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The blueprint for starting a new firm with Chemistry Ventures, including the work needed before choosing your partners and non-consensus…
Listen now (43 mins) | Episode 143 Today I’m excited to speak with the founding team of Chemistry, a new venture firm led by Kristina Shen, Ethan…
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Meet the Expert: Venture Fund Banking with Sam Heshmati and Vincent Timoney of Citizens Private Bank
Episode 142
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Private Market investing is huge but still remains broken.
When I co-founded Allocate in 2021, it was based on a 20 year observation that 1) Companies are staying private longer 2) Private markets started to…
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September 2024

August 2024

Building a firm to last, lessons from nearly three decades of investing, and the path to hiring great venture teams with Glenn Solomon of…
Episode 143
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Doing a successful GP led secondary in Venture Capital, Why seed funds can scale, and what a good VC platform team looks like
Listen now | Episode 141 Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.In this…
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Investing in USV Fund I, lessons learned as a LP, and why Emerging Managers are so important
Listen now | Episode 140 Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.This…
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July 2024

June 2024

TX Zhuo’s of Fika Ventures on raising a Fund I, evolving decision making frameworks, and what founder first means to them
Listen now | Episode 137 We're joined by TX Zhuo, Co-Founder and General Partner of Fika Ventures. His tech career began in college when he unexpectedly…
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Samir Kaji
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What is actually going on in VC today? It's complicated.
Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.
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Samir Kaji
Limited Partner Unlocked: Michael Kim Cendana Capital on the Emerging Manager landscape, fundraising, and the need for liquidity
Listen now | Episode 136 We are back with another LP-focused episode with Michael Kim, Founder of Cendana Capital. Michael shares how he started Cendana…
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