LA Venture

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Zach White -- Sinai Ventures Jan 27, 2021

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Great talk with Zach White about managing Sinai Venture's $600M Fund II. We talk about investing in Pinterest, buying secondary shares, and independent thinking in the venture business.

Sean Harper -- Westlake Village BioPartners Jan 20, 2021

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With their recently raised $500M, Westlake Village BioPartners is catalyzing the LA biotech ecosystem. Sean Harper, former Head of R&D at Amgen, tells us about his focus on therapeutics to improve human lives and starting Westlake Bio with Beth Seidenberg.

Gil Demeter -- Pontifax AgTech Jan 13, 2021

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Great discussion about next gen robotics and next gen bioscience with Gil Demeter from Pontifax AgTech. With over $465M in AUM, Pontifax is one of the largest food and agtech funds in the world.

Shahin Farshchi -- Lux Capital Jan 06, 2021

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Lux invests in emerging science and technology ventures at the outermost edges of what is possible.

Lux will write $10- 15M checks and they are not afraid to invest pre-product and sometimes pre-company. Shahin has fascinating insight on automation, autonomous cars, AI and more.

LA Venture -- 2020 Highlights Dec 31, 2020

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When we started this podcast people asked if we'd run out of guests after a year of weekly episodes with LA VCs. Not even close. Hope you enjoy a few highlights from LA venture and hope we get to see more of each other in 2021!

Tracy Gray -- The 22 Fund Dec 22, 2020

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Tracy shares insights on manufacturing, why exports matter, industry 4.0, and the state of diversity in venture today.

Scott Stanford -- ACME Dec 16, 2020

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Scott has invested in Uber, Facebook, Slack, Square, Robinhood and others... there was probably more than 30 mins worth of stuff I could have learned.

Before starting ACME, Scott was the co-founder of Sherpa Capital and before that he was head of Internet investment banking at Goldman Sachs. And now proudly part of the LA venture community!

Dan Zinn -- Rivonia Road Dec 09, 2020

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If you have any questions if debt can help your startup, feel free to give Dan Zinn a call.

Dan's firm, Rivonia Road, provides a much more bespoke solution than traditional venture debt. We also talk about how Dan built a billion dollar hedge fund and XPRS, a small business lender.

Nicole Quinn -- Lightspeed Dec 02, 2020

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Nicole Quinn says "you can't be called Lightspeed and move slowly" and explains how they can get a term sheet done in 2-3 days.

Lots of insights on building an enduring brand that are applicable whether you are in the consumer space, or building an insurance company.

Marcos Gonzalez -- Vamos Ventures Nov 25, 2020

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Marcos Gonzalez is the managing partner at Vamos Ventures, a seed-stage venture fund investing in Hispanic and diverse founders. Over half of LA county is Hispanic. Seems like a great time to be investing in this community!

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