric Glyman, Co-Founder and CEO @ Paribus (Y Combinator S15), the service which scans your inbox for receipts and automatically saves you money when the items…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 076: Y COMBINATOR WEEK: Aaron Harris, Partner @ YC
Aaron Harris is a Partner at Y Combinator and also newly one of my favourite podcast hosts with his brilliant show, Startup School Radio, for all startup…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 075: Y COMBINATOR WEEK: Kirsty Nathoo, CFO @ Y Combinator
Kirsty Nathoo is the CFO of Y Combinator. As CFO, she holds the keys to the kingdom – literally. Not only does she control and manage Y Combinator’s internal…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 014: Making Great Founders, Idea Creation and The First 100 Days Of A Startup with Alice Bentinck, Co-Founder @ Entrepreneur First
Alice Bentinck is Co-Founder at Entrepreneurs First, the accelerator program that puts founders first! Previously, Alice worked at prestigious consultancy firm…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 074: The Future of Healthcare with Bob Kocher, Partner @ Venrock
Bob Kocher is a Partner at Venrock and focuses on healthcare IT and services investments. He currently serves on the Boards of Aledade and Jiff, and is a Board…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 073: Life Inside Accel Partners with Michael Treskow @ Accel
Michael Treskow is a VC @ Accel Partners, one of the world's most successful venture firms having funded the likes of Facebook, Dropbox, Spotify, Etsy and many…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 013: 'Make Bets And Believe In What You Are Doing' with James Borow @ Shift & Brand Networks
James Borow is Chief Product Officer at Brand Networks which delivers social marketing and advertising to 650 enterprise customers, following their acquisition…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 072: Super Angel, Fabrice Grinda: The Future of Startup Investing
Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors with over $300 million in exits and 200 angel investments including the likes…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 071: Pre-Seed Investing, Why Now Is The Best Time with Nicholas Chirls @ Notation Capital
Nicholas Chirls is the Founder and Partner @ Notation Capital, one of New York's genuine pre-seed funds investing in pre-growth startups with huge potential…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 070: Do Investors in California Outperform The Rest of The World with Eric ver Ploeg @ Recursive Capital
Eric ver Ploeg has sat on both sides of the table as an entrepreneur and a VC. Eric started his career as an entrepreneur with the founding of Adknowledge, the…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 069: Jeff Clavier, King of Seed Funding @ SoftTech VC on Brad Feld, Fitbit and Standout Startups
Jeff Clavier is the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most established seed VC firms in Silicon Valley, having closed 150 investments…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 012: Acquired by Microsoft for $200m with Javier Soltero @ Microsoft
Javier Soltero is Corporate Vice President of Outlook @ Microsoft. This position arose due to Javier's startup, Acompli, being acquired by Microsoft for $200m…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 011: 'The Savviest Investors Don't Ask What If' with Ben Nader, CEO & Founder @ Butterfleye
Ben Nader is Founder and CEO at Butterfleye, the most advanced wireless home monitoring system. In other words, Google Nest meets Dropcam. Butterfleye's…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 068: Why Now Is The Best Time To Be An Entrepreneur with Sean Seton-Rogers @ PROfounders Capital
Sean Seton-Rogers is a founding Partner at PROfounders Capital, a venture capital fund for entrepreneurs powered by entrepreneurs. Their investors and…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 067: Scaling Startups Into Unicorns with Atomico's Mattias Ljungman and Carolina Brochado
Mattias launched Atomico in 2006 alongside Niklas Zennström. In that time, Mattias has been involved with exits including Supercell (sold a majority stake to…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 010: Becoming Europe's Hottest Startup with Carl Waldekranz, Co-Founder and CEO @ Tictail
Carl Waldekranz is the CEO and co-founder of Tictail. With the vision of creating the worlds most used and loved e-commerce platform Tictail has been called…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 066: FOUNDRY GROUP WEEK 1: Seth Levine: 'VC Is Not A Scalable Business'
Seth Levine is one of the most successful VCs on the planet having Co-Founded Foundry Group, Seth has made investments in the likes of Fitbit (IPO), Admeld…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 065: FOUNDRY GROUP WEEK 1: Brad Feld: Founders Should Be Obsessed, Passion Belongs In The Bedroom
Brad Feld is one of the world's leading VCs having Co-Founded Foundry Group, Brad has made investments in the likes of Zynga, Makerbot and Fitbit, just to name…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 009: How To Leverage Your Connections To Grow Your Business with Sarah Schupp, Founder & CEO @ University Parent
Sarah Schupp is the CEO and founder of UniversityParent. UniversityParent is the #1 site for college parents to find everything they need to help their…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 064: Finding Exceptional People with Big Ideas with Nick Beim, Partner @ Venrock
Nick Beim is a Partner @ Venrock where he focuses on internet, mobile, SaaS, big data and fintech investments. Nick blogs on the economics of innovation at…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 063: What It Takes To Standout In A Crowded Market with Ezra Galston @ Chicago Ventures
