Episodes

Jan. 3, 2020

20VC: Rahul Vohra @ Superhuman, The Most Downloaded Founder Episode o…

is the Founder and CEO @ , the fastest email experience in the world. Fun fact, users get through their inbox twice as fast — and many see Inbox Zero for the first time in years! To date, they have raised funds from our friends at...

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Dec. 30, 2019

20VC: Inside The Acquisition Decision-Making Process at Cisco, How To…

is VP of Corporate Development and  at Cisco, where he is responsible for leading all M&A efforts as well as managing Cisco’s strategic venture capital which invests hundreds of millions of dollars annually. At Cisco, Rob...

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Dec. 23, 2019

20VC: Most Downloaded Episode of 2019 with Bill Gurley, General Partn…

is a General Partner @ , one of the most successful funds of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Uber, Twitter, Dropbox, WeWork, Snapchat, StitchFix, eBay and many many more. As for Bill, widely recognised as one of the...

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Dec. 20, 2019

20VC: Inside UiPath, The World's Fastest Growing Startup, How The Bes…

is VP of Operations & Strategy @ UiPath, one of the world's fastest-growing companies providing a complete software platform to help organizations efficiently automate business processes through robotic process automation. To date, UiPath has...

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Dec. 16, 2019

20VC: How To Think Through Portfolio Construction and The Business Mo…

is a Partner @ , one of the West Coast’s leading early-stage funds with a portfolio including the likes of Fitbit, Peloton, Hashicorp, Tray.io, Ring, Automattic (makers of WordPress) and many more amazing companies. As for Adam, he...

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Dec. 8, 2019

20VC: Unusual Ventures’ John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar …

is the Founder and Managing Partner @ , the firm that is redefining seed investing and raising the bar for what entrepreneurs should expect from a seed investment firm. Prior to founding Unusual, John spent 11 years as a Partner @...

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Dec. 6, 2019

20VC: Why Raising A Mega-Round Makes Your Life Harder Not Easier, Why…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the company that provides your all-in-one internet shortcut for passwords, payments and personal info. To date, Emmanuel has raised over $192m in funding for Dashlane from some of the best in the business...

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Dec. 2, 2019

20VC: BoxGroup's David Tisch on Whether Concentrated Investing At See…

is the Founder & Managing Partner @ , one of the leading early-stage firms in NYC with a portfolio that includes the likes of Flexport, RigUp, Ro, Glossier, Clearbit, PillPack and Plaid, to name a few. Recently they raised their first...

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Nov. 29, 2019

20VC: Why Startup Valuations Are Not As Overpriced As You Think, How …

is the Founder & CEO @ , the startup that allows you to pay off your credit card debt faster and save money. To date, Jason has raised over $92m for Tally from the likes of Mamoon @ Kleiner, Angela @ a16z, Nikhil @ Shasta and...

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Nov. 24, 2019

20VC: Why The Best Entrepreneurs Are Cockroaches, What Everyone Under…

manages a $50m early-stage fund and as an angel has built a portfolio that includes the likes of Clearbit (Chairman), Rippling, Boom Supersonic, Lattice, Embark and many more incredible companies. Josh is also the Founder & Chairman @ Mino...

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Nov. 17, 2019

20VC: Ash Fontana on The 5 Core Characteristics That Make Data Valuab…

is a Managing Director @ , the fund that invests in AI-first companies with B2B business models. As for Ash, prior to Zetta he started the money side of AngelList, where, he launched online investing, created the first startup ‘index...

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Nov. 15, 2019

20VC: Why Speed Is The Biggest Differentiator a Founder Can Have, How…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the world's fastest login and checkout with no more passwords, no more typing credit card details or shipping addresses. The special announcement today, Fast have just raised their seed round led by Jan Hammer @...

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Nov. 10, 2019

20VC: Firstmark's Rick Heitzmann on The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds, H…

is a Founder and Partner @ , one of the leading East Coast venture funds of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Airbnb, Pinterest, InVision, Shopify and Discord to name a few. As for Rick, he led the seed round for...

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Nov. 8, 2019

20VC: Why Pre-Product Market Fit Is About Systems Design Not Engineer…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the company that provides a world-class IT solution that's centralized, secure, and lightning-fast. To date, Ryan has raised over $37m in funding from some dear friends of the show in Rich @ GGV, Bessemer,...

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Nov. 4, 2019

20VC: Inside The Mind of A Leading LP: How LPs Evaluate New Fund Mana…

is a Managing Director @ , one of the leading venture fund of funds over the last decade. Included in their stellar fund portfolio is the likes of Index, Initialized, True Ventures, a16z and Boldstart, to name a few. Prior to Top Tier,...

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Nov. 1, 2019

20VC: Webflow's Vlad Magdalin on The Journey To Breakeven and Raising…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the startup that allows you to build better business websites, faster, without coding. To date, Vlad has raised over $73m with Webflow from some dear friends of the show including Accel, Ron @ Rainfall, Brianne...

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Oct. 28, 2019

20VC: a16z's Ben Horowitz on How To Create An Environment of Trust wi…

is a Co-Founder and General Partner at , one of the leading and most prestigious venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Facebook, Github, Slack, Lyft, Coinbase and many more incredible companies. Ben...

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Oct. 25, 2019

20VC: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on Scaling Teams; What Works and What …

is the Co-Founder & CEO @ , home to thousands of communities, endless conversation, and authentic human connection. To date, Reddit has raised over $550m in funding from some of the world's leading investors including Sequoia...

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Oct. 21, 2019

20VC: Lightspeed's Arif Janmohamed on Why Market Risk Is The Most Dan…

is a Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of the leading firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Snapchat, Mulesoft, Max Levchin’s Affirm, AppDynamics and many more incredible companies. Some of Arif's...

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Oct. 18, 2019

20VC Exclusive: Roy Bahat on Bloomberg Beta's New Fund, The Truth Abo…

is the Head of , one of the leading early-stage funds in the valley and NYC with a portfolio that includes the likes of Flexport, Kobalt, Textio, Rigetti Computing and more incredible companies. Prior to Bloomberg Beta, Roy was the...

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Oct. 14, 2019

20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should …

is the Founder and Managing Partner @ , a very new firm focused on the future of work backed by some of the best in the valley including Marc Andreesen, Chris Dixon, Zoom's Eric Yuan, InVision's Clark Valberg and then dear friends of the...

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Oct. 11, 2019

20VC: Guild Education's Rachel Carlson on The Benefits of Scaling Sta…

is the Co-Founder and CEO @ , the leader in education benefits offering the single most scalable solution for preparing the workforce of today for the jobs of tomorrow. To date, Rachel has raised over $71m in funding with Guild from...

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Oct. 6, 2019

20VC: The Ultimate Episode For Emerging Managers: How To Determine Ho…

is the Founder and Managing Partner @ , one of the leading early-stage funds in the midwest with a portfolio including the likes of ScaleFactor, Replica, Dwolla and more fantastic companies. As for John, prior to founding Firebrand, he was...

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Oct. 4, 2019

20VC: How To Drop The BS and Relationship Build With Investors, What …

is the Founder & CEO @ , the startup that provides powerful legal contracting for modern legal teams. To date, Jason has raised over $84m with Ironclad from some of the best in the business including Sequoia, Accel, Greylock, Emergence,...

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