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Hosted by Connie Loizos & Alex Gove · EN
Each week, StrictlyVC Editor-in Chief Connie Loizos and Alex Gove, a former journalist, VC, and operating exec, review the top stories in StrictlyVC and interview a mover and shaker in the world of tech.
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Marc Lore Has Big Plans for Wonder That Go Beyond Fast Casual
Nov 16, 202400:47:47Tap to summarizeAt a StrictlyVC event in New York this past Wednesday, Connie talked to Marc Lore, founder and CEO of Wonder, about Wonder's plans for the future, including the news that Wonder is buying GrubHub for $650 million, or $6.65 billion less than the Netherlands-based food delivery company Just Eat Takeaway paid for the company just four years ago.
Transcribe →Ashton Kutcher Never Wants to See Your Pitch Deck Again
Nov 9, 202400:32:05Tap to summarizeAshton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Effie Epstein of Sound Ventures talk about their AI strategy and why they think we are in the early innings of artificial intelligence startups.
Transcribe →Live from Disrupt: Vinod Khosla Is Optimistic about AI despite the Risks
Nov 2, 202400:29:42Tap to summarizeConnie talks to legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, founder and managing director at Khosla Ventures.
Transcribe →Billionaire Frank McCourt Wants to Buy TikTok; Here’s His Plan
Oct 19, 202400:25:47Tap to summarizeConnie and Alex talk to billionaire Frank McCourt about his plan to buy TikTok and transform it into a decentralized platform where users have control over their data and identity.
Transcribe →General Catalyst Layers in Financing to Boost Its Fortunes
Oct 12, 202400:44:13Tap to summarizeConnie & Alex talk to Hemant Taneja and Pranav Singhvi of General Catalyst about their “Customer Value” strategy, a funding model in which General Catalyst pre-funds a company's customer acquisition cost in exchange for a capped return linked directly to the customer value generated from its investment. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired)2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance)3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher)4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea)5. "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3687-edm-detection-mode)License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Transcribe →A Frustrated Al Gore Compares Climate Pledges to "New Year’s Resolutions"
Sep 21, 202400:32:38Tap to summarizeConnie talks with former Vice President Al Gore and his business partner, Lila Preston, about a new, annual climate report that their sustainability-focused investment management firm, Generation Investment Management, has issued.
Transcribe →FTC Chair Lina Khan on Startups, Scaling, and “Innovations in Potential Lawbreaking”
Jun 15, 202400:38:39Tap to summarizeConnie talks to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, about the need for regulation in the tech industry to ensure competition and address potential risks of AI, the challenges of regulating innovation in a rapidly changing tech environment, and the potential risks and benefits of breaking up big tech companies.
Transcribe →The Ins and Outs of Investing in Europe, according to VC Saul Klein
Jun 8, 202400:37:58Tap to summarizeConnie chats with seed-stage investor Saul Klein about the European startup scene.Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired)2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance)3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher)4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea)5. "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3687-edm-detection-mode)License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Transcribe →Rippling’s Parker Conrad on the company’s new round, its new lease and its newest critic
Apr 27, 202400:22:32Tap to summarizeConnie talks to Rippling CEO Parker Conrad about Rippling's new $200 million round that the company raised at a hefty $13.4 billion valuation.Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired)2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance)3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher)4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea)5. "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3687-edm-detection-mode)License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Transcribe →IVP’s Eric Liaw on London, succession, and that Klarna kerfuffle
Apr 5, 202400:27:11Tap to summarizeConnie talks to Eric Liaw of IVP about London, succession, and that Klarna kerfuffle.
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