Podcasts about industry ventures

Every founder's journey is a unique blend of ambition, resilience, and lessons learned the hard way. Yoseph West embodies this entrepreneurial spirit, having navigated the complexities of building, scaling, financing, and successfully exiting multiple startups. Yoseph's latest venture, Relay, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Bain Capital Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Amaranthine, and Industry Ventures.

Rohit Choudhary's journey from a curious teenager in India to a seasoned entrepreneur and innovator demonstrates the transformative power of technology and entrepreneurial spirit. His latest venture, Acceldata, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Insight Partners, March Capital, Industry Ventures, Lightspeed, and Sorenson Ventures.

San Francisco-based Industry Ventures has secured $900 million for a fund targeting early-stage technology's emerging managers and companies. This "hybrid fund" will back venture and seed investors, support funding rounds for startups, and buy stakes in early-stage funds from existing shareholders. Industry Ventures, primarily known as a secondary investor, has employed this hybrid strategy since 2009. Managing Director Roland Reynolds observes that raising flat or slightly larger funds is now seen as an achievement in today's challenging fundraising environment. The firm plans to allocate around 40% of the new fund to emerging managers, 40% to direct investments in startups around Series B, and 20% to purchasing stakes from institutional investors seeking liquidity or exiting the asset class. Industry Ventures now manages over $8 billion in committed capital, with $2.3 billion focused on U.S. early-stage hybrid funds.Learn more on this news visit us at: https://greyjournal.net/news/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Brad Porter of Collaborative Robotics (https://www.co.bot/), a startup using the power of robotics to move the world. In this episode, we discuss Brad's amazing 30 year journey in Silicon Valley and how he got to where he is today, the process and steps he uses to engage with investors, the column schema he set up in Foundersuite to keep track of every investor in his pipeline, why market timing matters, how to find investors with conviction, how to balance the right amounts of conviction and humility when fundraising, and much more. Cobot most recently raised a a $100 million Series B round led by General Catalyst along with Bison Ventures, Industry Ventures, and Lux Capital. Existing investors include Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Neo, 1984 Ventures, MVP Ventures, and Calibrate Ventures, bringing the total funding raised to over $140 million in less than two years. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $17 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com. If you are a VC or investment banker, check out our new platform, www.fundingstack.com

Today's Primary Sponsor is Snowball - www.Snowballclub.com - A private community of entrepreneurial investors helping each other.Watch Here: https://youtu.be/L4aiz8cZQCUAbout the Guest(s): Reid Tileston, a seasoned professional with a fascinating background in finance and a passion for fitness, shared his journey on the How2Exit podcast. Born to two Northern California hippie runners, Reid's entrepreneurial spirit was nurtured from an early age. He is an alumnus of UC Berkeley and previously worked at Industry Ventures, a venture capital and private equity firm. Reid took a bold leap by opening a fitness club in Sacramento during the Great Recession and has since become a multi-unit Anytime Fitness club owner-operator. In addition to his fitness endeavors, Reid has acquired and sold businesses across various industries, including industrial services. He also authored a book, "Grid It Done," and is committed to helping others achieve their American dream of business ownership. Beyond business, Reid is an adjunct professor and is working on his Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University.Episode Summary: Ronald Skelton invites Reid Tileston to explore the realm of mergers and acquisitions. They start with a funny origin tale, sparking an interesting talk on entrepreneurship's challenges and successes. Reid talks about his journey, from starting a gym during the Great Recession to managing several Anytime Fitness branches and venturing into industrial services.Further into the episode, Reid emphasizes the importance of diligence, the human aspect of business ownership, and the power of fostering relationships within your business and peer networks. Drawing from his personal journey, he offers invaluable insights into what it takes to navigate the challenging landscape of buying and selling businesses and underscores the impact of business ownership on personal failure and civic engagement. The episode serves as a guide for anyone interested in the entrepreneurial journey, offering strategies for risk mitigation and success.Key Takeaways:Reid Tileston's unique entrepreneurial journey demonstrates that dedication and innovative approaches, such as becoming deeply involved in the community and embracing franchise opportunities, can lead to achieving the American dream of business ownership.Effective transition management and building strong relationships with both clients and employees are critical to the success of any entrepreneurial endeavor.The experience of selling a business can be deeply complex and emotional, often involving considerations beyond financial gain, such as seller satisfaction and the role of competent intermediaries.The decision to become an entrepreneurial business owner requires full commitment, and it's essential to be prepared and understand the personal and professional implications of such a path.Reid has authored "Grid It Done," a valuable resource for prospective business owners to understand and navigate the world of entrepreneurship through acquisition.--------------------------------------------------Contact Reid onLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidtileston/Website: https://reidtileston.com/dashboard/login.php--------------------------------------------------How2Exit Joins IT ExchangeNet's Channel Partner Network!Have an IT Company doing between $5M and $30M You may Sell?The IT ExchangeNet M&A Marketplace @Ronald Skelton - How2Exit Host has a proprietary database of 50,000+ global buyers seeking IT Services firms, MSPs, MSSPs, Software-as-a-Service platforms and channel partners in the Microsoft, Oracle, ServiceNow and Salesforce space.If you are interested in learning more about the process and current market valuations, complete the contact form and we'll respond within one business day. Everything is kept confidential.https://www.itexchangenet.com/marketplace-how2exitOur partnership with IT ExchangeNet focuses on deals above $5M in value. If you are looking to buy or sell a tech business below the $5M mark, we recommend Flippa.--------------------------------------------------

