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March 21, 2024

E092: Jessica Mah: Mahway

Jess Mah built her first 6-figure business while still in middle school and has since created three companies that are each valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Among the companies she’s founded are inDinero, a fintech company that …

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March 7, 2024

E091: Jess Hunichen: Shine Ventures

Jess Hunichen and Emily Ward are the Co-Founders of the global Talent Management Agency, Shine Talent Group, founded in 2015 with offices in Los Angeles, Toronto and London. Built on the premise of collaboration over competition, Shine has grown a …

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Feb. 15, 2024

E090: Kristin Gunther: Revolution Growth

Kristin Gunther is a Partner at Revolution Growth. Kristin brings over 15 years of experience in private equity, finance, and operations to Revolution Growth. Prior to joining Revolution, she spent five years at Perseus LLC, most recently as Vice President, …

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Feb. 15, 2024

E089: Genevieve Gilbreath: Springdale Ventures

Genevieve Gilbreath has been an active investor and entrepreneur in the consumer products space in Austin and globally for the last 15 years. Passionate about the success of consumer brand entrepreneurs in Austin and beyond, in 2019 Genevieve became a …

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Jan. 25, 2024

E088: Dani Tran: Konvoy

Dani is an investor at Konvoy, a VC focused on the technology, infrastructure, and platforms of the gaming and interactive entertainment industries. Dani joined Konvoy's investment team in 2021 and works across the entire lifecycle from sourcing to diligence to …

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Jan. 18, 2024

E087: Jennifer Stojkovic: Joyful Ventures

Jennifer is the founder of the Vegan Women Summit (VWS), a media and events platform of over 60,000 women founders, investors, and advocates. She is the author of the bestselling book The Future of Food is Female, the world’s first …

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Jan. 4, 2024

E086: Taylor Jean-Jacques: General Atlantic

Taylor is a technology investor at General Atlantic where she sources deals, supports portfolio companies as a Board observer and conducts thematic research. Previously, she was a technology investment banker at J.P. Morgan. Before that, she was a software engineer …

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Dec. 21, 2023

E085: Scott Sewell and Hunter Vielock: NuEnergy

NuEnergy is one of the world’s leading suppliers of various high-performance lithium-ion batteries and energy storage technologies. Lithium-ion batteries as a power source are dominating in portable electronics, penetrating the EV market, and on the verge of entering the utility …

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Dec. 14, 2023

E084: Bill Wyland: Bill Wyland Galleries

Bill Wyland, the driving force behind the gallery’s operations, was born in 1958 in Dearborn, Michigan. He has three brothers, Robert, Steve and Tom, and without even lifting a brush, has given the family name presence in the art world. …

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Dec. 7, 2023

E083: Mike Dinsdale, CFA: Akkadian

Mike Dinsdale, Managing Director, Akkadian Ventures - During 20+ years as CFO, secured over $1.8b in financing, created 100b+ in Value, and created 3 Brands with instant recognition: DocuSign, DoorDash, and Gusto - Angel investor in 50+ tech companies - …

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Nov. 30, 2023

E082: Jenna Bryant: Embedded Ventures

Co-Founder, CEO & General Partner, Embedded Ventures // Co-Founder, KittyCAD Jenna Bryant is Co-Founder, CEO and General Partner at Embedded Ventures, a next generation venture capital firm that takes a commercial-first approach to investing in early-stage startups with applications that …

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Nov. 2, 2023

E081: Joanna Kuang: Illumen Capital

Joanna has dedicated her career to expanding access to capital in pursuit of inclusive justice for and alongside under-resourced people of color. She believes a combination of public, private, and philanthropic capital drives the most meaningful impact when coordinated towards …

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Oct. 19, 2023

E080: May Li: J20 Ventures

May Li is the founder and managing director of J20 Ventures, a solo woman-run VC firm investing in Zillennial markets. After starting the firm from her dorm room as a junior in 2017, she deployed Fund I straight out of …

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Oct. 12, 2023

E079: Susan Moring: Cortado Ventures

Susan Moring is a Principal at Cortado Ventures, an Oklahoma City-based, early-stage VC firm. At Cortado, Susan manages all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, due diligence, and post-investment portco support. A startup enthusiast, Susan has spent her career …

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Sept. 14, 2023

E078: Claude de Jocas: Volition Capital

Claude is a Vice President of Volition Capital’s internet and consumer investment team. She joined Volition in 2019 and focuses on investments in e-commerce and tech-enabled services, with sector interests in digital health, telco, and consumer subscription services.

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June 29, 2023

E077: Alison Ryu: Able Partners

Alison has been investing in consumer brands for nearly a decade. Prior to Able, Alison was a General Partner & Managing Director at CircleUp Growth Partners where she led investments in early stage consumer brands. Before CircleUp, Alison was a …

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June 8, 2023

E076: Marcus Glover: Lockstep Ventures

Marcus Glover is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Lockstep Ventures, a venture capital firm that seeks to address issues that perpetuate racial inequality in the U.S. Marcus has a mission to reimagine equity for Black America and is dedicated …

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June 1, 2023

E075: Cheryl Evans: Milken Institute

Cheryl Evans is a Director in MI Finance at the Milken Institute. She leads the new Lifetime Financial Security Program. Evans is an attorney and has worked in securities, finance, and business. She worked for 10 years at CFA Institute …

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May 25, 2023

E074: Kim T. Folsom: Founders First Capital Partners

A high-tech executive and serial entrepreneur who has been founding, leading and growing innovative companies for more than 25 years. Kim Folsom is the founder of Founders First Community Development Corporation (fka. LIFT Development Enterprises, Inc, small business growth accelerator, …

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May 18, 2023

E073: Olivia Steedman: Teachers' Venture Growth

Olivia is Global Head of Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG). Olivia has led TVG since it was formed in 2019 and was previously a Managing Director in OTPP's Infrastructure team. She began her career as a project engineer.

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May 11, 2023

E072: Melanie Jordan: Volition Capital

Melanie is a Vice President at Volition Capital who works on the software team. Prior to Volition, she worked as a technology investor at Summit Partners and began her career as an investment banking analyst at Aeris Partners. She graduated …

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May 4, 2023

E071: Aneesha Raghunathan: Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE)

Aneesha is an investor at Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) focusing on data, enterprise software and has industry expertise across fintech and healthcare. Previously, Aneesha was a Venture Capital investor at Bessemer Venture Partners and a Private Equity investor at TA …

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April 27, 2023

E070: Kimberley Nixon: Open Venture Capital

Kimberley is Founder and Managing Partner at Open Venture Capital (OVC), an early stage, consumer venture capital fund. The fund invests in health and wellness brands that have the ability to expand from product to platform via a unique product, …

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April 20, 2023

E069: Kulika Weizman: Creative Ventures

Kulika Weizman is a principal at Creative Ventures. She leverages her operational experience as a synbio co-founder & CEO and her scientific expertise to lead investments in early-stage deep tech companies solving humanity’s most critical crises: rising healthcare costs, climate …

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