"Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and Investing

By Erik Torenberg

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Episodes: 87

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On Turpentine VC, host and venture capitalist Erik Torenberg delves deep into the art and science of building successful venture firms through conversations with the world’s best investors and operators. Hear about insider strategies on decision-making, investment theses, and building firms for the long term—from the ground-level, VC to VC. Guests in season 1 include Ben Horowitz of a16z, Mamood Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins, and Alfred Lin of Sequoia.

Episode Date
E86: Inside Mischief VC's Evolution with Zach Perret and Lauren Farleigh
Apr 22, 2025
a16z's Voice AI Investment Strategy
Apr 15, 2025
E84: How Accel Captures Companies Outside Traditional VC Reach with Andrew Braccia
Apr 08, 2025
E83: Chad Byers on Why Susa is a Purpose-Built Seed Specialist [Classic Interview]
Mar 25, 2025
E82: Fundraising in Bear Markets: How Nichole Wischoff Closed $50M [How I Invest]
Mar 19, 2025
E81: Inside Seven Seven Six with Alexis Ohanian [Classic Interview]
Mar 11, 2025
E80: Logan Bartlett on How Great VC Firms Truly Operate
Mar 04, 2025
E79: Now at $2B Valuation: Mercor CEO On How They Started
Feb 25, 2025
E78: Why Benchmark is Different Than Other Firms with Sarah Tavel & Eric Vishria
Feb 18, 2025
E77: IVP's Somesh Dash on Growth Stage Investing and Strategic Discipline
Feb 11, 2025
E76: Thrive Capital's Bold Bets on Category-Defining Companies with Kareem Zaki
Feb 04, 2025
E75: Greg Castle (Anorak VC) on the Biggest AR/VR and Spatial Computing Opportunities
Jan 28, 2025
E74: General Catalyst CEO on Running VC Like an Enduring Company
Jan 21, 2025
E73: Aydin Senkut on Building Felicis Ventures
Jan 14, 2025
E72: Keith Rabois: On Identifying Talent [Classic Interview]
Jan 07, 2025
E71: How to Scale Talent | Andy Price, Artisanal Ventures [Cross Post]
Dec 31, 2024
E70: Martin Casado of a16z on AI Innovation and AGI
Dec 24, 2024
E69: Lost Tapes: Elad Gil on the Eve of the AI Boom
Dec 18, 2024
E68: How Theory Ventures Differentiates in a Crowded VC Market
Dec 11, 2024
E67: Defense Tech’s Rise with 8VC’s Alex Kolicich
Dec 03, 2024
E66: Why Inception Investing Beats Traditional Seed with Ed Sim of Boldstart
Nov 26, 2024
From The a16z Podcast: “Marc Andreessen on Building Netscape & the Birth of the Browser”
Nov 19, 2024
E64: Chris Paik on the End of Software and the Future of AI Infrastructure
Nov 12, 2024
E63: How Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman Continued Kleiner Perkins’ Legacy
Nov 04, 2024
E62: Wing's Chris Zeoli on AI Infrastructure Opportunities
Oct 30, 2024
E61: Rabois, Bartlett, Ryan, and Weinberg on AI, Gambling, and Healthcare
Oct 22, 2024
E60: How Lightspeed Invests in AI and Beyond with Arif Janmohamed
Oct 15, 2024
E59: Mike Maples Jr. on Disruptive Investing
Oct 10, 2024
E58: Roger Ehrenberg on Mastering Seed Investing
Oct 01, 2024
E57: a16z's Anish Acharya on Consumer AI
Sep 26, 2024
E56: Upfront Ventures' Mark Suster on Fund Management and the Exit Landscape
Sep 17, 2024
E55: Keith Rabois, Logan Bartlett, Kevin Ryan, and Zach Weinberg Dissect the Current Funding Climate
Sep 10, 2024
E54: Trae Stephens on Founders Fund
Sep 03, 2024
E53: Tomasz Tunguz on the Evolution of the Data Ecosystem
Aug 27, 2024
E52: Charting the Course of Biotech with Laura Deming, GP of Longevity Fund, and Will Eden of Sylvan Consulting
Aug 20, 2024
E51: Seth Bannon on Deep Tech, Biotech, and VC Strategies
Aug 13, 2024
E50: The Future of Crypto with Diogo Mónica of Haun Ventures
Aug 06, 2024
E49: Long Journey's Strategy for Chasing "Magically Weird" Companies
Jul 30, 2024
E48: Building Notable Capital (fka GGV Capital): Insights from Glenn Solomon
Jul 24, 2024
E47: Index Ventures' Mike Volpi on AI, Open Source, and Evolution of VC
