Democratizing Alpha: Recent Episodes
Alpha Partners
Co-founding Partner, Brian Smiga, and the Alpha team, connect with venture capital partners, founders and investors to explore what drives explosive and inclusive growth. Learn from diverse and passionate VC Partners who are democratizing growth, as they delve into why and how the best venture investments are building inclusive products and services that democratize access to essential goods and services including health, wellness, education, jobs, skills, transportation, security, and commerce. Learn more, visit us here: alphapartners.com
Nitin Pachisia @immigreating, co-founder and GP of Unshackled Ventures @UnshackledVC, talks about the underrated synergy of immigrant founder teams and why frugality generates ingenuity.
Links:
HBR: “Why Immigrants Are More Likely to Become Entrepreneurs”, “Why Diverse Teams are Smarter”
Axios: “Venture capital slowly seeps outside of Silicon Valley”
Pine Park Health
Unshackled team: Manan Mehta, Samala, Alexis Maciel, E’mani Davis
Unshackled Pitch link / Nitin’s calendar
Unshackled: The most common reasons we pass on companies
SHACK15 + SHACK15 CONVERSATIONS podcast
Transcript available here.
To be in touch with Brian, DM @bsmiga.
Alan Patricof, co-founder of Primetime Partners (and Greycroft Partners, Apax Partners), talks about the benefits of building companies for people over 50, by people over 50.
Links:
Thrive Global / Abby Levy
MIT: “Successful entrepreneurs are middle-aged, not young.”
The number of Americans ages 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years
The Caregiving Crisis
Transcript available here.
To be in touch with Brian, DM @bsmiga.
Sonia Nagar @ssahney, of The Community Fund @theCommunityVC, talks about why community-driven companies can be bigger, faster, and more cost efficient to grow.
Links:
Pritzker Group Venture Capital @PritzkerVC
Dame @dameproducts / Alexandra Fine @afinehuman / Dame Labs
Flybridge @flybridge / Jesse Middleton @srcasm
Ganas Ventures / Lolita Taub @lolitataub
Listen Ventures @listendotco
Transcript available here.
To be in touch with Brian, DM @bsmiga.
Marlon Nicols @MarlonCNichols, founding managing partner of MaC Venture Capital @MaCVentureCap, talks about how more diverse private investment leadership can bring us closer to equity in our immediate future.
Links:
NVCA: VC Human Capital Survey, 2021
BLCK VC , #BLCKVC
Kauffman Fellows Program
@PaulJudge / @TopeAwotona / @RubenHarris / @DaveSalant / @SongeLaRon
Transcript available here.
To be in touch with Brian, DM @bsmiga.
Alan Patricof, co-founder of Primetime Partners (and Greycroft Partners, Apax Partners), talks about the benefits of building companies for people over 50, by people over 50.
Links:
Thrive Global / Abby Levy
MIT: “Successful entrepreneurs are middle-aged, not young.”
The number of Americans ages 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years
The Caregiving Crisis
Transcript available here.
To be in touch with Brian, DM @bsmiga.
Irwin Loud, co-founder of Chicago-based Muller and Munroe, fund of private equity funds, talks about the recent progress of directing capital to minority and women general partners.
Links:
NAIC Examining the Results
Cambridge Associates: Sector Specialists Outperform by nearly 5%
Cambridge Associates: Sector Specialists Outperformance
Cambridge Associates: Diverse Manager Investing
Transcript available here.
To be in touch with Brian, DM @bsmiga.
Our host sits down with Brian Cohen from the New York Angels to discuss Pinterest, one of his category leading companies.
Our host sits down with Mark Achler at Math Ventures to talk about his category leading company, Aprevita.
Our Host sits down with Brad Harrison at Scout Ventures to talk about his category leading company, Bespoke Post