
Grace Gong
Hi, I am Grace Gong, ex-VC turned media entrepreneur! 🚀 Smart Venture Podcast is a weekly conversation with C/VP level big tech executives, partners at top VC funds, unicorn founders. Ranked as top 1.5% among 3.4M podcasts globally. LinkedIn Top Voice 49k+ followers, 10M+ impressions/ year. 👩💼 Past guests: Founders/C-level/ VPs/ Investors of Google, Meta, Amazon, Square, Craigslist, Dunkin Donuts, Chipotle, Sephora, Deloitte, and Pepsi, among others. 💼 Current/ past clients: selected VC firm, emerging tech startup, top web hosting company, etc. https://linktr.ee/gracegong115 Connect with me here: 🍿YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube 📰Newsletter: https://bit.ly/421p8tJ 💼LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3Xs8GQP 💃TikTok: http://bit.ly/3IMfbK9 📷IG: http://bit.ly/3kfBWMs 🐦Twitter: http://bit.ly/3GwyeWc 🍎 Apple: http://apple.co/3d6bGea 🎤Spotify: http://spoti.fi/37ENiz9 ➕ Follow me and hit the bell 🔔 icon on my profile to be notified of every post
Episodes


Russ Heddleston, Distill & DocSend CEO on SaaS Exits & Scaling to $45M ARR

Roman Chernin, Nebius CBO on AI Cloud Infra & Scaling Global Platforms

Snehal Antani, Horizon3.ai CEO on NodeZero™, AI & Cyber Resilience

Sunil Rao, Tribble CEO on AI for GTM Automation & Sales Team Speed

Emily Bennett, Partner at Owl Ventures, on EdTech & Startup Growth

Alex Konrad, Upstarts Media Founder on Startup News & VC Coverage

Hadley Harris, Eniac GP on AI Apps, Dev Tools & Scaling SaaS Startups

Ashish Kakran, Sierra Ventures Partner on Infra, AI & Cyber Startups

Molly Alter, Northzone Partner on Vertical SaaS, AI & B2B Scaling

Marty Kausas, Pylon CEO on Modern B2B Support, AI KB & Post‑Sales Tools

John Zeratsky, Character Capital GP on Startup Sprints & Design DNA

Lisa Xu, Threshold Partner on Vertical AI & Commerce Infra Bets

Jon Carr-Harris, CRED CEO on Fintech, Marketplaces & AI Plays

C.C. Gong, Menlo Ventures Principal on AI, Consumer & SaaS Bets

Rick Zullo, Equal Ventures MP on Vertical SaaS, Energy & Logistics

Gaurav Bhogale, Mantis VC Investor on Infra, AI & Early Tech Bets

Mason Lender, Vantager CEO on LP Data Strategy

Arpit Mittal, Threshold Partner on AI, SaaS & Early Tech Investing

Tanay Jaipuria, Wing Partner on AI agent, apps, infra
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