In this episode of The BARE Ventures Podcast, Samir Vig interviewed Gaurav Jain, Managing Partner at Afore Capital. Samir and Gaurav cover the emergence of pre seed investing, the opportunity Afore Capital saw early on and what has shaped the evolution of today’s market.  

Story Notes:

• Gaurav’s Background
• Views On The Pre Seed Market
• Helping Founders Scale From 0 to 1
• Pre Seed Investment Process
• Advice For Founders
• Vision For Afore Capital

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In this episode of The BARE Ventures Podcast, Samir Vig interviewed David Goldberg, General Partner at Alpaca VC. They discussed Web3 and what it could mean for different people. They also covered future potential of the Metaverse and certain use cases of blockchain, like NFTs, which are becoming a modern day reality

Story Notes:

• David’s Background And Firm Overview
• What Web3 Means To David
• The Emergence Of The Metaverse
• NFTs, Gaming and Tokens
• Views On The Future Of The Space

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In this episode of The BARE Ventures Podcast, Samir Vig interviewed Nasir Qadree, Founder and Managing Partner at Zeal Capital Partners. Samir and Nasir highlight the importance of diversity among founders, investors, geography, and ideas. They discuss how this diversity positively impacts both the community and fund performance, while serving as a key differentiator for Zeal. They also touch on their experiences starting funds in Washington, DC, outside the core VC markets, and what that means to others starting funds in emerging venture cities. 

Story Notes:

• Nasir’s Background
• Zeal Capital Overview 
• Vision For The Team and Firm
• The Importance Of Diversity
• Being A Resource To Founders
• Building A Fund In An Emerging VC City

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In this episode of The BARE Ventures Podcast, Samir Vig interviewed Apoorva Pandhi, Partner at Foundation Capital. Samir and Apoorva highlight key topics for early-stage investors, what it means to be the first institutional check to invest and trends in enterprise investing. They also discuss adding value to founders besides just capital and the impacts of COVID on the industry.

Story Notes:

• Apoorva’s Background And Foundation Capital Overview
• Working With Early Stage Companies
• Thoughts On The Market
• Ways To Be A Good Investor Outside Just The Capital
• Impacts of Covid On The Venture Investing Process
• Future Of The Industry And The Enterprise Vertical 

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In this episode of The BARE Ventures Podcast, Samir Vig interviewed Rob Hilmer, Founder and General Partner at Goanna Capital. Rob and Samir discuss how Goanna utilizes secondaries and gets access to great primary fundraising rounds as a key differentiator to its success.


Story Notes:

• Background About The Fund
• Experience In Raising Funds
• Primary Rounds vs. Secondary Market
• Importance Of Methodology and Process At Goanna
• The Growth Stage Market
• The Pre IPO Market
• Ever Changing Landscape

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In this episode of The BARE Ventures Podcast, Samir Vig Interviewed Nick Dolik, Senior Vice President, Venture Banking Group at Signature Bank. Samir and Nick discuss the alternative sources of financing available for companies who are looking to explore options outside traditional venture capital equity raises. They also discussed the importance of debt capital and why it is or is not a good fit for certain companies. 

Story Notes:

• Nick Dolik’s Background
• The Venture Banking Group at Signature Bank
• Importance of Debt Capital
• Debt Providers for Startups
• Misconceptions Surrounding Debt
• Growth Equity
• Revenue Based Financing

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In this episode of The BARE Ventures Podcast, Samir Vig Interviewed Jake Yormak, Founder and Partner at Story Ventures. Samir and Jake highlight early stage investing trends, the data automation landscape and an overall changing market.


Story Notes:

• Jake Yormak’s background
• The Story Ventures fund
• Data automation thematic investing
• The changes in data automation technologies
• Pre-seed and seed stage funding
• Product-Fit Market Validation
• Evolution of early stage founders, investors and structures

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Samir Vig, Founder and CEO of BARE Ventures, launches The BARE Ventures Podcast, a series focused on the venture capital asset class, opportunities for investors, and insights into the market. As the venture capital industry can be difficult to break into or access, Samir’s experience led him to a conclusion: the market needed a better way to navigate and learn.

In the first episode of the series he reveals the goal of the emerging podcast, projected to capture the interests of audiences who want to learn more about the world of venture capital. Many listeners will be new to venture investing and are looking to build a strong foundation of knowledge to build from. 

“I thought the time was now to really try to educate the market to learn more about the industry,” the host states. “In this podcast series I will cover many of the topics that come up in regular conversation…”


Story Notes:

• The BARE Ventures Podcast
• Goals in better understanding the venture capital landscape
• Samir Vig’s Background
• Hybrid venture capital fund
• The importance VC strategies

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