Village Global Podcast

Phil Bonello (@PhilJBonello) joins Erik on this episode. They Discuss:- Building an investment thesis around The Sovereign Individual- The future of nation states- Crypto’s role in self-sovereignty- What will lead to user adoption of crypto- Why is censorship on the rise- How has the logic of violence evolved over time- The future of cities- How does education need to respond to the Information age- The future of fiat currencies- The defensibility of bitcoin- Valuation models for crypto assets- The promise of governance tokens- Why haven’t prediction markets taken off- What are decentralized networks uniquely suited for- What’s going to be the biggest milestone in crypto in the next couple of yearsThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

Jonathan Haidt (@JonHaidt), a social psychologist at NYU-Stern, joins Erik on this episode. They Discuss:- What are the problems with social media and are they temporary or lasting issues- How social media has affected Gen Z- What led to the rise of polarization- What needs to happen to solve the issues of social media- When do you design for humanity’s evolutionary flaws- Has politics replaced religion as a source of identity- Activism versus truth seeking- Is Democracy doomedThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

Patri Friedman (@patrissimo) of Pronomos Capital joins Erik on this episode. They Discuss:- Why now for charter cities- The role of Incrementalism versus disruption in creating charter cities- Request for startups- Which geographies will be the most important for the charter city movement- How will geopolitics affect the growth of charter cities- What’s going to be the spark that allows charter cities to take off- The role of venture capital in funding charter cities- How will national identities evolve over time- How crypto networks will play a role in real world governance- The future of nation states- The decline of religion and its role in society- How will charter cities affect equality - When to overcome evolutionary instincts versus when to accept them- What’s the future of cities and suburbs- The future of Silicon ValleyThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

Ash Fontana (@ashfontana), General Partner at Zetta, and Leo Polovets (@lpolovets), General Partner at Susa Ventures, join Erik on this episode. They Discuss:- What does the future of venture capital look like?- Which firms are leading venture capital and who will be the top venture firms 10 years from now?- Being a generalist investor versus a specialist- Portfolio structure and the role of follow-on funding as part of a firm's strategy- Is it important to have one portfolio company that can return the entire fund?- Are there moats in venture capital?- The role of pricing power in venture capital- How is venture similar and different to company building?- Compounding Data Moats- Request for StartupsThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

Olaf Sakkers (@osakkers), Partner at Maniv Mobility, and Prescott Watson (@prescottwatson), Principal at Maniv Mobility, join Erik on this episode.They discuss:- How mobility has changed in the past 5 years- Investable companies in mobility- The role of private infrastructure versus public infrastructure- Buying versus leasing assets in mobility- When and where do incumbents beat startups- The incumbents that will still be around 10 years from now- The winners and losers of the mobility raceThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

Nan Li (@nanli), Managing Director at Obvious Ventures, and Zavain Dar (@zavaindar), Partner at Lux Capital, join Erik on this episode.They discuss:-How Deep Tech has evolved over time-The state of Computational Biology today-What the future of Biology looks like-What Big Pharma is focused on and the market opportunity for biotech startups-What’s their request for startups in computational biologyThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

Malay Gandhi and Nikhil Krishnan discuss trends and innovations in healthcare startups, MRI accessibility and pricing, opportunities in the healthcare sector for entrepreneurs, challenges in the healthcare supply chain, unbundling hospitals and empowering physicians, success of One Medical and standardized solutions in healthcare, the state of digital health in 2019 and potential developments in 2020, and challenges and market failures in addressing infectious diseases.

Venture capitalists Greg Rosen (@Grosen) at Bedrock and John Melas Kyriazi (@jmelaskyriazi) at Spark join Erik to discuss:- Deep tech as the answer to the drought of pure play consumer companies.- Leveraging regulatory arbitrages for deep tech companies to get to market faster.- Intersection of consumer and biotech.- Enabling infrastructure for biotech.- Emergence of food/agtech.- New computing platforms.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

Sarah Tavel (@sarahtavel), partner at Benchmark, and Nabeel Hyatt (@nabeel), partner at Spark Capital, join Erik on this episode.They discuss:- Why they love investing in marketplaces and the evolution of marketplaces over the last decade.- Why the wave of Uber For X startups didn’t take off.- How they evaluate marketplaces, and why founders get confused about “which race they’re running” when creating a marketplace startup.- Where they’re excited about seeing more marketplaces and which spaces they advise founders to avoid.- The impact of SoftBank and their analysis of the current crop of public marketplace companies.- Common mistakes they see founders making in marketplace startups.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Eric 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 some of the companies they’ve invested in.- Why entering the healthcare market is fraught with difficulty in the US.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.