Jul 16, 2024
E46: Vinny Pujji on Leveraging 3rd Order Analysis to Pick Winners for Left Lane Capital
Jul 11, 2024
E45: Sequoia Capital's Roelof Botha and Jacob Helberg on AI and National Security
Jun 25, 2024
E44: How Benchmark Invests in AI with Eric Vishria and Quilter Founder Sergiy Nesterenko
Jun 18, 2024
E43: Benedict Evans on Automation Crypto, VR, and Predicting the Future of Tech
Jun 11, 2024
E42: Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan on Why History Points to Crypto
Jun 04, 2024
E41: Do VCs Add Value? With Parker Conrad and Parker Thompson
May 28, 2024
E40: Venture, AI, and the Defense Industry with Joe Lonsdale of 8VC, Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital, and Matt Steckman of Anduril
May 21, 2024
E39: Navigating the AI Supercycle with Will Summerlin of Autopilot
May 14, 2024
E38: Turpentine Fund Brainstorm with Alex Edelson of Slipstream
May 07, 2024
E37: The Vinod Khosla Interview
Apr 30, 2024
E36: Joe Lonsdale on His Plan to Revitalize America's Declining Sectors
Apr 23, 2024
E35: How Jason Lemkin Built SaaStr
Apr 16, 2024
E34: Marc Andreessen on His Intellectual Journey
Apr 09, 2024
E33: Consumer Social, Marketplaces, and Becoming a Better Investor with James Currier
Apr 02, 2024
E32: Scott Belsky’s Angel Investing Lessons and Requests For Startups
Mar 26, 2024
E31: Slow's Will Quist on VC's Job to Fund the Creation of New Data Sets
Mar 19, 2024
E30: How Kirsten Green Built Forerunner Ventures
Mar 12, 2024
E29: Mike Maples on Building Successful Startups and Venture Funds
Mar 05, 2024
E28: Andreessen Horowitz GP Chris Dixon on Crypto, AI, and Web3
Feb 27, 2024
E27: Compound’s Michael Dempsey on Thesis-Driven vs Founder-Driven Investing
Feb 20, 2024
E26: Insights from IVP: Inside One of Silicon Valley’s Best Growth Firms
Feb 13, 2024
E25: Frank Rotman of QED on Navigating FinTech and Crypto Investments
Feb 06, 2024
E24: Building a Multi-Billion-Dollar Asset Management Firm with CoVenture's Ali Hamed
Jan 30, 2024
E23: Tomasz Tunguz on the Theory Behind Theory Ventures
Jan 23, 2024
E22: Phin Barnes on Unbundling VC
Jan 16, 2024
E21: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian on Reinventing Venture with Seven Seven Six
Jan 09, 2024
E20: Katherine Boyle on Building a16z’s American Dynamism Practice
Jan 02, 2024
E19: Union Square Venture’s Rebecca Kaden on How the Firm Develops Their Theses
Dec 26, 2023
E18: Sam Lessin on What's Going to Happen to VC in 2024
Dec 19, 2023
E17: Elad Gil on AI, Crypto, and What’s Next
Dec 12, 2023
E16: Lessons From Co-Founding First Round, Idea Lab, and B Capital with Howard Morgan
Dec 06, 2023
E15: Redpoint's Logan Bartlett on Carving Out a Spot in Venture
Nov 28, 2023
E14: A Deep Dive into Thrive Capital's Investment Strategy
Nov 15, 2023
E13: How Benchmark Thinks About Venture in 2023
Nov 07, 2023
E12: An Inside Look Into Sequoia's Strategy & Operations, with Alfred Lin
Oct 31, 2023
E11: Ann Miura-Ko Breaks Down How to Build A Venture Firm in 2023
Oct 24, 2023
E10: No Process, High Conviction — The Iconoclastic Founders Fund DNA
Oct 17, 2023
E9: Sam Lessin and Seth Rosenberg Debate: Will AI Favor Incumbents or Start-Ups?
Oct 03, 2023
E8: How Roger Ehrenberg Nets 10x Fund Returns
Sep 26, 2023
E7: How Floodgate Differentiated Again From Thousands of Seed Firms
Sep 19, 2023
E6: Chad Byers on Why Susa is Returning to Concentrated, Company-Building Seed Investing
Sep 12, 2023
E5: General Catalyst CEO on the Case for Operational Rigor in VC, with Hemant Taneja
Sep 05, 2023
E4: Sam Lessin on Why the Seed & “Factory System” Era of Venture is Dead
Aug 29, 2023
E3: Aydin Senkut on Why the Generalist Approach to VC Generates More Hits
Aug 22, 2023
E2: Kleiner Perkins Makes the Case for Craftsman VC, with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman
Aug 15, 2023
E1: Ben Horowitz on What Traditional VC Gets Wrong
Aug 08, 2023
Introducing: Turpentine VC
Aug 05, 2023