Gautam Gupta, Partner at M13 Ventures discusses his time as CEO of Nature Box, his early Angel Investment into Grammarly, and breaking into Venture Capital at the age of 18.

FF 014 - Kate Shillo Beardsley, Managing Partner at Upslope Ventures on Lessons Learned from Martha Stewart, Ken Lerer, and Raising Two Children

Jan 22nd, 2020 36m 17s

Kathe Shillo Beardsley is the Managing Partner at Upslope Ventures in Denver, Colorado.In the first third of this episode, we talk about how Kate balances her role as Managing Partner of Upslope Ventures with her role as a new mom to two todd

FF 013 - Marc Wesselink, Venture Rock & Contrarian Ventures Co-Founder

Jan 20th, 2020 30m 7s

Marc Wesselink is the Co-Founder of Contrarian Ventures, Venture Rock, and Startup Bootcamp AfricaWe discuss marks experience as a 12-time entrepreneur and the impact of Brexit on the distribution of startup capital.Then, we touch on Mark's

FF 012 - Frank Meehan, Sparklabs Global Ventures, Co-Founder & Partner - Early Days of Spotify, Seed Stage Investing, and the Learning Curve of Raising Capital

Jan 17th, 2020 27m 12s

Frank Meehan - Co-Founder & Partner at SparkLabs Global Ventures and Partner at the SparkLabs Accelerator, Asia’s premier accelerator in Seoul, Korea.In the first third of this episode, we discuss the learning curve to raising capital as bot

FF 011 - Sergrey Gribov, Flint Capital, Partner - Venture Capital Investing in the Israeli Startup Community

Jan 15th, 2020 38m 6s

In this episode, I sit down with Sergey Gribov, Partner at Flint Capital in the Boston office. We discuss Sergey’s past investments in Russia and Flint’s interest the Israeli startup community and the benefits and challenges that come with oper

FF 010 - Akul Penugonda, Acceleprise

Jan 13th, 2020 24m 38s

Akul Penugonda is an investing Principal at San Francisco-based tech accelerator: Acceleprise.We discuss how Acceleprise seeks to bring tech knowledge and expertise out of the tech sector into other markets.Halfway through the episode, we t

FF 009 - Marvin Liao, 500 Startups

Jan 10th, 2020 19m 54s

Marvin Liao is a Partner at 500 Startups in Silicon Valley and focuses on both the venture capital investments and accelerator-side of the firm.In the first part of this episode, we discuss Marvin’s time at Yahoo after the 2000 tech bubble an

FF 008 - Enis Hulli, 500 Startups

Jan 8th, 2020 29m 18s

Enis Hulli is a Partner at 500 Startups in Istanbul and host of the Glocal podcast. In the first third of the show, we discuss how Mr. Hulli started and ran an angel investment network that defied the proper channels and regulations in Turkey

FF 007 - Jonathan Tower, Catapult VC

Jan 6th, 2020 1h 10m

In this episode, I interview Jonathan Tower, Founder and Managing Partner of the San Francisco-based Venture Capital firm, Catapult VC. We discuss Jonathan’s investments into the wildly successful Dollar Shave Club and Jet.com, the increase in

FF 006 - Danielle D'Agostaro, Alchemist Accelerator

Jan 3rd, 2020 27m 46s

Danielle D’Agostaro is a partner at the Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator: Alchemist Accelerator. We discuss the benefits of going through a tech accelerator as a startup founder, investors’ preferences for teams over individual startup

FF 005 - Charlie O'Donnell, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

Jan 1st, 2020 31m 15s

Charlie O’Donnell is the founder and sole partner of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. We discuss how Charlie’s involvement in early investments at Union Square Ventures into Twitter and Foursquare impacted his career, the process of starting a venture

FF 004 - Amos Schwartzfarb, Techstars

Jan 1st, 2020 20m 29s

Amos Schwartzfarb is the Managing Director of the Techstars Austin accelerator. We discuss Amos’s book ‘Sell More Faster’ and the ways a startup can refine their product market fit. We also discuss the common pitfalls that early startups face a

FF 003 - Susan Conover, LuminDx

Jan 1st, 2020 14m 50s

Susan Conover is the CEO and founder of Boston-based startup LuminDx. We discuss how LuminDx uses AI to detect dermatological conditions such as skin cancer, how Susan’s time at Techstars helped her build her product, and we also discuss her ro

FF 002 - David Cohen, Techstars

Jan 1st, 2020 27m 40s

David Cohen is the CEO and co-founder of the famous tech accelerator Techstars. We discuss how to ‘Do More Faster’, where a new startup should allocate the initial capital it has raised, and the technological innovations he believes will shape

FF 001 - Brad Feld

Jan 1st, 2020 40m 37s

In this episode, I interview Brad Feld, founder of Venture Capital firm Foundry group and co-founder of tech accelerator Techstars. We discuss his investments in successful tech companies such as Fitbit, Zynga, and Sendgrid, as well as other Ve

FF 000 - What is Funding Frequency?

Dec 28th, 2019 1m 37s

In episode 0, we briefly explore what to expect from Funding Frequency: a series of discussions with the Venture Capitalists, Startup Founders, Community Advocates, and Scientists disrupting the way humans interact, transact, and communicate.

Rate