Episode 342 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Matt Weinberg, Partner at Max Ventures.Did you know that there are a ton of resources available for startups from the government including non-dilutive funding? I’m talking billions of dollars are allocated to hundreds of startups every year.This is a topic that has never been discussed on The Venture…

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review the third season of The Bear, ITV1's new comedy drama Douglas is Cancelled, Apple TV+'s crime thriller Presumed Innocent and Disney Plus's true crime saga Under the Bridge. Plus we catch up on the best of June's TV including the series finale of Doctor Who and the final episode of Inside No. 9…

The original podcast trio reunite as Gary joins Luke and Matt to review three ITV shows from June 1999 - prison saga Bad Girls, medical drama Always and Everyone and traditional sitcom Barbara. Plus there's anecdotes about buying pirated CDs, our first memories of the internet and Gary's time sharing a house with Mike the Cameraman from The Last Le…

Episode 341 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Somak Chattopadhyay, Managing Partner at Armory Square Ventures.Yes, markets like the Bay Area, NYC, and Boston get a lot of attention when it comes to building startups and having the ability to raise capital, but there are lots of other places to build a successful company. This has always been the …

Matt and Sarah are joined by guest and the other half of the Shipyard Podcast, Lucy Macey to review Netflix drama ERIC which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a man struggling with the disappearance of his young son and who sees a 7 foot blue puppet. Then, Lost Boys and Fairies, a gentle drama from the BBC about a gay couple wanting to adopt and the is…

Episode 340 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Steph Johnson, Co-Founder & CEO at Multiplayer.Steph is an inspiration. As discussed in this interview, her background might not be the prototypical tech CEO profile for a few reasons. First, she came up through the agency world and then ran comms in-house for major tech companies like DigitalOcean an…

Matt and Dawn are joined by Nick Bartlett to review 4 new shows this week. They look at a dodgy English accent from Elisabeth Moss in the FX now on Disney+ drama The Veil. Then, big budget HBO drama The Sympathiser from Park Chan-wook which has interesting cameos from Robert Downey Jr. Then, the story of the rise of the Black Panther Party in The B…

Episode 339 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Andy Palmer, serial entrepreneur, seed investor, and now author.Andy is one of my OG’s, that being original guests. If you go way back into the archives of The VentureFizz Podcast, you’ll find my first interview with him for Episode #22 back in 2018. In that interview, we talk about his full backgroun…

Matt and Luke head back to 1999, more specifically May 1999 to review 4 shows debuting that month. They look at the first couple of episodes of Season two of South Park which began on Channel 4 in May as well as examining the phenomenon around the animated hit at that time. They also watch Channel 4 drama Physcos which looked at life in a psychiatr…

Episode #338 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Tasneem Dohadwala, Founding Partner at Excelestar Ventures.It’s a lot more common to find VC firms that are investing into deep tech or hard tech, but when Tasneem started Excelestar Ventures in 2010, it was far from the norm. Not only was it abnormal to invest in companies building highly advanced e…

Matt and Dawn are joined by Doctor Who superfan Suky to review the return/reboot of the iconic BBC series. The trio also review Channel 4's new teen thriller The Gathering alongside sci-fi drama Dark Matter on Apple TV+ and Bodkin on Netflix.By Luke Knowles

Episode 337 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Gloria Hwang, Founder & CEO of Thousand.Gloria’s career has centered around mission oriented initiatives and companies. Starting at Habitat for Humanity… then to TOMS, which is the gold standard in terms of businesses with a social mission based on their One for One model. She joined the company in it…

Matt and Dawn are joined by regular guest and token American Mo Walker to review 4 new shows debuting this week. Martin Freeman returns in the brilliantly tense crime drama The Responder. Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith prepare to say goodbye to Inside No.9 as the ninth and final series begins on BBC Two. Over on Netflix the trio review two very…

Episode 336 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Julia Rodgers, Esq., CEO & Co-Founder of HelloPrenup, a platform that takes the awkwardness out of discussing and creating prenuptial agreements.This is the 3rd and final podcast interview from my live sessions at Suffolk University with 3 alums that being Don Bulens, Ernesto DiGiambattista, and Julia…

Episode 335 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Ernesto DiGiambattista, entrepreneur and investor.This episode is the 2nd of three interviews that were recorded live at Suffolk University with Suffolk alums. Ernesto has a unique background that hits the trifecta of experience. He spent time in senior roles with larger enterprise corporations, then …

Matt and Luke hop aboard the Time Machine to April 1999. Going back to see Clooney's last appearance in ER. The time the BBC gave Vic & Bob their own Saturday night show. The time everyone was frozen and chased by hungry dogs in ITV's The Last Train and the time Adam & Joe sent Adam's dad to meet Coolio in The Adam & Joe Show. There's also a look a…

Episode #334 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Don Bulens, 5 time Startup CEO and Executive Chair at CloudZero.This episode was recorded live at Suffolk University which was so much fun! We recorded 3 interviews with Suffolk alums on April 2nd, so this is the first conversation and we’ll have two more coming in the following weeks.And just a side…

