{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"upside","title":"CC022: connecting the coasts to the heartland // a Coffee Chat from the Comeback Cities Tour","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8dd4d5e3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2527,"description":"Interview starts: 06:15\r\n\r\nThis conversation took place on the third Comeback Cities tour on May 15, 2019, aimed at connecting venture capitalists from the East and West Coasts with investment opportunities in the heartland. It also had stops in Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown.\r\n\r\nThis conversation includes:\r\n\r\nAshley Brasier and Janou Gordon from Lightspeed Ventures Partners, a Bay Area VC firm focusing on early stage investments in the enterprise technology and consumer space.\r\nLearn more about Lightspeed: https://lsvp.com/\r\n\r\nCourtney Buie Lipkin from First Round Capital, a Bay Area and Philadelphia based early stage VC fund specializing in technology based around real estate, manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, and transportation, among other industries.\r\nLearn more about First Round: https://firstround.com\r\n\r\nEzra Galston from Starting Line Ventures, an early stage Chicago based Venture Capital fund investing in premier consumer startups & brands.\r\nLearn more about Starting Line: https://www.startingline.vc/\r\n\r\nNitin Pachisia from Unshackled Ventures, a Bay Area based early stage venture capital fund for immigrant founded startups.\r\nLearn more about Unshackled Ventures: https://www.unshackledvc.com/\r\n\r\nPatrick McKenna from HighRidge Venture Partners, which invests in early stage companies and focuses on tech startups bases outside of Silicon Valley\r\nLearn more about HighRidge: https://www.highridgevp.com/\r\n\r\nPeter Rojas from Betaworks Ventures, a seed stage venture capital fund based in New York and the Bay Area investing in network-focused, consumer-facing media businesses.\r\nLearn more about Betaworks Ventures: https://betaworksventures.com\r\n\r\nRoy Bahat from Bloomberg Beta, an early stage venture capital fund based in the Bay Area and New York focused on investing in the future of work.\r\nLearn more about Bloomberg Beta: https://bloombergbeta.com\r\n\r\nFollow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qhlBwGFVyVQpTQUPz91SL_FZ9LxsieuifdWQEs8peZY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzkxLzE2MDU2MzQx/MjktYXJ0d29yay5q/cGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}