In der Mittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit Mladen Milicevic, CEO und Co-Founder von Unchained Robotics, über die erfolgreich abgeschlossene Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 5,5 Millionen Euro.Unchained Robotics hat eine unabhängige Plattform entwickelt, die Automatisierungstechnik für Fertigungsprozesse in Unternehmen anbietet. Das Startup öffnet die Automatisierungstechnik und Robotik für alle und möchte damit ein Problemlöser der deutschen Wirtschaft darstellen. Über unchainedrobotics.de wird die Möglichkeit geboten, passende Roboter und Komponenten zu suchen, zu finden und zu konfigurieren. Mit dem MalocherBot und der Applikationssoftware Luna werden Plug-and-Play Automatisierungslösungen angeboten, die innerhalb weniger Stunden die Logistik sowie metallbearbeitende Prozesse in Fabriken automatisieren können. Dabei werden die Kunden nicht nur bei der Suche, sondern auch bei der Auswahl bis zur Integration und Nutzung der Roboter unterstützt. Unchained Robotics wurde im Jahr 2019 von Mladen Milicevic, Anton Veynshter und Kevin Freise in Paderborn gegründet. Seit der Gründung haben durch Unchained Robotics bereits über 200 Kunden in Deutschland den Weg in die Robotik und Automatisierungstechnik gefunden. Zu den Kunden zählen internationale Konzerne, führende Forschungseinrichtungen sowie kleine und mittlere Unternehmen.Nun hat das Robotik-Startup in einer Finanzierungsrunde 5,5 Millionen Euro unter der Führung von Future Industry Ventures eingesammelt. Zu den weiteren Kapitalgebern zählen Teklas Ventures, Vent.io und Bestandsinvestoren wie Born2Grow, Archimedes New Ventures und des von EnjoyVenture gemanagten Technologiefonds Owl sowie in der Industrie bekannte Business Angels. Mit dem Investment will Unchained Robotics europaweit seinen Vertrieb und Service ausweiten sowie den MalocherBot für weitere Anwendungen verfügbar machen.

Connie & Alex talk tech news, and then Connie speaks with Hans Swildens, founder of Industry Ventures, a venture firm, fund of funds, and secondary shop with more than $7 billion under management.

