We hosted Angelo Santinelli, VC legend and masterclass-level thinker, for a no-holds-barred convo on AI investing, dry powder drama, and the VC flywheel. Fordham and Harvard alum, he went deep in the paint on his storied career and current and future trends, inspiring all of us. Big shoutoutto our sharp student voices: Brendan Johnson, Cole Bellissimo Benedict, and Bismaad Gulati for stellar questions that sparked 🔥insights.

Tap in to hear why LPs hold the power, AI's Jetsons moment is here, and how FOMO fuels the market.

00:00 Intro

04:00 Capital Invested

07:30 First Time Funds / Managers / Power Shifting to LPs

08:48 Venture Trends

011:50 Fly Wheel of Investing

012:50 Secondaries

16:53 Dry Powder + ‘Market Constipation’

18:35 Student Brendan Johnson Q re: Ai Startup Concentration

22:40 Investment FOMO

23:35 Student Cole Benedict Q re: DeepSeek + Timing of Capital Commitment

26:20 Student Bismaad Gulati Q re: Medical Ai

31:20 Ai Robots Trajectory / Jetsons shoutout / Ai Revolution

35:41 Longer Holding Periods in PE / Market Fluctuations

42:12 Student Cole Benedict Q re: Funding Smaller Operations

44:10 Student Brendan Johnson Q2: Perspective from Investor / Operator

49:30 Fordham ‘Ramily’ Appreciation

51:50 Building Skills + Building Network

This episode is part of the ‘Prof P’ series on the Whiskey Hue Stream. Recorded in part for my Fordham Gabelli students.

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WH145: Fordham VC Class, Guest Speaker: Angelo Santinelli