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[Aperture Venture Capital @ApertureVC]

Thanks to our colleague @JamesBarrood for hosting our managing partner @GarnetHeraman in the most recent episode of his #Innovation #podcast and share his journey + the Aperture mission.

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So great to catch up with @GarnetHeraman,@ApertureVC and Gitte Pedersen @DNABARCODE, @GExInc on state of innovation ecosystem.

Full convo:

Ep #151

44 min video: https://t.co/f05gvsX428

Pod
https://t.co/JdCom6JHJ3
https://t.co/mkzy3tehV4

We discussed a few things including:

1. Your career journeys

2. Gitte's biotech venture

3. Garnet's venture capital firm

4. Discuss effects of federal policies on innovation ecosystem

5. Discuss outlook for 2026

Garnet Heraman is a serial entrepreneur and investor with 25 years experience at the intersection of innovation + technology.

As a dotcom entrepreneur Garnet had 3 exits, one of which was to a publicly traded company. As an investor, he is co-founder and managing partner of Aperture Venture Capital, a seed stage fintech fund backed by seven different Fortune 500 corporations.

He is also an LP in other VC funds such as NY InsurTech Fund II and the Berkeley Skydeck Fund, as well as a prolific angel investor.

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Gitte Pedersen is a scientist, CEO, company builder, and investor with a mission to improve health and sustainability. RNA enthusiast. Focused on helping cancer patients survive through better diagnostics and treatment navigation tools.

Serial entrepreneur. Advised several small and medium-sized biotech companies and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bringing in +$1B deals to Danish Biotech companies. Advised the European Commission on evidence-based innovation and investment policies.

#podcast #AFewThingsPodcast

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Thanks @GoogleAI - it’s nice to be recognized for the innovators we are. 😎
#sportfluencer

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We are proud to be a lead investor in @ConstructCrm and excited to see the new heights this partnership with @RichardsSupply will take them. Congratulations to @SantoJLeo and the entire team for their grit, tenacity and vision!!! 👏🏾🚀😎

[Santino @SantoJLeo]

We started off as a social finance product nearly 5-years ago, and pivoted multiple times, ending up becoming the global leader of e-commerce in the Building Products & Materials Industry.

Richards has helped Construct CRM invent how to digitize the contractor-distributor relationship, imagining and iterating together every step of the way.

The infrastructure they’ve helped us develop is already being used by many other distributors, who will announce their CRM launches soon. By October 2025, over 25,000 contractors in the United States will have access to a free CRM provided by their distributor, powered by Construct CRM.

We envision a world not too far in the future where the standard method for contractors to order building products and materials is online. We are on a mission to be the global provider of the digital infrastructure that will power the e-commerce of the building products and materials industry worldwide.

Huge shout out to our investors including @ApertureVC , @SocialLeverage, @HustleFundVC, and GS Futures, and our many angels for sticking with us the past few years as we executed pivot after pivot. It's been quite a journey, and it greatly helps having supportive investors along the way. 🙏

With that said, it’s still Day 1 at Construct CRM.

More news to come, stay tuned, and God bless.

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We are proud to have a presence at @DataSciSalon 2025 in Austin. Managing partner @GarnetHeraman is speaking along with the CEO of our portco @AzimuthGRC . See you there! #ai #ml #mlops #datascience #startups

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Day 2 of #DSSATX - #VentureCapital Insights & #AIStartup Pitches! Feb 19-20, Oracle HQ, Austin
https://t.co/QmCOnHCcO0

Check out AI startup pitches and explore investment trends in the rapidly evolving #GenAI landscape.

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:
🔸From Vision to Value: Scaling AI Innovations
🔸Capitalizing on Creativity: How VCs are Driving the GenAI Surge
🔸Pitch to Partnership: Essential Traits VCs Seek in Startups

Meet with leading #VCs, influence the future of #AI innovation. Your insights and votes matter!

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Check out managing partner @GarnetHeraman on the special #SFTechWeek 2024 edition of the #FINTECHTALK #podcast! #fintech #vc #Entrepreneur

https://t.co/qBtWc1Wyxe

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More thought leadership from the category leader in #enterpriseai and #RAG - @pryon

[Pryon @pryon]

Ready to master Retrieval-Augmented Generation (#RAG) for your enterprise? Download our how-to guide: https://t.co/PwRovDrEZ7

#RetrievalAugmentedGeneration #AI #GenAI #EnterpriseAI

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Books like this add another dimension of meaning to our mission of supporting diverse founders. The struggle of diverse startup founders echoes that of pre and post Civil War Black #Americans to build lives for themselves and their families. #founders

[ChristinaProenzaColes @ProenzaColes]

The Civil War was a slave revolt where 500,000 Black Americans freed themselves & 200,000 fought for others’ liberty (Emancipation Proclamation was a war measure to legalize their enlistment). Antebellum success of "fugitive" enslaved people helped start the war for emancipation.

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We are proud to announce our investment in @AzimuthGRC !
Powerful #AI for #compliance: Compliance Revolutionized.

https://t.co/hT0skGG09p

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Managing partner @garnetheraman is speaking at Opal Groups Lending Innovation event on Dec 6. https://t.co/iE8uPNJtGO

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Proud to announce our latest portfolio company- Conduiit. Building AI powered finance and accounting tools for #film and #media production.

https://t.co/Sf8t1qBQSC

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Congrats @pryon ! https://t.co/7PiRDSEZkF

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The fine folks at Southern States Bank visited our LA office and a great time was had by all!

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Managing partner @GarnetHeraman is speaking at @southerndsc on Sept 5 in #Atlanta. If you’re an #AI founder working on something cool- be sure to stop by and introduce yourself.

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@DarrelFrater Meditation. It will change your life sir.🧘🏽‍♂️ Ping me if you want to talk about how to start, specific types of practice etc

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Our managing partner @GarnetHeraman is speaking at the @southerndsc at 1130a on September 5. Join us in #Atlanta. Use the code APER20 to save 20% on your registration. #ArtificialInteligence #ml

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Get ready for a thrilling event on LLMs and machine learning in production!

Join us in-person this year for three action-packed (Sept 5-7) days filled with cutting-edge technical talks , designed to empower you with the latest state-of-the-art knowledge and connect your with fellow data science peoples.

Conference Website https://t.co/xJB0OkVfiE

Speakers
@DynamicWebPaige | @pilarmanchon | @rasbt | @Laura_E_Edell | @MikeTamir | @GarnetHeraman | @pbrane | @StefanieMolin | @subramen | @joelgrus | @MarkMoyou | @jayakawale | @SamPartee | @davidtalby | @UgurKursuncu | @laanak08 | @treygrainger | | @suryakanoria | @Z_Score

Companies
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

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@VcUnleashed @michelleisvc @tlaltweets 👋🏾 🌞 😆

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@FloridaFunders @MariaDerchi @refreshmiami Big shout out to Maria from your friends at Aperture VC- we love working with you and look forward to more🙏🏾