1mby1m Entrepreneurship Podcast

Jean-Philippe ‘JP’ Persico, Cofounder and Managing Partner at shuckerVC, discusses his firm’s investment thesis.

Marina and Nick Davidovs are Cofounders and Managing Partners at DVC, a firm that backs only repeat founders doing AI startups. We had a terrific conversation on cutting edge issues within the AI ecosystem.

Vinit Bhansali, Founder and General Partner at Takshil Venture Partners, discusses how his firm is investing in India.

Alex Benik, Partner / Founder at Encoded Ventures, discusses the fund’s investment thesis. Great discussion on how we each view the disruptions AI is causing on multiple fronts. VCs investing today have to think about the next 5-7 year window and what changes are likely to come.

Ray Wu, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures AI Fund, discusses the fund’s investment thesis.

Amir Kabir, Founding Partner at Overlook Ventures, discusses his new firm’s investment Thesis around Risk. In addition, we had a great discussion on what younger aspiring entrepreneurs should do: jump into entrepreneurship right away, or learn a domain in a job.

David Evans, Managing Partner at Sentiero Ventures, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.

Felix Hartmann, Managing Partner at Hartmann Capital, discusses his firm’s investment thesis. This segment triggered an excellent discussion on Human Augmentation.

Julie Castro Abrams, Managing Partner at How Women Invest, discusses her firm’s investment thesis.

Warren Packard, Partner at AI Fund, discusses his firm’s investment thesis. Instead of founders pitching, the AI Fund operates as a Venture Studio and recruits repeat entrepreneurs with domain knowledge to build ventures based on their ideas.

Lisa Chai, Co-founder and General Partner at Interwoven Ventures, discusses her firm’s investment thesis.

Manu Rekhi, Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.

Nicholas Fok from Erez Capital discusses his firm’s investment thesis.

Piyush Kharbanda, General Partner at Vertex Ventures, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.

Mark Phillips, Founder and Managing Partner at 11 Tribes Ventures, discusses a non-Unicorn chasing investment thesis.

Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner at Priven Advisors, discusses his firm’s AI Investment Thesis. We have a very strategic discussion on SaaS, Marketplaces and Agentic AI.

David Hornik, Founding Partner at Lobby Capital, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis. This is an excellent discussion spanning Agentic AI and Ultralight startups.

Anupam Rastogi, Managing Partner at Emergent Ventures, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and Board Member Raju Reddy discusses his AI investment thesis.

Gus Tai, Investor, Board Member and Retired General Partner at Trinity Ventures, discusses AI in Healthcare startups. Fascinating, comprehensive discussion with concrete pointers.