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SMART VENTURE MEDIA

Amplifies the smartest minds

Erik Bernhardsson

CEO at Modal
Valuation: $4.65 billion

Prashanth Chandrasekar

CEO at Stack Overflow

Sri Viswanath

Founder & CEO at Sycamore

Erik Bernhardsson

CEO at Modal
Valuation: $4.65 billion

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner at Lightspeed

Patti Degnan

Partner at a16z

James Flynn

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Wen Sang

Cofounder & COO at Genspark.ai

Tim Shi

Co-founder at Recursive
Valuation: $4.65 Billion

Lior Susan

Founding & CEO at Eclipse Ventures

Steve Jang

Founder & Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures

Mar Hershenson

Founding Managing Partner at Pear VC

Mahi de Silva

Co-Founder at Higgsfield AI
Valuation: $1.3 Billion

Emily Yuan

Co-Founder at Corgi
Valuation: $4 Billion

Nico Laqua

Co-Founder at Corgi
Valuation: 4 Billion

Gary Pinkus

Senior Business Advisor at PACT Capital Partners, Chairman of McKinsey North America

Ryan Gavin

CMO at Slack

Roman Chernin

Co-Founder, Growth at Nebius

Sumit Chauhan

EVP, Office Product Group at Microsoft

Aparna Chennapragada

CPO for AI Experiences at Microsoft, former CPO of Robinhood, former VP of Google

Denise Persson

CMO of Snowflake

David Cowan

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners Portfolio: LinkedIn, Twitch

Kim Scott

NYT&WSJ Bestselling Author of Radical Candor, ex-CEO coach of Dropbox &Twitter

Howard Wright

VP at Nvidia

Ethan Evans

Former VP at Amazon

Chris Voss

CEO at The Black Swan Group, Ltd, WSJ Bestselling Author

Erin Egan

VP & Chief Privacy Officer, Public Policy at Facebook / Meta

Marvin Chow

VP at Google

Rob Chesnut

General Counsel, Global Head of Policy at Watershed, Former Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb

