Podcasts are the new blogs

Most of us are familiar with the podcasts about robotics from the Robots Podcast group. For different perspectives, from the funder’s point of view, here’s a list of podcasts from the VC’s that fund robotics and technology ventures — funders like Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Greylock Partners and Y Combinator.

Venture Capitalist POVs

Erin Griffith said: “It’s starting to seem like every firm wants to be in the literal ears of entrepreneurs.” She compiled this list for her Fortune Term Sheet column. After listening to a few different podcasts, I found it an entertaining, informative and fascinating way to get insight into VC thinking.

• a16z podcast by Andreessen Horowitz
• The Riff by Box Group‘s David Tisch and Union Square Ventures‘ Andy Wiessman
• Traction by NextView Ventures
• Collective Wisdom for Tech Startups by Founder Collective
• Startup School Radio by Y Combinator
• Ventured by Kleiner Perkins
• The Balderton Podcast by Balderton Capital
• Notion Capital, by Notion Capital
• Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners
• Origins by Notation Capital
• Lead by Menlo Ventures
• Greymatter by Greylock Partners
• Bothsides TV by Upfront Ventures
• The Full Rachet by Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures
• The Bootstrapped VC by Backstage Capital
• Human Proof of Concept by Janelle Anderson of CTI Life Sciences
• Acquired by David Rosenthal of Madrona Ventures
• Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman

Robotics Focused Podcasts

The Robots podcast is run by Robohub and creates bi-weekly interviews with leaders in the field. Robohub is a non-profit independent organization run by volunteers. To date, the podcast team has produced 232 podcasts. Robots is available via Soundcloud, Apple iTunes and all other major podcast servers.

Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report, and is also a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.

Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report, and is also a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.