{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Breaking Precedent","title":"Summer Break: Breaking the Pipeline Myth - Who Really Gets Funded in Venture Capital","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2670,"description":"This special summer episode of Breaking Precedent brings together six investors who are each rewriting the assumptions behind who gets funded. Across venture capital, professional sports, and philanthropy, the conversation traces where the industry's oldest excuses fall apart, and what these investors built instead.\n\nSamara Mejia Hernandez talks about building Chingona Ventures around the fastest growing, least funded founder population in the country. Stacy Brown-Philpot explains how she and two co-founders proved there was no pipeline problem, and why that discovery led her to launch Cherry Rock Capital. Ryan Nece reflects on what he saw handing money to unqualified advisors in professional sports, and why he built Next Play Capital instead. Ann Miura-Ko traces how much less capital it now takes to start a company, and questions whether venture has built enough tools beyond its own standard model. Aaron Holiday breaks down the structural math problem that led him to co-found 645 Ventures. Shiza Shahid describes why she left nonprofit fundraising for an investing model that let her stay closer to the work.\n\nTogether, these conversations make the case that capital is never neutral. Access is a decision, not a law of nature.\n\nKey Insights\nWhat sounds like a pipeline problem in venture is usually a myth. The real gap shows up later, at Series A.\nFraming founder diversity as charity misses the point. These investors underwrite for returns, not goodwill.\nAccess to capital does not guarantee access to good advice.\nPattern matching rewards familiarity. Thoughtfulness rewards attention.\nThe amount of capital a company needs to start has changed faster than venture's own toolkit.\n\nTimestamps\n\n00:00 Capital’s Clean Myth\n00:35 Scarcity to Math Drive\n01:53 Naming Chingona Ventures\n03:06 Breaking Into Venture\n04:47 Investing in the New Majority\n06:16 Opportunity Fund Origin Story\n08:46 Killing the Charity Narrative\n10:01 Coaching as Value Add\n12:58 Cherry Rock Series A Gap...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZnB7esk3hxfFIoNnysnaXcdcNStXN6Vgj5GFpWxsycY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZTZl/N2FhYTdlYjFlYjNj/MjZjZjU3MGMxYWM0/YWVlZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}