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Origins: Inside Venture Capital

by OpenLP from LGT Capital Partners · English

BusinessInvesting

Hosted by a General Partner (GP) and a Limited Partner (LP), Origins dives into the venture capital ecosystem to learn how the people behind the money make decisions: How LPs choose VC funds to invest in, what drives performance in venture, the dos and don'ts of fundraising, what founders/entrepreneurs/CEOs need to do to raise a Seed, Series A and beyond, what it takes to go from emerging manager to franchise VC, and the latest private market trends and dynamics shaping the investment ecosystem. Origins is co-hosted by GP Nick Chirls and LP Beezer Clarkson.

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Minisode: Knowing What Great Looks Like & Venture's AI Macro Risk

How LPs and venture investors should evaluate “what great looks like” when markets are tightly correlated with the AI trade, and what macro risk means for endowments and venture returns.

3 Nov 2026 · 18m · 7 chapters

Carnegie Mellon's Miles Dieffenbach: Can Mega Funds Still Produce Venture Returns?

Whether “mega funds” in venture can still generate venture-style returns for LPs, given fund-size growth, fee structures, and public-market comparables.

20 Oct 2026 · 41m · 14 chapters

Robinhood's Sarah Pinto: Bringing Private Markets to the Public

Sarah Pinto explains why Robinhood Ventures is bringing venture/private-market exposure to non-accredited retail investors via SEC-regulated 40 Act closed-end funds, amid the shift to later IPOs and…

21 Sep 2026 · 38m · 19 chapters

Minisode: Answering Uncertainty, Venture’s Vibes Problem & the Limits of TVPI

Origins Minisode recap on how venture should be framed as answering uncertainty, why “vibes” are real but still need structure, and why TVPI can mislead in today’s market.

2 Sep 2026 · 9m · 4 chapters

Ask Forgiveness, Not Permission: Josh Browder on Building DoNotPay and Investing Like a Founder

Joshua Browder discusses building DoNotPay (founded at Stanford), why he believes in for-profit incentives, and his founder-style investing approach through Browder Capital (solo GP, pre-pre-seed…

20 Aug 2026 · 43m · 23 chapters

Minisode: The Endowment Model, LP Culture Fit & Surviving Venture Cycles

A minisode unpacking what Nick Turles and Beezer Clarkson learned from a prior conversation with Thomas Christensen about joining LGT Capital Partners’ Sapphire Partners platform, focusing on culture…

29 Jul 2026 · 9m · 4 chapters

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