<![CDATA[Top Decile Podcast]]>Most VCs talk about the future.

New and emerging VC fund managers are actually funding it.

Top Decile goes inside the minds of the new wave of venture capital. Three times per week, we sit down with the emerging managers writing first checks into the startups and technologies reshaping the world around us. Learn how they think, what they're betting on, and what they're seeing before everyone else catches on.

For VCs, founders, and anyone who wants to understand where the world is going before it gets there.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Tue, 12 May 2026 20:35:00 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 11:23:26 GMT60Decile Group<p>Most VCs talk about the future. <br /></p><p>New and emerging VC fund managers are actually funding it.<br /></p><p>Top Decile goes inside the minds of the new wave of venture capital. Three times per week, we sit down with the emerging managers writing first checks into the startups and technologies reshaping the world around us. Learn how they think, what they're betting on, and what they're seeing before everyone else catches on.<br /></p><p>For VCs, founders, and anyone who wants to understand where the world is going before it gets there.</p>episodicDecile Groupconnor@decilegroup.comno<![CDATA[Backing the Systems Pharmacy Needs Next | Christian Tadrus, Pharmacy Innovator Fund]]>

Backing the Systems Pharmacy Needs Next | Christian Tadrus, Pharmacy Innovator Fund

Why pharmacy needs new infrastructure to connect to care, payment, and clinical workflows, how economic misalignment is holding the profession back, and what it takes to build a fund from inside the industry you're trying to change.

Through Tadrus Advisory Group, Christian Tadrus launched the Pharmacy Innovator Fund to back early-stage companies modernizing pharmacy operations, economics, and clinical care delivery.

]]>833c7263-b76a-40d2-93bc-0644dc710d78Tue, 12 May 2026 16:11:37 GMT<p></p><p>Backing the Systems Pharmacy Needs Next | Christian Tadrus, Pharmacy Innovator Fund</p><p></p><p>Why pharmacy needs new infrastructure to connect to care, payment, and clinical workflows, how economic misalignment is holding the profession back, and what it takes to build a fund from inside the industry you're trying to change.</p><p></p><p>Through Tadrus Advisory Group, Christian Tadrus launched the Pharmacy Innovator Fund to back early-stage companies modernizing pharmacy operations, economics, and clinical care delivery.</p><p></p>no00:25:4413Backing the Systems Pharmacy Needs Next | Christian Tadrus, Pharmacy Innovator Fundfull<![CDATA[Why Neurotech Is at an "AI in 2016" Moment | Varun Turlapati, Chaanakya Capital]]>Varun Turlapati spent 16 years as a software engineer before founding Chaanakya Capital, a $2M pre-seed fund backing US neurotech and medtech startups. His edge is his master's in electrical and computer engineering. He can evaluate the science-heavy deals most VCs don't even understand.

Find out why neurotech is at the same inflection point AI was in 2016. Hear how one company puts a bionic hand on both amputees and robotic arms for hazardous industrial environments. And discover why Varun is focused on entering early in a field where others prefer to wait for de-risking.

]]>c848d336-a084-442d-97b6-8587cf903ab9Fri, 08 May 2026 12:30:47 GMT<p>Varun Turlapati spent 16 years as a software engineer before founding Chaanakya Capital, a $2M pre-seed fund backing US neurotech and medtech startups. His edge is his master's in electrical and computer engineering. He can evaluate the science-heavy deals most VCs don't even understand.<br /></p><p>Find out why neurotech is at the same inflection point AI was in 2016. Hear how one company puts a bionic hand on both amputees and robotic arms for hazardous industrial environments. And discover why Varun is focused on entering early in a field where others prefer to wait for de-risking.</p>no00:22:0512Why Neurotech Is at an "AI in 2016" Moment | Varun Turlapati, Chaanakya Capitalfull<![CDATA[The VC Fund Backing AI Companies Fixing Real, Unsexy Problems | Doug Griffin, Spatial Capital]]>Doug Griffin has founded four companies in computer vision and spatial AI. Three exited, including acquisitions by Apple and Roblox. Now he's running Spatial Capital, backing early-stage physical AI and spatial computing founders tackling the problems nobody else wants to touch.

We get into why he only bets on unsexy problems, how AI can compressing 13-year mining timelines down to three, and what it actually takes to build a VC fund when you've already lived in your founders' shoes.

]]>dbd4ea7c-536d-4a1a-93ca-c444166073e4Wed, 06 May 2026 11:24:35 GMT<p>Doug Griffin has founded four companies in computer vision and spatial AI. Three exited, including acquisitions by Apple and Roblox. Now he's running Spatial Capital, backing early-stage physical AI and spatial computing founders tackling the problems nobody else wants to touch.<br /></p><p>We get into why he only bets on unsexy problems, how AI can compressing 13-year mining timelines down to three, and what it actually takes to build a VC fund when you've already lived in your founders' shoes.</p>no00:22:5211The VC Fund Backing AI Companies Fixing Real, Unsexy Problems | Doug Griffin, Spatial Capitalfull