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Venture Capital

Jon Bradshaw, Peter Harris

128 episodes

A podcast about venture capital, and what is happening each week. We discuss who is getting funded. Why specific companies were funded and much more relating to who the next big unicorn will be.

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  1. Why Founders Get Rejected by VCs: Kamran Ansari on AI, Fund Strategy, and Venture Capital

    · 53 min · Episode 128

    Kamran Ansari, Founder and Managing Partner of Capital Ventures and Venture Partner at Infiniti Ventures, joins the show to break down how venture capital is evolving in an AI-first world. A longtime investor in…

  2. AI, Accounting & SaaS Economics: What Founders Need to Know Before IPO | Derek Anderson

    · 50 min · Episode 127

    Derek Anderson (Connor Group) joins The Venture Capital Podcast to break down how AI is reshaping accounting, finance teams, ERP systems, and SaaS business models. We cover AI adoption in finance, the shift to…

  3. Equity Crowdfunding & Digital Capital Formation: Dealmaker’s Playbook (Rebecca Kacaba)

    · 41 min · Episode 126

    Rebecca Kacaba (CEO & Co-Founder of DealMaker) joins The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm) to explain how capital formation is moving online — and how founders can raise money directly from their communities in a…

  4. The Man Who Watches $170B Says the IPO Is Dying | Scott Voss, HarbourVest

    · 56 min · Episode 125

    Scott Voss, Senior Market Strategist at HarbourVest Partners, joins The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm) to discuss the future of venture capital, AI investing, SaaS valuations, private equity, secondaries, and private…

  5. Cross-Border VC: Scaling AI Startups Between Asia and the U.S. (Wally Wang)

    · 47 min · Episode 124

    In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm), hosts Peter Harris and Jon Bradshaw talk with Wally Wang, Founding Managing Partner at Scale Asia Ventures and a Business Insider Seed 100 (2025) investor, about…

  6. AI-First Venture Capital: How InReach Finds Europe’s Best Founders Early (Roberto Bonanzinga)

    · 54 min · Episode 123

    In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm), hosts Peter Harris and Jon Bradshaw speak with Roberto Bonanzinga, Founder of InReach Ventures and former Founding Partner at Balderton Capital, about how…

  7. Investing Outside Silicon Valley + Building Upstate NY Startups (Olivia Goldstein)

    · 48 min · Episode 122

    In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm), hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris sit down with Olivia Goldstein, General Partner at StartFast Ventures and CEO of Upstate Venture Connect, to discuss venture…

  8. AI, Democracy, and the Future of Government (Ancestry Founder Paul Allen)

    · 46 min · Episode 121

    In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast (VC.fm), we sit down with Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com, to explore how public-domain data, viral growth, and platform risk shaped one of the most iconic internet…

  9. Grammarly Acquires Superhuman: AI Email, UX Moats & Building AI-Native Products (Loïc Houssier)

    · 52 min · Episode 120

    Loïc Houssier (CTO, Superhuman) joins VC.fm to unpack the Grammarly acquisition of Superhuman and what it signals about the future of AI-native productivity tools. We talk AI in the workflow vs standalone AI tools…

  10. AI Matchmaking & The Future of Dating Apps (Sitch Founder + M13 Investor)

    · 50 min · Episode 119

    Dating apps are broken — and AI matchmaking might be the next platform shift. Dini (Nandini) Mullaji, co-founder of Sitch, joins Whitney Hazard (M13) to explain how conversational AI and LLMs are replacing swiping…

  11. Contrarian vs Consensus: The Nordic VC Playbook (Stine Sørensen, Alliance VC)

    · 47 min · Episode 118

    In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast, Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris are joined by Stine Mølgaard Sørensen, Partner at Alliance VC, a Nordic early-stage fund focused on AI. Stine—an operator and repeat…

  12. AI Is Breaking Recruiting: The Resume “Slop” Problem + The New Hiring Playbook

    · 49 min · Episode 117

    AI is changing recruiting faster than most founders realize — and not always in the way they expect. In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast, we’re joined by Greg Toroosian, Founder & CEO of Samson Rose and…

  13. Can AI Replace Primary Care?

    · 51 min · Episode 116

    In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Muthu Alagappan, CEO & Co-Founder of Council Health, and Rob Biederman, Managing Partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners, to explore how AI is…

  14. Stablecoins Are Eating Finance (What Wall Street Missed)

    · 49 min · Episode 115

    Rob Hadick (GP at Dragonfly) joins VC.fm to break down how crypto venture actually works through cycles — and why the smartest firms stay countercyclical when everyone else is panicking. We go deep on the shift from…

