Venture with Grace

Dmitry Petrov is the Co-Founder & CEO at Iterative.ai. He is a former researcher turned startup founder. With a background in data management algorithms, including a PhD thesis, and industrial data science experience he has transitioned into the realm of developer cutting-edge data infrastructure for AI. - Challenges and Solutions in ML Data Versioning - The Role of Open Source in ML Data Versioning - Best Practices for Collaborative ML Projects 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.

Anubhav Maheshwari is a Partner at Stage 2 Capital. Anu started his career as an Analyst in Morgan Stanley's Global Technology Investment Banking group advising both private and public technology companies on M&A, IPOs and other capital markets financings. While always at the intersection of technology and finance, Anu has moved to progressively earlier stages with time. After Morgan Stanley, Anu was an investor at ICONIQ Growth where he focused on Series B and later growth investments in software, fintech, and consumer startups. As you can likely extrapolate, the next step in the journey has been joining Stage 2 Capital and investing in Seed and Series A stage B2B startups. Anu is a long-time Chelsea FC fan, novice electronic music producer, slightly better guitarist, and maybe too serious a board game player (Catan, anyone?). Topic: - Lessons from Growth Stage Investing Applied to Early Stage - Go-to-Market AI - Unique Approach to Deal Sourcing 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.

Winter Mead is the founder and CEO at Coolwater. Most recently, he has worked in financial services for a decade at two SEC-registered investment firms and has invested approximately $1-billion across 80 private equity and venture capital firms as a Limited Partner, specializing in venture capital. Before becoming an investor, Winter Mead worked in the technology world at three different angel and venture capital financed start-ups. Winter has been involved with two leading industry organizations: as a member of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and at the committee level of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), which sets private equity industry standards. In this spare time, he helps teach at Stanford University with a focus on entrepreneurship and venture capital. He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, which is a professional designation for those specializing in investments such as venture capital. He graduated from Harvard University and the University of Oxford. - Key qualities of the best funds - fundraising landscape for fund managers - Tracking performance as LPs 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.

Bill Sun is the founder and CEO of Generative Alpha. He was a successful quant portfolio manager with a billion-dollar AUM trading global equity in the Millennium fund. Bill graduated from Stanford Math/AI PhD and also worked at Citadel, Point72 Cubist as a Quant/AI researcher and Google Brain, where he participated in the discovery of transformer architecture. Topic: * Quant Trading and AI-Enhanced Investing Insights * The Future of Wall Street's Buy-Side with Next-Generation AI * Accessibility of Finance Beyond the Wealthy Disclosure: I am an investor in Generative Alpha. 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.

David Zhou is the Head of Investor Relations at Alchemist Accelerator, a startup accelerator focused on investing the first check into rockstar B2B companies, where we were the first investors in companies like LaunchDarkly, rigetti, moengage, Retail Zipline and more. Prior to Alchemist, David ran operations and community for On Deck Angels, a community of the world's most ambitious angels and first-time fund managers. On the side, David is an active angel, LP in VC funds, blogger on Cup of Zhou, and the host of Superclusters, a podcast that demystifies the money behind the VC money. Topics: - Strategies for Identifying and Cultivating Connections with LPs - Understanding the Core Motivations of LPs - Key Influencers in LPs' Investment Choices 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.

John Kraski is the Co-Founder of Future Proof which is focused on helping brands build the future communities of tomorrow. Future Proof is your trusted partner in navigating the digital frontier of the future and a trusted partner of the world's #1 Roblox builder. He is the author of Amazon #1 bestseller, The Future of Community which is focused on how brands and creators can leverage Web3, AI and emerging technologies to make more money. Before entering the Web3 space, he spent 20+ years in various executive positions at various Fortune 1000 companies, including KPMG, PwC, J.P. Morgan, and The Walt Disney Company. He also holds an MBA in Entertainment from the University of Southern California. Topics: 1. Strategies for Community-Led Growth in Startups 2. Investing in Community-Centric Ventures 3. Future Trends in Digital Community Building 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.

Gobi Dasu, co-founder of LD Talent, exemplifies the modern tech landscape's focus on rapid learning and adaptability. Completing his Stanford CS degree in two years, becoming a digital nomad, and then pursuing a master's in HCI+AI, Gobi now leads LD Talent while working towards a PhD at Northwestern. LD Talent, a network of diverse, vetted developers at ldtalentwork.com, encourages continuous learning and productivity, reflecting key trends in the tech industry concerning the future of work, diversity, and the importance of lifelong learning. Disclosure: I am an investor in LD talent. Topic: 1. The Future of Work in a Digital Age 2. Diversity in Tech 3. Lifelong Learning as a Career Catalyst 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.

David Teten founded Versatile VC, which backs early-stage companies that help investors generate alpha and succeed. He is Chair of PEVCtech, a community of family office, private equity, and VC funds making better investments through technology and analytics. He is a Venture Partner with Coolwater Capital, the "Y Combinator for emerging VCs". Topics: 1. How are VCs differentiating using tech & analytics? 2. What are best practices of portfolio acceleration? 3. How should VCs source deals? 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.

Romain Paulus, a founding engineer at MetaMind, which Salesforce acquired in 2016, has an extensive background in AI and technology. His expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP) was developed through his role as a research assistant at Stanford University. Paulus also contributed significantly as a founding engineer of You.com, a private search engine known for summarizing web content. Currently, he is applying his skills as a founding engineer at Raive and actively participates as a Limited Partner at Builders Fund. His areas of focus include: - Generative AI applications in music - Fundamentals of generative AI - Legal and ethical challenges in generative AI and their implications for startups 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.

Arad Malhotra, the founder and CEO of Report To Earn, leads a Web3-based rewards system for reporting and validating useful information in the real world. Additionally, he co-founded Skyless Game Studios, a video game studio dedicated to creating games with social, educational, or philanthropic impacts. He also features on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. 🌐 The Evolution and Future of Web3 Technologies: 🎮 Innovations in Gaming for Social Good 🚀 Understanding the Gaming Industry 🌍 How Blockchain Supports Social Good 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://bit.ly/gracegong 💻Website: http://smartventurepod.com 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 🔥TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 👏LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP ❤️IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 💡Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc ___________________________________________________ Grace Gong hosts a top VC podcast called "Smart Venture Podcast" (SVPpro.com). Past guests include C-level and VP executives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and others; Managing Partners of leading funds, many of whom were featured on the Forbes Midas List; and unicorn founders such as the founders of Craigslist, Square, Loom, and Cruise. Prior to this, Grace worked in venture capital and private equity. She has authored books that topped the New Release in Venture Capital category on Amazon. Additionally, she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance and is an angel investor.