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.On today's show, we have a fascinating episode that combines the macro and the micro.Nimble Partners Founder John Burbank and Partner Ken Wallace come on the show to share their unique perspectives and discuss both the nuances and intricacies of investing in private markets and early-stage venture.Nimble Partners is a technology investment platform that invests into early-stage fund managers through their manager selection program and as well as direct and co-investments into breakout performers from their fund manager relationships.John and Ken have had illustrious careers in both public markets and private markets, investing in many of the biggest technology trends and many top early-stage managers over the past 15 years.John was a top macro investor from founding Passport Capital in 2000, where he was amongst the best hedge fund managers of his time. He's been investing into early-stage fund managers for the past decade. As a long-time macro investor, he has consistently focused on sectors and investments where technology can be disruptive and accelerate change. He's also an investor in the Golden State Warriors, the championship winning NBA team.Ken joined John to build Nimble after a stellar career at Industry Ventures, backing a number of emerging managers, most notably Chris Sacca's first-time Lowercase Capital fund, which at over 200x+ returns, was amongst the best performing venture funds in history. At Industry Ventures, he specialized in hybrid fund of funds strategy, originating, valuing, and managing primary fund commitments, early secondary LP investments, and direct co-investments.We had a fascinating conversation that spanned a number of topics:  Why this is not the end of venture capital — and why the winners are still to going to win and win big. How global macro impacts venture capital. The framework that John and Ken use to evaluate technology trends and emerging managers. How the “portfolio manager” model can be applied to venture capital. How information is a huge edge. Why duration is the most important thing an investor can have. Thanks John and Ken for coming on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast to share your wisdom.

In this episode, we talk to Justine about what led her to a career in finance, first at Goldman Sachs then in VC. She further dives into the secondary team at Industry Ventures and how she approached the decision of what stage to invest in. Finally, Justine touches on how the sheer availability of female mentors in itself is a sign that things are changing in the industry, albeit slowly, and discusses the work yet to be done and some advice for aspiring female investors. 

Will Quist is a Partner @ Slow Ventures. Over the last decade, the team at Slow Ventures have invested in the earliest rounds of over 500 companies including Robinhood, NextDoor, Airtable, Solana and many more. As for Will, prior to Slow he spent over 8 years at Industry Ventures and before industry, cut his teeth in the world of finance at Banc of America. In Todays Episode with Will Quist We Discuss: 1.) Entry into Venture: How Will made his way from 6th generation San Francisco to Partner @ Slow? What are 1-2 of the biggest takeaways from his early 1-1s with Don Valentine? What does Will know now that he wishes he had known when he started in venture with Industry? 2.) WTF Really is Venture Capital? Why does Will believe that 95% of venture capital today is not really venture capital? What is true venture capital in Will's mind? How does Will divide the world of VC into two with; venture classic and new venture? How are they different? How are their return profiles different? 3.) The Questions: Discovering Greatness: Why does Will believe “for the most part, investors across asset classes are just asking the same questions”? What are those questions? What different answers are each looking for? What are the 5 core questions that will needs to understand to determine conviction and accurately price an asset? How does Will think through and analyze the question when meeting founders of; “what needs to come true for this business to become a great business”? 4.) The Future of Venture Capital: How does Will predict the venture capital ecosystem will look in 5 and then 10 years? What are the most concerning traits of the venture ecosystem for Will today? Who will be the winners of the next decade? Who will be the losers? What happens to the crossover funds? What will happen to Tiger?

Welcome to another hot-off-the-press episode in our special series on navigating the current market with Europe's absolute VC elites.Today, we welcome back Lindsay and Kemper from Industry Ventures. They certainly had a lot more to share.Lindsay is the Managing Director at Industry, and focuses on originating, valuing and managing primary fund commitments and direct co-investment opportunities for the Tech Buyout team. Kemper is the Vice President at Industry and focuses on the firm's Secondary and Tech Buyout investments, as well as driving business development efforts across their platform.Brace yourselves for some new and exciting advices.

