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Origins: Inside Venture Capital

Nick Chirls, Beezer Clarkson

Booking Overview

This interview-led venture capital show examines fund selection, fundraising, startup investing, private markets, and the decisions made by investors and founders, typically featuring experienced GPs, LPs, entrepreneurs, and institutional investment leaders. Strong pitch candidates include notable venture investors, successful founders, private-markets specialists, and authors or executives with original perspectives on capital allocation and venture trends; booking difficulty is high.

Metrics

Episodes: 129

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 5.1k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

hello@notation.vc

tori@sapphireventures.com

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Host

Nick Chirls - General Partner at Asylum Ventures, focused on venture capital and startup investing.

Beezer Clarkson - Limited Partner at LGT Capital Partners, focused on venture capital, private markets, and institutional investment strategy.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Experienced venture capital or private-markets investors, institutional LPs, founders with significant company-building or fundraising experience, and senior investment executives with distinctive frameworks or firsthand market insight.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led a recognized investment firm or venture fund, Built a notable technology company, Backed prominent startups or managed substantial institutional capital, Held senior roles at major investment firms, Published a substantive investment framework or book

Recent Guest Discussions

Sarah Pinto - Access To Private Markets, Venture Fund Structures, Retail Investing, Public-market Venture Vehicles, And Managing A Venture Portfolio In Public View.

Joshua Browder - Bootstrapping, Founder Grit, Consumer Technology, Organic Growth, Operator-led Venture Capital, And Evaluating Early-stage Founders.

Alec Litowitz - Adaptability, Uncertainty Versus Risk, Artificial Intelligence, Venture Capital, Investment Frameworks, And Changing Capital-market Dynamics.

Recent Topics

Business, Venture Capital, Fundraising, Private Markets, Startup Investing

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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Robinhood's Sarah Pinto: Bringing Private Markets to the Public

September 21, 2026

What happens when you take the most exclusive asset class in the world and list it on the New York Stock Exchange? Sarah Pinto is finding out in public, every trading day.Sarah spent close to a decade investing in mission-driven growth-stage companies at Emerson Collective, the organization founded and led by Laurene Powell Jobs, where she helped build the venture effort and backed names that are now household ones: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Coinbase. She began investing in July of 2008, which t...

Minisode: Answering Uncertainty, Venture’s Vibes Problem & the Limits of TVPI

September 02, 2026

Origins hosts Nick Chirls (GP, Asylum Ventures) and Beezer Clarkson (LP, LGT Capital Partners) unpack their recent conversation with Alec Litowitz, founder of Magnetar Capital and founder and managing partner of QStar Capital. They discuss what changes when a rigorously structured public-markets mind looks at early-stage venture, why “answering uncertainty” is a sharper frame than simply living with it, and where TVPI stopped telling the truth after 2021.For a monthly roundup of the latest ve...

Ask Forgiveness, Not Permission: Josh Browder on Building DoNotPay and Investing Like a Founder

August 20, 2026

What does it take to build a profitable company for a decade without ever really needing the money you raised? According to Joshua Browder, it comes down to one trait he looks for in every founder he backs: grit.Josh is the founder and CEO of DoNotPay, the consumer platform he started the summer before he enrolled at Stanford to help friends fight parking tickets. Nearly ten years later, DoNotPay has helped millions of people appeal tickets, cancel subscriptions, and fight companies and the g...

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Frequently asked questions

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How do I get in touch with Origins: Inside Venture Capital?

Origins: Inside Venture Capital is hosted by Nick Chirls and Beezer Clarkson. Its publicly listed emails are hello@notation.vc and tori@sapphireventures.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Origins: Inside Venture Capital?

The publicly listed emails for Origins: Inside Venture Capital: hello@notation.vc and tori@sapphireventures.com.

How many listeners does Origins: Inside Venture Capital have?

Podseeker estimates Origins: Inside Venture Capital reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Origins: Inside Venture Capital?

Origins: Inside Venture Capital typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Experienced venture capital or private-markets investors, institutional LPs, founders with significant company-building or fundraising experience, and senior investment executives with distinctive frameworks or firsthand market insight. Common among recent guests: Founded or led a recognized investment firm or venture fund; Built a notable technology company; Backed prominent startups or managed substantial institutional capital. Recent guests include Sarah Pinto, Joshua Browder, and Alec Litowitz.

How hard is it to get booked on Origins: Inside Venture Capital?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does Origins: Inside Venture Capital cover?

Recent episodes cover Business, Venture Capital, Fundraising, Private Markets, and Startup Investing. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

hello@notation.vc

tori@sapphireventures.com

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