Venture Capital Episodes
Interesting raises and deal flow: the companies and spaces getting traction from VC.
March 6, 2022
(Bonus) Kitchen Table Ep. II - With @ceonyc
Chris was in town again! So we asked the great Charlie O'Donnell of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures to come over to my kitchen to talk about the tech news of the week. But Charlie also gives us his analysis and history of the New York Tech scene, and the state of venture and tech generally, coming out of …
Feb. 17, 2022
Thu. 02/17 – A Y2K Bug For Our Times?
Why a dumb agent string bug may break some big named websites soon. Is Circle about to become the biggest pure play crypto company to hit public markets? Spotify buys basically the only remaining pieces of the podcast puzzle missing from their toolbelt. And the interesting raise from a company buyi…
Feb. 14, 2022
Mon. 02/14 – The Big Game Is Big For Crypto
Turns out Super Bowl ads really do move the needle. Another day, another crypto bug, this one could have let you create unlimited ether from thin air. See what I did there? Could we see a digital Euro by the end of next year? A couple of super interesting raises. And the curious case of the missing…
Jan. 22, 2022
(TWTR SPC) The State Of VC And Startups In 2022
Weirdly, this turned into a sort of education on VC and startup investing episode?
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Jan. 11, 2022
Tue. 01/11 – YC Ups The Ante
Moxie Marlinspike is stepping down as CEO of Signal, and Brian Acton is stepping up. For now. Y Combinator is getting more generous with the investment it makes in its cohort companies. Carriers aren’t pleased with Apple’s iCloud Private Relay service. And another day, another headline like: the As…
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Dec. 11, 2021
(Bonus) a16z's Andrew Chen On The Cold Start Problem
The great Andrew Chen of a16z joins us to discuss his new book: The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects. This an indispensable guide to get that "rocket-ship" action going for whatever product or company you're working with.
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June 26, 2021
(SPC CST) a16z's Future Plans And Audio Spaces With @smc90 and @kyurieff
We have two special guests this week! The first is Sonal Chokshi, Editor in Chief of a16z and showrunner of a16z podcasts. We’ll be getting her perspective on the launch of FUTURE, which we discussed last week.
Second, as the major social platforms (save for YouTube!) have launched their social…
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April 17, 2021
Office Hours With Chris Fralic Of First Round Capital
Chris Fralic of First Round Capital was involved in funding such companies as Ring, Hotel Tonight, Warby Parker, Rec Room, and as you’ll hear today, Roblox. But in addition to being a legend, as you’ll hear, Chris is just an all around good dude...
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March 15, 2021
Mon. 03/15 – Stripe The Most Successful (Private) SV Startup Ever?
Stripe, by some measures, has become the most successful Silicon Valley startup of all time, with their recent raise. Airtable too has an impressively interesting raise. Facebook wants to find you a vaccine appointment. The US is looking to overhaul its cybersecurity missile shield. And checking in…
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Feb. 6, 2021
(Bonus) Office Hours With Garry Tan
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Jan. 20, 2021
Wed. 01/20 – A16Z To Get Into The Media Business?
Is Andreessen Horowitz about to spin up its own media platform? Anthony Levandowski gets a pardon and Jack Ma resurfaces. Netflix is about to start printing money, and they’re about to give you a “shuffle play” button. And why Ben Thompson thinks Intel is in even more trouble than everybody thinks.…
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Jan. 16, 2021
(Bonus) Interesting Raise Episode 1!
The first ever interesting raise omnibus episode!
Links:Hipcamp, ‘Airbnb of the Outdoors,’ Raises $57 Million (The Information)Local news app News Break raises $115M (TechCrunch)Perfect Corp., developer of virtual beauty app YouCam Makeup, closes $50 million Series C led by Goldman Sachs (TechCrun…
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Dec. 12, 2020
(Bonus) - The Future of Video With A16Z's Connie Chan
Connie Chan, from Andreessen Horowitz, talking about: Live, Social, and Shoppable: The Future of Video Sponsors: VistaPrint.com/techmeme TinyCapital.com
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Oct. 3, 2020
(Bonus) The Creator Economy Opportunity With @JoshConstine
For years, I quoted Josh Constine on this show because he was one of the breaking news-iest folks over at TechCrunch for years. Well, now he’s gone the well worn TC to VC route, and is a principal at SignalFire. I noticed Jos...
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Aug. 26, 2020
Wed. 08/26 – Palantir’s S-1 Takes A Swipe At Silicon Valley
Palantir’s S-1 filing gives us our first look under the hood of their business. Apple is bringing AR content to Apple TV+. A big name in 3D printing is going public… and guess how? A new digital networking speed record. And E...
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April 17, 2020
Fri. 04/17 - Y Combinator Gets Picky
Microsoft has some AI tech that can catch bugs 99% of the time, Y Combinator is going to be more picky about who it invests in, macOS is getting a smarter battery management system for your laptop, and of course, the weekend ...
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Feb. 1, 2020
(Bonus) A16Z's Angela Strange On Why Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company
This is the promised interview with Angela Strange from Andreessen Horowitz. I told you about it on the weekend longreads segment yesterday, so no more need to explain it: let’s talk about why soon, every company could be a F...
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Dec. 12, 2019
Thu. 12/12 - Maybe Just Throw A Dart, Seed Investors…
Google releases all the things at once, everyone is mulling over Jack’s decentralized Twitter idea, one last tech IPO of the year, should seed investors just say yes to every deal, why you should know the Canva story, and why...
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Nov. 5, 2019
Tue. 11/05 - Is All Well With Softbank?
How are things in Masa Son’s world post-WeWork? How long until Uber will be profitable? How is the new Surface Pro X to use? Why is iOS aggressively quitting background apps? And why data scoring companies are maybe worse tha...
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Nov. 2, 2019
(Bonus) Steve Case on Investing Outside of Silicon Valley
Steve Case is obviously an internet and technology legend, as the founder of America Online. But as I said when I did a segment about it this week, I’ve always been fascinated with his Rise of the Rest Tour and Fund because, look, the whole basic principle of the project is to try new things, try t…
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Sept. 30, 2019
Mon. 09/30 - Has WeWork Slain The Unicorn Market?
IS the new iOS release finally bug free? Add podcasts to your Spotify playlists, WeWork officially “delays” its IPO, which gives us a reason to examine why the Unicorn IPO Parade has mattered, and This Week In Elon Musk is al...
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Sept. 24, 2019
Tue. 09/24 - Adam Neumann Out of (We)Work
Adam Neumann out as WeWork CEO, Facebook acquires CTRL-Labs to deliver computing controlled by your brain, Kik officially shuts down its app, and is Microsoft preparing to let users control and monetize their own data? Sponso...
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Aug. 21, 2019
Wed. 08/21 - The Bull Case For WeWork
Next gen chips from Intel, the real HQ2 for Amazon is in India, the controversy around Apple blocking ad tracking on kids apps is a real case for King Solomon, and Ben Thompson makes a compelling bull case for WeWork.
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June 1, 2019
WWDC Preview and Consumer Startups With Dan Frommer
Y’all know Dan Frommer. Veteran tech journalist. We’re gonna do a WWDC preview here today, but before that, Dan has his own, excellent newsletter, the new consumer! Sign up for it in the show notes! Link to the free and paid ...
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