VC Unfiltered

About VC Unfiltered

VC Unfiltered aims to bring authenticity, humor, and unfiltered advice to the forefront of venture capital. VC Unfiltered features real conversations with entrepreneurs and investors, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the highs and lows of building successful ventures. We want to break down the barriers that often make the VC space feel intimidating and inaccessible, creating a platform where genuine interactions and honest insights can thrive. Through this series, we hope to inspire a shift in the venture capital space where authenticity, humor, and unfiltered advice are the norms. VC Unfiltered is our way of injecting fun into the journey, providing valuable insights, and creating a more vibrant and enjoyable venture capital ecosystem. Join us for weekly episodes, offering real advice and never forgetting to laugh along the way.

Publisher

VC Unfiltered

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Jul 2024

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

19 of 20 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How to Get Funded in 2026? | VC Panel + Startup Pitch Competition

   Avag Simonyan, Keith Yoder, and Vinnie Shahzad share their unfiltered investment philosophies and evaluation filters for startups in an AI-saturated market during this VC panel interview.

2. 

   9 Jul 2026

   How to Raise Venture Capital: AI Startup Pitches & Investor Advice | 1752vc

   New VC Unfiltered Episode — Live from Lightning Round VIII This episode of VC Unfiltered was recorded live at Lightning Round VIII, where four high-potential startups pitched technologies pushing the edge of AI and applied innovation. Featured companies include: a2a cloud: A governed runtime for autonomous agents that adds identity, scoped permissions, and signed receipts so every agent action in production can be audited and replayed. Contrax AI: An AI platform purpose-built for fe...

3. 

   5 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Inside VCs’ Minds: Evaluating AI Startups

   Host Alex Lieberman interviews AI startup founders about their innovative technologies and their potential impact on the market.

Inside a recent episode

How to Get Funded in 2026? | VC Panel + Startup Pitch Competition

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Typically, you've raised one or two rounds of funding before that, which means you needed to demonstrate that the money did what you thought it was going to do. How did you apply those funds? So it goes from, hey, we're going to use the funds. Here's the breakdown of the percentages and how we're going to use the money. And you're going to see it in the Series A, particularly the Series A. Did you apply that money and did you get what you were looking for out of it? Often the answer is no, we didn't get exactly where we thought we were going to get. But here are the glimmers of hope that we're seeing and the reason why we need funding to extend this even further. […]

Who has been a guest on VC Unfiltered

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• Avag Simonyan
• Keith Yoder
• Vinnie Shahzad
• Shiki Wrap's founder
• Dirty Virgin's founder

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

67,388

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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Quality

39

Social presence

94

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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