Sean Ford is the COO of Algorand, pioneers of a new future powered by blockchains. In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of blockchain, and how Algorand is leading the charge by providing an infrastructure for existing businesses to operate globally in this emerging, decentralized economy.Let’s head up to the office….“[Blockchain is] …

I’m sure like me, a lot of you who don’t work in crypto are trying to understand and learn about it these days. I know that some of us are very skeptical, some are intrigued, and that some are just curious, and trying to learn as much as they can. After this conversation with Ken Kruger, you can consider me among those who are really inspired at th…

Lylan Masterman is General Partner at White Star Capital where he leads the New York office. In this episode, Masterman discusses White Stars history and his approach to venture capitol investments. Masterman has an impressive technical background that informs his work and makes him a dynamic figure in the venture investing world. We learn about th…

A Norwegian native, Arne joined the FJ Labs team in the spring of 2016. He lived in San Francisco for 1.5 years, where he was director of global partnerships for Telenor and focused on business development with Google [x].=====arne@fjlabs.com fjlabs.comfjlabs.com/portfolioBy Venture Studio. New York City Venture Capital (VC) and Angel Investing Interviews with host Dave Lerner

This episode's guest is Wendy Xiao Schadeck of Northzone. Wendy joined Northzone in 2016. She has a particular interest for media, fintech, real estate tech, edtech, and blockchain, and specifically companies that connect the New York and European ecosystems. Prior to joining Northzone, Wendy worked at A. T. Kearney and Accenture, where she helped …

Lindsey Gray leads the Platform Team at Two Sigma Ventures. She is responsible for identifying the needs and challenges of portfolio companies, and developing resources, programs, and connections to help them succeed. Lindsey is also helping to build out Two Sigma Ventures' marketing and content strategy.Lindsey joined Two Sigma Ventures from NYU w…

Deborah Jackson is a founder and entrepreneur, early-stage investor and former investment banker. In 2012 Deborah founded Plum Alley to advance women entrepreneurs and strong teams of women and men, to build better products and companies that are positioned to outperform others.Anyone interested in learning more about Plum Alley can email andrea@pl…

This week’s guest is Jason Cahill of McCune Capital.A network design engineer by training, an experienced manager, an Army veteran who served with Special Forces, an empathetic customer advocate, and a product-focused leader that loves to think big. An MBA at Carnegie Mellon sparked his passion for tech, and for data-centric, mission-driven compani…

This week's guest is Rafat Ali. Rafat is the CEO/founder of Skift, the largest business intelligence and marketing platform in travel, providing news, information, data, and services to all sectors of the world’s largest industry.Previously, he was the founder of paidContent and ContentNext, now owned by UK’s Guardian News and Media. Prior to that,…

This week is part 2 of our interview with Ed Sim, founder of Boldstart Ventures, an enterprise seed fund which focuses on infrastructure and SaaS startups. Part 1 is here: https://soundcloud.com/venture-studio/ep-42-ed-sim-boldstart-ventures-1-of-2All of our shows are available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play. Make sure to s…

This week’s guest is Ed Sim, founder of Boldstart Ventures, an enterprise seed fund which focuses on infrastructure and SaaS startups.All of our shows are available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play. Make sure to subscribe on iTunes and follow us on twitter @venturestudio.=======Boldstart.vcTwitter: https://twitter.com/edsimBl…

Jessica Lawrence Quinn is the CEO of NY Tech Alliance, a non-profit organization supporting New York’s growing technology community, and the organizer of NY Tech Meetup, the world’s largest Meetup group. Prior to her work with NY Tech Alliance, Jessica was the CEO of Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council in Southern California, where she supported a …

Part 2 with Brad Harrison of Scout Ventures Scout Ventures is a seed stage venture capital firm in NYC that partners with experienced entrepreneurs who are building scalable technologies. Scout focuses on core business fundamentals and help with key areas of growth.===www.scoutventures.comwww.mayorbrad.com…

This week’s guest is the incomparable Brad Harrison, founder and managing partner of Scout Ventures. Scout Ventures is a seed stage venture capital firm in NYC that partners with experienced entrepreneurs who are building scalable technologies.Brad is an entrepreneur and seasoned business development executive with a passion for technology, media, …

This episode's guest is Spencer Ante, founder of WhoWeUse and author of Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital.This is part 2 of our interview with Spencer. When we left off, Spencer had just told the story of Digital Equipment’s IPO, and its 70,000% ROI for ARD and its founder George Doriot. This week, Dave and Spencer g…

This episode's guest is Spencer Ante, author of Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital.Spencer is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated and award-winning author, writer, editor, and journalist formerly with The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek and Wired. He is also a seasoned product developer and manager with extensive experience …

This week’s guest is Shan-Lyn Ma, Co-Founder and CEO of Zola and angel investor in New York City. Zola is re-inventing the Wedding Registry for the modern couple.Remember - all of our shows are available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play. Make sure to subscribe on iTunes and follow us on twitter @venturestudio.=====Zola Weddin…

