So great to catch up with @GarnetHeraman,@ApertureVC and Gitte Pedersen @DNABARCODE, @GExInc on state of innovation ecosystem. Full convo: Ep #151 44 min video: youtu.be/XX34utlpVXM Pod podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… open.spotify.com/show/7Eglgt… We discussed a few things including: 1. Your career journeys 2. Gitte's biotech venture 3. Garnet's venture capital firm 4. Discuss effects of federal policies on innovation ecosystem 5. Discuss outlook for 2026 Garnet Heraman is a serial entrepreneur and investor with 25 years experience at the intersection of innovation technology. As a dotcom entrepreneur Garnet had 3 exits, one of which was to a publicly traded company. As an investor, he is co-founder and managing partner of Aperture Venture Capital, a seed stage fintech fund backed by seven different Fortune 500 corporations. He is also an LP in other VC funds such as NY InsurTech Fund II and the Berkeley Skydeck Fund, as well as a prolific angel investor. ------ Gitte Pedersen is a scientist, CEO, company builder, and investor with a mission to improve health and sustainability. RNA enthusiast. Focused on helping cancer patients survive through better diagnostics and treatment navigation tools. Serial entrepreneur. Advised several small and medium-sized biotech companies and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bringing in $1B deals to Danish Biotech companies. Advised the European Commission on evidence-based innovation and investment policies. #podcast #AFewThingsPodcast

We started off as a social finance product nearly 5-years ago, and pivoted multiple times, ending up becoming the global leader of e-commerce in the Building Products & Materials Industry. Richards has helped Construct CRM invent how to digitize the contractor-distributor relationship, imagining and iterating together every step of the way. The infrastructure they’ve helped us develop is already being used by many other distributors, who will announce their CRM launches soon. By October 2025, over 25,000 contractors in the United States will have access to a free CRM provided by their distributor, powered by Construct CRM. We envision a world not too far in the future where the standard method for contractors to order building products and materials is online. We are on a mission to be the global provider of the digital infrastructure that will power the e-commerce of the building products and materials industry worldwide. Huge shout out to our investors including @ApertureVC , @SocialLeverage, @HustleFundVC, and GS Futures, and our many angels for sticking with us the past few years as we executed pivot after pivot. It's been quite a journey, and it greatly helps having supportive investors along the way. 🙏 With that said, it’s still Day 1 at Construct CRM. More news to come, stay tuned, and God bless.

Day 2 of #DSSATX - #VentureCapital Insights & #AIStartup Pitches! Feb 19-20, Oracle HQ, Austin datascience.salon/austin/ Check out AI startup pitches and explore investment trends in the rapidly evolving #GenAI landscape. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲: 🔸From Vision to Value: Scaling AI Innovations 🔸Capitalizing on Creativity: How VCs are Driving the GenAI Surge 🔸Pitch to Partnership: Essential Traits VCs Seek in Startups Meet with leading #VCs, influence the future of #AI innovation. Your insights and votes matter!

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The Civil War was a slave revolt where 500,000 Black Americans freed themselves & 200,000 fought for others’ liberty (Emancipation Proclamation was a war measure to legalize their enlistment). Antebellum success of "fugitive" enslaved people helped start the war for emancipation.

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Get ready for a thrilling event on LLMs and machine learning in production! Join us in-person this year for three action-packed (Sept 5-7) days filled with cutting-edge technical talks , designed to empower you with the latest state-of-the-art knowledge and connect your with fellow data science peoples. Conference Website southerndatascience.com/ Speakers @DynamicWebPaige | @pilarmanchon | @rasbt | @Laura_E_Edell | @MikeTamir | @GarnetHeraman | @pbrane | @StefanieMolin | @subramen | @joelgrus | @MarkMoyou | @jayakawale | @SamPartee | @davidtalby | @UgurKursuncu | @laanak08 | @treygrainger | | @suryakanoria | @Z_Score Companies @LightningAI | @Google | @Microsoft | @LinkedIn | @Target | @Quora | @Meta | @flatfilers | @nvidia | @Tubi | @JohnSnowLabs | @Tripadvisor | @GeorgiaStateU | @Turnitin | @presearchnews | @Spotify | @ApertureVC | @pinecone | @Redisinc | @DataScienceDojo | @Pinterest

Automated underwriting technology developed in the 1990s that is still imposed today by the Home Loan banks on their member banks has become a major culprit in undermining the civil rights of Americans, write @Greenlyne, @natfairhouse, @ApertureVC leaders. trib.al/ymyREcu

🎉@ApertureVC is coming on board as a sponsor of Shift VC! 🎉 Peep the press release here: prnewswire.com/news-releases… Come meet the aperture team at Shift VC! shiftvc.rsvpify.com/

So excited for my latest @SoCalWharton event during #LATechWeek 6/6 6-8pm @ @BergamotSM VC panel: Adela Jamal @adelajamal Milemark Capital Josh Resnick @joshresnick01 Renegade Capital @renegadevcfund Garnet Heraman @GarnetHeraman Aperture VC @ApertureVC RSVP👇