Ezra Galston is a VC @ Chicago Ventures, where he focuses on consumer facing and marketing tech investments and is actively involved with Blitsy, BloomNation…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 08: Pierre Valade, CEO @ Sunrise on Being Acquired By Microsoft for $100m and Building Beautiful Products
Pierre Valade is Co-Founder and CEO @ Sunrise, the beautiful calendar app, acquired by Microsoft for $100m in February 2015, where he now works on Outlook…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 062: Shaking Up London's VC Scene with Fede Pirzio-Biroli, Founder @ Playfair Capital
Fede Pirzio-Biroli is Founder @ Playfair Capital, a leading investor in seed level, technology based startups. Fede founded Playfair Capital from his first…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 061: Roxanne Varza on Pitching A VC in 10 Minutes and Maximising Media Exposure For Your Startup
Roxanne Varza is currently the startup lead for Microsoft in France, running both Microsoft Ventures Paris and Bizspark. Prior to Microsoft, Roxanne was Editor…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 007: Founding Europe's Largest Trading App with Nick Bortot, Founder @ Bux
Nick Bortot is the Founder & CEO at Bux, Europe's largest mobile trading platform with an incredible 175,000 active users. In his former life he was one of the…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 060: 12 Acquisitions, $1bn In Exits, Mike Jones, Former MySpace CEO on Life At Science Inc.
Mike Jones is the Founder and CEO at Science Inc. a disruptive media, marketing and commerce company that creates, invests, acquires and scales successful…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 059: How To Approach VCs with Arteen Arabshahi, VC @ Karlin Ventures
Arteen Arabshahi is a VC at Karlin Ventures, where he specialises in enterprise software, commerce platforms, and marketplaces. Prior to Karlin Ventures…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFF 006: Acquired by Amazon, CEO @ Digg, EIR @ a16z and now Founder @ Pro.com with Matt Williams
Matt Williams is Founder and CEO of Pro.com. Prior to Pro.com, Matt served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Andreessen Horowitz, following his time at Digg…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 058: 10 Key Traits To Be A Successful Founder with David Wu, General Partner @ Maveron
David Wu is a General Partner at Maveron, which he joined in 2012 to help identify new investments in Web companies that have the potential to become leading…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 057: The Investor Checklist with Nicolas Wittenborn, VC @ Point Nine Capital
Did you know: The name Point Nine Capital originates from the 0.9 version of a product that is early but has great potential. Nicolas Wittenborn is a VC at…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFounding WIRED 2014's Winner, with Mutaz Qubbaj, Founder @ Squirrel
Mutaz Qubbaj is Founder @ Squirrel, a financial wellbeing platform that allows employees to regain control of their financial lives. Mutual has celebrated much…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 056: The Life Cycle of Startups with Guy Turner, Partner @ Hyde Park Venture Partners
Quote of the Day: 'Invest in people who do what they say they are going to do and have done what they said they would do'. Guy Turner, 20VC Guy Turner is a…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 055: VC Done Right with Jonathon Triest @ Ludlow Ventures
Quote of the Day: 'Advisors are the most crucial element to success for the young generation'. Jonathon Triest, 20 Min VC Jonathon Triest is the Founder and…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFounders Friday 004: Life As A Non-Technical Co-Founder with Will Sacks, The Fertility King @ Kindara
Will Sacks is Co-Founder and CEO at Kindara, the fertility awareness app that provides tools to understand fertility and be in control of their own body…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 055: David Pakman @ Venrock on The Future Of The Music Industry
Quote of the Day: 'A great entrepreneur has the ability to bend the world to their will'. David Pakman, 20VC David Pakman is a Partner at Venrock, having spent…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 053: Inside Union Square Ventures with Jonathan Libov @ Union Square Ventures
Quote of the Day: 'Keep an open mind from an early age'. Jonathan Libov, 20VC Jonathan Libov joined the investment team at Union Square Ventures in September…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFounders Friday 003: 2m users, $2m Seed Round, 220,000 Instagram Followers with Phil Jacobson, Founder @ PumpUp
Phil Jacobson is Co-Founder At PumpUp, a community for healthy and active living, with over 2m users. Phil leads the operations, finance, marketing, business…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital
Ari Helgason is a VC at Dawn Capital in London and a former entrepreneur with operational experience in both London and New York. Prior to Dawn, Ari founded…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 051: The New Silicon Valley Style VC in London with Alessandra Sollberger @ Mosaic Ventures
Alessandra Sollberger is a VC at Mosaic Ventures, a new Silicon Valley style venture firm based in London, focussing on Series A rounds. Alessandra previously…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFounders Friday 002: Balderton's James Wise interviews 20VC Founder, Harry Stebbings
Today is a very special show as James Wise, Principal at Balderton Capital turns the tables on Host of The Twenty Minute VC, Harry Stebbings. In today's…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 050: Starting, Building and Selling in SaaS with the King of SaaS, Jason Lemkin, Managing Director @ Storm Ventures