In this episode, we're happy to introduce you to Lindsay and Kemper, the UK-based team from Industry Ventures, a global 5 bn euro Fund of Funds. Lindsay is the Managing Director at Industry, and focuses on originating, valuing and managing primary fund commitments and direct co-investment opportunities for the Tech Buyout team. Kemper is the Vice President at Industry and focuses on the firm's Secondary and Tech Buyout investments, as well as driving business development efforts across their platform.In this episode you'll learn:– All about Industry Ventures, the 5 bn € quiet giant investing into early stage funds– Why Industry run 4 strategies in parallel and how they work together to yield a competitive edge for their LPs as well as managers– The state of the secondaries market and how Industry navigates it in Europe– What the future holds for Industry in Europe

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Daniel Wild, Gründer und Aufsichtsrat von Mountain Alliance. Daniel hat die Runde von Invoca und die Übernahme von Medifox Dan kommentiert: Das amerikanische Medizintechnik-Unternehmen ResMed gab diese Woche die Übernahme des Hildesheimer Pflegesoftware-Entwickler Medifox Dan für rund 950 Millionen Euro bekannt. Mit der Medifox-Software können mobile Pflegedienste unter anderem Routen planen, ihre Dienstleistungen dokumentieren und verwalten sowie Rechnungen schreiben. Die Hildesheimer beliefern den Angaben zufolge nach mehreren eigenen Firmenübernahmen inzwischen einige Tausend Dienste mit ihrer Software. Im zurückliegenden Geschäftsjahr machte Medifox einen Umsatz von etwa 83 Millionen US-Dollar. Invoca, eine in Santa Barbara ansässige KI-Softwareplattform, die Kundendienstanrufe für Vertriebs- und Marketingteams analysiert, hat durch die frische Finanzierungsrunde den Unicorn-Status erreicht. Das Unternehmen gab am Dienstag eine Serie F in Höhe von 83 Millionen US-Dollar bekannt. Silver Lake Waterman führte die Runde an, wodurch sich die gesamte private Finanzierung von Invoca auf 184 Millionen US-Dollar erhöht. Die neuen Investoren Hollyport Capital, Kingfisher Investment Advisors und Fenwick & West beteiligten sich ebenso wie die bisherigen Geldgeber Upfront Ventures, Accel, H.I.G. Capital und Industry Ventures. Die 2008 gegründete Plattform von Invoca nutzt künstliche Intelligenz, um Kundendienst-Callcenter bei der Bearbeitung von Anfragen und Beschwerden zu unterstützen. Das Unternehmen stellt seinen Kunden Daten aus diesen Gesprächen zur Verfügung, die Aufschluss darüber geben, wie Anrufe bearbeitet wurden und welche Ergebnisse diese Interaktionen hatten.

Onymos, a “feature-as-a-service” platform for app development, today announced that it closed a $12 million Series A round led by Great Point Ventures with participation from Benhamou Global Ventures, Engineering Capital, and Industry Ventures.

Onymos, a “feature-as-a-service” platform for app development, today announced that it closed a $12 million Series A round led by Great Point Ventures with participation from Benhamou Global Ventures, Engineering Capital, and Industry Ventures.

