Venture Capital

Kamran Ansari, Founder and Managing Partner of Capital Ventures and Venture Partner at Infiniti Ventures, joins the show to break down how venture capital is evolving in an AI-first world. A longtime investor in companies like Plaid, Klarna, Lithic, Venmo, and Acorns, Cameron shares what’s changing in early-stage investing, why the VC market is splitting into mega-funds vs early specialists, and w...

Derek Anderson (Connor Group) joins The Venture Capital Podcast to break down how AI is reshaping accounting, finance teams, ERP systems, and SaaS business models. We cover AI adoption in finance, the shift to usage-based pricing, ERP disruption, and what founders must fix early to avoid costly mistakes later. Derek also shares insights from working with high-growth companies preparing for IPOs an...

Rebecca Kacaba (CEO & Co-Founder of DealMaker) joins The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm) to explain how capital formation is moving online — and how founders can raise money directly from their communities in a compliant, scalable way. Rebecca started her career as a capital markets attorney working on IPOs, M&A, and fundraising, where she saw a painful truth: even after an investor says “...

Scott Voss, Senior Market Strategist at HarbourVest Partners, joins The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm) to discuss the future of venture capital, AI investing, SaaS valuations, private equity, secondaries, and private market liquidity. Scott shares insights on why companies stay private longer, how mega funds are reshaping venture, what AI means for SaaS business models, and where investors may fi...

In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm), hosts Peter Harris and Jon Bradshaw talk with Wally Wang, Founding Managing Partner at Scale Asia Ventures and a Business Insider Seed 100 (2025) investor, about identifying AI winners early — and scaling them across the U.S. and Asia (Japan, Korea, APAC). Wally brings a unique mix of experience as a machine learning scientist (NYU / CMU / Mi...

In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm), hosts Peter Harris and Jon Bradshaw speak with Roberto Bonanzinga, Founder of InReach Ventures and former Founding Partner at Balderton Capital, about how artificial intelligence is transforming venture capital from the inside out. Roberto explains how InReach Ventures built a proprietary AI and machine learning platform to discover early-sta...

In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm), hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris sit down with Olivia Goldstein, General Partner at StartFast Ventures and CEO of Upstate Venture Connect, to discuss venture capital, startup ecosystems, and why the best founders and companies can be built far outside Silicon Valley. Olivia shares her founder journey (including building a startup that used...

In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm), we sit down with Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com, to explore how public-domain data, viral growth, and platform risk shaped one of the most iconic internet businesses—and how AI is about to transform government, media, and civic life. Paul breaks down the original insight behind Ancestry’s billion-dollar IPO, why genealogy was always a ma...

Loïc Houssier (CTO, Superhuman) joins VC.fm to unpack the Grammarly acquisition of Superhuman and what it signals about the future of AI-native productivity tools. We talk AI in the workflow vs standalone AI tools (ChatGPT/Gemini), voice-first computing, vibe coding vs production engineering, AI’s impact on hiring, and why UX taste and product design may be the real moat in an era where everyone h...

Dating apps are broken — and AI matchmaking might be the next platform shift. Dini (Nandini) Mullaji, co-founder of Sitch, joins Whitney Hazard (M13) to explain how conversational AI and LLMs are replacing swiping with a matchmaker-style experience: deep onboarding, memory, non-negotiables, and curated introductions. We cover consumer AI defensibility, why Sitch avoids subscriptions (pay-per-setup...

In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast, Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris are joined by Stine Mølgaard Sørensen, Partner at Alliance VC, a Nordic early-stage fund focused on AI. Stine—an operator and repeat founder turned investor—shares how Nordic venture approaches contrarian vs consensus investing, why Scandinavia can be a powerful “safe launchpad” for startups, and what founders should con...

AI is changing recruiting faster than most founders realize — and not always in the way they expect. In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast , we’re joined by Greg Toroosian, Founder & CEO of Samson Rose and host of Machine Minds , to break down how AI, robotics, and automation are reshaping hiring, why resumes are starting to look the same, and what actually matters when evaluating tal...

