Ventured Growth
with hercules capital
Join Hercules Capital in conversations with today’s top CFOs of venture and private equity-backed companies, CFOs who have taken their companies public, and CFOs of venture funds.
Featured episode
September 29, 2022
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Adrian Aoun is the founder and CEO of Forward, an AI-based healthcare system combining world-class private doctors with new technology to enable proactive, data-driven primary care. In this episode, Catherine and Adrian discuss his journey to becoming the CEO of Forward, how productizing healthcare can lower costs and boost innovation, why health insurance is the root of all evil in healthcare, and much more.
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June 23, 2022
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Mark Okerstrom is the President and COO of Convoy, an American trucking software company. He is the former CEO of Expedia and previously served as an attorney with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and as a consultant with Bain & Company. In this episode, Catherine and Mark talk about Mark’s transition from his role as CEO of Expedia to Convoy, how Convoy plans to remedy problems in trucking and logistics, and more.
May 13, 2022
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Kai Bond is a partner at Courtside, a VC company that partners with early-stage founders who are challenging the traditional definition of sports, digital media, fitness, and gaming. Before Courtside, he was a Principal at Comcast Ventures where he led investments in Catalyst Fund, a seed-stage fund focused on investing in underrepresented founders.
April 28, 2022
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Raj Verma is the CEO at SingleStore, a database management system that helps modern applications be fast, frictionless, and flexible. Raj’s transition to Co-CEO and later to CEO has as much to do with his mindset and leadership skills as it does with the CEO job description.
YOUR HOST
Catherine Jhung
Senior Managing Director, BD
Catherine leads origination, venture relationships, and business development for the fund’s Technology and Sustainable/Renewable Groups.