The Loup Ventures Liquidity podcast explores all things liquidity in the venture market, particularly late-stage financings, secondaries, exits, and IPOs. As early-stage venture capitalists and former public stock analysts, our experiences meet

A Conversation on Tech Addiction with Sean Higgins Part 3

May 8th, 2019 28m 17s

Sean Higgins is the founder and CEO of BetterYou, a product that “nudges” you to make better decisions and work toward your goals. He is also an entrepreneur in residence at Techstars, a partner at Router Ventures, and previously founded VidGri

An Astronomer’s Thoughts on Elon Musk, NASA, and Humanity’s Fundamental Questions

Apr 11th, 2019 23m 29s

Dr. Kevin Luhman is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University and a renowned astronomer for having discovered both the third closest stellar system, now called Luhman 16, and the coldest brown dwarf star ever fo

Talking Content Creation with TheLlamaSir

Mar 8th, 2019 16m 28s

TheLlamaSir is a content creator on YouTube and Twitch. He has over 1.1M subscribers on YouTube and his videos have been viewed over 100M times. TheLlamaSir primarily creates gameplay and guide videos for Fortnite, but has also created content

A Conversation on Tech Addiction with Sean Higgins Part 2

Feb 22nd, 2019 40m 13s

A Conversation on Tech Addiction with Sean Higgins Part 1

Feb 12th, 2019 21m 49s

Manifesto 2.0

Sep 28th, 2018 19m 39s

We pride ourselves on contrarian curiosity. When that curiosity leads us to new conclusions, we change our minds. As part of that exploration, the areas that we find most interesting evolve over time. What was once frontier eventually becomes c

011 – E.J. Chichilnisky

Aug 29th, 2018 23m 17s

Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University, where he and his lab are developing a retinal prosthesis. E.J. completed his B.S. in Mathematics at Princeton University, and his Masters in Mathematics and Ph.D. in N

A New Hope: The Nervous System

Jun 14th, 2018 16m 52s

Brave early adopters are the hallmark of an innovation set to create immense human value. In this story, the innovation is cutting-edge technology for interfacing with the nervous system, and the brave early adopter is Ian Burkhart.Ian, a youn

Amazon’s Next Massive Market: Healthcare

May 14th, 2018 5m 24s

CNBC reported on Friday that Amazon is building a health and wellness team inside its Alexa division to work on making Alexa a better tool for healthcare.Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan recently announced plans for a joint healthcare

All Technology Is Good and Evil

May 3rd, 2018 4m 4s

The core insight of science fiction is that all technologies live on a spectrum of good and evil, useful and harmful, and our perception of their place on that spectrum vacillates over time. It’s a truth that we've long known innately but are n

Victory Royale! Fortnite is Exploding

Apr 15th, 2018 6m 11s

Fortnite is a battle royale game, where 100 players parachute onto an island with the goal of being the last one standing at the end. A "storm" serves as a boundary that closes in at set intervals, shrinking the playable area and forcing player

006 – Dr. Stephen Rainey

Mar 21st, 2018 25m 45s

Dr. Stephen Rainey. Dr. Rainey is a research fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. He is a working in the Horizon2020-funded project BrainCom, developing therapeutic brain-computer interfaces that will enable communication fo

Esports Franchise Economics

Mar 9th, 2018 18m 14s

We’re bullish on esports and committed to learning more about the space. The following note is an introductory piece that ‘shows our work’ as we get up to speed.Given the recent explosion in popularity of esports leagues, we wanted to...

Amazon Go Extends Amazon’s Dominance to Brick and Mortar

Feb 28th, 2018 5m 14s

After our first visit to Amazon Go, Amazon's automated retail store in Seattle, we're not surprised to hear the company has plans to open up to six more cashierless convenience stores later this year. The automated retail space is getting more

The Empathy Economy

Feb 8th, 2018 6m 30s

We believe that automation will make customer service — delivering empathy — the most in-demand job in tech. Humans will need to take advantage of the three core capabilities that robots can't compete with: creativity, community, and empathy, a

Simplicity Series: Augmented Reality

Jan 23rd, 2018 3m 10s

Last week we wrote about simplicity as a driving force behind the world’s biggest technology offerings. We’re extending our thoughts on simplicity into a series that explores the necessity of simplicity in frontier technology. First, we’ll dive

Investing in Enjoy

Jan 10th, 2018 2m 36s

We’re investing in Enjoy as a counter-automation play on the future of retail. Enjoy enables empathic retail through a personalized product delivery and setup experience.

3 Reasons Amazon Will Buy Target This Year

Jan 10th, 2018 3m 42s

Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer, about five times bigger in that space than Walmart and its Jet.com subsidiary. Yet despite Amazon’s deep online roots and dominance over Internet shopping, I believe it will buy Target in 2018.

The Underappreciated Beauty of Simplicity in Tech

Jan 4th, 2018 2m 50s

Simplicity is underappreciated. In many things. But most obviously right now in our world of consumer technology.Simplicity is a requirement of mass adoption. Look at the iPhone, Google, Amazon, and Uber as examples: The iPhone never shipped w

002 – Jeff Hawkins

Jan 4th, 2018 24m 27s

Jeff Hawkins Mr. Hawkins is an engineer, serial entrepreneur, scientist, inventor and author. His life-long interest in neuroscience and theories of the neocortex has driven his passion for building a technology based on neocortical theory. Pre

001 – Dr. Michael Merzenich

Dec 28th, 2017 18m 38s

Dr. Michael Merzenich. Dr. Merzenich has spent his career studying the topic of brain plasticity. Currently, he serves as the Chief Scientific Officer at Posit Science. Dr. Merzenich is also a professor emeritus neuroscientist at UCSF. While at

Apple Readies to Fight for Your Monthly Video Wallet Share

Nov 21st, 2017 10m 22s

Conclusion. Get ready for another $10 a month drag on your credit card. It’s a rebranded, all in one Apple video and music offering in 2-3 years.An Emerging Area of Investment. It’s no secret that original content will be an emerging...

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Great Founder?

Sep 21st, 2017 9m 32s

Every VC says they only invest in great founders, but the majority of venture-backed businesses still end in relative failure. Does that mean we as VCs are just bad judges of founders or do we not know what great founders look like? This is a q

The Gold Rush of ARKit

Jul 21st, 2017 4m 40s

When Apple launched the iPhone SDK in March 2008, they correctly anticipated a gold rush for iOS developers selling apps on the new App Store. Another gold rush is about to begin with the debut of iOS 11 and ARKit.Given...