Deepak Agarwal

Chief AI Officer at LinkedIn

Monty Moran

Former Co-CEO at Chipotle Mexican Grill

Robert Rosenberg

Retired CEO of Dunkin' Donuts, ex-Board Member @Domino's Pizza

Kevin Rose

Chairman at Digg, ex-GP at Google Ventures

Chris Koehler

CMO at Twilio

Tony Stubblebine

CEO at Medium

Henry Schuck

CEO at Zoominfo

Berent Bellm

CCO at Wave Neuroscience, Former CEO at BigCommerce

Ben Kus

CTO at Box

Matt Madrigal

CTO at Pinterest

Suzanne Kounkel

CMO at Deloitte

Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at DoorDash

Daniel Kan

CEO and Co-Founder at Fifth Door

Chris Slowe

Senior Technical Fellow at Reddit

Todd Kaplan

CMO at Kraft Heinz, former CMO at Pepsi

Jim McKelvey

Co-founder at Square

Craig Newmark

Founder at Craigslist

Charlie Roberts

Chief Investment Strategist at Ark Invest

Mark Kraynak

Founding Partner at Acrew Capital

Clayton Bryan

Partner at 500 Global

Abe Murray

General Partner at AlleyCorp

Niko Bonatsos

Founder & Managing Director at Verdict Capital

Mitchell Green

Founder and Managing Partner at Lead Edge Capital

Ashu Garg

General Partner at Foundation Capital

Adeyemi Ajao

Managing Partner at Base 10

Nnamdi Okike

Managing Partner & Co-Founder at 645 Ventures

Alan Cohen

General Partner at DCVC

Peter Wagner

Founding Partner at Wing Venture Capital

Ravi Viswanathan

Founding and Managing Partner at NewView Capital

David Cohen

Co-Founder & CEO at Techstars

Jordan Segall

Partner at Redpoint Ventures

Kelli Fontaine

Partner at Cendana Capital

Neil Sequeira

Founder & Partner at Defy VC

Ed Sim

Founder & General Partner at Boldstart

Shira Eting

Partner at Vintage Investment Partners

Lior Susan

Founder and CEO at Eclipes Venture

Chris Douvos

Founder at Ahoy Capital

Arjun Sethi

Co-Founder and Chairman at Tribe Capital

Tony Conrad

Partner at True Ventures

Saanya Ojha

Partner at Bain Capital Ventures

Brent Murri

Partner at M13

Vivek Ramaswami

Partner at Madrona

Steve Sloane

Partner at Menlo Ventures

Ben Sun

Partner at Primary Ventures

Aditi Maliwal

General Partner at Upfront Ventures

Shahin Farshchi

Partner at Lux Capital

Darian Shirazi

General Partner at Gradient Ventures

Mar Hershenson

Managing Partner at Pear VC

Rajeev Dham

Partner at Sapphire Ventures

Aditya Naganath

Partner at Kleiner Perkins

Michael Droesch

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Somesh Dash

General Partner at IVP

Aaron Jacobson

Partner at NEA

James Flynn

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Emily Bennett

Partner at a16z

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner at Lightspeed

Ian Sigalow

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Greycroft

Chase Lochmiller

Co-Founder and CEO at Crusoe

Vijay Krishnan

Founder & CTO at Turing

Dave Steer

CMO at Webflow

Deepa Gopinath

CIO at MongoDB

Patti Degnan

Partner at a16z

Sonali Singh

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Alan Du

Partner at M12 -Microsoft's Venture Fund

Samantha Wu

Chief Marketing Officer at Eventbrite

Alex Mashrabov

CEO & Co-founder, Higgsfield AI

Olivia Nottebohm

COO at Box

Rashida Hodge

CVP, Microsoft

Kevin Smith

CIO at Lyft

Dipti Borkar

VP & GM at Microsoft Azure Data

Susana Rojas

Partner at Index Ventures

Lucas Swisher

Co-Head of Growth Investing at Coatue Management

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Scale — scaling healthcare, scaling AI platforms, scaling enterprise infrastructure, and scaling conviction as founders and investors build in regulated, high-stakes markets.

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AI is reshaping creative work, product experiences, and entire operating systems — from the creator economy to streaming, accounting, and AI-native investing.

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Cutting-edge AI infrastructure, VC investment strategies, GTM mastery for SaaS, causal AI innovations, and usage-based billing revolutions — unpacking commercialization, diligence, scaling, and growth in tech.

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AI-first companies, AI infrastructure, and the evolving landscape of AI applications in startups — from product DNA to hyper-scale data solutions, agent-led research, and more.

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How enduring companies are built — from the future of work, to enterprise software, to talent-first investing.

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AI scale, data, hiring, SaaS, and growth equity — thoughtfully spaced across the holidays.

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AI infra, enterprise, healthcare, and early-stage conviction.

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AI infra, GTM, creators, and early-stage conviction.

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AI in finance. infrastructure, GPUs & scaling

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AI—especially agents—is reshaping startups, productivity, and venture investing, through the lens of founders and VCs building and backing the next wave.

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AI infrastructure, data, and security are transforming enterprise, supply chains, and venture decision-making.

93

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Future of AI, cybersecurity, GTM, and early-stage investing — from seed fund strategy to AI video creation, CVC, and enterprise agents.

92

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Generative media to AI agents, Gen Z consumer behavior, cloud security, and enterprise AI strategy.

91

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How AI is transforming sales, analytics, decision-making, and early-stage investing.

90

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Redefining global go-to-market strategy to building the trust layer for AI

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Scaling customer support with AI to building the future of enterprise platforms

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AI infrastructure, and the creator economy

87

Venture with Grace

AI is reshaping brand, coding, and infrastructure—and how top operators and VCs are building and backing that shift.

86

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AI, enterprise software, and growth strategy converge into scalable execution—from agents and operations to VC-backed go-to-market playbooks shaping the next wave of companies.

85

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Leadership, AI, product, and venture

84

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AI, venture, and consumer brand builders

83

Venture with Grace

AI is evolving from feature to foundational infrastructure, reshaping enterprise software, product trust, and workflow-driven growth across startups and scale-ups.

82

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The future of AI, SaaS, and healthcare tech

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The edge in AI, SaaS, and scaling startups

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Venture with Grace

Scale — scaling healthcare, scaling AI platforms, scaling enterprise infrastructure, and scaling conviction as founders and investors build in regulated, high-stakes markets.

103

Venture with Grace

AI is reshaping creative work, product experiences, and entire operating systems — from the creator economy to streaming, accounting, and AI-native investing.

