The Deal

Tyler Norwood, Antler
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The Deal

Hear from the best VCs around the world. How they think, what gets them excited and how to get your startup in front of them. The Deal's mission is to make VC more human and more accessible to everyone.The Deal is hosted by Tyler Norwood and brought to you by Antler. To learn more about how you can start your next startup with Antler visit www.antler.co

  1. 08/14/2023

    Gené Teare — Crunchbase

    In this episode of The Deal Senior Data Editor at Crunchbase News, Gené Teare, breaks down the data behind fluctuations in today's venture capital landscape, how our current market contraction looks different from the dot-com bubble bust, her funding predictions for the remainder of 2023, and more.

    1h 7m

  2. 07/26/2023

    Clara Brenner—Urban Innovation Fund

    Clara Brenner is the co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies that are shaping the future of cities. Previously, Clara co-founded Tumml, a startup hub for urban tech. In this episode of The Deal, Clara shares how the Urban Innovation Fund provides regulatory support to entrepreneurs solving tough urban challenges, how she segued into venture, and the areas of innovation she's most excited to watch develop.

    1h 1m

  3. 07/19/2023

    Arjun Kapur—Forecast Labs

    Arjun Kapur is the Managing Partner and Founder of Forecast Labs, a one-of-a-kind venture group - part of Comcast NBCUniversal - that earns equity into its investments by driving paid customer acquisition via TV advertising. Prior to launching Forecast Labs, Arjun helped build some of the most prominent NYC startups like Aaptiv, HelloFresh, Tictail, Shutterstock, Squarespace, and Ladders. He's also served as an advisor to Chewy, Calm, and Ollie. In this episode of The Deal, Arjun discusses how Forecast Labs analyzes potential investments (the fund invests in consumer businesses from seed to Series D). He also provides practical, insightful advice on how startups can build cross-functional teams that align goals, promoting a culture of shared ownership and customer-centric focus. This is a must-listen for any founders scaling and structuring a growing startup.

    56 min

  4. 06/13/2023

    Ben Lerer—Lerer Hippeau

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    57 min

  5. 05/31/2023

    Melody Koh—NextView Ventures

    Melody Koh is a Partner at NextView Ventures, a high conviction, hands-on seed stage investor that backs founders building technology companies to redesign the everyday economy. Before joining NextView, Melody was Head of Product at Blue Apron. She'd joined as Blue Apron's first product hire and then scaled the business through hyper-growth (25x in 3.5 years) and IPO. In this episode of The Deal, Melody shares what led her back to venture after her time at Blue Apron, launching her own startup while pursuing an MBA at Harvard Business School, how she evaluates prospective investments at NextView, and how founders can stand out in a sea of deal flow.

    1h 8m

  6. 05/09/2023

    Cassie Young—Primary Venture Partners

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    53 min

  7. 04/26/2023

    Dan Long—Cohen Circle

    Dan Long is the Managing Director of Venture Growth at Cohen Circle, an investment firm that capitalizes fintech companies from their Series A rounds to exits. But before Dan was an investor, he was an operator himself. On this episode of The Deal, Dan shares how his experience building PeerIQ (which was acquired by CrossRiver Bank) influences his investment frameworks at Cohen Circle today, the nuance of innovating in a heavily regulated industry, how building a VC firm is quite similar to launching a startup, and transformational shifts he expects to emerge in fintech in the decade to come.

    1h 2m

  8. 04/14/2023

    Elizabeth Yin—Hustle Fund

    Do you live on startup Twitter? Then you’re probably familiar with the prolific Elizabeth Yin (aka @dunkhippo33). Elizabeth is Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed VC that writes checks into ultra-early stage founders. On this episode of The Deal, Elizabeth and Tyler discuss how venture capital always comes at a cost, the best way to communicate with VCs, and how to iterate on customer acquisition.

    54 min
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Hear from the best VCs around the world. How they think, what gets them excited and how to get your startup in front of them. The Deal's mission is to make VC more human and more accessible to everyone.The Deal is hosted by Tyler Norwood and brought to you by Antler. To learn more about how you can start your next startup with Antler visit www.antler.co

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  • Creator
    Tyler Norwood, Antler
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022 The Deal with Tyler Norwood
  • Show Website
    The Deal

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