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Post MoneyFrom Bankruptcy to Fund VI: Lessons from a Founder-Led VC | Nihal MehtaMost venture capital stories start with wins, but this one starts with bankruptcy.In this PostMoney Podcast episode, Nihal Mehta, co-founder and managing partner at ENIAC Ventures, recounts how failing publicly in his early 20s, including filing for Chapter 7, shaped his view of founders, risk, and what actually matters in the zero-to-one stage. From meeting his partners as engineering students at the University of Pennsylvania to building ENIAC over 16 years into its sixth fund, Nihal explains why survival, not hype, is the real compounding advantage.Drawing from his experience as a serial founder before becoming...
2026-01-1932 min
Post MoneyVC Power Law Explained and Why a Founder Should Care with David BeiselOnly a handful of startups create all the returns in venture capital and most founders don’t realize what that means for them. In this PostMoney Podcast episode, David Beisel, co-founder and partner at NextView Ventures, explains how the VC power law actually plays out after investing in 200+ companies, why only 8–10 truly matter, and how that reality shapes investor behavior at the pre-seed and seed stage.Drawing from 15 years of experience, from raising a $21M first fund to managing ~$500M AUM, David breaks down why hard pivots create big wins, why incremental changes usually fail, and how foun...
2026-01-0641 min
The Tippy Top1.10. Nic Pillow on equity funding, customers and success in start-upsA warm welcome to Nic Pillow on this final episode of season 1 of the Tippy Top Podcast.
Nic is currently a VC investor at Blackfinch Ventures. Prior to that Nic completed a doctorate in AI at the University of Oxford, founded a start-up, worked in many other start-ups and also did his time in corporate, including 7 years at Nokia.
Nic brought a balanced perspective to the show, including being very candid about what taking equity funding is really like.
Key topics and learnings:-
1. Do you really want equity funding?:
2021-12-2944 min