{"podcast":{"title":"Compounders Podcast","slug":"compounders-podcast-6864958","podcast_index_feed_id":6864958,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/compounders/feed.xml","website_url":"https://compounders.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12387691/Compounders-1-2_ubbp57.png","author":"Ben Claremon & SNN Network","episode_count":100,"summary":"Welcome to the Compounders Podcast. On this show, Host and Investor, Ben Claremon, will explore the topic of compounding from various angles, including through interviews with public and private company executives, investors who focus on compounders, and newer investment firms that are building a business they hope will become more valuable over time.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T02:19:57.109723+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/compounders-podcast-6864958"},"episode":{"title":"The Upside of Merging Two Venture Firms with Alex Rubalcava and Connor Sundberg of Amplify LA","slug":"the-upside-of-merging-two-venture-firms-with-alex-rubalcava-and-connor-sundberg-of-amplify-la","published_at":"2026-07-27T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/compounders-podcast-6864958/the-upside-of-merging-two-venture-firms-with-alex-rubalcava-and-connor-sundberg-of-amplify-la","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/compounders-podcast-6864958","url":"https://compounders.podbean.com/e/the-upside-of-merging-two-venture-firms-with-alex-rubalcava-and-connor-sundberg-of-amplify-la/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/smh9768d7pu2kyd4/Amplify_1.mp3","summary":"This is a very special episode of Compounders: number 100. To celebrate that milestone, my guests on the show today are Alex Rubalcava and Connor Sundberg, Managing Partner and Partner, respectively, at the early-stage VC firm Amplify LA. Alex and I have been friends for many years, and it is an absolute treat to finally get him on the podcast. Alex recently merged his firm, Stage Venture Partners, into Amplify, where Connor was already a Partner. In this intriguing conversation, we covered: The rationale for the merger of the two investment firms; How they expect decision making and sourcing to change going forward; The idea of focusing on companies that are tackling challenges that are different and hard; Their current views on the pre-seed and broader venture capital investment universe; and How the SaaS-pocalypse is and isn’t impacting how they view investing in enterprise software companies.","meta_description":"This is a very special episode of Compounders: number 100. To celebrate that milestone, my guests on the show today are Alex Rubalcava and Connor Sundberg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4371,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/compounders-podcast-6864958/episodes/the-upside-of-merging-two-venture-firms-with-alex-rubalcava-and-connor-sundberg-of-amplify-la/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/compounders-podcast-6864958/the-upside-of-merging-two-venture-firms-with-alex-rubalcava-and-connor-sundberg-of-amplify-la.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}