The Room Podcast

Claudia Laurie, Madison McIlwain

Booking Overview

This is an interview podcast focused on technology founders and venture capital funders, with episodes built around in-depth conversations about founding firms, investing, and building major technology businesses. Credible pitches include prominent venture capitalists, technology founders, and senior operators with substantial investing, scaling, or fund-building experience; booking difficulty is high.

Metrics

Episodes: 144

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 876 subscribers

Instagram: 455 followers

Contact Information

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Host

Claudia Laurie - Co-host and publisher of The Room Podcast.

Madison McIlwain - Co-host and publisher of The Room Podcast.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Founders and general partners of established venture capital firms, prominent technology founders, and senior technology executives with significant experience building companies, scaling products, or investing in ambitious technology businesses.

Required Achievements:

Founded or led an established venture capital firm, Held senior roles at major technology companies, Backed or built notable technology startups, Developed a recognized investment platform or technology business

Recent Guest Discussions

Packy McCormick - Building Not Boring From A Newsletter Into A Media Platform And Venture Fund, Investing In Complex Technology Businesses, Storytelling As An Investing Advantage, And Developing A Distinctive Investment Perspective.

Sunil Dhaliwal - Founding Amplify Partners, Investing Through Technology Cycles, Evaluating Technical Founders, Building Durable Venture Firms, Infrastructure Software, And Artificial Intelligence Investing.

Ben Ling - Moving From Technology Operating Roles Into Investing, Building A Founder-first Venture Firm, Seed Investing, Evaluating Founders And Fund Managers, And Pursuing Trillion-dollar Outcomes.

Recent Topics

Venture Capital, Startups, Technology, Founders, Investing

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Room Podcast

Building an Enterprise VC Firm with Jai Das, President and Co-Founder of Sapphire Ventures | Founding the Fund 4

August 04, 2026

In this bonus episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Jai Das, President, Partner and Co-Founder of Sapphire Ventures, one of the world's leading enterprise venture capital firms backing category-defining B2B software and AI companies. Sapphire Ventures has invested in companies including monday.com, Box, Square, MuleSoft, Fitbit, ExactTarget, and many others, while building one of the industry's most recognized enterprise-focused venture platforms. Before co-founding Sapphire Ventures, Ja...

Turning Content into Competitive Advantage with Packy McCormick | Founding the Fund 3

July 09, 2026

In this bonus episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Packy McCormick, founder of Not Boring and Not Boring Capital, an investment firm focused on backing ambitious technology companies tackling large, complex industries. Through his writing, investing, and storytelling, Packy has built one of the most influential platforms in venture capital, helping founders explain difficult technical businesses to customers, talent, and investors. Not Boring began as a newsletter during the early month...

Backing Technical Founders with Amplify Partners Founder Sunil Dhaliwal | Founding the Fund 2

June 25, 2026

In this episode of The Room Podcast, we speak with Sunil Dhaliwal, founder and managing partner of Amplify Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on backing technical founders building infrastructure software, developer tools, cybersecurity, AI, and other foundational technologies. Before founding Amplify, Sunil spent 14 years at Battery Ventures, where he invested through both the dot-com boom and bust before launching Amplify in 2012, which today manages more than $2.7 billio...

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