Episodes: 665
Frequency: Several times a week
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 8.7k subscribers
Instagram: 2.7k followers
Publicly listed emails
grace@smartventurepod.com
svpoperation1@gmail.com
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Grace Gong - Host of Venture with Grace and Smart Venture Podcast, focused on venture capital, technology, artificial intelligence, and business.
Ankit Jain - AI Voice Agents In Healthcare, Safe Enterprise AI Systems, And Lessons From Founding, Operating, And Investing In AI Companies.
Paul Lee - Artificial Intelligence For Patent Workflows, Intellectual Property Strategy, Innovation, And The Transition From Venture Capital To Company Building.
George Bonaci - Ai-first Growth And Demand Generation, Scaling Marketing Organizations, Direct Mail, Market Expansion, And The Role Of High-trust Marketing.
Guy Marion - Ai-driven Saas Marketing, Go-to-market Strategy, Customer Retention, Monetization, And Increasing Customer Lifetime Value.
Umesh Padval - AI Infrastructure Investing, Enterprise Startup Scaling, Semiconductors, Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, And Modern Data Centers.
Jeffrey Lolley, Wilson Sonsini CIO on AI, Legal Tech and Cybersecurity
October 12, 2026
Jeffrey Lolley is Chief Information Officer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he leads global technology strategy, AI adoption, data infrastructure, information security, and technology innovation across the firm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shop...
Akshaya Srivatsa, Maxima CPO on Agentic AI and the Future of Accounting
October 09, 2026
Akshaya Srivatsa is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Maxima, an agentic accounting platform built to automate the month-end close, reduce errors and audit risk, and give accounting teams more time for strategic work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify...
Apoorv Bhargava, WeaveGrid CEO on EVs, Energy and the Future Grid
October 08, 2026
Apoorv Bhargava is the CEO and co-founder of WeaveGrid, a software company integrating electric vehicles into the grid to accelerate the energy transition. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloa...
Brains Byte Back · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
Venture with Grace is hosted by Grace Gong. Its publicly listed emails are grace@smartventurepod.com and svpoperation1@gmail.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.
The publicly listed emails for Venture with Grace: grace@smartventurepod.com and svpoperation1@gmail.com.
Podseeker estimates Venture with Grace reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Venture with Grace typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Managing partners, LPs, solo GPs, angel investors, founders of notable AI or technology companies, and senior executives with substantial operating, investing, or go-to-market experience. Common among recent guests: Founding or leading venture-backed technology companies; Building or scaling major technology businesses; Investing in category-defining startups. Recent guests include Ankit Jain, Paul Lee, and George Bonaci.
High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.
Recent episodes cover Venture Capital, Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
Publicly listed emails
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svpoperation1@gmail.com
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