# Vanessa Larco

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Venture Capitalists Debate AI Bubble, Databricks' Growth Ambitions, and Gender Bias in CEO Activism

Good morning from OWITH.ai, the podcast that gives you only what's important to hear in the AI and tech world.In a recent event hosted by Fortune in San Francisco, five venture capitalists shared their views on whether the AI industry is experiencing a bubble. These venture capitalists, representin…

Vanessa Larco on Building, Investing, and What Makes Great Founders [VC Edition]

After building products at Microsoft (Xbox, Surface), a gaming startup acquired by Disney, Twilio, and Box, Vanessa Larco joined NEA where she led seed investments in Greenlight (debit card for kids), Majuri (C2C jewelry), and Limitless (acquired by Meta). She served on Robinhood's board for five a…

Optimatik & Forethought: Building Generative AI Companies In a Rapidly Evolving Market

On this episode, Mandela Patrick, Co-Founder and CEO of Optimatik, an AI company that harnesses data-driven insights to optimize high-quality creatives for brands, speaks with host Kate Barrett about building something new in an already noisy field, the value of tapping into your own trusted networ…

Thirteen Lune & Mejuri: Leaning Into Consumer Trends and Cultural Shifts to Build a Powerful D2C Brand

In this episode, Nyakio Grieco, Co-Founder of Thirteen Lune, a direct-to-consumer e-commerce beauty platform featuring Black and Brown-owned brands, speaks with host Kate Barrett about how a cultural turning point led her to create a mission-driven startup, how to harness an ever-evolving marketing…

Mercedes Bent - Premise

Mercedes Bent spent six years as a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, worked at the Federal Reserve and Goldman Sachs during the 2008 financial crisis, and founded her own startup. Now she's building Premise, the early-stage VC firm she co-founded with Vanessa Larco, as a deliberate rejection …

VC: How a 2-Person Fund Runs Like a Startup (Memos, KPIs, R&D) | Vanessa Larco, Premise (ex-NEA)

"Investing in companies that OpenAI won't kill." That's Vanessa Larco's thesis, and in this VC bonus episode of GTMnow she breaks down exactly how she decides what survives. Vanessa, founder and GP at Premise (formerly a longtime partner at NEA, where she backed Robinhood from seed to IPO), joins M…

How “Bad Games” Became Big Business on Facebook in the 2010s w/ Vanessa Larco

Episode Summary:In this episode I sit down with Vanessa Larco, formerly a partner at New Enterprise Associates (investors of Robinhood, ByteDance & Box). She is a former product leader at Box, Twilio and Microsoft. In our conversation we talk about Silicon Valley’s startup culture, how to spot real…

EP#88: Why Most Founders Misread Their Own Traction. Vanessa Larco - Premise VC

Vanessa Larco went from shipping product at Microsoft, Twilio and Box to most of a decade as a partner at NEA, and now runs Premise VC. She assumed moving into venture meant shelving her product brain. It turned out to be her edge. Founders and investors stare at the same signals of product market …

S5 Ep79: EP 79: The “Why Now” Test for AI Startups | Vanessa Larco, VC & Formerly NEA Partner

Vanessa Larco has sat on both sides of the table. She built products at Microsoft, Disney, Twilio, and Box, then led investments at NEA, including Mejuri and Kindred, and watched Robinhood scale to its IPO as a board observer. Sam and Mac talk with her about what actually holds up once the pitch de…

S3E4: Building a VC Firm, Finding a Business Partner, and Being Truly Contrarian in Venture, with Vanessa Larco

Vanessa Larco co-founded Premise, a modern VC firm focused on Consumer Tech and Consumer Enablement Tech in early 2025. She is focused on backing technical founders with an eye for consumer behavior change at the pre-seed and seed stages.   Prior to starting Premise, Vanessa was a Senior Partner a…