Shane Heath (@somanypossibilities) is the Founder/CEO of MUD/WTR (@drinkmudwtr). MUDWTR is a company that creates products and experiences to optimize one's mind, body, and ritual. Their flagship product is an elixir consisting of masala chai, cacao, turmeric, cinnamon, sea salt, and four mushrooms: chaga, reishi, lion's mane, and cordyceps. With 1/7th the caffeine of coffee, when combined you get energy, focus, and immune benefits without the jitters, crash, and dependency. Since launching in May of 2018 MUDWTR has reached tens of thousands of customers across every state in the US and garnered capital from high profile angel investors like Nick Green (Thrive Market), Zach Coelius (Industry Ventures), Brandon Shainfeld (Unilever Ventures), Chris Hollod (formerly A-Grade Investments and VCs like M13, 25 Madison, Able Partners and Industry Ventures and surpassed $1m in revenue in their first year of business. EPISODE SUMMARY: Shane's ethos for life that he adopts using his knowledge from life experiences– in & out of the entrepreneurial grind. Learning how to have control over technology rather than having technology control you in such a digitally advanced age. The POWER of A Digital Detox How Shane implements a Digital Detox WEEKLY in his busy schedule as an Entrepreneur Shane's personal story, specifically with coffee, and how his passion for coffee and it's ritual formulated a butterfly effect of MUD/WTR Shanes personal trip to India that planted the seed to create the concept and brand, MUD/WTR How Shane confronted life adversities through new ways of approaching life New mindset, self-serving ethos and values to adopt for a more mindful approach to life! Learning how to detach and improve from a “sleep while you're dead” mentality to a controlled grind, per se. Exposing oneself to new experiences and ways of living is of the utmost importance Taking different types of personalities and mentalities and trying new ways of being How to Build a loyal community for your brand Investors, Funding & Strategies Understanding the CPG Beverage Business Valuing the sourcing and organic nature of a beverage over audience auditory appeal Valuing variance within the entrepreneurial mindset – it is different with every entrepreneur Finding your “own grind/hustle routine” that works for you! & SO much more! Share the love & let me know your thoughts over on Instagram, @coffeeandagoodvibe | @ayeshasehra CONNECT: YOUTUBE ➟ Watch & subscribe to our channel here ➟ Coffee & A Good Vibe Video Interviews To connect with Ayesha Sehra ➟ click HERE Check out our podcast insta ➟ click HERE To learn about my Branding & PR Agency Grow The Social ➟ click HERE

I'm joined by legendary west coast angel investor, Zach Coelius. Zach is a 4-time entrepreneur and his last company, Triggit was acquired by Gravity4 in 2015. From then on, Zach has become one of the most revered angel investors in the US with circa 50 investments to his name and 80 invested in total. He currently invests $200K-$1m cheques into early-stage companies and $2-$5m cheques into later-stage ones. Zach uses 3 vehicles for investing; a $45m fund with Industry Ventures as the sole LP; a friends and family Rolling Fund that invests alongside the main fund; and his own syndicate on Angel List that has over 3000 members and was actually the first syndicate on Angel List to get a billion-dollar exit when General Motors bought Cruise Automation in 2016. The syndicate has had 6 exits in total including Hello Sign who were acquired by Dropbox in 2019 for $230m. We listened to the pitch from Daniel Botcherby, co-founder of Kalda; the world's first mental well-being app specifically for the LGBT+ community. In Beta stage, Kalda is looking to bring together members of the LGBT+ community who are struggling with their mental health and provide group therapy sessions, daily check-ins, peer support as well as fixed courses people can go on. 1 in 2 people in the LGBT+ community have suffered some form of anxiety/depression in the last year, 3x the general population. Due to NHS wait times, high prices for individual therapy and stigma that LGBT+ people feel from a therapist not from their community, Kalda is looking to bring people together and at the same time democratise mental health services, making it affordable, easy to access, instant and being surrounded by peers and therapists from the same community. Zach prefers to engage in a more general conversation, rather than a grilling, so we had a chat more broadly about the market in general, expansion plans, future product roadmap and aspirations, competitors and the merits/risks of going after a niche. Some super insightful things highlighted by Zach as well as a very competent founder in Daniel. Brought to you by my Startup Playground, Horseplay Ventures - https://horseplay.ventures/ Kalda - https://kalda.co/ Zach Twitter - https://twitter.com/zachcoelius

