Aug 10, 2022
Will Bumpus from
Concrete Rose joins us today. Concrete Rose has grown quickly
and is now leading rounds with $1-2M checks to support a virtuous
cycle of wealth and opportunity for underrepresented communities of
color.
Will tells us
about his own focus on sustainability and where that came from in
his life. He also...
Aug 3, 2022
Marcy Venture Partners has grown from $30M to $900M AUM, now leading Series A and Series B rounds.
Charlie Hanna tells us how he, Jay-Z, Jay Brown and Larry
Marcus work together at Marcy to evaluate and champion the brands
of the future. He points out that celebrities like Jay-Z and
Rihanna didn't make their billions...
Jul 27, 2022
Megan Holston-Alexander leads a16z's Cultural Leadership Fund
(CLF). CLF connects the world’s greatest cultural leaders with the
best new technology companies and advances young African Americans
into tech.
Megan tells us about the importance of getting Black capital
onto cap tables, Black talent into tech and...
Jul 20, 2022
B Capital has rapidly grown to over $6B AUM and has just
announced its first early-stage fund, the $250M Ascent Fund run by
a superstar team that includes Eduardo Saverin, Gabe Greenbaum,
Karen Page, Karan Mohla, and Howard Morgan.
Raj says B Capital was not an overnight success but was built
steadily on the conviction...
Jul 13, 2022
What does it mean to be more authentic online and will it lead
to a nicer Internet?
How will future social networks make it easier to establish an
online identity, find community and enable community
ownership?
Faraz Fatemi, partner at
Lightspeed, brings his perspective on consumer psychology to
today's episode of...