An Interview with Jonathan Kroll, Partner at RareBreed Ventures

by BR Venture Fund | May 19, 2022 | Industry Interviews

See below for interview with Jonathan Kroll, a former founder, startup CTO, and product lead turned early stage VC. Currently a Partner @ RareBreed Ventures, Jonathan has had prior stints at Spero Ventures and a16z. In this interview, he talks about his learnings as...

An Interview with Becca Shmukler, Principal at Laerdal Million Lives Fund

by BR Venture Fund | May 5, 2022 | Blog, Industry Interviews

Becca Shmukler is a Principal at Laerdal Million Lives Fund, which is a $100M venture capital fund investing in commercial-stage healthcare startups with disruptive, data-driven technologies that enable the right care at the right time to achieve maximum life-saving...

An Interview with Michael DiPiano, Managing Director & Co-Founder at NewSpring Capital

by BR Venture Fund | May 2, 2022 | Blog, Industry Interviews

What were you doing before co-founding NewSpring and how did that lead you to wanting to start the firm?  Immediately prior, was doing the same thing with own money. Prior to that, (founded in 2000), Baxter healthcare spent 10 years, in healthcare field. Running...

An Interview with Amit Sridharan, Founding GP at First Rays Venture Partners

by BR Venture Fund | Apr 21, 2022 | Blog, Industry Interviews

Amit is a Founding General Partner at First Rays Venture Partners. ‘First Rays’ specializes in seed stage investments in Enterprise Infrastructure Software themes around Cloud, Edge, Data, Security and Developer tools. He has led investments that include...

An Interview with Stephen Peca, Founder of Windy Acres Capital & Advisory

by BR Venture Fund | Apr 14, 2022 | Blog, Industry Interviews

Stephen is currently managing director and founder of Windy Acres Capital & Advisory which provides strategy and business solutions to both growth-stage startup and established companies globally. Stephen has previously worked with Moody’s Analytics, Inc., Fleet...