Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting a live podcast at the Allocate Beyond Summit , where I interviewed Avy Stein and Jordan Stein from Cresset . Allocate ’s founders Samir Kaji and Hana Yang brought together a fascinating and thoughtful group of allocators, family offices, and VCs for an engaging two days of discussion about private markets. At...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into an important and growing part of the alts ecosystem: how investors can access and invest into alternatives through their retirement funds. We have Eric Satz, the CEO of Alto, a self-directed IRA custodian, with us today to discuss how he’s on a mission to provide everyday Americans with the same investment opportunity long...

Welcome to the 2nd episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano , the CEO of iCapital , who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening...

Wealth managers are increasingly participating in private markets, and for good reason. Today’s podcast is with an expert allocator in the alts space, Phil Huber , who has not only been actively investing in private markets as the CIO of $18B Savant Wealth , but has also authored a book about how advisors can approach private markets. This podcast is a must-listen for any allocator, particularly i...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we peer into one of the most fascinating companies in private markets,  AngelList , and talk with AngelList’s CEO Avlok Kohli . AngelList is building the operating system for modern startups and tech innovation, and as such, they see themselves as building a company of companies. AngelList has had almost 19,000 startups raise capital from synd...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we talk with John Avery , an executive who is leading the charge for private markets, Web3, and tokenization at one of the largest publicly traded financial services companies, FIS . FIS is one of the world’s leading financial services companies. Over 95% of the world’s banks work with FIS. Their asset management technology processes $40 trill...

Welcome to the launch of the collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the first episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happe...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s episode, we talk with Seyonne Kang , a Partner at StepStone , which acquired her former firm, Greenspring Associates. StepStone is a global private markets firm that provides customized investment and advisory solutions to some of the world’s most sophisticated investors.  StepStone has a total capital responsibility of $602B of assets an...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s episode, we have Sheel Mohnot , the co-founder and Partner of FinTech VC fund Better Tomorrow Ventures . Sheel is a career fintech investor and operator. He has built Better Tomorrow Ventures into an active pre-seed and seed stage fintech VC that has grown to over $225M AUM. Prior to founding BTV, he was the GP at 500 FinTech, where he wa...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s show was recorded live from AltsLA 2023 in partnership with CAIA . CAIA is the leading global professional body dedicated to alternative investment credential programs. On this episode, we speak with Daniel Joye , where he oversees Infrastructure investing at LACERA , the $58 billion AUM Los County Employees Retirement Association. Daniel an...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s show was recorded live from AltsLA 2023 in partnership with CAIA . CAIA is the leading global professional body dedicated to alternative investment credential programs. On this episode, we speak with Mark Anson , the CEO and CIO of Commonfund ($28B AUM).  Mark and I had a fascinating discussion on private markets. We discussed: Why size disc...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s show was recorded live from AltsLA 2023 in partnership with CAIA . CAIA is the leading global professional body dedicated to alternative investment credential programs. On this episode, we speak with Christopher Ailman , the Chief Investment Officer of one of the world’s largest institutional investors, CalSTRS . Chris and I had a fascinatin...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast and hello from AltsLA. Today’s show was recorded live from AltsLA 2023 in partnership with CAIA . CAIA is the leading global professional body dedicated to alternative investment credential programs. On this episode, we speak with the 44th Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle , the Chairman of Cerberus Global Investments .  We discussed the...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s episode, we go to Europe, and specifically Berlin, a region where some of the most exciting activity in the VC world is occurring. We have Filip Dames , a Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures , a top pan-European early-stage VC fund that has around $700M AUM, lead us in a discussion about why Europe is such a compelling place to invest and...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we have a private equity expert who is as thoughtful and sharp as they come. Graham Elton is the Chairman of Bain & Company’s EMEA Private Equity practice, where he’s helped many of the largest PE and alts firms navigate a growing market and build successful businesses. Graham has also spearheaded the industry standard in report...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. We have a special episode today – it’s a collaboration between Alt Goes Mainstream and Venture Unlocked: Samir Kaji , the Co-Founder & CEO of Allocate and the Venture Unlocked Podcast , and I have a back and forth discussion about the future of private markets and venture.  If you are an allocator to private markets or a VC fund manager, you won...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s podcast, we have an expert in alternative assets and fund accounting. We welcome Gareth Hewitt , a fund accounting veteran and co-founder of LemonEdge , to the show. Gareth is the CEO and Co-Founder of LemonEdge, where they are building a better, more efficient fund accounting software platform. With backing from Blackstone , Lauren Iaslo...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode of Alt Goes Mainstream features someone who is building a vertical SaaS solution for fund managers and LPs. Today’s guest is Michel Geolier , the Co-Founder and CEO of Betterfront , a b2b vertical SaaS company dedicated to private markets. He’s building a comprehensive solution to enable fund managers to more efficiently and effectiv...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast and Welcome to Wrexham . On today’s show, we go to Wrexham , the town in North Wales that has become a football (soccer) mecca due to a blend of its rich history as home to the 3rd oldest club in the world and a recent injection of Hollywood with Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buying the club. We talk with Shaun Harvey , the Advisor to the Board at...

On the latest episode of Alt Goes Mainstream, we talk with one of the pioneers of the online investment space. Today’s guest is Ben Miller , the Co-Founder and CEO of Fundrise , America’s largest direct-to-investor alternatives investment manager. Ben has tremendous experience and expertise in both the real estate space and in building innovative alternative investment technology solutions. Prior...

We have an exciting episode today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. We are joined by Mathias Pastor , the Co-Founder of Semper , a London and Paris based company that uses liquidity to align the interests of private companies, employees and investors. Mathias and his co-founder Balthazar de Lavergne created Semper after observing that private companies are staying private longer and employees an...

We have a special episode today on Alt Goes Mainstream.  Our guest today is Henry Ward , the CEO and co-founder of Carta, one of the most innovative and exciting companies in private markets. Henry founded Carta from the kernel of an idea and they are now trusted by over 30,000 companies, 5,000 investment funds and 2.1 million employees for cap table management, compensation management, liquidity...

We believe that good things come in bunches. On the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast, we’ve covered a number of innovative ways in which more investors are now able to access alternative investments thanks to innovation in infrastructure that pools investors together. Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast, we are lucky enough to peer into a market that’s creating a bunch of excitement: the early sta...

Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast, we have the third podcast in a special three part series with some of the titans in the alts world. We are partnering with CAIA , the leading global professional body in alternative investment credentialing programs, for a very special episode that dovetails with the release of their latest report on Renewed Professionalism and creating client centered out...

Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast, we have the second podcast in a special three part series with some of the titans in the alts world. We are partnering with CAIA , the leading global professional body in alternative investment credentialing programs, for a very special episode that dovetails with the release of their latest report on Renewed Professionalism and creating client centered ou...