New conversations from the Winners Welcome Podcast, featuring founders sharing how they think, build, and navigate high-stakes moments.
Mitchell Jones (Lava)
Mitchell joins HCP Partner Brandon Bryant to break down early-stage fundraising and why the first check is as much about the founder as the business. They cover investor psychology, what drives conviction, and the importance of staying in the game long enough to win.
Kate Ryder (Maven Clinic)
Kate joins our Managing Partner, Jarrid Tingle, to share what it takes to build a $1.7B healthcare company in a highly regulated market. The conversation explores scaling globally, building trust at scale, and how timing, resilience, and AI are shaping the future of care.
Commerce is starting to look very different.
In our latest thesis, The Age of Intelligent Commerce, we share how AI is shifting the entire buying experience, from discovery to transaction, and where we see the most compelling opportunities ahead.
What’s changing:
🔹 Buying is moving from browsing to conversation
🔹 Systems are learning preferences and acting on them in real time
🔹 Transactions are becoming more automated, with less manual input
We believe this shift will define the next generation of commerce companies. If you’re building in this space, we’d love to hear from you.
During NY Fintech Week, Lava and Harlem Capital ran a hands-on session showing finance teams and founders how to connect Claude to real tools. Attendees wired up workflows that do actual work and walked out with something usable the next day.
AccessGrid launched integrations with Z9/Flex and Farpointe Connekt readers, bringing Apple and Google Wallet credentials to existing access control setups. No new hardware or extra app required, just a mobile upgrade for the system you already run.
After conversations with leaders at more than 70% of the top 100 IPA accounting firms, the Propense team turned what they learned into a leadership playbook. From Hesitation to Action gives managing partners, CMOs, and CFOs a practical guide to driving AI adoption, with three models that work without changing how professionals operate.
On April 17, Henri joined MLT’s Breaking In: The Moves That Made Us Investors alongside Daniel Acheampong (Visible Hands), Jessica Patton (5th Century Partners), and Brandon William Jones (Gravy Wealth). The panel shared how they made the jump into venture, from operating roles to writing their first checks.
Real paths, real moves, and what it takes to get started.
Written by HCP Managing Partner, Henri Pierre-Jacques:
Why I Trust Revenue Numbers Less Than Ever - Why revenue metrics in the AI era can’t be taken at face value, and what venture needs to do about it.
What 25,000 Intern Applicants Taught Me About People - 25,000 intern applicants, one consistent lesson: the most important bet in venture is always the person.
What’s The Most Important Trait For Founders Today? - Velocity of Iteration and why it’s one of the most important traits of a Founder.
Written by HCP Partner, Gabby Cazeau:
The Era of Intelligent Commerce - The shift from reactive search to proactive, intent-driven systems.
The Age of Intelligent Commerce: The Future of How We Buy - How AI is ushering in a new era of commerce and the investment opportunities we see ahead.
Global VC funding broke every record on file
Frontier labs dominated the quarterly leaderboard.
📑 Q1 2026 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor
The clearest read on US VC dealmaking and exits.
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