Season 1

April 23, 2023

Venturetakes 10 - Dr. Lan Xuezhao (Anthropic) on Origins podcast

Podcast Episode Description Date: Mar 2023 Time Saved: 55 mins Recommendation ⁠Episode⁠ - Yes Podcast - Yes Interviewee Dr. Lan Xuezhao is the co-founder of Anthropic, an AI safety startup. She was previously an AI Resident a...

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Feb. 2, 2023

Venturetakes #9 - Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) on 20 min VC

Podcast Episode Description Date: Nov 2022 Time Saved: 1h 12 mins Recommendation Episode - Yes Podcast - Yes Interviewee Jason Lemkin focuses on helping, founding, funding, and growing B2B start-ups and making it a positive-s...

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Jan. 14, 2023

Venturetakes #8 - Gautam Gupta (TCV Velocity) on This Week in Startup…

Date: Dec 2022 Time Saved: 39 mins Recommendation Podcast Venture Unlocked Episode - YES Interviewee Gautam Gupta is the founder/CEO of NatureBox (www.naturebox.com), a digitally native brand of snacks. He started the company...

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Nov. 27, 2022

Venturetakes #7 - Jeff Epstein (Bessemer Venture Partners) on ETL Sta…

Date: Nov 2021 Time Saved: 44 mins Recommendation Podcast ETL - YES but selective on episodes, can get kinda long and long winded on reactions to tech news Episode - YES Interviewee Jeff Epstein is an Operating Partner at Bes...

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Nov. 23, 2022

Venturetakes #6 - Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital) on ETL Stanford Podcast

Date: May 2022 Time Saved: 50 mins Recommendation Podcast ETL - YES but selective on episodes, can get kinda long and long winded on reactions to tech news Episode - YES Interviewee Alfred Lin is a partner at Sequoia Capital …

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Oct. 8, 2022

Venturetakes #5 - Douglas Leone (Sequoia Capital) on This Week in Sta…

Date: Mar 2022 Time Saved: 1 hr 9 mins Recommendation Podcast TWIST - YES but selective on episodes, can get kinda long and long winded on reactions to tech news Episode - HELL YES Interviewee Douglas M. Leone is an …

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Sept. 26, 2022

Venturetakes #4 - Alex Branton (Sturgeon Capital) on Distilling Ventu…

Date: Sept 2022 Time Saved: 27 mins Recommendation Podcast Distilling VC Podcast - YES. Sincere host, great questions. Episode - YES Interviewee Alex Branton – Partner Alex has 10 years of investment industry experience with...

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Sept. 21, 2022

Venturetakes #3 - Michael Siebel (Ycombinator) on The Equity Podcast

Recommendation Podcast Techcrunch Equity Podcast - YES Episode - YES Interviewee Hello, my name is Michael Seibel . I am 39 years old and have lived and worked in the Bay Area since 2006. Currently, I work at Y Combinator …

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Sept. 16, 2022

Venturetakes #2 - Shiyan Koh (Hustle Fund) and Hsu Ken on The Iterati…

Recommendation Podcast Iterative Podcast - YES but more for founders in Southeast Asia but there are nuggets for investors as well Episode - YES Interviewee Shiyan Koh Koh Shiyan is the Managing Partner at Hustle Fund , a ven...

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Sept. 13, 2022

Venturetakes #1 - Sebastian Mallaby and his new book "The Power Law" …

Recommendation Podcast TWIST - YES but selective on episodes, can get kinda long and long winded on reactions to tech news Episode - YES but focus on the book Interviewee Sebastian Mallaby Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul A. Vol...

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Sept. 2, 2022

Welcome to Venture Takes

Our first intro trailer to the podcast summarizing takeaways from VC related podcasts around the world so you don't have to spend time listening to them all. We will provide takeaways, feedback and recommendations on the podc...

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