Finding PROOF

PROOF

PROOF partners, Thanasis Delistathis and Jenny Schretter talk with the early-stage venture partners funding the next generation of great tech companies. read less

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Finding PROOF is now on video! We are so thrilled to kick off this next phase of our podcast with none other than Bobby Franklin, the President and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). In this episode, Jenny and Thanasis speak with Bobby about NVCA's recent SEC Lawsuit, what life is like as a lobbyist for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and what he thinks the future holds for VCs.

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Finding PROOF is now on video! We are so thrilled to kick off this next phase of our podcast with none other than Bobby Franklin, the President and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). In this episode, Jenny and Thanasis speak with Bobby about NVCA's recent SEC Lawsuit, what life is like as a lobbyist for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and what he thinks the future holds for VCs.

In this episode, Jenny and Thanasis spend time with Jenny Abramson, Founder & Managing Partner of Rethink Impact, the largest firm investing exclusively in female and non-binary leaders using technology to solve the world’s biggest problems.

In this episode, Jenny and Thanasis spend time with Rex Salisbury, Founder & General Partner of Cambrian and Cambrian Ventures, a community for founders & builders in FinTech and a fund that invests in seed and pre-seed opportunities in FinTech.

Green Egg Ventures

Green Egg Ventures

In this episode, Jenny and Thansis spend time with Alex Ferber, Co-Founder and Partner of Green Egg Ventures, an early-stage fund that discovers, invests in, and supports software startups that are solving problems for businesses across multiple verticals.

In this episode, Jenny and Thansis spend time with Joe Raczka, Chief Investment Officer, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of York.ie, an early-stage fund based in New Hampshire that also provides advisory services for startups.

In this episode, Jenny and Thansis spend time with Mark McCabe, Founder and Partner of Nomad Capital, a seed-stage fund based out of Dublin, Ireland, investing in companies in the US and Europe. Marc previously worked at Google, SV Angel, and was an early employee of Airbnb before starting his own fund.

This week on Finding PROOF, Jenny and Thanasis talk with Cameron Borumand. Cameron is a General Partner at Fuse, an early-stage fund based in Seattle that invests in enterprise software companies in the Pacific Northwest.

This week on Finding PROOF, Jenny and Thanasis sit down with Jason Best. Jason is a co-founder and managing partner of Vectr FinTech Partners, a member of the Vectr Ventures family of funds designed to invest in FinTech companies primarily in the US and Southeast Asia.

SineWave Ventures

SineWave Ventures

In this episode, Jenny and Thanasis spend time with Yanev Swissa, the founder and managing general partner of SineWave Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on connecting early-stage technology companies in the enterprise space with government clients.

This week on Finding Proof, Thanasis and Jenny sit down with Lu Zhang, the founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund, a Silicon Valley-based seed and early-stage investor that focuses on healthcare and deep tech. An entrepreneur herself, Lu started Fusion at the impressive age of 25.

WestRiver Group

WestRiver Group

This week on Finding PROOF, our hosts Jennifer Schretter and Thanasis Delistathis sit down with Anthony Bontrager, Managing Director at WestRiver Group, a firm that invests in seed and early-stage companies in the US Pacific Northwest.

This week, Thanasis and Jenny reconnect with Gabe Turner, now a Partner at Sway Ventures, to discuss the future of retail, how Covid has affected the way we shop, and the future of remote work.

Voyager Capital

Voyager Capital

This week on Finding PROOF, our hosts Jennifer Schretter and Thanasis Delistathis talk with James Newell, managing director at Voyager Capital, a regionally focused, early-stage venture capital fund investing out of the pacific northwest.

This week on Finding PROOF, our hosts Jennifer Schretter and Thanasis Delistathis sit down with Lorenzo Thione of Gaingels, a leading LGBTQIA+/Allies investment syndicate, and one of the largest and most active private investors in North America.

This week on Finding PROOF, our hosts Jennifer Schretter and Thanasis Delistathis talk to Brian Yormak, Co-Founder of Story Ventures. The New York based fund invests in automated, data driven technology addressing the most prescient issues in the data landscape.

Melitas Ventures

Melitas Ventures

This week our hosts talk to Alex Malamatinas, Founder and Managing Partner at Melitas Ventures. Based in New York, this early-stage venture capital firm focuses on innovative food and beverage companies.

This week our hosts speak with Kevin Leonard, a Principal at MissionOG. Based in Philadelphia, this early-stage venture capital firm focuses on B2B companies that are driving the digitization of the economy.

Differential Ventures

Differential Ventures

This week our hosts speak with Nick Adams, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Differential Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B data technology startups.

Turtle Ventures

Turtle Ventures

Join us for a conversation with Josh Breinlinger, Founder of Turtle Ventures. Based in California, this early-stage venture capital firm invests in tech companies tackling existing markets and bringing efficiency to large established industries.

This week our hosts speak with Steven Finn, Co-Founder and General Partner at Siddhi Capital, an early-stage, food and beverage fund.