POD OF JAKE

Nikhil is a venture capitalist who spent several years at Shasta Ventures after beginning his career with Insight Venture Partners. He is currently investing independently and has made several early-stage venture investments in the second half of 2020 alone. These investments include Canva, daring, and Roam Research, among others. During his time at Shasta, Nikhil led or co-led investments in comp...

3LAU is a world-renowned DJ, producer, and recording artist with millions of monthly listeners. Forbes dubbed him “The DJ That Turned Down Wall Street” after he declined an offer from BlackRock to pursue his dream of making music. 3LAU went on to release a string of hits including “How You Love Me”, “Is It Love”, and “On My Mind”. Beyond his original tracks, 3LAU has released remixes for Rihanna,...

Maria has been focused on life extension since 2008. She is currently Scientist in Residence at Formic Ventures. Maria earned her PhD in Biology of Aging from a joint program between the University of Southern California and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. She helped organize the Genetics of Aging and Longevity Conference series and was Vice President of the Science for Life Extension Fo...

Steve is a professional certified coach, angel investor, and the creator of Founder Library. He currently operates High Output, a boutique leadership development company based in NYC. Through his company, Steve partners with entrepreneurs to help them amplify output, increase resiliency, cultivate inner wisdom, and lead more effectively. Throughout his career, Steve has held a mix of investing and...

Kapil is the Founder of Siddha Performance and a personal advisor to CEO's, professional athletes, and performing artists. He has worked with AngelList Founder Naval Ravikant, Former World Number 3 Golfer and Masters Champion Mike Weir, and 4-time Olympic Gold Medalist Hayley Wickenheiser, among others. Kapil has written three books: Direct Truth, A Master’s Secret Whispers, and Atmamun. He is a s...

Mwiya is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Frontier Capital Partners, an Africa-focused private investment firm. He is also Co-Founder and CEO at Thebe Investment Management, a Zambian private investment firm with $1.5B of project pipeline under development. Through Thebe, Mwiya is building a 3,000+ acre satellite city called Nkwashi which is planned to be the home of up to 100,000 residents. M...

Keith is a General Partner at Founders Fund and a Co-Founder of Opendoor. He is a highly experienced technology executive and entrepreneur, a prolific investor, and a self-described contrarian. Keith previously served as a General Partner at Khosla Ventures. Before that, he was COO at Square and served in influential roles at LinkedIn. Keith began his career in technology as a senior executive at...

Avlok is the CEO of AngelList Venture. He is also an angel investor and has made personal investments in more than 25 companies. Prior to AngelList Venture, Avlok built and sold two companies. His first company, FastBite, provided food delivery in an average of 7 minutes and was acquired by Square in 2015. His second company, Fairy, provided high frequency house-cleaning and was also acquired. Ang...

Pomp is an American entrepreneur and technology investor. He has built and sold numerous companies, ran product and growth teams at Facebook and Snapchat, and invested over $100 million in early stage technology companies. Pomp is now a Co-founder at Morgan Creek Digital and recently launched his own rolling fund. He hosts The Pomp Podcast where he talks to some of the most interesting people in b...

7 is the CEO and Co-founder of Orchid. He previously served as a Founding Partner at Pantera Capital and worked at Fortress Investment Group where he co-founded the Digital Currency Fund. 7 was a Co-founder and CTO of RPX (Nasdaq: RPXC) and served as Director of the Honeycomb product group at Sun Microsystems. He holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. Follow Seven on Twitter...

Roger is one of the earliest investors in Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related startups as well as an early promoter of Bitcoin. He first heard about Bitcoin in 2011 when the price was still under $1. Roger nearly single handedly funded the entire first generation of Bitcoin and Blockchain businesses including Bitcoin.com, Blockchain.com, Bitpay.com, Kraken.com, and many more. He has been known as "Bitcoin...

Mark is the Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute, as well as the host of the Charter Cities Podcast. He is also the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for the Victoria Harbour Group, a firm that is building a new city for the Hong Kong people. Mark has a PhD in economics from George Mason University where his research focused on charter cities. Charter cities are citie...

Bradley is the Founder and CEO of Tusk Ventures, the first venture capital fund dedicated to working with and investing in startups in regulated industries. His fund has now worked with and invested in dozens of startups including FanDuel, Lemonade, Eaze, Ripple, and Bird. Bradley previously served as Uber’s first political advisor, Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign manager in New York City, and Senator...

Josh is a mechanical engineer, CrossFit-L2 trainer, and Founder of Levels, the first metabolic fitness company. Levels tracks users’ blood glucose in real time so they can maximize their diet and exercise. Prior to Levels, Josh worked for several years at SpaceX. During his time there, he led a team to develop life support systems that sustained astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on their May...

Matteo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, the sleep fitness company some are calling “the Tesla of sleep”. Eight Sleep is reinventing the way we sleep through innovations such as temperature control and soundless wake up technology. The company is collecting unprecedented amounts of sleep data to further inform future innovations such as an autopilot mode which will make autonomous adjustme...

Vitalik is the inventor and co-founder of Ethereum , the second largest cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin . Before inventing Ethereum , he was the co-founder and lead writer of Bitcoin Magazine . In 2017, Bloomberg named Vitalik one of the 50 most influential individuals in the world. He is 26 years old. -- Thank you for listening to Pod of Jake ! All shares and reviews are appreciated! If you enjoy t...

Ryan co-founded Primer with a simple goal “to free the next generation of kids to be more ambitious, more creative, and think for themselves –– starting with homeschoolers”. The company’s investors include Keith Rabois, Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan, Cyan Bannister, Erik Torenberg, Scott Belsky, Fred Ehrsam, Harry Stebbings, David Perell, and more. -- Thank you for listening to Pod of Jake ! A...

Troy is a Co-Founder at JUICE , the former Head of Acquisition at Buzzfeed , an author, investor, and self-described DTC + Marketing Nerd. He started his first business in elementary school, invested in Bitcoin at $30 and Tesla at $60, and counts clients including Product Hunt , Levels , and Kenneth Cole . -- Thank you for listening to Pod of Jake ! All shares and reviews are appreciated! If you e...

Aubrey is the Chief Science Officer and Co-founder of the SENS Research Foundation and author of the book Ending Aging . He is working on undoing the damage of aging in order to help humans live much longer and healthier lives than most have ever imagined could be possible. -- Thank you for listening to Pod of Jake ! All shares and reviews are appreciated! If you enjoy this podcast, you might like...