GeneralSubscribe to Fully Vested at FullyVested.co or through your podcast app of choice.Topic: Pro Rata RightsGeneral guidesHow Pro Rata Works In Venture Capital Deals (Jason D. Rowley for Crunchbase News, September 2017)Pro rata rights (Holloway Guides)What all Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Prorata Rights (Mark Suster on his blog, Both Sides Of The Table, in October 2014)The Pro-Rata Participation Right (Fred Wilson on AVC, March 2014)VC Lingo: What are pro rata investment rights? (Accelerator group SOSV on its blog, August 2018)Other Posts And Articles About Pro RataWhy Super Pro-rata Rights are Not a Good Deal for Entrepreneurs (Mark Suster on Both Sides Of The Table, September 2011)Small Funds and the Pro Rata Right (Ken Wallace writing on the blog of Industry Ventures, November 2014)What Is Pro Rata?Pro rata rights typically protect investors when things go well for a company; price-based antidilution provisions protect investors when things go poorly. Conceptually, they're related though: both deal terms help shareholders at least maintain the % of a company they own as valuations change from round to round.Pro rata rights are a form of anti-dilution protection which grants investors the right but not the obligation to invest additional capital in subsequent rounds such that an investor can maintain their proportional stake of the company's shares as the company raises more moneyPro rata rights are a typical term for investors to ask for in the venture deal-making process. However, they're a negotiated term; startup founders are able to deny an investor's request for pro rata rights, but this may preclude an investor from making a commitment. (Many investors' financial models and, sometimes, their LP agreements, pre-suppose pro rata rights after the first check.)Pro rata rights also serve to protect investors from downside events like equity cramdowns, wherein a company may issue a vast number of shares to its employees and other investors, thus diluting the equity stake of a particular investor or class of investors.Percentage-based pro rata rights are most common, but some investors may push for dollar-for-dollar or fixed-sum pro rata rights, which may result in super pro rata rights, granting an investor the right to increase their relative stake in a company in subsequent rounds.Key ConceptsInvestment required to maintain pro rata stake = percent of the stake you want to maintain * number of new shares being issued * share price at new roundAbout The Co-HostsJason D. Rowley is a researcher and writer at Golden.com. He volunteers with startup outreach for the open-source community and sends occasional newsletters from Rowley.Report.Graham C. Peck is a Venture Partner with Cultivation Capital and additionally helps companies build technology development teams in partnership with Brightgrove and other technology development organizations.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ant Taylor of Lyte.com, a ticketing platform that helps keep venues full and fans happy. In this episode, Ant talks about how fundraising is painful yet transformative, the key "bets" the company has made within the ticketing space, how to research VC partners, running a sequential vs. parallel process and more. The Company most recently raised a $15.3 million Series A venture round from CSC Upshot Ventures, Industry Ventures and Accomplice VC. Correlation Ventures, Jackson Square Ventures, Coelius Capital, Bernie Cahill, Greg Suess, Chris Martin, Matt Mickiewicz and Robert Goldberg also participated in the round. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com.

Ian Siegel is the co-founder and CEO of ZipRecruiter which is an online employment marketplace that connects millions of employers and job seekers through mobile and email services. The company has raised over $200 million from investors such as IVP, Industry Ventures, or Basepoint Ventures.m

Ian Siegel is the co-founder and CEO of ZipRecruiter which is an online employment marketplace that connects millions of employers and job seekers through mobile and email services. The company has raised over $200 million from investors such as IVP, Industry Ventures, or Basepoint Ventures.m

Roland Reynolds started one of the early fund of funds investing in emerging managers in 2007. He then joined forces with Industry Ventures in 2009 to land their fund of funds initiative. Industry ventures as a firm started in 2000 now manages $3.5B in assets under management. They invest across the entire stack of the venture capital ecosystem in secondaries, hybrids, directs and fund of funds. Roland dives deep into their investment criteria, how they decide to work with their investments, and where the market is today compared to 1999.Shruti Gandhi's twitter: https://twitter.com/atshrutiArray Ventures website: www.array.vcRoland Reynolds bio: http://www.industryventures.com/team/roland-reynoldsIndustry Ventures website: http://www.industryventures.com

Nylas, a startup that helps developers integrate email content into applications via an API, announced a $16 million Series B today led by Spark Capital. Other investors joining in included Slack Fund, Industry Ventures, and ScaleUp along with existing investors 8VC, Great Oaks Capital, Rubicon Capital and John Chambers' personal fund. Today's investment brings the total raised to $30 million.

