This week on Build Mode, we\u2019re diving back into the archives for a special best-of episode all about venture capital. Host Isabelle Johannesen and producer Maggie Nye revisit conversations from past seasons to give founders a glimpse behind the VC curtain and a better understanding of what investors are really looking for.<\/p>\n
From choosing the right investors to building a differentiated go-to-market strategy, these venture capitalists and founder-turned-investors share hard-earned lessons on fundraising, portfolio dynamics, investor-founder relationships, and what separates the companies that successfully raise their next round from those that don’t.<\/p>\n
In this episode, you’ll hear from:<\/p>\n
\u2022 <\/p>\n
\u2060Yuri Sagalov, managing director at General Catalyst\u2060 (https:\/\/pod.link\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vWUZMNjEyNzkzNjQ5NA\/episode\/YzkyY2ZhZTYtMGNmMS0xMWYxLTk3NzQtZWZjNzRiNDcwOGE2<\/a>) <\/p>\n \u2022 <\/p>\n \u2060Ross Fubini, managing partner at XYZ Venture Capital\u2060 and Leslie Feinzaig, founder and general partner at Graham & Walker\u2060 (https:\/\/pod.link\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vWUZMNjEyNzkzNjQ5NA\/episode\/MzE0MDA0NzAtZDZiYS0xMWYwLWFjNDctYjc3YWVhYmQ4YWE2<\/a>) <\/p>\n \u2022 <\/p>\n \u2060Paul Irving, partner at GTMfund\u2060 (https:\/\/pod.link\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vWUZMNjEyNzkzNjQ5NA\/episode\/MDgwZWY3MzYtZWMzYy0xMWYwLWI1ZjYtY2IwMmU4MjRjZjkx<\/a>) <\/p>\n \u2022 <\/p>\n \u2060Leah Solivan, founder of TaskRabbit and founder of Precedent VC\u2060 (https:\/\/pod.link\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vWUZMNjEyNzkzNjQ5NA\/episode\/NGVlOGUyZTItMmQ1Ni0xMWYxLTllZmUtN2Y0OWM5MDQ2ZWNj<\/a>) <\/p>\n Chapters:<\/p>\n 00:00 Intro<\/p>\n 01:19 Yuri Sagalov (General Catalyst): The three types of investors and who founders should avoid<\/p>\n 03:29 Ross Fubini (XYZ VC) & Leslie Feinzaig (Graham & Walker): What great investors actually bring to the table<\/p>\n 08:36 Paul Irving (GTMfund): The go-to-market signals investors look for<\/p>\n 12:30 Leah Solivan (TaskRabbit \/ Precedent VC): Understanding the competition inside your investors’ portfolios<\/p>\n 14:30 Outro<\/p>\n Subscribe to Build Mode on\u2060 \u2060Apple Podcasts\u2060\u2060 (https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/build-mode\/id1561051074<\/a>) ,\u2060 \u2060Spotify\u2060\u2060 (https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0Dqmcq2aDrZkS9v1fITOKV<\/a>) , or\u2060 \u2060wherever you like to listen\u2060\u2060 (https:\/\/pod.link\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vWUZMNjEyNzkzNjQ5NA<\/a>) . And watch the full videos on\u2060 \u2060YouTube\u2060\u2060 (https:\/\/youtu.be\/1jCGsEOizz8<\/a>) . New episodes of\u2060 \u2060Build Mode\u2060\u2060 (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/build-mode\/<\/a>) drop every Thursday. Hosted by Isabelle Johannessen. Produced and edited by Maggie Nye. Audience development led by Morgan Little. Special thanks to the Foundry and Cheddar video teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week on Build Mode, we\u2019re diving back into the archives for a special best-of episode all about venture capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}