Matt and Dawn are joined by Mo Walker to review 4 new shows. This week's line-up looks like this. The second instalment of Ryan Murphy's anthology series Feud arrives on Disney+ starring Tom Hollander as Truman Capote. Michael Douglas stars as Benjamin Franklin in Apple TV's surprisingly upbeat min series Franklin. Elsewhere, Netflix has tense stal…

Episode 333 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Geri Kirilova, Managing Partner at Laconia.From what I’ve seen, it is very rare for someone to start their career in venture and continue to progress up the ranks. Usually, an Associate or Senior Associate will do a rotation for 2-3 years and then move on to a portfolio company, maybe start a company,…

Luke joins Matt and Dawn to review 4 brand new shows debuting this week. This week's show appears to be sponsored by the letter R with The Regime from HBO and Sky Atlantic, Ripley on Netflix and the return of Race Across The World on BBC One. There is one outlier in Sugar the new genre-bending crime thriller from Apple TV+. Elsewhere there are disc…

Episode 332 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Ben Lerer, Managing Partner of Lerer Hippeau.The tech scene in New York City has come a very, very long way over the past 14 or 15 years. A lot of that transformation and growth was due to access to early-stage capital which wasn’t prevalent back then, but Lerer Hippeau was a key element to the founda…

Matt and Dawn are joined by Sarah Kennedy to review Brummie drama This Town on BBC One. The return of Happy Valley's Sally Wainwright with her new swashbuckling series Renegade Nell as well as Channel 4 sitcom Big Mood and Fargo which returned quietly towards the end of last year on Prime Video. There's also discussion on Extraordinary, Things You …

Episode 331 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Rob Go, Co-Founder & Partner at NextView Ventures.I’ve been fortunate to have many people support my journey with building VentureFizz through the years and Rob was one of the earliest. Shortly after I launched the site, he reached out looking to meet up and needless to say, I jumped at the chance. Th…

Luke's not well enough for a full trip to March of 1999 aboard the Time Machine. So Dawn Glen bravely joins Matt to examine the TV landscape 25 years ago this month. First, Channel 4 launches HBO's Sex and The City. On ITV, gentle Brummie comedy The Grimleys starred written by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio. Channel 4 launches female led sketch show S…

Episode 330 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Harman Singh Narula, Co-Founder & CEO of Canary Technologies.“Are these entrepreneurs uniquely qualified to build an industry leading company?” - this is one of the many questions that most (if not all) VCs ask themselves when deciding to make an investment into a company.When you look at Harman’s bac…

Luke, Matt and Dawn return to review 4 brand new shows debuting this week. First, one of the funniest shows on television as Netflix becomes the new home for Peacock's Girls5eva. Then we travel to the swinging '60s for Apple's confused new comedy drama Palm Royale. Staying with Apple, we look at historical drama Manhunt, which charts the hunt for L…

Episode 329 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Pano Anthos, Founder & Managing Director of XRC Ventures.I always love it when things come full circle. I first met Pano back in, what I believe was 2008 when he was building Hangout Industries. I was running a recruiting firm at the time and I stopped into their offices to discuss some of their hirin…

Episode #328 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Ellen Chisa, Partner at boldstart ventures.Back in 2016, we wrote a profile about Ellen on VentureFizz when she was leading product management at Lola.com. The profile was part of a series that we called Driven, which I think is a very fitting word to describe Ellen… and ironically, the discussion ar…

Matt is joined by Dawn Glen and Sophie Davies to review 3 shows of the week. The team review Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin which Noel Fielding fans are sure to love. Anarchic historical drama Mary and George from Sky Atlantic and comedy from internet sensation Lucia Keskin Things You Should Have Done which is ava…

Episode #327 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Reed Sturtevant, General Partner at Engine Ventures.This is exciting! Why? Because this episode is longer than my normal interviews, as Reed and I cover his career that spans multiple decades across major technological platform shifts. This means that based on his career, he has so many great stories…

Matt and Luke jump aboard the TV Time Machine to travel to February 1999. Luke has moved to California and has joined his school newspaper, spotting celebs at the Virgin Megastore. Matt is rehearsing for the school show. Meanwhile, on television, Russell T Davies breaks new ground with Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk. Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash r…

Episode 326 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Dries Buytaert, Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and Co-Founder, CTO, and Chief Strategy Officer of Acquia.Many of the most successful companies in tech were created by founders who built something that was to fill their own need. This was certainly the case for Dries, who back in 2000, started an i…

Matt is joined by Suky Khakh and Dawn Glen to review four new shows that aired this week. ITV's three-parter that promises to tell the COVID story we haven't heard called Breathtaking. There's also anarchic Welsh drama The Way on BBC One and strange goings on aboard a space shuttle in Apple TV's mind-bending Constellation. Plus, a new comedy drama …

