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"Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and Investing
On Turpentine VC, host and venture capitalist Erik Torenberg delves deep into the art and science of building successful venture firms through conversations with the world’s best investors and operators. Hear about insider strategies on decision-making, investment theses, and…
Overview
"Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and Investing podcast overview
About "Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and Investing
On Turpentine VC, host and venture capitalist Erik Torenberg delves deep into the art and science of building successful venture firms through conversations with the world’s best investors and operators. Hear about insider strategies on decision-making, investment theses, and building firms for the long term—from the ground-level, VC to VC. Guests in season 1 include Ben Horowitz of a16z, Mamood Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins, and Alfred Lin of Sequoia.
Why Upseed includes it
The podcast focuses on venture capital and features conversations with top investors, making it highly relevant to the startup/VC ecosystem.
Who may find it useful
Investors, Founders may find this series useful. Its recurring topics include Venture Capital, Investment Theses, Firm Building, Decision Making.
Operational profile
Series profile
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- Series type
- Episodic
- Content type
- Audio
- Published by
- Erik Torenberg
- Language
- English
- Geographic focus
- Global
- Last reviewed
- March 11, 2026
- Published episodes
- 87
- publisher-supplied series count
- Recent episodes linked
- 12
- admitted official episode destinations
- Series first published
- August 5, 2023
- publisher-supplied publication metadata
- Latest episode
- April 22, 2025
- latest official destination found
Publication metadata and latest official episode destinations · Independent Upseed startup-relevance assessment · March 11, 2026
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
March 11, 2026
Known limits
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