Jonathan Ebinger's guest appearances

Jonathan Ebinger

The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified

Tearsheet Podcast: The Business of Finance

Naval Ravikant

Reid Hoffman

Elon Musk

Tim Urban

Erik Torenberg

Scott Kupor

Zach Coelius

Bryce Roberts

Craig Wortmann

Brad Feld

Brian Ascher

Kleiner Perkins

Andrew Parker

Jonathan Hsu

Nicole Quinn

OwlTail

 Jonathan Ebinger of Transform Capital joins Nick to discuss Donating Half Your Carry, Why Open Banking is the Future, and Recruiting Outside the Bay Area. In this episode we cover:   Walk us through your background and path to VC   Tell us about your experience at Blue Run and why you decided to launch Transform.   What is the thesis at Transform?   Portfolio construction / stage / check size   How did you come up with the model to donate 50% of your carry?   What causes are you allocating carry to?   What was the biggest challenge in the transition from early stage to late stage venture investing?    So you led the Series A in Jackpocket at BlueRun and the later stage Transform. How do you avoid conflicts of interest across both firms?   I know you are an active fintech investor -- w/ regards to crypto... what areas are most compelling right now from an investment standpoint?   We're in a hot market at the moment -- seeing lots of fund creation, lots of startup formation, and valuations are inflating  to 2-3x what they were a few years ago.  Is the market overheated and are too many startups getting funded?   Is the bay area being threatened in its supremacy?   The Economist last week talked about the slowing pace of innovation and rise of mega-companies. What's your take on their position that innovation has slowed -- and what does that mean for venture?    Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.  The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in outsiders.  To learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website and LinkedIn and be sure to follow us on Twitter.  Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free tool VC Rank and tell us about your business. We’ll send a list of possible investors right to your email’s Inbox!

Jonathan Ebinger of Transform Capital joins Nick to discuss Donating Half Your Carry, Why Open Banking is the Future, and Recruiting Outside the Bay Area. In this episode we cover: <ul> <li> Walk us through your background and path to VC </li> <li> Tell us about your experience at Blue Run and why you decided to launch Transform. </li> <li> What is the thesis at Transform? </li> <li> Portfolio construction / stage / check size </li> <li> How did you come up with the model to donate 50% of your carry? </li> <li> What causes are you allocating carry to? </li> <li> What was the biggest challenge in the transition from early stage to late stage venture investing?  </li> <li> So you led the Series A in Jackpocket at BlueRun and the later stage Transform. How do you avoid conflicts of interest across both firms? </li> <li> I know you are an active fintech investor -- w/ regards to crypto... what areas are most compelling right now from an investment standpoint? </li> <li> We're in a hot market at the moment -- seeing lots of fund creation, lots of startup formation, and valuations are inflating  to 2-3x what they were a few years ago.  Is the market overheated and are too many startups getting funded? </li> <li> Is the bay area being threatened in its supremacy? </li> <li> <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/is-america-inc-getting-less-dynamic-less-global-and-more-monopolistic/21804757?utm_campaign=the-economist-today&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&amp;utm_term=2021-09-13&amp;utm_content=article-link-2&amp;etear=nl_today_2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Economist last week talked about the slowing pace of innovation and rise of mega-companies</a>. What's your take on their position that innovation has slowed -- and what does that mean for venture? </li> </ul> Missed a recent episode? Go to <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BBnR_BMIISosV2Mo_j07fvHrpahmcmWERps2tZOWurY/fullratchet.net" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Full Ratchet blog</a> and catch up! Also, follow us on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/27155166/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TFR_Pod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. The host of The Full Ratchet is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-moran-a738503/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Moran</a>, General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in outsiders. To learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our <a href="https://www.newstack.vc/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/11396054/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> and be sure to follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/NewStackVC" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free too<a href="http://vc-rank.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">l</a> <a href="vc-rank.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VC Rank</a> and tell us about your business. We’ll send a list of possible investors right to your email’s Inbox!

302. Donating Half Your Carry, Why Open Banking is the Future, and Recruiting Outside the Bay Area (Jonathan Ebinger)