Investing Episodes

Feb. 23, 2024

249: Bridging the Gap | Connor Murphy | One Problem, Two Ventures and…

This week’s guest is Connor Murphy, the CEO of Bridge. I met Connor at a Techstars event in Dublin in 2019 as he was just getting his latest venture off the ground in Bridge, and I started using the Bridge …

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Oct. 20, 2023

235: Reset Button | Arry Yu from the US Blockchain Coalition | Rebuil…

Arry Yu is a 23+ year emerging technology industry veteran, serial founder and strategic operator with expertise in scaling businesses from "zero to one" with a consistent track record building high-performing teams.

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Oct. 6, 2023

233: Money Talks w/ Elliott Griffin | Pete’s Path into Crypto | Ventu…

We’ve got a special crossover episode this week courtesy of our friends at the Irish VC podcast, with a big shout-out to Finn Hatherell for producing the initial episode on the Irish VC podcast channel over the summer. The Irish …

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Sept. 1, 2023

228: The Recipe | Liang Wu and Dan Herrera | Evolving Internet Insigh…

Joining Pete this week are Liang Wu and Dan Herrera from Eleven26 Capital, an early-stage VC firm investing in diverse founders on the evolving Internet across web2 and web3. In this episode, we get into how Liang and Dan originally …

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Aug. 4, 2023

227: Encore | Eoin Fitzgerald’s Last Dance & Techstars Web3 Recap

We’ve been on a bit of a hiatus this summer, as we took a break to recharge after a few mad months, as sometimes, you need to go away for a while and dream it all up again. In this …

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April 14, 2023

214: World Class | Techstars Web3 Class of 2023

This episode features a rundown of the 12 web3 founding teams that form the Techstars Web3 accelerator class of 2023, along with an intro to each of their CEOs.

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March 16, 2023

211: Money Talks: Lessons Learned from 1,000 Startup Deals | The Amer…

Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend take a quick look at the triumvirate of bank failures in the US with Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank before Eoin asks Pete about his lessons learned from seeing over 1,000 deals in …

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June 17, 2022

186: Money Maker | Eczodex | Bridging TradFi to DeFi | Michael Quarte…

Michael Quartey and Lukas Bruell, founder and co-founder of Eczodex, join the show this week to riff on how Eczodex are enabling investors to unlock more returns with traditional investments through DeFi (decentralized finance).

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May 13, 2022

181: Friends | Securo Finance and DeFi with Victor Lee and Alvin Foo

On the show this week, we’ve got Victor and Lee and Alvin Foo, co-founders of Securo Finance (formerly DAOventures) who are building a compliant, secure and easy to use DeFi (decentralized finance) investment platform for regular investors.

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March 4, 2022

175: My Philosophy | Nik Milanović, This Week in Fintech and The Fint…

Nik Milanović is the founder of This Week in Fintech, a global digest of fintech news, and General Partner at The Fintech Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund. In this episode, Pete Townsend and Eoin Fitzgerald talk to Nik about …

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Jan. 20, 2022

170: The Finsight Series | Beyond WealthTech

This episode is from the second edition of the Finsight Series virtual event that Pete Townsend moderated recently hosted by Navirum and Salesforce. In this conversation, we’ve got an all-star cast with Rory Galvin from Navirum, Kerry Ryan from Salesforce, …

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Dec. 10, 2021

167: Techstars Tag Team | Isaac Kato and Pete Townsend on Web2 vs Web3

Isaac Kato, who leads the Filecoin Techstars Accelerator program in Seattle joins Pete Townsend on this episode originally recorded as part of the Techstars Web3 Convo Series of fireside chats powered by the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator program in Ireland. …

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Dec. 3, 2021

166: Joey Krug | Pantera Capital, Being Early in Crypto and Shipping …

Joey Krug is the Co-Chief Investment Officer of Pantera Capital, the first institutional investment firm focused exclusively on bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the blockchain tech ecosystem. Joey joins Pete Townsend on this episode originally recorded as part …

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Nov. 26, 2021

165: Matthew Graham | Sino Global Capital, Web3 and Making Your Hobby…

Matthew Graham is the CEO of Sino Global Capital, who are providing strategic investment to best-in-class companies that are moving the blockchain and digital assets ecosystems forward, and then help them to thrive in the Asia market. Matthew joins Pete …

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Nov. 5, 2021

162: Money Talks #45 | Pete Townsend’s Irish Tech News Interview on D…

Suzanna Hayek from Irish Tech News interviews Pete Townsend on Pete Townsend on financial trends, digital finance and investing in startups. This interview was originally aired on Irish Tech News in early September, and they kindly gave us permission to …

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