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The Venture Capital Show

by Ryan Harper

The Venture Capital Show is where the people building and funding thenext generation of companies come to talk straight.Host Ryan Harper sits down with venture capitalists, founders, angels,scouts, and emerging fund managers on how venture actually works:raising a fund, getting to a yes, pricing a round, surviving a downmarket, and building companies that matter.Real numbers, real decisions, no fluff.Whether you are raising your first round, writing your first check, orrunning your tenth fund, this is your seat at the table.

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Episodes

  1. John Diaz, Stone Mountain Ventures: From Cold Email to a $5M Fund

    John Diaz left private equity at 24 to start a healthcare venture fund. A cold email landed his first anchor investor, and that same investor went on to back his entire $5 million Fund II. John Diaz is founder and managing partner of Stone Mountain Ventures, a Dallas solo GP firm that invests…

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  2. Matthew Tarver, Foundt Capital: Lost $100K, Then Went Nuclear

    "It doesn't matter how great the deal is." Matthew Tarver learned that at 27, losing nearly $100,000 on an oil and gas deal bought out of bankruptcy and run by the wrong people. Today he leads seed rounds in nuclear power and battery storage, and about 90 percent of every bet is still the...

  3. David Evans, Sentiero Ventures: Why He Passed on OpenAI at $30 Billion

    "We had the opportunity to invest in OpenAI in the $30 billion round... But we couldn't do the right due diligence." David Evans passed. By his own count it would have been a 100x. He explains the rule that made him pass, and why it still governs every check he writes.David Evans is Managing...

  4. Inside a Venture Studio: $3M In, $150M Out | Trey Bowles, 1845 Ventures

    Trey Bowles takes 50% of a company on day one, and argues the founder still walks away with more than venture capital would leave them.Trey Bowles, co-founder and managing partner of 1845 Ventures, joins Ryan Harper on The Venture Capital Show to explain what a venture studio actually is, how the...

  5. The Next $30B Cybersecurity Company Will Be Built on AI Security | Dan Williams, Delta-v Capital

    Cybersecurity's next $30B company won't protect your network. It will protect your AI. Delta-v Capital's Dan Williams explains why.Dan Williams, Partner at Delta-v Capital, joins Ryan Harper on The Venture Capital Show to break down the AI security thesis: why large language models and AI agents...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Venture Capital Show is where the people building and funding thenext generation of companies come to talk straight.Host Ryan Harper sits down with venture capitalists, founders, angels,scouts, and emerging fund managers on how venture actually works:raising a fund, getting to a yes, pricing a round, surviving a downmarket, and building companies that matter.Real numbers, real decisions, no fluff.Whether you are raising your first round, writing your first check, orrunning your tenth fund, this is your seat at the table.

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The Venture Capital Show is where the people building and funding thenext generation of companies come to talk straight.Host Ryan Harper sits down with venture capitalists, founders, angels,scouts, and emerging fund managers on how venture actually works:raising a fund, getting to a yes, pricing a...

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