Best NextGen Venture Partners Podcasts (2025)

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E53 Going from no app to a super app with Henry Shi, co-founder of super.com 26:42

5M ago26:42

26:42

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Henry Shi, co-founder of super.com an all-in-one savings super app for everyday Americans. Having recently raised a $85m Series C led by Inovia Capital, the company is trusted by over 5 million customers worldwide and has helped them save over $150M to date. Super.com is backed by Tier 1 investors inclu…

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E52 Pricing strategies for generative AI with Orb co-founder and CTO Kshitij Grover 34:50

10M ago34:50

34:50

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Kshitij Grover, co-Founder and CTO of Orb (www.withorb.com), a billing platform provider that solves usage-based billing needs. The SF based startup has to date raised a total of c. $19.1 million across its Series A ($14 million led by Menlo) and seed ($5.1 million led by Greylock).…

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Mike Hanlon, Founder & CEO of Abett (HR and Healthcare Fintech) 30:37

11M ago30:37

30:37

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host Jon Bassett (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Abett empowers employers with the information they need to be more savvy consumers of healthcare. Employers are the largest payers for healthcare in the co…

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Ben Lewis & Jon Sockell, Co-Founders of Ensis.ai (AI for GovCon) 20:43

1y ago20:43

20:43

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host Jon Bassett (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Ben Lewis and Jon Sockell, Co-Founders of Ensis.ai, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Ensis leverages Generative AI to assist government contractors in responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), as well as managing other solic…

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Austin Walters, Founder and CEO of IP Copilot (Discover, Capture & Manage IP) 16:48

1y ago16:48

16:48

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our new host and Managing Partner at NextGen Chris Keller interviews Austin Walters, Founder and CEO of IP Copilot. IP Copilot is on a mission to make it easier for companies to uncover the novel ideas within their organizations. Chris and Austin speak about what inspired Austin to start the company, ho…

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Timothy Spong, Co-Founder and CEO of Vistapath (Modernizing Pathology Labs with AI) 21:47

1+ y ago21:47

21:47

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our host Chris Keller (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Timothy Spong, Co-Founder and CEO of Vistapath Biosystems (Vistapath), where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Vistapath is a digital health company with a mission to modernize pathology labs to increase the quality of patient ca…

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Irfan Alam, Founder and CEO of Frontrow Health (Digital Health, Doctor Storefronts) 23:48

1+ y ago23:48

23:48

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our new host and existing Partner at NextGen Jon Bassett interviews Irfan Alam. Irfan is the Founder and CEO of Frontrow Health, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Frontrow Health is a digital health company with a mission to increase access to healthcare at home by connecting consumers…

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Jero Beccar, Co-Founder & CEO of Hyka (Collaborative Care Platform for Mental Health) 21:43

2y ago21:43

21:43

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Jero Beccar, Co-Founder and CEO of Hyka.io, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Hyka offers a platform that helps healthcare providers connect their patients with vetted speciality psychiatry clinics. Jero and Dan speak about why these clin…

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E51 Raising $1bn to bringing entrepreneurship to Japan with World Innovation Lab founder and CEO Gen Isayama 53:07

2y ago53:07

53:07

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Gen Isayama, co-founder and CEO of World Innovation Lab, a Palo Alto and Tokyo based venture firm investing in growth-stage companies and serving as a bridge between startups and Japanese corporations.00:00 Intro01:30 World Innovation Lab04:10 From Japanese lawyer to Silicon Valley VC09:10 From DCM to…

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E50 Establishing a growth equity firm with Left Lane Capital founding partner Dan Ahrens 41:02

2y ago41:02

41:02

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Dan Ahrens, founding partner at Left Lane Capital, a New York based venture capital and early growth equity firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology businesses. 00:00 Intro 02:43 Consumer vs. enterprise tech 05:09 Getting into venture 07:54 Raising Left Lane I 10:35 Investing …

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Marissa Pittard & Chris Olmanson, Co-Founders of Beaming Health (Autism Care Directory) 24:14

2y ago24:14

24:14

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Marissa Pittard & Chris Olmanson, Co-Founders of Beaming Health, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Beaming Health helps families find appropriate, expert care for children with developmental issues. Today they focus on autism care, but Ch…

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E49 Cooking up the future of digital food halls with Byte Kitchen founder Divyang Arora 35:36

