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Nothing Ventured

De: Aarish Shah - EmergeONE
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In conversation with the people who make the start-up world go round. Join Aarish Shah as he talks to founders, investors, and operators across the tech and venture ecosystem exploring some of the lesser-heard stories and challenges they've faced as they try to build the future.https://nothingventured.tech/Follow Nothing Ventured on socialTwitter https://twitter.com/NVPodFacbook https://www.facebook.com/NothingVenturedPodTikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@nothingventuredpodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/nothingventuredpod/Aarish Shah - EmergeONE Economía Gestión y Liderazgo Liderazgo
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  • Rajan Dosanjh & Ankush Shah: Playing indefinitely repeated games

    Rajan Dosanjh & Ankush Shah: Playing indefinitely repeated games
    Nov 27 2025
    In this episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah sits down withRajan Dosanjh and Ankush Shah, partners at Rank Ventures, to unpack what real early-stage investing looks like in 2025 and beyond. We get into: 🔥 Why “banking is eat what you kill” but “venture is eat what you grow” 🔥 How bad governance, weak boards & misaligned incentives pushed them to build Rank 🔥 Why 2026 will demand profitability plans and default-alive thinking 🔥 Why skin-in-the-game investors behave differently 🔥 How to remove blame culture and run an effective board 🔥 What founders must internalize about the new funding environment If you’re a founder, operator, angel or fund manager — this one cuts deep. Timestamps: 00:00 — Intro to Rajan & Ankush and the Rank Ventures story 02:00 — “Banking is eat what you kill; venture is eat what you grow” 04:30 — The investment that went wrong — and what it taught them 07:00 — Shared values, asymmetric bets & building trust 10:00 — Operator vs investor mindset (and how to balance both) 14:00 — Bad governance in venture: fiduciary failures & hard lessons 17:00 — Why Rank has real skin in the game (and no management fees) 21:00 — DPI over TVPI: why returns need to be real, not theoretical 24:00 — The new VC market: slower capital, higher expectations 31:00 — What founders need going into 2026: default-alive + ROI-driven growth Find Rajan Dosanjh online at: LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajan-dosanjh/ Rank Ventures: https://rank-ventures.com/ Find Ankush Shah online at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankush-shah-64144a34/ Rank Ventures: https://rank-ventures.com/ This episode is sponsored by EmergeOne, fractional CFOs for venture backed tech startups from Seed to Series B. Get in touch at https://emergeone.co.uk/contact-us/ or join the CFO team at https://emergeone.co.uk/join-the-cfo-team/ Sign up for EmergeOne’s weekly newsletter, Off Balance at https://off-balance.beehiiv.com/subscribe Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • AI Is Eating Venture Capital Alive | November 2025 Proves It

    AI Is Eating Venture Capital Alive | November 2025 Proves It
    Nov 20 2025
    November 2025 might go down as the month venture capital actually snapped. Cursor raised $2.3B at a $29.3B valuation — for a coding assistant. One company, Anthropic, took 29% of all global VC funding. And 18 companies consumed a third of the world’s capital. This isn’t a market. It’s a feeding frenzy. In this explosive episode of Nothing Ventured, Aarish Shah breaks down the 5 signals that prove the venture landscape has officially entered its “no rules” era: ⏱ Chapters 00:00 – Intro 00:27 – The $29B Cursor Shockwave 05:12 – Defence Tech Goes From Taboo to Hot Overnight 10:21 – Slush & Why Europe Might Actually Win 15:18 – The IPO Window Reopens (But Only for Winners) 20:02 – The 18-Company Quarter 23:30 – The Five Takeaways You Cannot Ignore 24:40 – Final Word 💥 What you’ll learn: • Why dev tools are suddenly worth mega-cap valuations • How defence tech became Silicon Valley’s favourite new game • Why Europe’s “boring” capital efficiency might beat America’s AI obsession • Why the IPO window matters more than any funding headline • How extreme capital concentration is setting up the next correction If you want to know where venture is REALLY heading in 2026 — this is the episode. #venturecapital #startups #ai #defencetech #technews This episode is sponsored by EmergeOne, fractional CFOs for venture backed tech startups from Seed to Series B. Get in touch at https://emergeone.co.uk/contact-us/ or join the CFO team at https://emergeone.co.uk/join-the-cfo-team/ Sign up for EmergeOne’s weekly newsletter, Off Balance at https://off-balance.beehiiv.com/subscribe Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    26 m
  • The VC Using AI to Spot Founders Before Anyone Else | Adam Shuaib

    The VC Using AI to Spot Founders Before Anyone Else | Adam Shuaib
    Nov 13 2025
    In this episode of Nothing Ventured, host Aarish Shah sits down with Adam Shuaib, GP at Episode 1 Ventures, the early-stage fund using data and AI to spot founders before everyone else. From scraping GitHub and Twitter to building behavioural models that detect grit over gloss, Adam explains how Episode 1’s machine is changing how venture capital discovers talent — and why “weird” founders often hold the biggest alpha. We dive into: ⚙️ How data models are finding unconventional founders 🚫 Why filtering out the “weird” kills innovation 💭 The ethics of AI-driven sourcing 📊 Why alpha is always in the tail end of the distribution 🌍 The concentration of global capital and Europe’s rise 💡 How Episode 1 balances data with human intuition If you’re building the next big thing or investing in it — this one’s for you. 🎧 Subscribe for more conversations that uncover the real stories behind venture capital. Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro: Aarish Shah & Adam Shuaib 00:45 – Episode 1’s AI engine for founder discovery 02:30 – Signal vs. surveillance in VC 05:00 – Finding grit over gloss 07:00 – Adversity as a founder trait 10:30 – Alpha lives in the middle 12:00 – Keeping humans in the loop 18:00 – The AI compute arms race 21:00 – Why NVIDIA always wins 28:30 – The barbell future of VC 32:00 – Europe’s rising edge in venture 38:00 – Hype, unicorns & valuation bubbles 41:30 – Measuring grit, not trauma 46:00 – Why most VCs shouldn’t exist 49:00 – The human side of venture Find Adam Shuaib online at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamshuaib/ Twitter: https://x.com/Episode1VC Episode 1 Ventures: https://www.episode1.com/ This episode is sponsored by EmergeOne, fractional CFOs for venture backed tech startups from Seed to Series B. Get in touch at https://emergeone.co.uk/contact-us/ or join the CFO team at https://emergeone.co.uk/join-the-cfo-team/ Sign up for EmergeOne’s weekly newsletter, Off Balance at https://off-balance.beehiiv.com/subscribe #venturecapital #startupfounders #nothingventured #podcast #entrepreneurship Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    52 m
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