Fireside with a VC

Andrew Romans

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Fireside with a VC

Andrew Romans, General Partner of 7BC Venture Capital, 3x author, and university professor, talks to VCs, founders and other VC-startup ecosystem players about all things venture capital, startups, entrepreneurship, technology, CVC, and big corporate tech titans.

DEC 12

E117 How to Develop Business Relationships w/ CEO of 4Degrees

E117 How to develop business relationships on Fireside with a VC with Ablorde Ashigbi, CEO of 4Degrees and the host of the podcast The Relationship Edge. Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5WN6hGo17XI. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC. Learn more about 4Degrees: https://www.4degrees.ai/. The Edge Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gurTrpjX8bkwzK8gRPi4G?si=6fb1b59b0f0a4e3c. The Edge Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@4degrees879/videos. Contact Ablorde Ashigbi: ablorde@4degrees.ai. Learn more about 7BC Venture Capital here: https://7bc.vc/. Join our Newsletter to get our insights and curated content from the VC-startup ecosystem - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc. Get Andrew's new book here: Masters of Raising Venture Capital: https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DHH5M4TM/. Get Andrew's book on Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) here: Masters of Corporate Venture Capital: http://rb.gy/u46e9r. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

43 min
NOV 19

E116 Nada CityFunds a new way to own real estate w/ Tore Steen

E116 Nada CityFunds, a new way to own real estate, w/ CEO Tore Steen on Fireside with a VC. Tore is the CEO of Nada which operates CityFunds. Nada helps homeowners and individual investors solve the challenge of accessing and investing in home equity by providing a platform for home equity investment without additional debt or monthly payments. Homeowners sell a home share in exchange for cash and investors may invest in a CityFund that owns home shares in many homes in a specific high growth city or invest in the entire basket of home shares across multiple cities. Tore previously cofounded CrowdStreet, the largest online real estate investment platform in the U.S. having raised and invested over $4.4bn primarily from accredited and retail investors, where he raised over $50m of VC funding and additional venture debt funding. Tore joined Nada first as a board member and now as CEO. Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uvDWJvJMuzI. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC. Learn more about Nada and their CityFunds: https://www.nada.co/ https://www.cityfunds.com/ Follow on Tore on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toresteen/ Contact Tore: tore@nada.co Follow Andrew Romans on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/romans/. Join our Newsletter to get our insights and curated content from the VC-startup ecosystem - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc. Learn more about 7BC Venture Capital here: https://7bc.vc/. Get Andrew's new book here: Masters of Raising Venture Capital: https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DHH5M4TM/. Get Andrew's book on Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) here: Masters of Corporate Venture Capital: http://rb.gy/u46e9r. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

47 min
NOV 2

E115 Intel Capital, Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) putting the silicon back in Silicon Valley

E115 Intel Capital, Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) putting the silicon back in Silicon Valley, Jennifer Ard, Managing Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel Capital Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kzB5m6ViVzE. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC. Learn more about Intel Capital: https://www.intelcapital.com/. Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-ard-cfa-32a69b3/. Follow Andrew Romans on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/romans/. Join our Newsletter to get our insights and curated content from the VC-startup ecosystem - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc. Learn more about 7BC Venture Capital here: https://7bc.vc/. Get Andrew's new book here: Masters of Raising Venture Capital: https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0DHH5M4TM/. Get Andrew's book on Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) here: Masters of Corporate Venture Capital: http://rb.gy/u46e9r. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

38 min
OCT 22

E114 How Antler became the most active VC globally so quickly

E114 How Antler became the most active VC globally so quickly – Anthony Millet, Partner & Co-Head Antler Capital, on Fireside with a VC Anthony Millet discusses how Antler quickly became the most active VC globally since founding in 2018 with a team of 300 investing in 500 startups per year out of offices in 30 cities on 6 continents. Pre-Seed to Series A and beyond. Meet Anthony Millet in person next week in Palo Alto at the 7BC Venture Capital event October 29, 2024 from 5 to 9 pm. Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y92-7ZscN2Y. Meet Anthony Millet in person and hear him on the VC panel: https://lu.ma/1o2zs7x8. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC. Learn more about Antler: https://www.antler.co/. Follow Anthony Millet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-millet-9327713/ Follow Andrew Romans on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/romans/. Join our Newsletter to get our insights and curated content from the VC-startup ecosystem - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc. Learn more about 7BC Venture Capital here: https://7bc.vc/. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

