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PSL VenturesVC firm · US5cheques in 12 months41all time1ledCompanies they are listed as backing
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- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundAcquired CapitalManaging Member of the General Partnersince 2024
- SEC Form D · Company raisingFar Homes Inc.Directorsince 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raisingHEROIC DATA INC.Executive Officer, Directorsince 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raisingFREEDOM ENTERPRISES, LLCExecutive Officersince 2014
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The AI Slowdown Debate | Nico Wittenborn, Scott Keogh, Mitchell Green, David Rosenthal & Ben Gilbert, Faraj Aalaei
WithBen GilbertFaraj AalaeiMitchell GreenNico Wittenborn
MentionsLead Edge Capital
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(04:30) - The "Pacing AI" Debate (27:51) - Nico Wittenborn discusses his journey from growing up in Germany and selling refurbished iPhones to founding Adjacent, a solo-GP venture firm. He shares his investment strategy across consumer subscriptions, AI, hardware, and European technology,… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageAltman's Long-Term Vision, The GPU Bubble, Acquired Hosts Live in The Ultradome | Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal, David Faugno, Sergiy Nesterenko, Justin Lopas, Ryan Daniels, Zack Ganieany, Yash Rathod, Alex Shieh
WithBen GilbertRyan DanielsYash Rathod
MentionsKarim Atiyeh
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(01:18) - Altman's Long-Term Vision (26:18) - Karim Atiyeh, co-founder and CTO of Ramp, discusses the company's innovative use of AI agents to automate financial operations, enhancing efficiency and accuracy in tasks like expense classification and fraud detection. He highlights the integration… More on the show's page
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Acquired's Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on private markets, ZIRP impact, future of Amazon | E1706
WithBen Gilbert
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Acquired co-hosts Ben and David are BACK to discuss the state of the VC market and YC shutting down its Continuity Fund (6:20) before diving into industries that benefitted from ZIRP (26:35). They also break down which social apps they want to own and why (45:29). Then, Ben and Jason wrap up the… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageAmazon's transformation, Peloton's mistakes, VC market downturn & more with Ben Gilbert | E1582
WithBen Gilbert
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Acquired's Ben Gilbert fills in for Molly Wood and joins Jason to discuss Amazon's transformation (3:57), AI edge cases (22:02), Peloton's mistakes (32:05), used car prices (59:59), and the current VC market downturn. (1:09:18) (0:00) Jason tees up today's topics! (3:57) Acquired's Ben Gilbert… More on the show's page
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EP 23: Non-Crypto Talk with Zach Weinberg plus Interview with Acquired Podcast’s Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
WithBen Gilbert
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Time Stamps: (1:18) Introducing Zach Weinberg (2:44) Web2 celebrity status (7:22) Frozen tech market (10:33) Investor perspective (14:06) Current market state (25:07) Advising founders (34:24) Bill Magnuson Story (38:13) Founder characteristics) (42:37) Zach vs Keith Rabois (49:13)…
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David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert – Acquiring an Industry. Venture is Eating the Investment World 1 (Capital Allocators, EP.229)
WithBen Gilbert
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David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert are venture capitalists and hosts of the Acquired podcast. Acquired is one of my favorite shows. In it, David and Ben tell stories of great companies in technology with thorough research and a fun, engaging style. Our conversation kicks off the mini-series with… More on the show's page
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WithHoward Schultz
Their bookOnward
MentionsBen Gilbert
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Starbucks. You’d be hard pressed to name any brand that’s more ubiquitous in the world today. With nearly half a billion global customer purchases per week across its stores and 3rd party retail channels, a significant portion of the human population gets their daily fix in the green and white… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageVC market overview, Vision Fund impact, Amazon's core businesses & more with Acquired | E1530
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Acquired's Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal join the show to discuss how they think about public market investments (1:43), VC token sales (27:25), a VC market overview (45:40), the Vision Fund's impact on Silicon Valley (1:00:33), and Amazon's core pillars! (1:13:21) (0:00) Jason intros today's… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pagePortfolio construction, Sequoia's transition & Fast with Acquired.FM + The Dropout: This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris | E1429
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First, Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal from Acquired join Jason to talk portfolio construction (13:41), Roelof Botha succeeding Doug Leone at Sequoia (30:58), and to debate the takeaway from Fast's demise (52:22). Then Lon Harris from Inside Streaming joins to discuss the final two episodes of The… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageCreating a new venture fund: formation, follow-on strategies & more with Acquired | E1258
MentionsBen Gilbert
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Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal from Acquired join to discuss David's new venture fund Kindergarten Ventures (00:56), how to structure a VC fund (12:16), Jason's super pro-rata strategy (30:17), podcasting (35:50), and they tease the next episode on "The Mount Rushmore of Venture Capital" (56:11) &… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageBest of This Week in Startups: Week of August 24th, 2020
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E1100 featuring Clearview AI's Hoan Ton-That: https://rb.gy/r1dofh E1101 featuring Acquired's Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal: https://rb.gy/qqoju5 E1102 featuring Zero Mass Water's Cody Friesen: https://rb.gy/rt6lps Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis More on the show's page
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