Venture Capital (VC) invested nearly $500 billion in 2022. By investing into startups seeking transformational scale, successful venture-backed companies have the potential to change how we work, communicate and live. Given this potential, understanding who plays what role in venture and how they approach the process of investing is critical to harnessing its potential to do good.

Join us and guests KJ Sidberry (Google Ventures) and Evelysse Vargas (Zeal Capital Partners) to learn about their unique paths into venture, the importance of understanding the human condition when it comes to investing, and how emotional intelligence is a cornerstone of their field.

Brief primer on the size, scale and scope of venture capital [0:44]
KJ and Evelysse’s unique paths into venture capital [5:00]
Google Venture’s approach to investing and KJ’s approach to due diligence [10:00]
Zeal Capital Partners’ investment focus and Inclusive Investing strategy [14:00]
A day in the life as an investor at GV and ZCP [17:45]
What are you most excited about or trying to get better at? [22:20]
What advice would you offer to your younger self? Curiosity and generosity. [29:00]

All views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily express the views of Google Ventures or Zeal Capital Partners.

Demystifying Industry Jargon: general partner (GP), limited partner (LP), institutional investor, due diligence, fundraising rounds (seed, Series A, etc.), initial public offering (IPO), venture capital fee structure, exit, liquidity

Impact(ed) is written, recorded and produced by its two co-hosts, Eric Horvath and Lucas Turner-Owens. Please connect with us on Linkedin, we’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode, your recommendations for future topics and guests, and be in community with you.

Graphic Design by Ann Van. Original Music by Lucas Turner-Owens.

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Impact(ed)By Impact(ed)Dec 05, 2023