48 min
OCT 4

E113 AI for VC Fund Admin, Compliance, Tax & Portfolio Construction: pay less perform better

E113 Zive AI CEO Rajesh Gopi on Fireside with a VC explaining how his firm has applied AI to revolutionize venture capital admin, compliance, LP reporting, interacting with portfolio companies, LPs, portfolio construction, and, how to hit your IRR, DPI, and TVPI targets and so much more. The days of running a VC without AI are over. Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wVYm7JKD2Io. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://pocasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC. Learn more about Zive AI: https://www.zive.ai/. Follow Rajesh Gopi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshgopi/ Follow Andrew Romans on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/romans/. Join our Newsletter to get our insights and curated content from the VC-startup ecosystem - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc. Learn more about 7BC Venture Capital here: https://7bc.vc/. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

44 min
SEP 20

E112 K&L Gates Navigating Term Sheets

E112 A walk through an NVCA VC Term Sheet for a Series A funding round with Jason Putnam Gordon, legendary Silicon Valley VC lawyer and Partner at K&L Gates, one of the premier VC-focused law firms. This episode literally walks through every term in a term sheet with a lawyer and VC discussing each term, explaining what they mean, and which ones are worth fighting for. Lawyers like Jason can be very expensive but worth every penny. Strap in for a free masterclass! Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/F2MnHqWFBHA. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC. Learn more about the K&L Gates: https://www.klgates.com/firm-overview. Follow Jason Putnam Gordon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonputnamgordon/ Follow Andrew Romans on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/romans/. Join our Newsletter to get our insights and curated content from the VC-startup ecosystem - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc. Learn more about 7BC Venture Capital here: https://7bc.vc/. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

1h 16m
SEP 5

E111 Breakup big tech monopolies? Nava VC & Stanford Prof Manish Patel

E111 Breaking up big tech monopolies on Fireside with a VC speaking with Manish Patel, founder of Nava Ventures, a $175m VC fund in San Francisco, Teaching Faculty at Stanford University, early Googler, and former General Partner at Highland Capital Partners. Talking about his history at Google pre-IPO and the current state of monopolies with Google, Apple and Microsoft and what should regulators do as well as regulatory capture with Open AI and other tech titans. Manish also talks about Nava VC and their Series A concentrated strategy backing 15 startups per fund from a roughly $175m fund. Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HSjpaXNrclE. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC. Learn more about the Nava Ventures: https://www.nava.vc/. Follow Manish Patel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manishpatelli/. Follow Andrew Romans on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/romans/. Join our Newsletter to get our insights and curated content from the VC-startup ecosystem - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc. Learn more about 7BC Venture Capital here: https://7bc.vc/. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

1h 6m
AUG 29

E110 Austin, TX Venture Capital, ATX Ventures Chris Shonk

E110 Austin, Texas Venture Capital on Fireside with a VC speaking with Chris Shonk, cofounder and Managing Director of ATX Venture Partners. Discussing the evolution of Austin as a tech corridor from early semiconductors to IBM, Tivoli, and a string of startup hits early days of VC here and how Austin founders had term sheets from Silicon Valley requiring relocation to California in the old days and now the reverse is happening. How Austin has become the fastest growing VC town with the highest density of VCs per capita in the United States. Links and Resources: Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HLO6VVARRM8. Find all episodes of Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC. Learn more about the ATX Ventures: https://www.atxventurepartners.com/. Follow Chris Shonk on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisshonk/. Follow Andrew Romans on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/romans/. Join our Newsletter to get our insights and curated content from the VC-startup ecosystem - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc. Learn more about 7BC Venture Capital here: https://7bc.vc/. Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us what you think about these topics and this episode.

57 min

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Andrew Romans, General Partner of 7BC Venture Capital, 3x author, and university professor, talks to VCs, founders and other VC-startup ecosystem players about all things venture capital, startups, entrepreneurship, technology, CVC, and big corporate tech titans.

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