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The WeekThe WeekUncovered Weekly Recap 9.11.26
Founder UncoveredDoug Tallmadge, GradialThe not-so-big leap from aerospace to marketing ops.
Founder UncoveredIrina Denisenko, KnoxA five year wait. A five minute call.
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Weekly Wrap 8.28.26
VC UncoveredVaughn E. CroweThe best founders aren’t chasing trends, they're building on an earned secret.
CMO UncoveredSara Azadi, TushbabyTurning parenting pain into a durable consumer brand
VC UncoveredVC UncoveredThe Next Venture Advantage Isn’t Capital
CTO UncoveredJody BaileyAI Is Making Code Easier. It Is Making Trust Harder.
Founder UncoveredMike Peregrina, Amby AI“Growth at all costs will cost you.”
Founder UncoveredGal Vered, Checksum.AIThe Binary Bet: Risk, Verification, and the Real Bottleneck in AI-Driven Development
CTO UncoveredChad Fowler, BlueYard CapitalBuilding Systems That Want to Be Changed
Founder UncoveredYair Grindlinger, Surf AIThe best defenders do not wait for the future to settle.
LP UncoveredKai Chen, OceanIQ CapitalAccess is the New Advice: Building a Wealth Management Firm Around the One Thing AI Can't Replicate
Founder UncoveredTravis Hedge, Vouch.usThe Founder Who Changed His Mind and Built a Better Company Because of It
LP UncoveredAlex Tonelli, Endurance CompaniesThe Builder Who Never Stopped Building.
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals
Founder UncoveredJoe Barham, HIFI LabsRebuilding the Plumbing of the Music Industry
VC UncoveredNeal Mintz, Wischoff Ventures“You have to do as much of the job as you can before actually having the job.”
Founder UncoveredMason Swofford, Tenzo AIThe Bubblegum Trader Who Bet on AI Before the World Caught On
Founder UncoveredKatrin Kaurov, FrichThe Pros and Cons List Said Don't Do It. She Did It Anyway.
LP UncoveredJessie Guo, Next LegacyThe Cold Email That Led to $3 Billion in Charitable Giving
VC UncoveredChristine Keung, J2 VenturesFrom Government Insider to Investor: Helping Founders Unlock Opportunity in the Public Sector
Founder UncoveredCosmin Nicolaescu, AccrualThe Engineer Who Never Stopped Building
CTO UncoveredGal Vered, Checksum.AIThe gap AI left open: Writing code is solved. Verifying it is not.
Founder UncoveredCarlos Chavez, SytrexHe Stopped Pitching... and Got Seven Term Sheets
CMO UncoveredYogesh Mehra, Neu MoneyThe Right Customer, Not the Easy One: Rethinking the Cost of Growth
Founder UncoveredDori Yona, SimpleClosureThe Company That Helps Founders Let Go
CTO UncoveredAlan Boyce, Sprout SocialWhat Happens When the Invisible Contract Breaks? Rebuilding Engineering for a Non-Deterministic World
CMO UncoveredAndrea Leewong, ParafinThe Invisible Brand: How Parafin's CMO Markets a Company That Nobody Knows They've Already Met
Founder UncoveredDr. Ashley Benne, Rue FourFrom A Surgeon to Startup: How Ashley is Changing how Medical Practices Operate
VC UncoveredMercedes Bent, PremiseBuilding the VC Firm She Wished She Had
Founder UncoveredChang "CK" Kim, SaywiseThe Man Who Had to Stop Building to Remember Why He Builds
VC UncoveredNicole DeTommaso, Harlem CapitalThe Opportunity in the Overlooked: How Harlem Capital’s Nicole DeTomaso Bets on What Others Miss
CMO UncoveredJess Wen, SoLo FundsWhy brand is much more than a feeling, and how she is building a company identity that outlasts any founder, any algorithm, and any ad budget.
VC UncoveredEdwin Andrade, Core Innovation Capital“I don’t need to be the loudest person in the room to stand out. I focus on asking the right questions and building conviction.”
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredThe Best Returns Reshape the Financial System
Founder UncoveredJohn Taylor Garner, OdynnHow John Garner Built a Company for a Problem the Market Hadn’t Noticed Yet
CMO UncoveredIsla Dickerson, Happy MoneyThe Return to Stickiness: How Isla Dickerson Is Rebuilding Marketing From the Inside Out
Founder UncoveredSteve Ancheta, zig.aiHow one question became a new company.
