The Capital Flex Podcast

About The Capital Flex Podcast

We’re codifying the capital playbook—because no founder should have to learn the hard way. Hosted by Naseem Sayani, VC and unapologetic truth-teller, The Capital Flex unpacks what really happens when female founders raise money inside systems not built for them. From bias in the room to predatory term sheets, these are the stories we usually hear in DMs not headlines. Each episode offers unfiltered insight, real strategies, and a new playbook where we write the rules. Because the system won’t fix itself. But we will.

Publisher

Naseem Sayani

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Nov 2025

Latest episode

4 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 32 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Nov 2026

   S3EP4: Seriously, WTF with Cleo Escarez

   The pitch was going beautifully. The investor nodded through the whole deck and joked, "Where do I write a check?" Then Cleo Escarez asked if he had any other questions, and he asked why anyone wearing that much jewelry would be raising money for her company. When she recovered, he told her he knew exactly what her bracelet was worth because he had bought it for his ex-wife. In this episode of The Capital Flex, I sit down with Cleo Escarez. We met because of that story. She posted about it o...

2. 

   28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S3EP3: Mindset is Everything with Laura J. McDonald

   Host Alex Lieberman interviews FLORA Fertility co-founder and co-CEO Laura J. McDonald about unlocking seed funding through rigorous actuarial diligence.

3. 

   21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S3EP2: Building Ahead of the Market with Melinda Wittstock

   Host Alex Lieberman interviews Melinda Wittstock, founder and CEO of Podopolo, about building an AI-powered news platform ahead of market demand.

Inside a recent episode

S3EP3: Mindset is Everything with Laura J. McDonald

Published 28 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And then I was lucky and privileged to be working for a company the second time who completely funded it. But to have paid for that twice myself, we potentially wouldn't have done it the second time because it's, twenty five thirty thousand dollars and with no this is where the science will get better there's no guarantee on the other side and so you're you're really hoping for the best the whole time and so to provide something that gives you a little bit more security in your ability to access the care makes a huge difference for for so many families because it's already an accessibility problem and this helps to resolve some of that accessibility problem yeah yeah i mean you're going through enough when you're going through treatment right absolutely The mental, the emotional, the physical, let's at least take away some of the stress that comes from the financial stress, right? […]

Who has been a guest on The Capital Flex Podcast

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• Laura J McDonald
• Melinda Wittstock
• Ashlee Wisdom
• Maria Molland
• Karen Drexler

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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