2+ y ago35:36

35:36

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Divyang Arora, founder and CEO of Byte Kitchen about cooking up the future of digital food halls with Byte Kitchen founder Divyang Arora. 0:00 Intro 1:24 2 minute elevator pitch 4:27 Going all in 8:07 Business Model 14:52 The Byte Kitchen playbook 18:52 Optimal Partner Restaurant Profile 25:39 End custo…

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E48 Protecting passwords through open-source software with Bitwarden CEO Michael Crandell 39:21

2+ y ago39:21

39:21

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Michael Crandell, CEO Bitwarden about scaling open-source password manager Bitwarden. 00:00 Intro 00:50 What is Bitwarden 03:22 From side hustle to venture-backed 06:36 Joining a Bootstrapper at Series A 09:58 Open-source GTM 13:25 Open-source defensibility 15:35 Community vs. enterprise edition 17:37 …

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E47 Your fund size is your strategy with Kyle Harrison, GP at Contrary 47:35

2+ y ago47:35

47:35

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Kyle Harrison, general partner at Country about everything from the economics of whale hunting, the venture product offering to his recent joining of Contrary. 00:00 Intro 01:11 Way into venture 04:58 Time of reflection 07:24 The under-innovated venture model 10:46 Your fund size is your strategy 16:16…

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2022 Interview with Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett (HR and Healthcare Tech) 19:40

2+ y ago19:40

19:40

Our guest for this podcast is Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett. Abett helps employers, who pay about a trillion dollars a year for healthcare on behalf of employees, to gain control over their healthcare data and become more savvy consumers of healthcare. Abett works with some of the biggest employers in the country and this helps them dramati…

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E46 Uncovering tax credits (aka free money) for startups with MainStreet founder and CEO Doug Ludlow 39:55

2+ y ago39:55

39:55

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Doug Ludlow, co-founder and CEO of MainStreet, which helps startups and small businesses uncover tax credits. 00:00 Intro 01:05 Hipster 05:09 Happy Home Company 07:10 Starting MainStreet 11:22 The nature of Tax credits 16:03 The Path Act 17:52 The MainStreet Product 19:14 Customer success stories 20:4…

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E45 Building a nextgen, authentic professional social network with Candor founder Kelsey Bishop 27:49

2+ y ago27:49

27:49

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Kelsey Bishop founder and CEO of Candor, which is a nexgen, authentic social network. 00:00 Intro 01:02 What is Candor 03:25 Single player mode 03:56 Kelsey’s background 06:19 Employee-culture fit 08:31 Getting started 10:31 Migrating from bubble 11:38 Raising the Seed 12:42 Getting pre-empted 13:50 R…

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E44 Shipping an open-source, low code enterprise tool builder with Appsmith founder Abhishek Nayak 45:53

2+ y ago45:53

45:53

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Abhishek Nayak the co-founder and CEO of Appsmith, which is an open-source, low code internal tool builder. 00:00 Intro 03:15 Entrepreneur in Residence at Accel 05:52 Third time at the Rodeo 09:55 Validating a startup idea at his wedding 11:38 Built for Internal facing apps 13:48 The Appsmith Customer…

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E43 Opening a global hub for tech entrepreneurs at UC Berkeley with SkyDeck founding GP Chon Tang 46:47

2+ y ago46:47

46:47

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Chon Tang, the founding GP of the Skydeck Fund. Chon is an experienced Silicon Valley engineer, entrepreneur and investor. He was formerly founding partner and Managing Director of Junzi Capital Engineering, a leading quantitative hedge fund investing in the commodity space. He has been actively investi…

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E42 Taking Zoom meetings like a pro with Fathom (YC W21) founder Richard White 51:02

3y ago51:02

51:02

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Richard White, the serial entrepreneur behind Uservoice and Fathom.video. Richard is a design engineer and product visionary who has been in the first YC batch with Justin Khan and Emmett Shear for Kiko (YC S05) and most recently came back to the YC W21 to see how startup kids are doing the tricks today…

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E41 Replacing credit bureaus one API integration at a time with Argyle founder Shmulik Fishman 44:43

3y ago44:43

44:43

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Shmulik Fishman, founder and CEO of Argyle, about raising the Series A through an investment memo and the firm’s mission of making user-permissioned employment data ubiquitous and reinvent credit decisioning for lenders and consumers. 00:00 Intro 00:56 What does Argyle do? 03:17 Experiencing the pain …