VC UncoveredRachel Stern, Govtech Ventures“Most VCs see state and local government as slow, fragmented and unglamorous. I see 80% margins, near-zero churn, and acquirers actively pay”
Founder UncoveredSam Gibson, Hadron EnergyThe $10,000 Reactor Builder
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredEric Theis on the AI Opportunity Inside Neglected Workflows
VC UncoveredSelina Troesch, Intuit Ventures“I’d rather have a really beautiful un-portfolio than some big blow-ups. I have a sense of what are important things to understand before I”
CMO UncoveredKatie Perry, zerohashInside the Invisible Architecture of Global Finance
VC UncoveredDemi Obayomi, Sapphire Ventures“Success is the ability to make other people’s dreams come true.”
VC UncoveredAtlas Berry, M1CFrom South African Mines to Linkin Park: Building the Physical Backbone of AI.
VC UncoveredItamar Novick, Recursive Ventures“The ones that really go big are companies that get to a one winner take most dynamic.”
CTO UncoveredCTO UncoveredGetting Smarter With Every Edit
VC UncoveredSheel Mohnot, Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV)“Our tagline is ‘everything is fintech.’ Many vertical SaaS companies ultimately are fintech companies and derive the majority of their reve”
VC UncoveredVikas Raj, ResilienceVC“We try to avoid abstraction. We try to follow the throughline of what the company is offering all the way to how it generates real value fo”
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredManifesting the Future: Vinod Khosla, the Instigator Thesis, and the Superhot Geothermal Revolution
VC UncoveredPeter Day, super{set}“At the moment there’s this unwritten belief that AI is a chatbot. And I think that in the not too distant future, that will be seen as the”
VC UncoveredMarell Evans, Exceptional Capital“One of the most valuable things I’ve learned professionally and personally is to avoid marginalizing my ambition.”
VC UncoveredTarun Gupta, Jump CapitalForget TAM: Why the Best Companies Don't Find Markets. They Create Them.
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredThe Bottom-Up Signal
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredY Combinator's Strategy for Building Durable Startups
VC UncoveredVeni Dhir, ADP Ventures“I learned to invest by first learning how companies actually break.”
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredY Combinator's "Hard Tech" Bet
VC UncoveredNancy Hilliker, RPS VenturesIs Kindness the New Alpha? Why Empathy and Relationship-Building Win in the AI Era.
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredThe AI-Native System of Record
VC UncoveredStephanie Campbell, The Artemis Fund“True power starts with ownership.”
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredFrom Stablecoin Utility to Proactive Agents
VC UncoveredJason Freedman, Orange Collective“If it looks like a toy, it might be a huge company”
VC UncoveredBrittney Gavini, Pivotal Ventures“Is it still considered unconventional to believe women can build billion-dollar businesses?”
VC UncoveredCourtney Leimkuhler, Springbank.VCFrom the NYSE to the Care Crisis: Rebuilding the Economy’s Overlooked Backbone.
VC UncoveredRachel ten Brink, Red Bike Capital“As we're moving faster and faster with AI, you're able to build businesses faster with AI. You actually go back to deeply human skills in o”
VC UncoveredXan Wood, Canvas PrimeThe Art of “Long-Term Greed”: From Student Boxing Matches to the Mosaic Theory of VC.
VC UncoveredRyan Falvey, Restive Ventures“Our best founders are absolutely terrified of fictional competition, not even actual competition.”
VC UncoveredMarcos Fernandez, Fiat Ventures“Don’t chase hype. Chase simplicity, focus, and traction. The best companies are often the ones that are the most boring.”
VC UncoveredKaren Sheffield, Pachamama Ventures“Climate tech scales fastest when backed by corporate partnerships, not just venture capital.”
VC UncoveredAmee Parbhoo, Accion Ventures“Venture capital isn’t about finding the next big thing—it’s making sure innovation actually reaches the people who need it most.”
VC UncoveredMiguel Armaza and Andrew Endicott, Gilgamesh Ventures“We invest in people with the horsepower to change the way money moves across the world.”
VC UncoveredNia Patel, Montage Ventures“The relationship between investors and founders needs to go beyond capital.”
VC UncoveredDavid Mort, Propel Venture Partners“While capital can speed up hiring or product development, it simply can't manufacture the passion, grit, and perseverance that make a compa”
VC UncoveredTarun Gupta, Jump Capital“Only invest in companies you are so bullish on that you would legitimately be excited to quit your VC job and work with that founder on tha”
VC UncoveredKyle Perez, Foxe Capital“I think at best, VCs can add somewhere in the ballpark of 5% of company value, but at worst, can destroy 100% of it.”
VC UncoveredJeff Becker, Antler“We work with founders for two months in person, and we back the maniacs.”
VC UncoveredXan Wood, Canvas Prime“The best partners are ‘long-term greedy’.”
VC UncoveredSamantha Klingelhofer, Infinity Ventures“Grit and adaptability matter more than the idea or market timing... Ideas change, founders don't.”
VC UncoveredKatie Giometti, Obvious Ventures“Founders need fewer conflicting signals and more partners who can help them think clearly in the chaos.”