Jason Lemkin is Managing Director at Storm Ventures focussing on early stage SaaS and enterprise startups. Jason is an acknowledged thought leader in SaaS…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 049: VC is Getting Younger with Spencer Lazar @ General Catalyst Partners
Spencer Lazar is a Principal at General Catalyst Partners, based in New York City. He focuses on early stage software & internet investments, with a particular…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchFounder's Friday 001: How to Create Great Company Culture with Anand Sanwal, Founder @ CB Insights
Anand Sanwal is the CEO and Co-Founder of CB Insights. Specifically, CB Insights tracks financing trends and private companies in the healthcare, industrial…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 048: What Do VC's Really Add To Startups with Christian Claussen, Managing Partner @ Ventech
Quote of the Day: "Capital is a crappy differentiator". Dustin Dolginow Christian Claussen is a Managing Partner with Ventech, a VC firm with offices in Munich…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 047: 4 Ways Investors Find Great Startups with Rob Moffat, Principal @ Balderton Capital
Rob Moffat is Principal at Balderton Capital, one of London's leading VC firms. At Balderton Rob specialises in Fintech, Martech, Gaming and Marketplaces. Rob…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 046: How VCs Evaluate Investment Opportunities with Alan Chiu, Partner @ XSeed Capital
Alan Chiu is a Partner at XSeed Capital, with a strong background in enterprise software and data storage. Alan is currently Vice President for Stanford Angels…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 045: From Idea to Pitch with Alan Jones, Founding Investor @ Startmate
Alan Jones is Chief Growth Hacker at Bluechilli, who have set the incredible goal of building 100 startups by 2016! Alan is also Founding Investor and Mentor…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 044: Dominating AngelList Syndicates with Doug Scott
Doug Scott has one of the largest AngelList syndicates, now with an incredible £396,000 in his. Doug is one of first investors in Techstars, Ignite.io and…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 043: How To Be A VC Analyst and Lessons From Union Square and First Round with Charlie O'Donnell, Founder @ Brooklyn Bridge Venture
Charlie O'Donnell is the Founder and Sole Partner @ Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the first venture capital fund based in Brooklyn. Prior to founding Brooklyn…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchJames Altucher: Ideas, Investing and Entrepreneurs
James Altucher is a successful entrepreneur, investor, board member, and the writer of 11 books including the recent WSJ Bestseller, "Choose Yourself!"…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchJason Calacanis: The World's Greatest Angel Investor
Jason Calacanis is arguably the world's greatest angel investor with over 60 investments including the likes of Uber (1st round), ThumbTack and Calm, just to…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 040: The Required Qualities To Be A Great Founder, with Scott Taylor, CEO @ miDrive
Scott Taylor is the CEO @ miDrive, a startup focussed on reinventing the learner driving experience. Scott is also an advisor to leading London based VC firm…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchHow to Pitch a Top VC with Simon Menashy @ MMC Ventures
Simon Menashy is Investment Director at MMC Ventures where he is responsible for leading new and follow on investments as well as supporting existing MMC…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures
Angela Tran Kingyens is an associate at Version One Ventures, where Angela manages the day to day activities of the fund from identifying new startups to…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 037: How To Get a Job at a Startup, Startup Lessons and Brad Feld's 'Open Office Hours' with Tak Lo, Director @ Techstars
Tak Lo is Director at Techstars, helping entrepreneurs do more faster - on both sides of the Atlantic through Techstars London and Techstars NYC. Tak is also…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 036: The Pitching Process: From Email to Term Sheet with Stephan von Perger @ Wellington Partners
Stephan von Perger is an Early Stage VC at Wellington Partners where his primary role is identifying investment opportunities and building lasting…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 035: The Ultimate Marketing Guide for Startups with Jay Acunzo, VP of Platform @ NextView Ventures
Jay Acunzo is NextView Ventures VP of Platform and runs the View from Seed blog. At NextView, he leads the creation of business development and educational…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 034: 250 Investments, AngelList Syndicates and Microsoft with Jon Staenberg
Jon Staenberg is one of the most experienced venture capitalists in the Pacific Northwest, having made over 250 startup investments and having raised two funds…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 033: The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital, Atomico and Entrepreneurship with Chris Dark, President International @ C2FO
Quote of the Day: “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." John F. Kennedy…
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20 VC 032: Inside Y Combinator with Nicolas Michaelsen, Founder @ AirHelp
In today's show I am joined by the immensely talented Nicolas Michaelsen, Founder & CMO at AirHelp, the go to place if you have grievances during air travel…