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E40 The world is broken, let's fix it with 8VC founding partner Drew Oetting 54:30

3y ago54:30

54:30

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Drew Oetting, founding partner of 8VC, about building a multi-billion venture firm from the ground up with Joe Lonsdale. 00:00 Intro 01:05 Operation Mask 06:33 Resilience 12:54 Views on Venture 20:06 Building 8VC / Addepar 26:30 Raising the maiden fund 30:48 8VC Investment Thesis 40:01 Drew as a VC 50:5…

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David Lokshin, Co-Founder and CEO of Trace (Sports Video Tech) 21:43

3y ago21:43

21:43

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews David Lokshin, Co-Founder and CEO of Trace, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Trace is in the business of memories. More specifically, Trace places cameras at youth sports games and then automatically sends each player a personalized vide…

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E39 Trailblazing the silver tech category with Seth Sternberg co-founder of home-care unicorn Honor 37:51

3y ago37:51

37:51

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Seth Sternberg the co-founder and CEO of Honor, which is a managed marketplace for in-home care that has recently announced a USD 370m Series E led by Baillie Gifford. 00:00 Intro 01:19 Elevator pitch 02:19 Original inspiration 05:28 The Meebo experience 08:06 Serial founder problems 09:06 Getting the…

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E38 Helping brands build sustainable products with Novi Connect found Kimberly Shenk 35:47

3y ago35:47

35:47

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Kimberly Shenk of Novi Connect, B2B marketplace to help brands build and manufacture transparent products, which recently announced a $10.3M Series A led by Greylock00:00 Intro 02:04 Getting started with Naked Poppy 04:09 From Naked Poppy to Novi Connect 05:17 Sustainable Chemicals Market 07:30 Kimber…

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E37 Finding regulatory moats at the Series A with Jordan Nof of Tusk Venture Partners 41:53

3+ y ago41:53

41:53

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Jordan Nof of Tusk Venture Partners, a venture firm that invests in early-stage consumer technology startups operating in heavily regulated markets. 00:00 Intro 01:39 Investment thesis 2022 02:36 Lithic 05:02 Tusk Venture Partners 08:46 Meeting Bradley Tusk 12:52 Regulatory investment thesis 14:58 The…

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Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder and CEO of Anonybit (Biometric Security Tech) 20:23

3+ y ago20:23

20:23

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder and CEO of Anonybit, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Anonybit keeps biometrics information secure. So that fingerprint that helps unlock your phone? Anonybit can help prevent that from being hacked. Frances a…

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E36 Running the world's largest trust experiment with Couchsurfing founder Casey Fenton 36:16

3+ y ago36:16

36:16

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Casey Fenton, founder of Couchsurfing and Upstock, about the early days for Couchsurfing when Casey was pioneering what has since become known as the “sharing economy” and how is is now bringing the sharing economy to the cap table with Upstock. 00:00 Intro 01:13 The Couchsurfing proof-of-concept 02:4…

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E35 Launching a startup acquisition marketplace with MicroAcquire founder Andrew Gazdecki 40:26

3+ y ago40:26

40:26

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Andrew Gazdecki, founder of MicroAcquire. The episode was recorded when MicroAcquire was still a fully bootstrapped one person company. A few weeks later MicroAcquire announced that it had raised a $6.3m Seed round led by Bessemer Ventures. 00:00 Intro 01:09 What is MicroAcquire? 02:55 Buying a micro-Sa…

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E34 Tackling the formalwear industry with Queenly co-founders with Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou 41:27

3+ y ago41:27

41:27

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Queenly co-founders Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou about building a consumer marketplace and tackling the formalwear industry. 00:00 Intro 00:56 The Queenly Elevator Pitch 01:52 Launching Queenly during lockdown 04:04 The pageant dress market 08:06 Formal wear resale market microstructure 10:16 The Quee…

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Michael Staton, Co-Founder and CEO of CoLearn (Virtual Charter School) 23:20

3+ y ago23:20

23:20

Michael Staton is an EdTech (education technology) entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO of CoLearn. As a former EdTech venture capitalist, Michael asked himself the question, “What should school school look like in an era of remote work for adults, and with an explosion of digital learning resources for kids?”His answer is CoLearn. NextGen is a …

