From TechCrunch
By Maggie Stamets
June 3, 2025
This week on StrictlyVC Download, StrictlyVC’s Alex Gove and TechCrunch’s Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos are joined by return guest Elad Gil, one of the world’s most renowned solo capitalists, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders in the AI investing space.
He has backed companies like Airbnb, Stripe, Figma, and Perplexity, and he’s also the co-host of the No Priors podcast. In this episode, they discuss the current landscape for AI investors and what’s coming next.
Ali Partovi is using these indicators to spot future tech billionaires
In this episode of StrictlyVC Download, hosts TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos and StrictlyVC’s Alex Gove are joined by Ali Partovi, co-founder and CEO of Neo. They talk about Neo’s evolution from a scholar program that provides grants to talented technical young people to a venture fund that recently raised $320 million in committed capital.
May 1, 2025
Uncork Capital on 21 years of venture cycles — and what’s different about this one
This week on StrictlyVC Download, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos talks with Uncork Capital’s Jeff Clavier and Andy McLoughlin. They discuss how their seed-stage firm is positioning itself in this environment, from a recent investment in AI chipmaker Groq to bets on AI-native companies attacking unsexy industries like material sciences and robotics.
Aug 26, 2025
Drive Capital’s Columbus gamble is paying off
This week on StrictlyVC Download, TechCrunch EIC Connie Loizos is joined by Drive Capital co-founder Chris Olsen. Chris explains how Drive’s contrarian approach to fund size, ownership stakes, and geographic focus is generating returns where other firms are right now struggling. They also discuss the firm’s current composition, three years after Olsen and his co-founder in the firm, Mark Kvamme, went their separate ways after originally meeting as colleagues at Sequoia Capital. Plus: Why Silicon Valley billionaires are choosing Columbus, and what the “venture reckoning” means for the industry.
Jul 8, 2025
Tech resilience, breakout startups, and banking reinvented: The big conversations at StrictlyVC London in May
StrictlyVC London on May 13 will unite top investors and entrepreneurs to spark meaningful connections and drive forward innovation. Register here.
Apr 22, 2025
