Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

Venture Unlocked is the playbook for starting, operating, & scaling a successful venture capital firm. Samir Kaji, Host of Venture Unlocked has +20-years of experience assisting & advising startups and venture firms. Listen for VC fund guidance. ventureunlocked.substack.com

Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers is a business podcast hosted by Samir Kaji, with 162 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Samir Kaji hosts Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers, a business show with 162 episodes published.

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  Betting on Founders Who Build the Real World

  Dec 3, 202538 minS0

  <p>Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.</p><p>Welcome back to another episode of Venture Unlocked, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the business of venture capital.</p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Lior Susan from Eclipse to explore his journey from building companies in the physical world to founding and scaling a unique venture firm. We discuss the importance of high-conviction investing, assembling elite teams from operator backgrounds, and staying adaptable in a rapidly shifting market shaped...

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  Unpacking "A Crisis Moment In Seed"

  Nov 12, 202539 minS0

  <p>Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.</p><p>Welcome back to another episode of Venture Unlocked, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the business of venture capital.</p><p>Today, I sat down with Rob Go, Co-Founder and Partner at NextView, to discuss the shift in seed-stage investing and what seed funds need to consider to remain viable. The conversation was sparked by a series of Posts Rob wrote, the first of which was called a Crisis Moment in Seed. We...

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  Platform Shifts, AI, and the Future of Consumer Investing

  Sep 24, 202548 minS0

  <p>Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.</p><p>Welcome back to another episode of Venture Unlocked, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the business of venture capital.</p><p>In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Mercedes Bent about her fascinating journey from a tech-driven upbringing to becoming a leading venture capitalist. We discussed how her unique background informs her investment philosophy and the importance of originality and non-consensus thinking in today’s VC landscape. Our conversation also co...

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  The GP of 2030: AI, Automation, and the Future of Capital Formation

  Aug 20, 202548 minS0

  <p>Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.</p><p>Welcome back to another episode of Venture Unlocked, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the business of venture capital.</p><p>In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Alex Robinson, CEO and Co-Founder of Juniper Square. We talked about the evolution of private markets and the transformative role of technology and AI in fund administration. We also discussed the inefficiencies that inspired Juniper Square’s founding, the challenges of scaling op...

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  Jack Altman on the transition going from building a Unicorn with Lattice to starting a venture firm

  Jul 30, 202545 minS0

  <p>Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.</p><p>Welcome back to another episode of Venture Unlocked, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the business of venture capital.</p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Jack Altman, Managing Partner at Alt Capital. We unpack Jack’s journey from Lattice CEO to venture capitalist. We dive deep into the nuances of venture investing, exploring how operators transition into investors, the importance of founder relationships, and the critical elements of successful early-stage in...

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