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E33 Catching the perfect privacy wave one consent at a time with Didomi co-founder Jawad Stouli 44:00

3+ y ago44:00

44:00

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Didomoi co-founder and CTO Jawad Stouli about building consent management platform Didomi for the perfect privacy wave. 00:00 Intro 00:46 Early days of Didomi 03:29 Fighting a US patent troll 08:14 Building the Didomi MVP 12:18 Developer-centric platform approach 14:46 Early costumers: self-service vs. …

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E32 Incubating a space factory at Founders Fund with Delian Asparouhov 40:07

3+ y ago40:07

40:07

00:00 Intro 00:24 Welcome to Miami 01:08 Operators Podcast 03:21 Finding the right guests 06:54 Delian’s founder/operator 08:22 Cohort analysis with Keith at Square 10:30 Nightingale 12:24 Operating experience at Teespring 14:24 Varda Space 17:45 Splitting time between Varda and FF 19:45 Varda Space incubation 23:50 Delian as an investor at Founder…

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E31 Building the future of remote work with Remote.com founder Job van der Voort 41:07

3+ y ago41:07

41:07

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Remote.com founder Job van der Voort about building the future of remote work. 0:00 Intro 00:49 The first two years of Remote 02:19 Preparing for the perfect Storm at Gitlab 06:17 Leaving Gitlab 10:47 Business model 14:10 Legal war chest 15:20 Fintech-payment layer 16:20 SaaS layer 17:52 Pricing 19:47 C…

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E30 Fintech investing with Better Tomorrow Ventures co-founder Sheel Mohnot 43:50

4y ago43:50

43:50

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Sheel Mohnot, co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures about his journey as a founder, angel investor and co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures. 00:00 Intro 01:11 Guest appearance on a Justin Bieber/Ariana Grande music video 03:16 The “pronoia” mindest 03:16 The “pronoia” mindest 05:04 Sheel’s background…

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E29 "Billon Dollar Loser" author Reeves Wiedeman on the epic rise and fall of WeWork 41:23

4y ago41:23

41:23

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Reeves Wiedeman, author of "Billion Dollar Loser: the epic rise and fall of WeWork". 00:00 Adam's intro 01:11 Intro 01:38 Adam Neumann 04:11 Adam's art of persuasion 05:41 Book title 08:10 Writing process 13:01 WeWork evolution and business model 16:21 Tech vs. real estate company 19:25 WeWork community…

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E28 Inside DCM’s Record IPO Streak with Kyle Lui, Partner at DCM 31:05

4y ago31:05

31:05

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Kyle Lui, Partner at DCM, about the recent IPO roll that DCM has been on. The Menlo Park-based firm has generated a 61x return on investments that have gone public in the past two years. Kuaishou is the standout, with its market cap to entry valuation at 2,000x. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Who is Kyle Lui 01:33…

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Obi Omile, Co-Founder and CEO of theCut (Barber Booking App) 18:05

4y ago18:05

18:05

Join Taking Notes with NextGen host, and NextGen Managing Partner, Dan Mindus and Obi Omile, Co-Founder and CEO at theCut, for a illuminating conversation. theCut is a platform for people to find barbers, and for barbers to manage their business with bookings, payments, CRM and more.Obi and Dan discuss the business of the barbershop, the culture of…

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E27 Replacing PDF attachments one Docsend at a time with founder and CEO Russ Heddleston 45:03

4y ago45:03

45:03

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Russ Heddleston, founder of Docsend. The episode was recorded one month before the announcement that DocSend would be acquired by Dropbox for $165m. 00:00 Intro 00:37 What is Docsend 01:51 Selling Pursuit to Facebook in a talent acquisition 04:12 Leaving Facebook and starting Docsend 07:03 Product ide…

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Andrew Platt, Founder and CEO of Statt (Automated Policy and Regulatory Intelligence) 18:26

4y ago18:26

18:26

Andrew Platt is a NextGen Venture Partner, and the Co-Founder and CEO of Statt. NextGen is an investor in Statt, which is a tool that automates the gathering and analysis of public policy information. In this episode, Andrew sits down with NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus to discuss his time as a state legislator, a congressional staffer and the…

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E26 Deciphering Super Founders with author and DCVC partner Ali Tamaseb 39:26

