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Venture Everywhere is a podcast exploring the trials and tribulations of building a startup from zero to one. Hosted by Everywhere Ventures, a global pre-seed fund supported by 500+ founders and operators who serve as the hosts and guests for this unique podcast experience. To learn more about our work, visit Everywhere.vc and subscribe to our Founders Everywhere Substack. You can also follow us on LinkedIn for updates and news.

  1. IONA Drone: Etienne Louvet with Jenny Fielding

    2D AGO

    IONA Drone: Etienne Louvet with Jenny Fielding

    In episode 109 of Venture Everywhere, Jenny Fielding, co-founder and managing partner at Everywhere Ventures, talks with Etienne Louvet, founder and CEO of IONA — a drone logistics company reimagining delivery for the world's most remote and underserved communities. Etienne shares how COVID lockdowns in rural Brittany, watching his elderly grandmother unable to access basic goods without a car, led him to uncover a massive gap in the global logistics system. He discusses how Iona challenges the industry consensus that light cargo delivery must rely on traditional vans, instead building a tilt-rotor drone from scratch and delivering shipments of 20 parcels or fewer faster and more cost-efficiently than existing solutions. In this episode, you will hear: Building a tilt-rotor drone optimized for light cargo delivery in remote and underserved communities.Delivering strong results with a lean funding base.Creating a new logistics category for shipments of 20 parcels or fewer.Leveraging energy efficiency as a core competitive advantage over traditional delivery vans.Expanding into the US market with a proven drone platform and regulatory certifications already in hand. Learn more about Etienne Louvet | Iona Drones LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/etiennelouvet/ Website: https://ionadrones.com/ Learn more about Jenny Fielding | Everywhere VC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyfielding Website: https://everywhere.vc/

    29 min
  2. The Car Warranty Chaiz: Reto Bolliger with Harm-Julian Schumacher

    FEB 24

    The Car Warranty Chaiz: Reto Bolliger with Harm-Julian Schumacher

    The host of episode 108 of Venture Everywhere is Harm-Julian Schumacher, co-founder and CEO of OneLot, a financing platform for used car dealers in the Philippines. He talks with Reto Bolliger, co-founder and CEO of Chaiz, an online marketplace for extended vehicle warranties. Reto shares how climbing Kilimanjaro led him to build a travel company, and how an investor in that business introduced him to the surprisingly profitable world of extended car warranties. He discusses how Chaiz challenges the industry consensus that warranties “must be sold” through aggressive tactics, instead building trust through transparency and offering consumers prices up to 40% cheaper than dealerships. In this episode, you will hear: Building the first online marketplace to compare and buy extended car warranties.Offering dealership products at 40% lower prices through digital channels.Replacing aggressive sales tactics with transparency and education.Leveraging AI for customer support and AI search optimization.Embedding warranty APIs for cross-selling through partner platforms.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Learn more about Reto Bolliger | Chaiz LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reto-bolliger Website: https://www.chaiz.com Learn more about Harm-Julian Schumacher | OneLot Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harm-julian-schumacher Website: https://www.onelot.ph

    24 min
  3. Behind the MagicPort: Ali Gara with Hugh Dixson

    FEB 17

    Behind the MagicPort: Ali Gara with Hugh Dixson

    Ali Gara, founder and CEO of MagicPort chats with Hugh Dixson, founder and CEO of Switchboard. The host of episode 107 of Venture Everywhere is Hugh Dixson, CEO and founder of Switchboard, a platform that integrates enterprise IT systems in supply chains and automates manual processes. He talks with Ali Gara, founder and CEO of MagicPort, a software platform bringing intelligence and automation to shipping operations. Ali shares his journey from private equity in Asia to founding MagicPort in Singapore, where he saw an opportunity to modernize the inefficient, manual processes around port calls. He discusses how MagicPort provides maritime intelligence and an operating system for port call management, helping shipping companies leverage data for business development, optimize operations, and streamline collaboration across the fragmented industry. In this episode, you will hear: Aggregating data from sources for real-time vessel and port intelligence.Replacing Excel and email with an integrated operating system for port calls.Driving adoption in a change-resistant, fragmented shipping industry.Leveraging AI and automation to deliver immediate customer value.Building trusted networks on smart platforms for efficient global trade. Learn more about Ali Gara | MagicPort LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-gara-4034082/ Website: https://magicport.ai/ Learn more about Hugh Dixson | Switchboard Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughdixson/ Website: https://www.switchboardcloud.com/

    24 min
  4. Riding the Wave: Helaine Knapp with Pau Sabria

    FEB 10

    Riding the Wave: Helaine Knapp with Pau Sabria

    In episode 106 of Venture Everywhere, Pau Sabria, co-founder of Remotely.works—a platform helping companies hire software engineers in Latin America—talks with Helaine Knapp, founder and former CEO of CityRow, a rowing fitness franchise that was acquired. Helaine reflects on how her career in tech startups at Buddy Media and Olapic gave her the foundation to build a brick-and-mortar fitness business. She discusses writing Making Waves, using brutal honesty to tell the entrepreneurial story most founders won’t share, and navigating the in-between as host of Step Into Next, a podcast about walking together from what was to what’s next. In this episode, you will hear: Adapting startup playbooks to the physical fitness business modelInsights into the rise and fall of Connected Fitness, and lessons learnedThe power of honest storytelling during a company’s challenging exitThe real challenges of entrepreneurship: navigating legal battles and team dynamicsReimagining success and personal growth while transitioning between ventures Learn more about Helaine Knapp | CITYROW LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helaine-knapp Website: www.helaineknapp.com Learn more about Pau Sabria | Remotely.works Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pausabria Website: https://www.remotely.works/

