Post Money

If you’re trying to predict the next unicorn by pattern-matching the last one, you’re probably already behind. In this episode, Anne Dwane of Village Global explains why predicting startup outliers has never been more difficult, how AI is quietly reshaping venture capital strategy, and why diversified 100-company seed portfolios may outperform concentrated conviction bets. Drawing on her journey f...

Seed-stage venture capital is often described as a people business, but very few firms are structurally built around that reality. In this episode, Brad Svrluga, co-founder of Primary, explains why his firm deliberately rebuilt the seed VC model to operate more like an execution platform than a traditional investment partnership. Instead of optimizing for GP economics, Primary reinvests management...

If you’re waiting for clean metrics before trusting product-market fit, you’re probably already behind. In this episode, Kent Bennett explains how early product-market fit actually shows up in the real world, why customer behavior matters more than spreadsheets, and how some of the most successful venture-backed companies were recognized before the data looked obvious. Kent draws on nearly two dec...

The U.S. Department of Defense is one of the largest buyers of technology in the world and yet most founders and venture investors still don’t understand how defense spending actually fuels startup growth. In this episode, Alexander Harstrick explains how government capital quietly de-risks early-stage technology, why dual-use startups are gaining an advantage, and how shifts inside the Pentagon s...

Most venture capital stories start with wins, but this one starts with bankruptcy. In this PostMoney Podcast episode, Nihal Mehta, co-founder and managing partner at ENIAC Ventures , recounts how failing publicly in his early 20s, including filing for Chapter 7, shaped his view of founders, risk, and what actually matters in the zero-to-one stage. From meeting his partners as engineering students...

Building to $100M+ in revenue changes how you think about growth, capital, and control. In this episode, Rob Biederman breaks down the hard lessons from scaling Catalant and why those experiences led him to build Asymmetric as an early-stage investment firm that deliberately operates outside the traditional venture capital model. Rob shares the real story behind turning a business school project i...

Only a handful of startups create all the returns in venture capital and most founders don’t realize what that means for them. In this PostMoney Podcast episode, David Beisel, co-founder and partner at NextView Ventures, explains how the VC power law actually plays out after investing in 200+ companies, why only 8–10 truly matter, and how that reality shapes investor behavior at the pre-seed and s...

In this episode of Post Money Podcast , Nilanjana Bhowmik sits down with Apoorva Pandhi, early-stage investor at Zetta Ventures, to unpack how the AI stack is really evolving and where founders and VCs should be placing their bets heading into 2026. Inside the Episode * How the modern AI stack is structuredand why most founders are betting on the wrong layer * Why foundation models are becoming co...

In this episode of Post Money, Nilanjana Bhowmik sits down with Ullas Naik, Founder of Streamlined Ventures, one of the most consistently successful seed-stage venture capital investors operating as a solo GP. Over the past 14 years, Ullas has seeded more than 180 companies, producing 22 unicorns, multiple decacorns, and two centicorns ($100B+ outcomes). In this conversation, he shares how convict...

Nilanjana Bhowmik sits down with Ashmeet Sidana, Founder & Chief Engineer at Engineering Capital, for a masterclass on what founders get wrong about fundraising, capital efficiency, and building enduring companies in the age of AI. Ashmeet shares why venture capital is an overfunded asset class, why too many people are becoming entrepreneurs for the wrong reasons, and the uncomfortable truth that...

Nilanjana Bhowmik and Bilal Zuberi decode the next trillion-dollar shift: AI transforming the physical world. With 16+ years in early-stage deep tech investing, and a career spanning MIT, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, and now Red Glass Ventures, Bilal Zuberi explains why physical AI, robotics, intelligent machines, and industrial automation represent the next trillion-dollar wave. He dives deep i...

Post Money Podcast features conversations with the world’s leading founders and venture capitalists across industries. Hosted by Nilanjana Bhowmik, Founder & General Partner at Converge, Post Money dives into the art of raising capital, building high-growth companies, founder psychology, early-stage strategy, and the human decisions behind iconic outcomes. New episodes weekly with the builders and...