In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Vic Pascucci of Lightbank. Lightbank is a seed and series A venture capital firm known for its entrepreneurial DNA, proprietary investment opportunities and track record of outsized returns. Lightbank is sector agnostic and entrepreneur driven but I focus on fintech, insurtech, reg tech and enterprise technologies applicable to financial services. Jake talks a little about he got into early stage funding. Hall and Jake talk about what Lightbank looks for when investing. They also discuss what sectors excite Vic the most (fintech)  and where he expects to see the biggest industry changes.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Erika Hersh of PeopleFund. PeopleFund provides small business loans as well as business assistance and education to people with otherwise limited access to such resources. Since being founded in east Austin in 1994 as Austin Community Development Corporation, PeopleFund’s financial and educational assistance has helped create thousands of jobs and empowered an even greater number of Texans on a path to financial stability and independence. PeopleFund is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and operates as a non-profit 501(c)(3) serving all of Texas. Hall and Erika talk about her start in the banking world and her background. They also speak a little about what type of business PeopleFund works with and their criteria. Erika also shares some success stories that she has worked with.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Jake Ryan of Tradecraft Capital. Hall and Jake discuss how Jake made his break into early stage funding. They also speak about Jake’s foray into crypto assets and what they look for when investing. He also talks about how he assesses value when looking at crypto assets. Jake speaks about how he handles the different variables of tokenomics and his opinion on a well aligned token.