Matt McCall — Pritzker Group
Matt McCall catches us up on venture investing for the Pritzker group where he's doing a lot of seed deals and using those to fuel his Series A investing. We also discuss wearing life like a...
Josh Jones — The Fund LA
Josh Jones is the richest, goofiest, most confident yet normal-seeming person who was a Bitcoin pioneer, recently bought an airline, and is a partner at The Fund LA. Josh Jones is with me...
Shane Kelly — MCT
Media tech expert Shane Kelly joins to discuss the business of financing feature films and tech startups. Shane also shares his passion for Pharrell's Black Ambition Price and his thoughts on the...
Rick Smith — Crosscut Ventures
Rick Smith is a founding manager partner of @CrosscutVC and one of the pillars of the LA tech community. Crosscut is now investing out of Crosscut Fund V, but started as a $5M Fund...
Chirag Chotalia — Threshold Ventures
Chirag tells us about his journey from Pritzker Group to DFJ and the evolution from DFJ to Threshold. He's one of only a few LA-based Series A investors. Great to hear his perspective on...
Julie Wroblewski — Magnify Ventures
Julie's new fund, Magnify, is writing $1.5M - $2.5M checks into companies that will transform life, work and care for modern families. Julie talks about very relatable themes...
Alejandro Guerrero — Act One Ventures
Alejandro is a partner at Act One Ventures. We discuss: * Entering venture capital without a "traditional" background * Why VCs need to start measuring success differently...
Brianne Kimmel — WorkLife Ventures
Brianne Kimmel is the founder of WorkLife Ventures and an early investor in Hopin, Pipe, Webflow, Tandem and many others. We had a great discussion on how she gets into rounds, how she established...
Drew Taylor — Digitalis Ventures
Drew Taylor is a partner at Digitalis Ventures. Digitalis has a $100M human health fund, a $100M pet health fund and $30M for venture creation. We also discuss being part of a family business...
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