Episode 325 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Alex Shashou, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of 10Beauty.About 10 years ago, Peter Thiel is credited for saying “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”True, Twitter or X certainly was not in the same frame of mind as to what we saw on The Jetsons, but are we finally starting to get there? The Roo…

Writer and fellow podcaster Elaine Gregson joins Matt and Luke to review 4 brand new shows. Three with a loved-up theme for Valentines' 2024 and one with 'fashion Nazis' They review the surprising Mr. & Mrs. Smith from Donald Glover and starring Glover and Maya Erskine. The Netflix adaptation of One Day, Channel 4's 'romantic' drama Alice & Jack as…

Episode #324 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Sameer Gulati, Founder & CEO of Ordway.Sameer loves SaaS and it’s for good reason… it is expected that the size of the SaaS market may hit almost $1 trillion by 2030! Yes, the tech industry is having some challenges, but did you know that… even though the evolution to SaaS started 20 something years …

Luke and Matt jump aboard the TV Time Machine to January of 1999 to look at the TV landscape at the time. On BBC Two they review Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus comedy Gimme, Gimme, Gimmie. A somewhat unknown comedy troop launch on TV with the debut of The League of Gentlemen. Sun-soaked curio Sunburn starring Michelle Collins over on BBC One and Bil…

Episode 323 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Elizabeth Lawler, Founder & CEO of AppMap.A question that I ask every guest at the end of every interview is - “What do you like to do for fun outside of work?” Oftentimes, I get common answers like - hiking, traveling, etc. But, Elizabeth’s answer has by far been the best one yet and it is proof that…

Matt is joined by Gary Redrup and Mo Walker to review four more brand-new shows. Apple's visually impressive third chapter of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's WW2 drama Masters of The Air. Sofia Vergara transforms for Netflix biopic Griselda plus, Nicole Kidman's new drama Expats on Prime Video and supernatural series Domino Day from BBC Three.…

Episode 322 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Ryan Shank, CEO & Founder of ShareWillow.Finding the right idea for building a company that will scale is hard. It’s even harder when you get influenced by all the news about the trends in tech like AI, Web 3, crypto, or whatever is the latest trend.Yet, there are still some very large industries that…

Episode #321 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Gabi Steele, Co-Founder & CEO at Preql.Building a company is hard and there is no “one right way” to go about getting started, especially when you are creating a new category. But, when I talk to founders like Gabi, there was always an emphasis on generating revenue from the start.It’s a smart move, …

Matt and Dawn are joined by Sarah Kennedy to review HBO's True Detective: Night Country which feels like a return to form for HBO's anthology crime drama. Australian Netflix Original Boy Swallows Universe which cleverly mixes magical themes and gritty realism. Plus, one of the warmest comedies in recent memory, Big Boys returns for a second series …

This is episode #320 and today’s guest is Mike Duda, Managing Partner at Bullish.Peloton, Harry’s, Warby Parker, Casper, Birchbox… these are all iconic direct-to-consumer brands that have all disrupted various categories that were ripe for disruption. Take Warby Parker, the eyewear company that disrupted Luxottica’s business which pretty much owned…

Luke is back with Matt and Dawn to review ITV's new 'thriller' After the Flood as well as Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo facing off in new crime drama Criminal Record on Apple TV+. Plus, the return of Sarah Lancashire in HBO's criminally underseen drama Julia and Claudia Winkelman dons her cloak for series 2 of the UK version of reality mega-hit The …

Episode 319 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Peter Berg, Managing Partner at M12, Microsoft’s venture capital fund.I’ve had lots of investors as guests on the podcast, but I was excited to interview Peter because I’ve never interviewed an investor from a CVC or a Corporate Venture Capital fund.I’m not sure what the number is today, but according…

Matt and Dawn return to review the first new shows of 2024. The Tourist on BBC One was conceived as a one-off thriller but did so well on the BBCiPlayer that the BBC were desperate for more, which explains why we're back to review the first episode of the second series which arrived on New Year's Day with the entire series available to binge. Over …

Matt, Luke and Dawn join forces to count down their top 10 shows of the year as well as looking what made the wider list from contributors from www.thecustardtv.com Expect, The Bear, Succession, The Last of Us and Poker Face but which is the best show of the year?By Luke Knowles

Episode #318 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Henrik Werdelin, entrepreneur & author.Incubators are not a new thing but some are certainly more successful than others. Take prehype, a venture development firm in New York City where Henrik is a Founding Partner. It has holdings in major success stories like BarkBox and Ro, plus over a dozen other…

Matt and Luke board the TV Time Machine one final time this year to travel back to Christmas 1998. They watch the first of what would be Men Behaving Badly's final trilogy of Simon Nye's comedy starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash. It's actually a double helping of Caroline Quentin, as she pops up again, alongside…

Episode 317 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Deon Nicholas, CEO & Co-Founder of Forethought.I was at a couple of networking events the other week and let’s just say the word AI was brought up many, many times. Yes, we are in a major shift in terms of a tech platform, but doesn’t it feel like some companies are forcing AI into their business mode…