In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast , we sit down with Dr. Muthu Alagappan, CEO & Co-Founder of Council Health, and Rob Biederman, Managing Partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners, to explore how AI is reshaping healthcare delivery. We unpack the idea of “care at the cost of compute”, why primary care is fundamentally broken, and how AI-native, physician-supervised models could drama...

Rob Hadick (GP at Dragonfly) joins VC.fm to break down how crypto venture actually works through cycles — and why the smartest firms stay countercyclical when everyone else is panicking. We go deep on the shift from “protocols capture all value” to the rise of crypto applications that generate real revenue, including prediction markets (Polymarket), stablecoin infrastructure, DeFi-backed fintech p...

Breaking into VC is harder than breaking into professional sports — literally.  In this episode, Intuit Ventures investor Tanvi Lal explains why VC recruiting is so broken, why most people don’t actually know why they want to be in venture, and how she finally cracked the code after dozens of rejections. We dive into:  • Why VC hiring is a “barter system of social capital”  • The #1 mistake candid...

In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast , Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris sit down with Costas Papaikonomou , co-founder of the $200M Una Terra Early Growth Fund , to unpack what it really takes to scale the circular economy. Costas shares how his background in engineering, innovation consulting, and a successful exit to Accenture shaped Una Terra’s thesis: backing “drop-in” solutions that pl...

What happens when a former gaming founder takes a hard look at his marriage — and realizes the biggest problem isn’t love, it’s routine ? In this episode, we sit down with Offer (Founder & CEO of ARYA) and Phylicia Koh (General Partner at Play Ventures) to unpack how a single moment — “ Babe… what happened to us? ” — sparked a new category in relationship wellness. We dive into: Why routine is...

How do you build long-term trust between founders and investors—and what happens when that trust meets the chaos of AI-driven commerce?  In this episode, Peter Harris and Jon Bradshaw sit down with Kimberly Shenk, founder & CEO of Novi, and Brian Rothenberg, partner at DeFi VC, to explore: How past working relationships shape investor–founder dynamics The art of saying “no” without burning bri...

Venture capital isn’t dead — it’s evolving. Carta’s Head of Insights, Peter Walker , joins Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris to unpack what the data really says about the 2025 market. From the AI-fueled bifurcation to shrinking equity packages and a wave of secondaries, this episode breaks down how founders, VCs, and LPs are adapting in real time. Peter shares Carta’s inside view on: The comeback of d...

In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast , hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris are joined by Alex Sen , CEO of Meridian, and Nnamdi Okike , an investor associated with Meridian, to discuss the transformative role of AI and software in private equity and venture capital investing. Alex shares his journey from nearly a decade in private equity, battling with outdated CRM tools, to founding a n...

In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast , hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris sit down with Grace Gong , acclaimed VC podcaster, investor, and founder of the Smart AI Conference. Grace shares her inspiring journey from international student to a premier voice in tech and venture, hosting top shows like "Venture with Grace" and "Smart Venture Podcast." She details her mission to unlock acces...

Join hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris in a deep dive into the evolving world of AI, autonomy, and the future of transportation with Gabe Klein , former leader of the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, and Alexei Andreev , co-founder and managing director at AutoTech Ventures. Gabe brings a wealth of experience from public policy and urban mobility design, while Alexei offers a shar...

In this thought-provoking episode of the Venture Capital Podcast , hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris take listeners deep inside the complex financial structures that define modern venture capital. The conversation centers around a critical observation in today’s industry: most VC funds can now be classified as either "2% funds", large, brand-name firms prioritizing substantial management fees, o...

In this compelling episode of the Venture Capital Podcast , hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris engage with Stephanie Palmeri , partner at NextView Ventures, and Caleb Hicks , founder and CEO of School AI, to explore the transformative power of AI in education. Caleb, a former middle school teacher and educational innovator, shares his vision for using AI to create personalized, empathetic learnin...

In this insightful episode of the Venture Capital Podcast , hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris are joined by Tiya Gordon , co-founder and CEO of It’s Electric, and Olaf Sakkers , managing partner at Red Blue Capital. Together, they explore the rapidly evolving electric vehicle (EV) landscape, shedding light on market dynamics, industry challenges, and transformative opportunities shaping the futu...