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EPISODE · Aug 6, 2025 · 1H 1M

Molly Alter, Northzone Partner on Vertical SaaS, AI & B2B Scaling

from Venture with Grace · host Grace Gong

Molly Alter is a Partner at Northzone, based in New York. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capital faster and with greater transparency. Ready to make your fund operations smoother? Visit https://bit.ly/3GrB4Qj and see how easy it can be. ~~~~~She invests across early and growth stages, with a particular focus on Vertical SaaS and AI. Her portfolio includes companies such as GovDash and Clarium.Before joining Northzone, Molly was an investor at Index Ventures and Insight Partners, where she served on the boards of leading technology companies including Quantive, Glia, Lightricks, and Frame.io, which sold to Adobe for $1.3B. Since beginning her venture capital career in 2016, she has led and supported investments across both the U.S. and Europe, building a transatlantic perspective on scaling B2B software companies. Molly holds a degree in the History of Science from Harvard University.Topics: The $1.3B Exit Playbook: Lessons from Frame.io's Journey to AdobeHow AI is Modernizing Ancient IndustriesAI-First vs. AI-Enabled: Which Business Models Actually Scale?Healthcare supply chain AI trends#VerticalSaaS #AIInvesting #HealthTech #GovTech #VentureCapita

Molly Alter is a Partner at Northzone, based in New York. ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capital faster and with greater transparency. Ready to make your fund operations smoother? Visit https://bit.ly/3GrB4Qj and see how easy it can be. ~~~~~She invests across early and growth stages, with a particular focus on Vertical SaaS and AI. Her portfolio includes companies such as GovDash and Clarium.Before joining Northzone, Molly was an investor at Index Ventures and Insight Partners, where she served on the boards of leading technology companies including Quantive, Glia, Lightricks, and Frame.io, which sold to Adobe for $1.3B. Since beginning her venture capital career in 2016, she has led and supported investments across both the U.S. and Europe, building a transatlantic perspective on scaling B2B software companies. Molly holds a degree in the History of Science from Harvard University.Topics: The $1.3B Exit Playbook: Lessons from Frame.io's Journey to AdobeHow AI is Modernizing Ancient IndustriesAI-First vs. AI-Enabled: Which Business Models Actually Scale?Healthcare supply chain AI trends#VerticalSaaS #AIInvesting #HealthTech #GovTech #VentureCapita

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