Andrew Romans, General Partner of 7BC Venture Capital, 3x author, and university professor, talks to VCs, founders and other VC-startup ecosystem players about all things venture capital, startups, entrepreneurship, technology, CVC, and big corporate tech titans.
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E133: In this episode of Fireside with the VC, Andrew Romans is joined by Chris Wilkerson, founder and GP of 51 Ventures. They discuss the booming sports tech industry, the importance of relationships in the sports ecosystem, and how understanding industry language is critical for venture success. Whether you're interested in sports technology, venture capital, or relationship-building, this…
The one clause most founders forget to negotiate — and the family-office investor who's quietly used it for decades to protect capital and engineer better exits. Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital) sits down with Arthur Bavelas, founder of Family Office Insights, to unpack information rights — the deceptively simple legal provision that decides who gets paid, who gets stuck, and who actually gets…
Fireside with a VC E131: Discover how Tyson Tuttle, CEO of Circuit AI, is leveraging AI to revolutionize manufacturing, supply chain, and enterprise workflows. This conversation covers strategic company growth, technological innovation, and the future trajectory of AI-enabled industrial solutions. · Tyson Tuttle's journey from semiconductor leadership to AI entrepreneurship · The application of AI…
In this episode of Fireside with a VC , Andrew Romans explains how VC secondaries really work in large private companies — and how buyers and sellers can avoid common mistakes. We cover: · Secondaries vs. primaries · Stock transfer permissions and why deals get blocked · ROFRs and the ROFR price · Direct to cap table vs. layered SPV structures · How to calculate the all-in cost (with or without…
E129 — Silicon Valley Real Estate – Selling Google their first building - Barry DiRaimondo, CEO, SteelWave In this episode of Fireside with a VC , I sit down with Barry DiRaimondo to understand the history, present and future of Silicon Valley real-estate market from a lifetime veteran who sold Google their first building. The story of selling Google their HQ building Is Commercial RE a hard…
In this episode of Fireside with a VC , I sit down with Biju Ashokan , CEO of Radius , to unpack how AI and automation are reshaping the real estate agent workflow—from lead to close. We discuss: · How AI and automation can help agents buy or sell five times more properties per year (in the right operating model). · What an “always-on” assistant looks like: proactively sourcing inventory, matching…
In this episode of Fireside with a VC, I sit down with Simo Lemhandez, CEO, Folk We discuss: CRM built today with native-AI technology. How one CRM draws data from email, CRM, WhatsApp, meeting notes and more. Integrating data enrichment, mining your data, sending email sequences and follow up reminders all in one dynamic application. How CRM can become a virtual assistant. Allowing CRM to do much…
In this episode of Fireside with a VC , I sit down with FabriceGrinda, founder of FJ Labs investing in seed at scale : 3 investments per week We discuss: Valuations of AI Seed to Series A startups All things market places, take rates, valuations, exits Secondaries, how to sell, when and how much Take rates and how to layer revenue on a marketplace Why the seed VC market outperforms the growth…
In this episode of Fireside with a VC , I sit down with Arvin Grover , General Partner at Digital Health Venture Partners (DHVP) , to dive into how AI is reshaping healthcare and where the biggest opportunities are for founders and investors. We discuss: · Why roughly 22% of the healthcare sector has adopted AI compared to 9% in the broader economy · The most compelling use cases for AI across the…
