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

Updated: 14 Jul 2025 • 920 episodes
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The podcast dedicated to demystifying Venture Capital. Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti interview VC's & Startup Founders and on how they build great technology startups.

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Dave Link of ScienceLogic joins Nick to discuss A 20-Year Journey from the Garage to Nine-Figure ARR,  Reinventing with Every Platform Shift, Avoiding the Innovator’s Dilemma, and Future-Proofing for Generative AI. In this episode we cover: Transition to Venture Capital and Market Evolution Navigating Platform Shifts a

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Mathias Schilling Godard Abel Manish Patel We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: David Garcia Bradley Tusk Ted Seides We asked guests to share the best question they've ever been asked by an allocator. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in f

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jay Patil Mathias Schilling Godard Abel We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in their career. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in

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Nnamdi Okike of 645 Ventures joins Nick to discuss From Power Law to Proprietary Insight: Unlocking Early-Stage Alpha, Data-Driven VC, and Building a Next-Gen Firm. In this episode we cover: Frameworks and Signals for Early-Stage Investing Challenges and Opportunities in Non-Consensus Investing The Role of AI in Ventur

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Kevin Stevens Manish Patel Han Shen Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm c

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