102

Venture with Grace

101

Venture with Grace

AI-first companies, AI infrastructure, and the evolving landscape of AI applications in startups — from product DNA to hyper-scale data solutions, agent-led research, and more.

100

Venture with Grace

How enduring companies are built — from the future of work, to enterprise software, to talent-first investing.

99

Venture with Grace

AI scale, data, hiring, SaaS, and growth equity — thoughtfully spaced across the holidays.

98

Venture with Grace

AI infra, enterprise, healthcare, and early-stage conviction.

97

Venture with Grace

AI infra, GTM, creators, and early-stage conviction.

96

Venture with Grace

AI in finance. infrastructure, GPUs & scaling

95

Venture with Grace

AI—especially agents—is reshaping startups, productivity, and venture investing, through the lens of founders and VCs building and backing the next wave.

94

Venture with Grace

AI infrastructure, data, and security are transforming enterprise, supply chains, and venture decision-making.

93

Venture with Grace

Future of AI, cybersecurity, GTM, and early-stage investing — from seed fund strategy to AI video creation, CVC, and enterprise agents.

92

Venture with Grace

Generative media to AI agents, Gen Z consumer behavior, cloud security, and enterprise AI strategy.

91

Venture with Grace

How AI is transforming sales, analytics, decision-making, and early-stage investing.

90

Venture with Grace

Redefining global go-to-market strategy to building the trust layer for AI

89

Venture with Grace

Scaling customer support with AI to building the future of enterprise platforms

88

Venture with Grace

AI infrastructure, and the creator economy

87

Venture with Grace

AI is reshaping brand, coding, and infrastructure—and how top operators and VCs are building and backing that shift.

86

Venture with Grace

AI, enterprise software, and growth strategy converge into scalable execution—from agents and operations to VC-backed go-to-market playbooks shaping the next wave of companies.

85

Venture with Grace

Leadership, AI, product, and venture

84

Venture with Grace

AI, venture, and consumer brand builders

83

Venture with Grace

AI is evolving from feature to foundational infrastructure, reshaping enterprise software, product trust, and workflow-driven growth across startups and scale-ups.

82

Venture with Grace

The future of AI, SaaS, and healthcare tech

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The edge in AI, SaaS, and scaling startups

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Smart Venture Podcast

The business side of being a creator, negotiating brand deals, and growing an audience quickly.

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Smart Venture Podcast

The business side of being a creator, negotiating brand deals, and growing an audience quickly.

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Creating viral TikTok content, building a sustainable creator-led business, and using content to attract clients.

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Starting an early-stage fund, leveraging your edge to build an investing track record, and building a world-class network.

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Early-stage startup investing, raising capital as a startup or fund, and building strong VC networks and deal flow.

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Investing in Gen Z founders, the VC path to managing director, and backing unicorn startups like Discord and Snap.

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Investing in successful startups, building strong VC deal flow, and raising funding as a startup.

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Media tech companies, launching successful newsletters, and succeeding as a non-technical founder.

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Web3 investing landscape, emerging trends and sectors in Web3, and new companies and business models to watch.

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YouTube channel, producing consistent high-quality content, and building systems and teams around a creator brand.

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Creating viral content, building a strong personal brand, and improving soft skills.

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Building a VC personal brand, identifying strong founders, and helping companies scale after investment.

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Building a VC personal brand, identifying exceptional founders, and helping startups scale after investment.

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Starting a crypto fund, accessing top crypto startups, and identifying investment trends in crypto.

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Creating engaging VC content, understanding trends in Web3 and creator economy, and building a career in venture capital.

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Starting a consumer tech VC fund, investing in strong consumer startups, and building a career in venture capital.

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Career growth in marketing, building brands in Web3, and building effective Web3 teams.

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Creating authentic Web3 brand experiences, building influencer partnerships, and growing a marketing career.

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Culturally relevant marketing campaigns, and developing a successful career in marketing.

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Music NFTs, building DAOs and NFT communities, and career opportunities in Web3.

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Gaming VC, building successful gaming funds, investing trends in gaming, and the future of the metaverse and Web3.

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Evaluating top crypto startups, identifying promising sectors in crypto investing, and building successful crypto investment teams.

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Building billion-dollar companies, raising venture funding, and creating successful games and gaming platforms.

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Building successful NFT marketplaces, creating strong crypto partnerships, and developing winning Web3 products.

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