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The Peel with Turner NovakHow to Raise a VC Fund Today, How AI is Changing Fintech, Traits of Top Emerging Managers, Why Everyone is Selling Secondaries, Triple-Layered SPVs | Samir Kaji, Co-founder and CEO of AllocateSamir Kaji is the Co-founder and CEO of Allocate.This conversation is a deep dive into the private markets, the evolution of venture capital as an asset class, and how there are now 10x more private investment firms than public companies.We also unpack why 90% of venture funds simply can’t raise capital right now, advice for anyone raising a fund today, how to stand out as an emerging manager, why secondaries have become a primary driver of liquidity in venture, and how to navigate SPVs as a GP and LP.We also ta...2025-06-191h 42
The Peel with Turner NovakBenchmark’s Eric Vishria on Going Zero to $100M ARR in 12 Months, Archetypes of Top AI Founders, Why Storytelling is a Superpower, How Benchmark Makes New InvestmentsEric Vishria is a General Partner at Benchmark Capital.Our conversation goes inside the new class of startups going zero to $100 million ARR in 12 months, the ways AI is changing company building, and how Eric and Benchmark make new investments.We get into the risk rewards of Series As today, how Benchmark competes to work with founders, and and why the best storytellers win.We also talk about parallels between the 90’s, 2000’s, and today, and how the archetype of successful founders has changed in t...2025-06-051h 45
The IO Podcast: Investor + OperatorHow Benchmark Capital finds EXCEPTIONAL startups in the age of AI — A convo w/ Eric VishriaWith so many AI startups these days, how do you identify which will be home-runs and which will be flops?In this episode of the I/O Podcast, Tyler and Sterling sit down with Eric Vishria, a General Partner at the legendary Benchmark Capital, who uncovers their exact process for finding and funding some of the world's fastest-growing and most successful AI startups.Chapters:(00:07:28) Exponential Rise of AI Startups(00:10:21) Diverse Revenue Paths in AI Startups(00:14:10) LLM-enhanced Vertical...2025-05-2056 min
"Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and InvestingE78: Why Benchmark is Different Than Other Firms with Sarah Tavel & Eric VishriaIn this episode of Turpentine VC, we're sharing Erik Torenberg's 2023 interview with Sarah Tavel and Eric Vishria from Benchmark, exploring the firm's unique minimalistic approach, commitment to deep founder partnerships, and their deliberate avoidance of platform teams. — 📰 Be notified early when Turpentine drops new publication: https://www.turpentine.co/exclusiveaccess 🙏 Help shape our show by taking our quick listener survey at https://bit.ly/TurpentinePulse —SPONSORS:☁️ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application develop...2025-02-181h 27
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Benchmark's Eric Vishria on Where is the Value in AI: Chips, Models or Apps | Why Nvidia Will Not Be The Only Game in Town | The Commoditisation of Foundation Models | Which AI Apps Have Sustaining Value vs Hype and Short Term Revenue Eric Vishria is a General Partner @ Benchmark Capital, one of the world's leading venture firms. At Benchmark, Eric has served on over 10 boards including Confluent (CFLT), Amplitude (AMPL), Benchling, Contentful, Cerebras and several other private companies. Prior to joining Benchmark, Eric was the Co‐Founder and CEO of RockMelt, acquired by Yahoo in 2013. In Today's Episode with Eric Vishria We Discuss: 1. How to Make Money Investing in AI Today: How does Eric think through where value will accrue in the stack between chips, models and applications? Wh...2024-09-251h 02
The Peel with Turner NovakTeen Hacker to Founder, Building an Open Source Security Company | Bobby DeSimone, CEO of PomeriumBobby DeSimone is the Founder and CEO of Pomerium, the best way to authenticate, authorize, monitor, and secure user access to any application without a VPN.
Bobby explains why access control is so important, how it led to the biggest corporate hack ever, how its related to the day CrowdStrike took down the global economy, and how AI will change security.
