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The GoingVC Podcast

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The GoingVC Podcast - uncovering new paths into VC, diving deeper into alternative models, and addressing areas of weakness with Rachel (@rachmast), and JJ (@jjmaclean) from the GoingVC team. GoingVC is a global community and career development program for venture capital. To learn more or to checkout our guides, content, models and VC research checkout https://www.goingvc.com/blogFeedback? We'd love to hear it: podcast@goingvc.com

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Episode 46 - from Tashkent to Termsheet with Victor Orlovsky 20.05.2026 1:00:08

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Victor Orlovski at R136 Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 45 - Strings to Startups: Caroline Winnett on Trading the Violin for Venture 08.04.2026 26:55

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Caroline Winnett Berkeley SkyDeck. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 44 - Building Asymmetric Capital with Rob Biederman 28.11.2025 19:21

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Rob Biederman of Asymmetric Capital. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 43 - Developer First Startups & Building Heavybit with Tom Drummond 23.10.2025 36:31

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Tom Drummond of Heavybit Industries. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 42 - Going Global from Day Zero with Shambhavi Mishra 15.07.2025 43:28

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Shambhavi Mishra of Antler. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 41 - Investing at the Intersection of Culture and Technology with Rachel Springate 16.06.2025 38:36

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Rachel Springate of Muse Capital. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 40 - On Founding Nava Ventures, and the Critical Series A with Manish Patel 01.05.2025 39:00

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Manish Patel of Nava Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 39 - Climate, Capital and Conviction with David Neff 09.04.2025 31:58

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with David Neff of Ecliptic Capital. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 38 - Building in Canada with Rachel Zimmer 25.03.2025 30:30

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Rachel Zimmer of Simple Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 37 - Star(tup) Trek: Live Long, Prosper and Launch a Fund with Sunny Zhang of Born Global Ventures 24.01.2025 28:26

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Sunny Zhang, founding partner of Born Global Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 36 - From Angel to Fund Manager: Giuseppe Stuto on Founding 186 Ventures 30.12.2024 44:53

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Giuseppe Stuto, founding partner of 186 Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com.

Episode 35 - Supporting Immigrant Founders with Elisabeth Tuttass 10.12.2024 24:22

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Elisabeth Tuttas of Unshackled VC. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 34 - Building Swell with Jay Patil and Rusty Ralston 13.11.2024 43:45

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Jay Patil and Rusty Ralston of SwellVC. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 33 - Venture Capital & Public Policy with Matt Weinberg 26.09.2024 57:55

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Matt Weinberg of Max Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 32 - Learning On Your Own Dime with Kimmy Paluch 07.08.2024 26:39

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Kimmy Paluch of Beta Boom. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 31 - Building Miami's Original VC Firm with Maggie Vo & Olivia Gaudree 15.07.2024 42:30

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Maggie Vo and Olivia Gaudree of Fuel Venture Capital. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 30 - Founding Big Sky Capital with Jahn Karsybaev 23.06.2024 35:04

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Jahn Karsybaev, a founding GP at Big Sky Capital. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 29 - Purpose-Driven Capital: Integrating Impact with VC 03.06.2024 44:54

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Greg Ho, cofounder and President at Spring Mountain Capital, and founding partner at the West Harlem Innovation Network. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com Books mentioned in the episode:...

Episode 28 - Founding Charge Ventures with Brett Martin 19.01.2024 26:27

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Brett Martin, Founding Partner of Charge Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 27 - From Founder to Founding Ripple Ventures with Matt Cohen 12.12.2023 28:27

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Matt Cohen, Founding Partner of Ripple Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 26 - Building A Community Focused Firm with Jonah Midanik 12.12.2023 27:58

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Jonah Midanik, Partner at Forum Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 25 - Corporate Venture Capital with Joe Dormani 26.05.2023 38:36

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Joe Dormani, founding Principal at Thomson Reuters Ventures. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com

Episode 24 - Relationship Intelligence and the Venture Tech Stack with Ray Zhou 18.11.2022 37:07

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Ray Zhou (@rzhou186), cofounder of Affinity. As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com Episode Chapters: Introduction - 0:00 Ray’s Origin Story - 1:22 Relationship Intelligence and the VC Tech Stack - 5:43...

Episode 23 - Powering the Platform with Stephanie Manning Cohen 13.09.2022 39:39

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Stephanie Manning Cohen (@steph_manning07)! As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com Episode Chapters: Introduction - 0:00 Stephanie’s Origin Story - 1:03 What is ‘Platform’? - 3:44 The Platform Role - 5:4...

Episode 22 - Venture Capital & the Startup Board of Directors with Matt Blumberg and Brad Feld 22.08.2022 38:04

👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Brad Feld ( @bfeld ) and Matt Blumberg ( @mattblumberg ) about the re-release of their book Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors .  Episode Chapters: Introduction - 0:00 Brad & Matt’s Origin Stories - 1:31 The Startup Board - 5:01 VCs and the Board - 16:...