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Consumer-driven AI, DPI, founder preferences, and building a venture firm like a startup In this episode of VC Mastermind , Jacob Mullins sits down with Vanessa Larco , Founder and Partner at Premise and formerly a Partner at NEA , to discuss how seed investing is changing in the age of AI. Vanessa shares her path from product and operating roles at Microsoft, Twilio, and Box into venture capital,...

Courtney McCrea is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Recast Capital , a fund-of-funds and platform dedicated to backing the next generation of venture managers. With decades of experience investing in both blue-chip firms and first-time funds, Courtney brings a unique LP perspective on what truly drives outperformance and how emerging managers can build enduring franchises. In this episode, C...

Samara Hernandez, Founding Partner of Chingona Ventures, shares her journey from Goldman Sachs to launching her own venture firm in the Midwest. In this conversation, she reveals the spark that drove her to start Chingona: a belief that great founders come from anywhere, combined with the conviction that overlooked geographies and demographics represent massive untapped opportunities. From her fir...

In this episode, Jacob Mullins sits down with Dan Miller, Managing Director at True Search and one of the top recruiters for venture capital firms globally. Dan shares a rare inside look at how VC hiring has shifted—from boom to bust and back again—and how top firms are navigating today’s highly competitive market for investor talent, especially around seed-stage AI. He breaks down what’s changed...

In this episode of VC Mastermind , we delve into the intricacies of the secondary market with Yannick Mir, Director in the New York secondaries team at Greenhill, a Mizuho affiliate. Yannick provides a comprehensive overview of the secondary market, which was established about 25 years ago to offer liquidity to private equity assets. Last year, this market represented approximately $170 billion, s...

In this episode of VC Mastermind , host Jacob Mullins sits down with Greg Capello, Jr. of Premier Alts to demystify the world of late-stage secondary and single-asset sales in the private markets. Greg shares insights from his extensive Wall Street background and explains how Premier Alts specializes in providing liquidity solutions for both buyers and sellers, particularly in high-profile, pre-IP...

In this episode of VC Mastermind , host Jacob Mullins interviews Matt Krna, founder and managing partner of Two Meter Capital, to explore the emerging field of “harvest management” for venture portfolios. Drawing on two decades of experience in venture capital and growth investing, Matt explains how Two Meter Capital partners with GPs, secondary firms, family offices, and corporate venture arms to...

In this episode of VC Mastermind , host Jacob Mullins sits down with Ezra Roizen, General Manager of Advsr and author of "The Magic Box Paradigm," to demystify the world of startup mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Drawing on decades of experience as both an entrepreneur and investment banker, Ezra shares his unique framework for maximizing M&A outcomes, emphasizing that successful startup e...

In this episode of VC Mastermind , host Jacob Mullins sits down with Sara Stinnett, partner at DLA Piper and a leading expert on GP-led secondaries, to demystify one of the hottest topics in venture capital today. Sarah shares her journey from M&A attorney to secondaries specialist, and explains how the secondaries market has evolved from a niche, “hush-hush” solution for zombie funds to a mai...