Episodes
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July 27, 2026
Episode 47 - Talent Is Everywhere, Capital Isn't with Bedy Yang of 500 Global
👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Bedy Yang at 500 Global. 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. Bedy Yang has spent 15 years helping 500 Global grow from an accelerator running lots of little bets into a $2.2B multi-stage platform with 30+ unicorns. She joins JJ and Asad to talk about investing outside-in, what first-time managers ...
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May 20, 2026
Episode 46 - from Tashkent to Termsheet with Victor Orlovsky
👋 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.
45
April 8, 2026
Episode 45 - Strings to Startups: Caroline Winnett on Trading the Violin for Venture
👋 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.
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Nov. 28, 2025
Episode 44 - Building Asymmetric Capital with Rob Biederman
👋 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.
Oct. 22, 2025
Episode 43 - Developer First Startups & Building Heavybit with Tom Drummond
👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Tom Drummong 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.
42
July 14, 2025
Episode 42 - Going Global from Day Zero with Shamb Mishra
👋 Hey Listener! We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Shamb 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.
41
June 15, 2025
Episode 41 - Investing at the Intersection of Culture and Technology with Rachel Springate
👋 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.
May 1, 2025
Episode 40 - On Founding Nava Ventures, and the Critial Series A with Manish Patel
👋 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.
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April 8, 2025
Episode 39 - Climate, Capital and Conviction with David Neff
👋 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.
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March 25, 2025
Episode 38 - Building in Canada
👋 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.
Jan. 24, 2025
Episode 36 - Star(tup) Trek: Live Long, Prosper and Launch a Fund with Sunny Zhang of Born Global Ventures
👋 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.
36
Dec. 30, 2024
Episode 36 - From Angel to Fund Manager: Giuseppe Stuto on Founding 186 Ventures
👋 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.
35
Dec. 10, 2024
Episode 35 - Supporting Immigrant Founders with Elisabeth Tuttass
👋 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
34
Nov. 13, 2024
Episode 34 - Building Swell with Jay Patil and Rusty Ralston
👋 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
33
Sept. 26, 2024
Episode 33 - Venture Capital & Public Policy with Matt Weinberg
👋 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
32
Aug. 7, 2024
Episode 32 - Learning On Your Own Dime
👋 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
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July 15, 2024
Episode 31 - Building Miami's Original VC Firm
👋 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
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June 23, 2024
Episode 30 - Founding Big Sky Capital
👋 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
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June 3, 2024
Episode 29 - Purpose-Driven Capital: Integrating Impact with VC
👋 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: Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Deckle Edge The Jazz of Physics: The Secret L...
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Jan. 19, 2024
Episode 28 - Founding Charge Ventures with Brett Martin
👋 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
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Dec. 12, 2023
Episode 27 - From Founder to Founding Ripple Ventures
👋 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
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Nov. 22, 2023
Episode 26 - Building A Community Focused Firm with Jonah Midanik
👋 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
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May 26, 2023
Episode 25 - Corporate Venture Capital with Joe Dormani
👋 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
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Nov. 18, 2022
Episode 24 - Relationship Intelligence and the Venture Tech Stack with Ray Zhou
👋 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 Affinity’s Evolution - 21:24 Technology’s Impact on Our Relationships - 23:37 F...