    25 min
  5. Anna is Everywhere: Anna Barber with Scott Hartley and Jenny Fielding

    FEB 2

    Anna is Everywhere: Anna Barber with Scott Hartley and Jenny Fielding

    In episode 105 of Venture Everywhere, Scott Hartley and Jenny Fielding, co-founders and general partners at Everywhere Ventures, announce that Anna Barber is joining the firm as a third general partner. Anna brings extensive experience as a founder, former managing director at Techstars LA, and most recently a partner at M13, a multibillion-dollar West Coast fund. Anna shares her journey from the dot-com era at petstore.com through founding Scribble Press to becoming an investor. She explains how Everywhere's community-driven platform of founders supporting founders is uniquely positioned for the AI era, where shortened learning cycles and human relationships outweigh pure technology infrastructure. In this episode, you will hear: Venture’s evolution from dot-com to mobile/cloud to AI-driven startups.Why insight and relationships matter more than ever.Shift to founder-led community platforms over traditional venture funds.Human judgment and personal connections in identifying exceptional founders. Learn more about Anna Barber | Everywhere Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annawbarber/ Website: https://everywhere.vc Learn more about Scott Hartley | Everywhere Ventures Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotthartley/ Website: https://everywhere.vc Learn more about Jenny Fielding | Everywhere Ventures Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyfielding/ Website: https://everywhere.vc

    24 min
  6. Ground Rules: Kat Garcia with Scott Hartley

    JAN 27

    Ground Rules: Kat Garcia with Scott Hartley

    In episode 104 of Venture Everywhere, Scott Hartley, co-founder and managing partner at Everywhere Ventures, talks with Kat Garcia, co-founder and co-CEO of Ground, a startup building the AI revenue system for autonomous revenue generation and retention. Kat shares how she left BCG Digital Ventures to work for free with B2C companies, uncovering that operators didn't need more productivity tools—they needed technology that could autonomously generate revenue on their behalf. She discusses how Ground's AI ontology transforms static metrics into actions that drive up to 10% more top-line revenue, moving companies from dashboards to agentic commerce. In this episode, you will hear: Unlocking unrealized revenue potential in fragmented tech stacks.Autonomous revenue generation beyond productivity tools.Real-time commerce ontology that learns and acts.Proving autonomous systems in high-churn e-commerce.Democratizing enterprise capabilities for mid-size brands. Learn more about Kat Garcia | Ground LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-garcia-online/ Website: https://joinground.com/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zuhbqKwF34X0wqDXa1Lsx?si=91da32c586844f1a Learn more about Scott Hartley | Everywhere Ventures Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotthartley/ Website: https://everywhere.vc

    38 min
  7. The Flychain Flywheel: Ethan Schwarzbach with Jenny Fielding

    JAN 20

    The Flychain Flywheel: Ethan Schwarzbach with Jenny Fielding

    In episode 103 of Venture Everywhere, Jenny Fielding, co-founder and managing partner at Everywhere Ventures, talks with Ethan Schwarzbach, co-founder of Flychain, a startup building the financial operating system for small to medium-sized healthcare providers. Ethan shares his journey from investment banking to fintech at Orchard, where insights from Square's merchant processing data inspired Flychain's initial product. He discusses how underwriting healthcare businesses revealed a critical gap in financial infrastructure, leading Flychain to build a specialized platform that replaces QuickBooks and delivers AI-powered financial insights for practices. In this episode, you will hear: Bridging cashflow gaps of healthcare providers.Addressing financial infrastructure crisis in healthcare practices.Leveraging accurate EMR data for AI-driven decision-making.Partnering with healthcare networks to reach underserved practices.Positioning for value-based care and consolidation landscape shifts. Learn more about Ethan Schwarzbach | Flychain LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-schwarzbach-baa09571/ Website: https://www.flychain.us/ Learn more about Jenny Fielding | Everywhere Ventures Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyfielding/ Website: https://everywhere.vc

    31 min
  8. Conceive with Support: Lauren Berson Sugarman with Lauren Makler

    JAN 13

    Conceive with Support: Lauren Berson Sugarman with Lauren Makler

    In episode 102 of Venture Everywhere, the host is Lauren Makler, CEO and co-founder of Cofertility, where women freeze their eggs for free when donating half of the eggs retrieved to intended parents who need the help of an egg donor to have a baby. She chats with Lauren Berson Sugarman, CEO and co-founder of Conceive, an AI-powered full-stack support platform for women navigating fertility and pregnancy. She shares how her experience investing in digital health and building community-based wellness models led her to found Conceive after her own three-year infertility journey. She discusses how Conceive transforms fertility care by delivering the continuous emotional and informational support that time-strapped providers cannot offer, helping patients feel empowered and less alone during one of life’s most challenging journeys.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ In this episode, you will hear: Combining AI and human coaching for personalized fertility support.Using a B2B2C clinic partnership model for seamless patient care.Measuring impact through anxiety reduction and babies born.Creating community-based support for the emotional fertility journey.Addressing the three-leg stool of fertility: physical, financial, and emotional support.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Learn more about Lauren Berson-Sugarman | Conceive LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenberson Website: https://weconceive.com Learn more about Lauren Makler | Cofertility Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenmakler Website: https://www.cofertility.com

    31 min
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Venture Everywhere is a podcast exploring the trials and tribulations of building a startup from zero to one. Hosted by Everywhere Ventures, a global pre-seed fund supported by 500+ founders and operators who serve as the hosts and guests for this unique podcast experience. To learn more about our work, visit Everywhere.vc and subscribe to our Founders Everywhere Substack. You can also follow us on LinkedIn for updates and news.

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