4y ago39:26

39:26

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Ali Tamaseb, partner at DCVC, about his recently launched book "Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups". 00:00 Intro 01:00 Who is Ali? 03:02 Spark of motivation for the Super Founders book 05:49 Primary data collection 08:13 Data set: timeframe and selection criteria 10:28 The…

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E25 Bottoms-up product and go-to-market strategy with product leader and investor Vivek Saraswat 35:04

4y ago35:04

35:04

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Vivek Saraswat, who has been a venture investor at Mayfield at the time of the recording and previously a product leader at Docker/VMware/AWS. Since recording this episode, Vivek has joined Immersa as a founding VP of product. 00:00 Intro 00:56 Who is Vivek? 03:12 Joining Mayfield 05:07 Portfolio compan…

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E24 Bootstrapping from zero to $1m+ in ARR with Justin Jackson, mega maker of Transistor.fm 56:20

4y ago56:20

56:20

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Justin Jackson, co-founder of Transistor.fm about his journey as a mega maker, bootstrapping his podcast hosting and analytics platform to $1m+ in ARR in less than 3 years. 00:00 Intro 01:55 Getting Real 04:30 Business is like surfing 7:43 Selling ice cream on a busy beach 11:33 Why your busines…

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E23 Insights from building a VC firm in public with Initialized Capital founder Garry Tan 33:08

4y ago33:08

33:08

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Garry Tan, co-founder of Initialized Capital about his journey as a content creator, founder and managing partner at Initialized Capital. 00:00 Intro 02:02 Garry's Twitter game 06:00 Keeping up the content cascade 08:12 Getting started on YouTube 10:50 Paying it forward at scale 14:45 Respecting the aud…

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E22 Engineering the atomic cockroach of databases with Cockroach Labs co-founder Spencer Kimball 1:04:36

4y ago1:04:36

1:04:36

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs about building a database unicorn backed by some of Silicon Valley's top venture firms, incl. Benchmark, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures. After recording the episode, Cockroach Labs raised $160m on a $2bn valuation in January 2021, reflecting the …

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Ben Doherty, Co-Founder & CEO at Sunroom Rentals 20:11

4y ago20:11

20:11

Ben Doherty is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sunroom Rentals, which helps renters lease apartments without brokers and assist real estate owners and investors to better manage leasing their properties. NextGen Venture Partners is a recent investor in the company. Ben sits down with NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus to discuss his journey from startin…

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E21 Building a distributed warehouse network one parcel at a time with STORD co-founder Sean Henry 56:48

4y ago56:48

56:48

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Sean Henry, co-founder and CEO of STORD about building a digital warehouse and distribution startup backed by some of Silicon Valley's top venture firms, incl. Susa Ventures, Kleiner Perkins and Founders Fund from Atlanta, Georgia. 00:00 Intro 01:11 Announcing the Series B led by Founders Fund 02:57 Wh…

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Itziar Diez-Canedo and Maite Diez-Canedo, Co-Founders of Via.work 22:01

4+ y ago22:01

22:01

In the latest episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus is joined by sisters Itziar Diez-Canedo and Maite Diez-Canedo who are the co-founders of Via.work. NextGen is a recent investor. Via helps remove the risk and complexity for employers setting up satellite offices abroad. Itziar and Maite share more about both t…

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Satasuk “Joy” Bhosai, Founder, CEO of Pluto Health (Smart Health Assistant) 22:08

4+ y ago22:08

22:08

Join Taking Notes with NextGen host, and NextGen Managing Partner, Dan Mindus and Joy Bhosai for a conversation about Joy’s company, Pluto Health (smart health assistant). NextGen is a recent investor. Pluto has built a mobile app that seeks to help patients with tasks such as storing health records, paying healthcare bills, tracking medications an…

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E20 Unpacking growth with Andy Johns, Partner at Unusual Ventures 38:49

4+ y ago38:49

38:49

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Andy Johns (@ibringtraffic), Partner at Unusual Ventures about his growth journey at Facebook, Twitter, Quora and Wealthfront. 00:00 Intro 00:37 Growth at Facebook 03:50 Growth at Twitter 05:31 Growth at Quora 09:25 Growth at Wealthfront 12:11 Unusual Ventures 16:25 A balanced approach to growth 2…

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