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm's investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm's investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm’s investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm’s investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm’s investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm’s investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm’s investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm’s investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm’s investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

Hans Swildens is the CEO and Founder of Industry Ventures and manages the overall business. As an early pioneer of the modern secondary market for venture capital, he created new ways to get liquidity for venture capital investments prior to an IPO or M&A event. Additionally, he was early to support the development of a new class of venture capital partnerships focused on seed and early stage investing during the last decade. He directs the firm’s investment processes, operations and limited partner relationships. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 33676]

On this episode of Origins, we sit down with Roland Reynolds, a managing partner at Industry Ventures. Industry Ventures is a fascinating “full stack venture capital firm.” Their funds invest into companies and venture capital partnerships through both primary and secondary transactions, which is an important part of the venture ecosystem that we have yet to cover on the Origins podcast. We cover a lot in this episode — including Roland’s experience working earlier in his career at JP Morgan and Columbia Capital, as well as founding one of the first dedicated micro-VC fund of funds more than ten years ago. Roland’s firm, Little Hawk Capital, was an LP in Industry Ventures, and ultimately merged into it to begin their primary fund of funds business. What we found most interesting about this conversation was the breadth of the Industry Ventures business — their flexibility to approach the venture landscape in many different ways — as buyers of other LP’s positions in VC funds, as well as secondary buyers of individuals and employees shares in VC funds and companies, as primary investors in VC funds, and finally as direct investors in startups. Industry has the ability, and in fact mandate, to do it all. We learned a lot in this episode and think you will too.

Joseph Zwillinger is the Founder @ Allbirds, the startup that makes the world's most comfortable shoes check this out, made out of wool. They have funding from the likes of Maveron, Lerer Hippeau and Slow Ventures and an army of loyal fans that includes Larry Paige, Ben Horowitz, Mary Meeker and Dick Costolo. Prior to co-founding Allbirds, Joey enjoyed a range of careers from investment banking with Goldman Sachs to venture capital with Industry Ventures to working at next generation food and nutrition company, TerraVia. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Joey made his way from investment banker to venture capitalist to Founder @ Allbirds, Silicon Valley's hottest brand? 2.) How does Joey view the core tenets to creating a successful brand? Why must brands today go further to more of a movement? How can companies look to create movements within their customer base? 3.) How does Joey assess the effects of Amazon on retail? How does Joey evaluate the economic ramifications of Amazon's flea market approach on the brands behind the products? Why does Joey want Allbirds to stay far away from Amazon? 4.) How does Joey look to prioritize what he and Allbirds focus on? What is the one core metric that guides all their decisions and behavior? How is this applicable to every company of all stage and sector? 5.) Why does Joey think that not enough VCs are people orientated? How does Josh assess the VC class of today? What does he look for when deciding which investors to choose? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Joey’s Fave Book: Man's Search For Meaning Joey’s Fave Blog: First Round Review, Dan Primack As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Pendo delivers the only complete platform that helps companies create great products. The Pendo Product Experience Platform enables product teams to understand product usage, collect user feedback, measure NPS, assist users, and promote new features in-app - all without requiring any engineering resources. This unique combination of capabilities helps companies improve customer satisfaction, reduce churn, and increase revenue. Pendo is the proven choice of Salesforce, Cisco, Optimizely Citrix, BMC and many more leading companies. Start a free trial at http://go.pendo.io/harry Treehouse is an online school where you can learn how to build websites and apps. Their course library has thousands of hours of content, where you can learn all sorts of topics, including Javascript, iOS, Android and more.  With high-quality video instruction from real industry experts teaching you all you need to know, and quizzes and code challenges keep you engaged and on track. Learn on your own schedule and go from beginner to pro. Go to teamtreehouse.com to start your free trial.