Money Never Sleeps
A weekly podcast that looks inside the minds of entrepreneurs and at the crossover of startups, enterprise, finance, technology and life as we know it, hosted by early-stage startup investor Pete Townsend.
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Here are some great episodes to start with if you're new to the podcast!
280: 2025 Predictions with Alejandro Gutierrez
In this special year-end episode, Pete Townsend is joined by returning guest co-host Alejandro Gutierrez for a wide-ranging conversation about what the future may hold with their 2025 predictions. Together, they explore transformative ideas, emerging trends, and groundbreaking technologies that …
279: Mastering the Startup Game | Nigel Eccles | Insights from a Seri…
This week, I interviewed serial entrepreneur Nigel Eccles. Known for his role as co-founder and former CEO of FanDuel , Nigel shares his incredible journey of launching and scaling multiple ventures, including his latest proj...
278: Money Talks w/ Mai Santamaria | The Butterfly Defect & the Futur…
This week, I’m joined by the brilliant Mai Santamaria for a far-ranging discussion inspired by Ian Goldin’s concept of The Butterfly Defect — a thought-provoking take on the risks and interconnectedness of our global systems....
275: Web3 Fundraising Playbook | Pete Townsend | Raising Your 1st Rou…
We're diving deep into the fundamentals of fundraising for Web3 startups and early-stage ventures navigating their first capital raise. Fundraising is always challenging, but in web3, it’s a whole new frontier with unique hurdles. This session, originally presented at a …
270: The Stablecoin Revolution with Linda Jeng | Unpacking Castle Isl…
Linda Jeng is the Founder and CEO of Digital Self Labs, and she joins me in exploring the evolving landscape of stablecoins. Our discussion focuses on our key takeaways from Castle Island Ventures' latest stablecoin report, '...
257: How I Got To Techstars on a Flywheel | Hesus Inoma Interviews Pe…
This week, I’m sharing an episode of the ‘Venture with Hesus’ podcast that I recorded in late 2023 with the unstoppable Hesus Inoma, as he interviews me on lessons learned from being part of the startup ecosystem the last 8 …
249: Bridging the Gap | Connor Murphy | One Problem, Two Ventures and…
This week’s guest is Connor Murphy, the CEO of Bridge. I met Connor at a Techstars event in Dublin in 2019 as he was just getting his latest venture off the ground in Bridge, and I started using the Bridge …
248: Venture Investing and Connecting the Dots
We've remastered and packaged up two of our most popular episodes from 2023 that were originally going to be one episode looking at the venture capital mantra of ‘investing in lines and not dots’ with VC investing insights from Patrick …
166: Joey Krug | Pantera Capital, Being Early in Crypto and Shipping …
Joey Krug is the Co-Chief Investment Officer of Pantera Capital, the first institutional investment firm focused exclusively on bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the blockchain tech ecosystem. Joey joins Pete Townsend on this episode originally recorded as part …
207: What Makes a Great Web3 Team
In this special segment, we’re featuring web3 investors, founders and mentors such as Joey Krug from Pantera Capital, Matthew Graham from Sino Global Capital, Teana Baker-Taylor from Circle, Sam Williams from Arweave, John Wu from Ava Labs, Clarisse Hagege from …
054: Startup Insights #1: Hard Decisions
The MoneyNeverSleeps crew picked out six founders from past episodes talking about the hard decisions they've made along the way, including taking the leap, operating without a playbook, building teams, penetrating new markets, and finding your way home from the …
205: Memory Lane | Sam Williams and Arweave
Sam Williams is co-founder and CEO of Arweave, a blockchain protocol allowing us to remember and preserve valuable information, apps, and history indefinitely. In this episode, Sam shares the inspirational story of how Arweave got started, their life-changing experience with …
067: Startup Insights #2: The Unexpected
In this special segment, we feature four founders sharing how they dealt with one thing they didn't expect to face as a founder - Martin Brown from Unitek, Lizzy Hayashida from Change Donations, Andrew Mullaney from Premind and Paul Smyth …
Recent Episodes
280: 2025 Predictions with Alejandro Gutierrez
279: Mastering the Startup Game | Nigel Eccles | Insights from a Serial Entrepreneur
278: Money Talks w/ Mai Santamaria | The Butterfly Defect & the Future of Finance
277: Straight Outta Crypton | Swarm and the Rise of RWAs | Timo Lehes and Philipp Pieper
276: Sponstar and the Rise of Fractional Sponsorship with Manu | Exclusive Interview
275: Web3 Fundraising Playbook | Pete Townsend | Raising Your 1st Round at the Frontier
274: Filmmaker to Founder | René Pinnell and Artizen | Funding Human Creativity
273: Mission Minded Founder | Niall Dennehy & AID:Tech | Fixing Humanitarian Relief and Digital Identity
272: Scaling Environmental Impact: Luca Franchi’s Journey with Ambient and DePIN Innovation
271: Luis Ramirez and Mawari | Building the 3D Internet
270: The Stablecoin Revolution with Linda Jeng | Unpacking Castle Island Ventures’ Latest Stablecoin Report
269: Working in Web3 | Real World Asset Tokenization in Finance and Beyond | Guest Co-Host Alejandro Gutierrez
268: Garvan Callan | Be the Change You Seek | Founder of OneZero1
267: Mark McLaughlin | Co-Founder & CEO of Coras | Building & Fundraising at the Intersection of Web2 & Web3
266: Crypto Politics: Unpacking Trump's Campaign Promises
265: Keep it Simple | Pranav Kanade from VanEck on Liquid Venture Investing
264: Rita Martins | Author of Web3 in Financial Services
263: Decentralization: Do Or Do Not | Kene Ezeji-Okoye and Stella Dyer (Millicent Labs) | Ilya Orlov (FileMarket) | Rita Martins (Author, Web3 in Financial Services)
262: Money Talks with Alejandro Gutierrez | ETH Dublin | ETH ETF | Web3 VC Climate | Crypto Politics
261: Building the Aleph Zero Ecosystem with Antoni Zolciak and Piotr Saczuk
260: Money Talks with Mai Santamaria | The Human Side of Digital Identity
259: Blockchain Going Mainstream | Andrea Miele - The Colony | Fabien Arneodo - SportSyncTech | Nick Mason - ProofSpace
258: Money Talks with Gray Webb | Bitcoin as a Long-Term Holding | Stablecoins Mainstreaming
257: How I Got To Techstars on a Flywheel | Hesus Inoma Interviews Pete Townsend | Venture With Hesus
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About the Host
Pete Townsend
Podcast Host
Early-stage startup investor, MD @ Techstars Web3, founder of Norio Ventures, mentor, non-executive director, podcaster and bad guitar player.