This week's guest is Jerry Colonna of Reboot. Jerry is an executive coach who uses the skills he learned as a venture capitalist to help entrepreneurs. He draws on his wide variety of experiences to help clients design a more conscious life and make needed changes to their career to improve their performance and satisfaction. Previously he was a pa…

This week is part 2 with Jerry Neumann, early stage angel investor at Neu Venture Capital and longtime New York VC. Neu invests in seed-stage companies developing cutting-edge technologies for use in large markets. Neu makes five or six new investments a year and only invest in companies where they can make a difference.Remember - all of our shows …

This week’s guest is Jerry Neumann, early stage angel investor at Neu Venture Capital and longtime New York VC. Neu invests in seed-stage companies developing cutting-edge technologies for use in large markets. Neu makes five or six new investments a year and only invest in companies where they can make a difference.Remember - all of our shows are …

This week’s guest is Jonathan Lehr (@fendien), Co-Founder and General Partner at Work-Bench (@Work_Bench). Work-Bench helps scale enterprise technology startups by providing community and workspace, connecting exceptional builders to Fortune 500 buyers, and co-investing in extraordinary founders tackling enormous markets.Remember - all of our shows…

Welcome back to Venture Studio, and welcome back to our fantastic two-part interview with Naval Ravikant of AngelList. If you missed part one, go check it out at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play. In part 1 of this interview, Dave and Naval talked about AngelList, syndicates and startup funding. In part 2,…

This week’s guest really needs no introduction. Naval Ravikant is the founder and CEO of AngelList (angel.co). AngelList is the go-to platform for startups to raise money online, recruit employees, and apply for funding. Naval and AngelList are on a mission to democratize the fundraising process. This interview was a big one, so we’re breaking it i…

This week’s guest is Matt Harrigan, Co-Founder of Grand Central Tech. Grand Central Tech is a yearlong accelerator in midtown Manhattan that actually sounds quite different from most accelerators: One year. No Rent. No Equity. GCT surrounds its companies with the best possible programming, resources and strategic partners to offer an unparalleled v…

This week, Zach Aarons of MetaProp NYC and Millennium Partners joins us on the podcast. MetaProp NYC is an accelerator that brings together the brightest minds in real estate and technology to help quickly build promising young real estate companies. Check out our entire archive of interviews at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher,…

This week, Julian Counihan of Red Sea Ventures joins us on the podcast.Check out our entire archive of interviews - including Dave’s epic two-part interview with Bitcoin Jesus Roger Ver - at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and TuneIn and now Google Play. Remember to subscribe on iTunes and follow us on twitter @venturestudio t…

This week, Roger Ehrenberg (@infoarbitrage), Managing Partner at IA Ventures joins us on the podcast.Check out our entire archive of interviews at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and TuneIn and now Google Play. Remember to subscribe on iTunes so you never miss an episode and follow us on twitter @venturestudio to stay up to da…

This week, Ulrich Quay, the Head of BMW i Ventures joins us on the podcast.If you like this episode about mobility and hardware, you’ll love Dave’s interview with Jenny Fielding, head of Techstars IoT program. Check out our entire archive at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play. Remember to subscribe on iTune…

This week, Eliot Durbin, General Partner at Boldstart Ventures, joins the show.Miss an episode, such as the Dave’s classic interview with SoftTech’s founder Jeff Clavier that Elliot referenced during this week’s show? Check out our entire archive at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher or TuneIn. Remember to subscribe on iTunes so y…

This week, Jenny Fielding joined the show from Techstars, where she is the Managing Director leading the FinTech and Internet of Things programs in New York City.Looking for more Techstars NYC interviews, like our November talk with Alex Iskold or Dave’s classic 2011 interview with David Tisch? You can listen to our entire catalog of episodes at ve…

This week, Dave interviews Paul Martino, founder and General Partner at Bullpen Capital, one of the pioneers in post-seed round funding.Remember to subscribe to Venture Studio on iTunes so you never miss an episode. As always, you can find us on twitter @ventureStudio and you can listen to prior episodes at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundclou…

This week, Dave interviews Brad Hargreaves, founder of Common, co-founder of General Assembly, Venture Partner at Maveron and angel investor.Remember to subscribe to Venture Studio on iTunes so you never miss an episode. As always, you can find us on twitter @ventureStudio and you can listen to prior episodes at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soun…

This week, Dave interviews Phil Toronto of Vayner/RSE, an early stage venture capital fund formed by VaynerMedia and RSE Ventures.Make sure to subscribe to Venture Studio on iTunes so you never have to worry about missing an episode. As always, you can find us on twitter @ventureStudio and you can listen to prior episodes at venturestudio.org or on…

Welcome back to Venture Studio and welcome back to our fascinating two-part interview with Bitcoin Jesus, Roger Ver.We pick up part 2 right after Roger described how and why he renounced his US citizenship. Dave kicks off episode two on the same thread, asking Roger about the repercussions of his actions and beliefs, including a stint in federal pr…

