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Vanessa Larco | Premise VC - On leaving NEA to build her own firm, spotting outlier founders, and the next wave of consumer tech

Vanessa Larco | Premise VC - On leaving NEA to build her own firm, spotting outlier founders, and the next wave of consumer tech

Update: 2025-11-05
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Meet Vanessa Larco, co-founder of the new venture firm Premise and former NEA partner. In this episode, Vanessa joins Daniel to talk about why she left one of the world’s largest VC firms to start her own, how she and her co-founder built Premise from first principles, and what she looks for in truly magnetic founders. They also dive into why consumer tech is on the verge of a new boom, her belief that discomfort is a signal you’re on the right path, and the hard tradeoffs of building while raising a family.


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Vanessa Larco | Premise VC - On leaving NEA to build her own firm, spotting outlier founders, and the next wave of consumer tech

Vanessa Larco | Premise VC - On leaving NEA to build her own firm, spotting outlier founders, and the next wave of consumer tech

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