Pomerium has a unique open source approach, and Bobby takes us inside the early days of building the product, how he got the first customers, lessons learning enterprise sales as a technical founder, and...2024-09-121h 15
"Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and InvestingE44: How Benchmark Invests in AI with Eric Vishria and Quilter Founder Sergiy NesterenkoIn today's episode, we discuss Benchmark's investment philosophy in the AI era with general partner Eric Vishria, and Sergiy Nesterenko, the Founder and CEO of Quilter. Sitting in for Erik Torenberg as host is AI Scout and Cognitive Revolution host Nathan Labenz. They cover the questions that Benchmark asks to determine whether a new company is solving an enduring or temporary problem, and the reasons why Benchmark hasn't invested in a foundational model to date. They also discuss the innovation behind Quilter's groundbreaking use of reinforcement learning to automate integrated circuit board designs. They delve into the importance of...2024-06-1853 min
"Company Breakdowns"Quilter with Benchmark's Eric Vishria, Sergiy Nesterenko, and Nathan LabenzToday we're diving into Quilter, which just raised a $10M Series A, to get a deeper understanding of venture capital's investments into AI-assisted hard tech problems. Eric Vishria, General Partner at Benchmark, and Sergiy Nesterenko, Founder and CEO of Quilter, join Nathan Labenz to discuss Quilter's groundbreaking use of reinforcement learning to automate integrated circuit board designs. They delve into the importance of thinking beyond 'co-pilots' to fully automated AI solutions, and explore the balance of research and engineering in the AI space.
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"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player AnalysisInvesting in AI for Hard Tech, with Eric Vishria of Benchmark and Sergiy Nesterenko of QuilterDive into the world of AI investments with Eric Vishria of Benchmark and Sergiy Nesterenko of Quilter. Explore the future of AI in hardware design, the strategies for venture capital investment in the AI era, and the impact on society. Discover why Benchmark has yet to invest in foundation model companies and the significance of solving enduring problems in this dynamic field. Join us for an eye-opening discussion on the intersection of AI technology and business innovation.🔥 Apply to join over 400 founders and Execs in the Turpentine Network: https://hmplogxqz0y.typeform.com/to/JCkp...2024-06-1354 min
The Logan Bartlett ShowEP 90: Eric Vishria (General Partner, Benchmark Capital) Behind The Scenes of Benchmark’s Boldest BetsEric Vishria and I both got into venture in 2014 and both focus on enterprise software. In episode 90, we discuss Eric’s unique approach to investments and what he looks for in founders and companies.We go back and forth on his model versus mine, as well as Eric's background, having grown up in Memphis and graduating from Stanford at 19 years old before joining LoudCloud, which became Opsware with Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen.(0:00) Intro(1:20) The role of venture capitalists(5:52) Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs(12:00) commonalities in investments that you haven't do...2024-01-121h 22
"Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and InvestingE13: How Benchmark Thinks About Venture in 2023This week's episode of Turpentine VC features Benchmark GPs Sarah Tavel and Eric Vishria. We discuss ideas that are central to Benchmark's beliefs in firm-building, including why platform teams exist to help the general partners more so than founders themselves. If you’re looking to improve your sourcing, tracking, and due diligence, check out: https://synaptic.com/turpentine---SPONSORS:🧲 Learn why Craft, Bedrock, NEA and 100s more trust Harmonic’s data to source deals. Harmonic is the most complete startup database, finding new companies as soon as they incorporate and tracking them through...2023-11-071h 26
Revenue BuildersInvesting in the Future of B2B Software with Andy PriceAs Founder of Artisanal Talent, Andy is globally recognized for having helped build, and invest in, some of the most successful software startups in history. He has spent 26 years in the industry, built two companies as CEO in the exec search industry, and 2 years inside two of the top VC firms in the world (Redpoint and Index).He continues to work closely with, and learn from, the best VC’s in the history of the space: Mike Speiser (Snowflake Founding investor), Scott Raney (Twilio, Stripe, Hashi), Mike Volpi (Elastic, Pure, Confluent, etc.), Ravi Viswanathan (Plaid, MuleSoft), Eric Vi...2023-09-281h 06
Oxide and FriendsOn Silicon Valley Bank with Eric VishriaEric Vishria of Benchmark and Oxide CEO, Steve Tuck, join Bryan and Adam to talk about Silicon Valley Bank, its role in the startup ecosystem, and the short- and long-term effects of its collapse.We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from March 17th, 2023.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined special guests Eric Vishria and Steve Tuck.(Did we miss your name and/or get it wrong? Drop a PR!)2023-03-1759 min
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'ShaughnessyEric Vishria – The Past, Present, and Future of SaaS and SoftwareMy guest this week is Eric Vishria, a general partner at Benchmark Capital. Eric joined Benchmark after spending the first part of his career as an operator and CEO. The topic of our conversation is the past, present, and future of software businesses. We begin by explaining why public software companies trade at such incredibly high multiples today. We then explore the several different generations of these businesses and why the future remains so bright for companies building software as their primary product. I’d go one step further and suggest that the information in this episode is even mo...2020-07-211h 07
Village Global PodcastBenchmark and Investing in Open Source with Eric Vishria and Chetan PuttaguntaEric Vishria (@ericvishria) and Chetan Puttagunta (@chetanp), general partners at Benchmark, join Erik on this episode.They discuss:- The unique partnership structure at Benchmark and how it has led to the continued success of the firm.- Why they are purposefully not trying to scale the firm, unlike other venture firms.- Their investments in open source, why the space is unique, and where the white space is.- What will change in the future in open source and web infrastructure.- Biotech as a space and...2019-12-0359 min
Product Hunt RadioThe future of consumer tech, communities and communication with Sarah Tavel and Eric Vishria of BenchmarkOn this episode I'm visiting Benchmark Capital, one of the world's most renowned venture capital firms, at their offices in the heart of the Tenderloin in San Francisco to chat with two of its general partners, Sarah Tavel and Eric Vishria.
