Preferred Return Podcast
Join us to learn about the role of technology within private equity and venture capital firms. Our hope is to bring together the best and brightest across the industry to discuss best practices, the trends they’re seeing, and how firms are using technology to gain an edge in the market – raising funds faster, generating outsized returns, and delivering a world-class experience for LPs.
You can expect some original music too….

“The Holy Grail of Finance”
- December 6, 2022

The Rise of Operator Investors
- September 6, 2022

It’s Time for Angel Investing to Evolve
- May 12, 2022

Democratizing Venture Capital Investing
- April 13, 2022

The Ever Churning World of Product Management
- December 1, 2021

Passing through Investor Onboarding
- October 7, 2021
Featured Episode
The Rise of Operator Investors
Isn’t it strange that a startup’s likelihood of failure hardly changes as they mature from Series A to Series B and beyond? You would think the odds improve as a firm matures and achieves significant milestones…
Kjael Skaalerud, CRO at Altvia, is joined by Mark Roberge, Co-Founder of Stage 2 Capital, a venture fund focused on enabling go-to-market (GTM) execution for early stage firms. Stage 2 is fixated on reducing failure rates as a firm scales by leveraging an LP base made up of renowned GTM leaders to inform when to scale, and how fast. Mark himself is the former CRO of Hubspot, where he helped lead the firm from pre revenue to IPO.
Tune in to learn more about Mark’s story, the thesis for Stage 2, and perhaps get a sneak peak into a venture operating model that challenges a range of conventional thinking, in an industry that hasn’t changed much the last twenty years.
Season 1, Episode 15 | 35 min