  15. Breaking Into VC: Tanvi Lal on Rejection, Recruiting, and Corporate Venture

    · 49 min · Episode 114

    Breaking into VC is harder than breaking into professional sports — literally. In this episode, Intuit Ventures investor Tanvi Lal explains why VC recruiting is so broken, why most people don’t actually know why they…

  16. Scaling the Circular Economy: Inside a $200M Non-SaaS Fund w/ Costas Papaikonomou

    · 44 min · Episode 113

    In this episode of The Venture Capital Podcast, Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris sit down with Costas Papaikonomou, co-founder of the $200M Una Terra Early Growth Fund, to unpack what it really takes to scale the circular…

  17. How Gamification Is Reinventing Love & Relationships

    · 57 min · Episode 112

    What happens when a former gaming founder takes a hard look at his marriage — and realizes the biggest problem isn’t love, it’s routine? In this episode, we sit down with Offer (Founder & CEO of ARYA) and Phylicia Koh…

  18. Marketing to Machines: Truth, Trust & AI Shopping

    · 50 min · Episode 111

    How do you build long-term trust between founders and investors—and what happens when that trust meets the chaos of AI-driven commerce? In this episode, Peter Harris and Jon Bradshaw sit down with Kimberly Shenk,…

  19. The State of Venture 2025: AI Bifurcation, Down Rounds, and Secondaries with Carta’s Peter Walker

    · 54 min · Episode 110

    Venture capital isn’t dead — it’s evolving. Carta’s Head of Insights, Peter Walker, joins Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris to unpack what the data really says about the 2025 market. From the AI-fueled bifurcation to…

  20. AI-Driven Investing: Alex Sen & Nnamdi Okike on Transforming Venture Capital and Private Equity

    · 45 min · Episode 109

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris are joined by Alex Sen, CEO of Meridian, and Nnamdi Okike, an investor associated with Meridian, to discuss the transformative role of…

  21. From Podcasts to Platforms: Grace Gong on Building Community and AI’s Next Wave

    · 49 min · Episode 108

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris sit down with Grace Gong, acclaimed VC podcaster, investor, and founder of the Smart AI Conference. Grace shares her inspiring journey…

  22. Navigating the Future of AI and Autonomous Vehicles with Gabe Klein and Alexei Andreev

    · 55 min · Episode 107

    Join hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris in a deep dive into the evolving world of AI, autonomy, and the future of transportation with Gabe Klein, former leader of the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation,…

  23. The 2% vs. 20% Venture Fund Dilemma: Impacts on Founders and the Future of VC

    · 22 min · Episode 106

    In this thought-provoking episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris take listeners deep inside the complex financial structures that define modern venture capital. The conversation…

  24. Transforming Education with AI: Insights from Stephanie Palmeri and Caleb Hicks

    · 57 min · Episode 105

    In this compelling episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris engage with Stephanie Palmeri, partner at NextView Ventures, and Caleb Hicks, founder and CEO of School AI, to explore the…

  25. Driving the Future: EV Market Trends and Innovations with Tiya Gordon and Olaf Sakkers

    · 52 min · Episode 104

    In this insightful episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris are joined by Tiya Gordon, co-founder and CEO of It’s Electric, and Olaf Sakkers, managing partner at Red Blue Capital.…

  26. Emerging Managers and the Future of Micro VC: Insights with Matt Curtolo and Joseph Alalou

    · 1 h 00 min · Episode 103

    In this compelling episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris welcome Matt Curtolo, an experienced private markets investor and advisor, and Joseph Alalou, co-founder and general…

  27. Fintech’s Next Frontier: Challenging the Banks with Rex Salisbury

    · 42 min · Episode 102

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, host Peter Harris sits down with Rex Salisbury, solo GP of Cambrian and former fintech partner at Andreessen Horowitz, for an in-depth conversation about the ongoing…

  28. AI, Economics, and the Future of Work: Navigating an Accelerating World

    · 47 min · Episode 101

    In this thought-provoking episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris explore the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and its far-reaching implications for economics, labor, and…

  29. Influencers, Authenticity, and the Power of Attention: Building Modern Brands

    · 24 min · Episode 100

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris reflect on key lessons from recent interviews with entrepreneurs, medical innovators, and content creators, turning their focus inward…