Sarah Tavel has a unique background as an investor, then operator, and back to investor. In the mid-2000s she joined Silicon Valley-based Bessemer where she led an investment in Pinterest and others. She went on to join Pinterest back when they were only a few dozen people before returning to venture three and a half...2019-02-0600 min
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 153: How To Build and Scale Sales Teams As A Technical Founder, How To Scale The Sales Learning Curve & Why No One Actually Cares About Your Product with Spenser Skates, Founder & CEO @ AmplitudeSpenser Skates is the Founder & CEO @ Amplitude, the only analytics solution built for modern product teams that helps you understand user behaviour and ship the right solutions fast. They have raised over 55m in VC funding from many friends of SaaStr and 20VC including Eric Vishria @ Benchmark, Neeraj Agrawal @ Battery Ventures, the teams at IVP, Data Collective, Box Group and SV angel, just to name a few of their incredible investors. Prior to Amplitude, Spenser founded Sonalight, an app that allowed users to text while they drive, backed by the likes of Y Combinator. In Today’s...2017-11-2727 min
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 153: How To Build and Scale Sales Teams As A Technical Founder, How To Scale The Sales Learning Curve & Why No One Actually Cares About Your Product with Spenser Skates, Founder & CEO @ AmplitudeSpenser Skates is the Founder & CEO @ Amplitude, the only analytics solution built for modern product teams that helps you understand user behaviour and ship the right solutions fast. They have raised over 55m in VC funding from many friends of SaaStr and 20VC including Eric Vishria @ Benchmark, Neeraj Agrawal @ Battery Ventures, the teams at IVP, Data Collective, Box Group and SV angel, just to name a few of their incredible investors. Prior to Amplitude, Spenser founded Sonalight, an app that allowed users to text while they drive, backed by the likes of Y Combinator. In Today’s Ep...2017-11-2727 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Benchmark's Eric Vishria on Why Career VCs Have Advantages Most Under Appreciate, Why We Are In An Infrastructure Renaissance & What Makes The Best VC PartnershipEric Vishria is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the world’s leading VC funds with a portfolio including the likes of Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, eBay, WeWork, Yelp and many more revolutionary companies of the last decade. At Benchmark, Eric has led deals and sits on the board of the likes of Confluent, Amplitude, and Bugsnag. Prior to being in VC, Eric was the Founder & CEO @ Rockmelt, the startup that sought to re-imagine the browser for the way people use the web today, the company was ultimately acquired by Yahoo in 2013. Prior to Rockmelt Eric held numerous different roles incl...2017-09-2524 min
net@night (Video HI)n@n 213: RockMeltFirefox turns 6, the return of on-line pet food, OK Go toasts, NudgeMail, RockMelt, and more.
Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte
Guest: Eric Vishria
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We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.2010-11-1040 min
net@night (Audio)RockMelt - Firefox turns 6, the return of on-line pet food, OK Go toasts, NudgeMail, RockMelt, and more.
Firefox turns 6, the return of on-line pet food, OK Go toasts, NudgeMail, RockMelt, and more.
Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte
Guest: Eric Vishria
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/netnight
We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.
2010-11-1039 min
net@night (Video)RockMelt - Firefox turns 6, the return of on-line pet food, OK Go toasts, NudgeMail, RockMelt, and more.
Firefox turns 6, the return of on-line pet food, OK Go toasts, NudgeMail, RockMelt, and more.
Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte
Guest: Eric Vishria
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/netnight
We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.
2010-11-1040 min