
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


Alan Du - Partner @ PayPal Ventures - AI/FinTech/SaaS investing

Maria Zhang - CEO Palona AI (Ex-Google VP, Tinder CTO) - Retail AI

Max Marchione, Co-Founder of Superpower on Preventative Healthcare Tech

Dylan Itzikowitz, South Park Commons - AI/Enterprise/Early Stage Tech

Evan Stites-Clayton, HF0 GP on Founder Residencies & AI Startups

Maryam Banikarim, ex- CMO of Nextdoor/ Hyatt/Gannett on Marketing

Brendan Baker, Partner at Rackhouse VC, Applied AI for Industrial Ops

Rashida Hodge, Microsoft CVP on Azure Data & AI Customer Success

Conrad Shang, Ensemble VC GP on AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare & Infra

Chris (Aquia CEO) & Bala (Ex-Atlassian CISO) on Cybersecurity Leadership

Brent Bellm, BigCommerce Ex‑CEO on SaaS, Marketplaces & Fintech

Mark Jacobstein, Near Horizon GP on AI, Health-Tech & Company Building

Laura Hamilton, Notable Capital Investor on Infra, SaaS & Founder Paths

Henry Schuck, ZoomInfo CEO on GTM Data & B2B SaaS Leadership

Aaron Perman, Partner at S3 Ventures on B2B, Healthcare & TX Startups

Ben Kus, Box CTO on Enterprise AI & Scaling Secure Cloud Products

Brad Harrison, Scout Ventures MP on Frontier Tech & Deep Innovation

Sharla Grass, Partner at Serena Ventures on Early-Stage Investing

Zach Finkelstein, Managing Partner at Class 5 Global on Emerging Markets VC
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