  30. Telehealth 2030: Infrastructure, AI, and the Future of Digital Health

    · 42 min · Episode 99

    In this forward-thinking episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris are joined by two leaders shaping the future of healthcare: Ryan Morley, Partner at Springside, and Dr. Jon Lensing,…

  31. Creators, AI, and the Future of Content: A Conversation with Tim Holladay and Peter Hollens

    · 58 min · Episode 98

    In this dynamic episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris are joined by Tim Holladay, investor and co-founder of Space Station Investments, and Peter Hollens, renowned vocalist and…

  32. Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Future of Health Tech with Max Marchione and Dr. John Dayton

    · 51 min · Episode 97

    In this insightful episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris are joined by Max Marchione, CEO and co-founder of Superpower.com, and Dr. John Dayton, MD, MBA, a healthcare innovator and…

  33. The Impact of Government Changes on Venture Capital and the Economy

    · 18 min · Episode 96

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris analyze how recent government policy shifts and economic changes are influencing the venture capital landscape and broader economy.…

  34. What Questions Should Founders Ask VCs? Insights from Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris

    · 24 min · Episode 95

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris dive into one of the most critical yet often overlooked topics for startup founders: the questions you should be asking venture…

  35. The Art and Science of Valuations: A VC and Founder's Perspective

    · 31 min · Episode 94

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris delve into the complex world of valuations, exploring both the theoretical foundations and the practical realities faced by…

  36. From Startup to Company: Navigating the First Hires

    · 22 min · Episode 93

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris tackle a crucial transition point for early-stage startups: making those first key hires. The discussion is sparked by a founder…

  37. Venture Capital Predictions for 2025: AI, M&A, and Liquidity

    · 27 min · Episode 92

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris make their predictions for the venture capital landscape in 2025. The conversation kicks off with a discussion about the current wave…

  38. The AI Investment Landscape: Opportunities and Challenges

    · 21 min · Episode 91

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris engage in a lively debate about the current state of AI investments and the implications for startups in the tech space. They kick off…

  39. The Balance of Success: Navigating Founder Motivation and Investor Expectations

    · 21 min · Episode 90

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris engage in a thought-provoking discussion about the complexities of founder motivation and the impact of success on entrepreneurial…

  40. Should You Raise Venture Capital? Insights for Founders.

    · 21 min · Episode 89

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris tackle the critical question: "Should you raise venture capital funding?" They draw from recent discussions in the entrepreneurial…

  41. The Bear and Bull Cases for OpenAI: A Deep Dive

    · 28 min · Episode 88

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris engage in a lively discussion about OpenAI and the implications of its recent $6.6 billion funding round—the largest ever raised by a…

  42. Navigating Feedback in Venture Capital: Lessons for Founders

    · 21 min · Episode 87

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris kick off Season Two with an engaging discussion about their recent activities and reflections on the venture capital landscape. They…

  43. Who are Accredited Investors?

    · 16 min · Episode 86

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris delve into "Who are Accredited Investors?" The hosts provide a detailed masterclass on common terminology essential for individuals…

  44. What is a Burn Rate?

    · 6:43 · Episode 85

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris delve into the concept of burn rate, a crucial term in the venture capital industry. They define burn rate as the total amount a…

  45. What is a Bridge Round?

    · 16 min · Episode 84

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris delve into the concept of bridge rounds, a crucial term in the venture capital industry. They define bridge rounds as financing that…

  46. What are Anti-Dilution Provisions?

    · 16 min · Episode 83

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris delve into the concept of anti-dilution provisions, a crucial term in the venture capital industry. They define anti-dilution…

  47. What is AUM?

    · 5:47 · Episode 82

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris delve into the concept of Asset Under Management (AUM), a crucial term in the venture capital industry. They define AUM as the total…

  48. What is an Angel Investor?

    · 8:21 · Episode 81

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris discuss the concept of angel investors, their role in the startup ecosystem, and the characteristics that define them. They begin by…

  49. Signs of Hostile Takeovers

    · 12 min · Episode 80

    In this episode of the Venture Capital Podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris discuss various aspects of venture capital and entrepreneurship, including the signs of a hostile takeover in the startup world. They…

  50. VC Conversation with Alan Doan (He Created The Disneyland Of Quilting)

    · 1 h 08 min · Episode 79

    In this lively episode of the Venture Capital podcast, hosts Jon Bradshaw and Peter Harris welcome Alan Doan for an engaging conversation about entrepreneurship, branding, and the unique challenges of building a…

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