We have a very special two-part episode coming at you starting this week. Our guests is Roger Ver, entrepreneur, bitcoin investor, bitcoin evangelist, and voluntaryist. If you think we’re just going to talk about bitcoin on this episode, think again.Roger Ver, nicknamed “Bitcoin Jesus” is an interesting guy. Credited as the first person in the worl…

This week, we are thrilled to welcome Huoy Ming Yeh to the show. Ming is co-founder and managing partner of CSC Upshot Ventures, the largest fund dedicated to financing seed-stage startups, ever. If you’re the type of person who listens to the Venture Studio podcast regularly, you probably heard about CSC Upshot launching in October. If not, it was…

This week, we welcome Dustin Dolginow to The Studio. Dustin a co-founder of Maiden Lane Ventures, the first institutional venture fund built for AngelList Syndicates. Here’s an excerpt from Maiden Lane’s AngelList page: Raising seed capital is unnecessarily complicated. Great angel investors have always helped founders cut through the noise. Maiden…

This week, Dave interviews Craig Shapiro, the founder and managing partner of Collaborative Fund. In this episode, Craig talks about his views on the future of consumption, how to court and land awesome LPs like Pharrell, and how your company’s values can be used as a weapon. Collaborative Fund is centered on two macro themes: the growth of the cre…

In this week's episode, Dave continues a fascinating two-part interview with John Frankel, the founder of ff venture capital.When we left part 1 last week, John was just starting to describe a tech future with just a few behemoths owning the lion’s share of every market. This week, in part 2, Dave and John discuss how to find growth in a zero growt…

In this week’s episode, you’ll hear part 1 of an amazing two part interview with John Frankel, the founder of ff Venture Capital. Dave and John discuss how ff approaches investing, what functions ff provides to it’s portfolio companies and why they do it, the label on the back of the honey bottle, and what it means to be living in a world of abunda…

This week, Dave interviews Michael Yavonditte the founder and CEO of Yieldmo and an active angel investor in New York City.If you’re a fan of The Studio, you can find more episodes at venturestudio.org or soundcloud.com/venture-studio. Subscribe on iTunes and never miss an interview. As always, you can find us on Twitter @VentureStudio.Prior to fou…

In this week’s episode, we welcome Stephanie Palmeri of SoftTech VC. Dave and Steph discuss SoftTech’s growth as a microVC, how crowded the competitive landscape really is for seed-stage founders, and the case for having a west coast investor on your cap table. At SoftTech, Steph has led investments in Poshmark, True & Co, Clever, Handshake, Grovo,…

In this week's episode of Venture Studio, we welcome back one of our favorite guests, David Tisch, who runs Box Group, an early stage venture investment fund based in New York. The last time David was on Venture Studio (see Episode 1 of the podcast), he had just finished the first class of Tech Stars New York and had recently started angel investin…

In today's episode, Dave chats with Joanne Wilson- a prolific angel investor in New York and a major supporter of the city’s startup ecosystem.Joanne Wilson began angel investing in New York after careers in retail, wholesale, media, non-profit, education and real estate. Her portfolio now has over 80 companies and some highlights include investmen…

In today’s episode, Dave interviews Alex Iskold, a 2 time founder, an angel investor, and the Managing Director of Techstars New York.Techstars is one of the most prominent startup accelerators in the world. Techstars make entrepreneurship accessible by opening doors to capital, mentorship, marketing, business development, customer acquisition, and…

In this week’s episode, Dave chats about foxes, hedgehogs and Columbia Lions with company builder and angel investor Amol Sarva. Amol co-founded several startups including Virgin Mobile USA, Peek, Halo Neuroscience, Knotable, BEMAVEN, Knotel, and he also built a building in New York called East of East. He studied cognitive science for his Ph.D. at…

John Frankel is the head of ff Venture Capital, an early-stage New York venture capital firm that includes some of the web’s hottest startups in its portfolio.Check out our Venture Studio Vault interview with Frankel to learn what motivates him as an investor, why he’s so attracted to early stage companies and his thoughts on where the next tech bu…

Another edition of the Venture Studio Vault. In this interview from May 2011, Dave chats with the multi-talented Bo Peabody, co-founder of Village Ventures. Prior to Village Ventures, Bo co-founded and sold Tripod, the original social network. Bo was one of very few venture investors who was bullish on media and content in 2009/2010/2011, with foun…

Today we have another classic episode from the Venture Studio Vault. Originally recorded in May 2011, Dave interviewed Jeff Clavier, an angel investor who helped build the microVC ecosystem. Jeff is the founder of SoftTech VC, one of the pioneers in the recent boom of high-volume sub $100MM seed funds.SoftTechVC is based in the Bay Area but Jeff an…

In this episode, originally from May 2011, Dave interviewed Matt Harris, the co-founder of Village Ventures. Two companies that Dave and Matt discuss in this interview are BankSimple and On Deck Capital.Village Ventures lead Simple’s $2.9MM Series A Round in September 2010. In 2014, BBVA acquired Simple for $117MM. As for OnDeck Capital, Village Ve…